Swedish Drop Leaf Gate Leg Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Swedish style gate leg table with one drop leaf. The top can be separated from the base by pulling out a peg on each end. Table is 28.5" tall, 40" long and 36" wide when open...
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Drop Leaf Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 19th Century Swedish drop leaf table with a single drawer, in old paint.
Wood, Paint
Drop-leafe Table Baroque Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A drop-leaf table made during the Baroque period 1650-1750. Made from fir. Later painted in Laserow Black with a decor of flowers in gold.
Wood
Late 19th Century English Sutherland Table
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century elm Sutherland table from England. Sutherland tables are wonderful tables to tuck away when not in use because of their narrow depth. This table is a particul...
Elm
George III Mahogany Drop Leaf Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A George III period, Irish mahogany drop-leaf table, with gate swing legs, each leg with a shell motif and pad feet. Measures: 92cm wide x 105cm deep 38cm deep (closed) x 74cm high
Mahogany
Beautiful Victorian Walnut Tilt-Top Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This wonderful Tilt-Top table, in the Victorian style, is a living piece of history. The legs and feet are walnut and have aged beautifully, and the casters are indeed original. It i...
Walnut
Queen Anne Drop Leaf Table
Located in East Aurora, NY
A very nice solid heavy 18th century Queen Anne drop leaf table. Nicely tapered swing leg ending in a nice wide pad foot. Solid Cuban Mahogany tops in very good flat condition. Ori...
Mahogany
Antique English Barley Twist Foldable Table / Gate-Leg Table 19th Century Burl
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous English 19th century barley twist gateleg / foldable table with inlaid top. Very nice walnut burl top with inlaid trim. Folds smoothly with its brass wheels. Amazing qual...
Walnut, Burl
Regency Mahogany Work Table, c.1820
Located in Savannah, GA
A Regency mahogany drop-leaf work table, circa 1820. Two drawers, with false drawers opposite. 16 inches wide by 20 inches deep by 25 ¾ inches tall; extended width 30 ½ inches ...
Mahogany
$1,800 / item
Georgian Bleached Oak Drop Leaf Table
Located in Savannah, GA
A Georgian bleached oak drop leaf table, 18th century. 30 inches wide by 11 ½ inches deep by 28 inches tall; leafs up 33 ½ inches
Oak
Edwardian Oak Handkerchief Table, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
Period Edwardian oak handkerchief table from England. The top is richly grained oak and has a beveled edge. This follows down to a simple apron and a triangular base. There are th...
Oak
19th Century English Sutherland Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Sutherland table from England made form Rosewood. The top is fantastic and has lovely graining, inlaid with satinwood and boxwood banding and decorative accents in the c...
Boxwood, Rosewood, Satinwood
Circa 1840s English Turtle Top Walnut Sutherland Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1840s turtle top Sutherland table, English. Highly figured walnut veneers & solids. The legs are fluted & beaded. Turned stretcher with reeded center, turning & fluting. Vasi-c...
Wood, Walnut
George 111 Queen Anne Drop Leaf Dining Table
Located in East Aurora, NY
Very nice 18th century Cuban Mahogany Queen Anne drop leaf dining table. Scallop and bellflower carved knees on the legs ending in large pad feet. Excellent color and patina on the...
Mahogany
18th Century Antique Mahogany Drop Leaf Table
Located in Devon, GB
Mid 18th century solid mahogany drop leaf table with four tapering legs and pad feet. This piece retains the original deep colour patinated surface throughout obtained by waxing and ...
Mahogany, Wood
Jacobean Bobbin Leg Drop Leaf Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
A charming late 17th century oak table with rectangular top with two drop leaves on a splayed bobbin turned base joined by a square section box stretcher. Good color and a useful si...
Oak
Swedish Blue-Painted Baroque Drop-Leaf Dining Table
Located in Chireno, TX
Swedish blue-painted baroque style drop-leaf dining table with scrubbed top, constructed circa 1760-1789. Nice large scale. Sturdy, solid. Robust-turned legs. Beautifully worn painte...
Iron
English 18th Century Gateleg Table
Located in Delft, NL
English 18th century gateleg table. An Oak drop-leaf gateleg table with folding sides, resting on turned column legs. On 1 side there is a drawer with a round wooden knob. The di...
Oak
$2,316Sale Price|20% Off
Rustic Drop Leaf Console Dining Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
A vintage rustic pine drop leaf 6 ft 6" long dining table, with magnificent natural knots in the pine wood, in good condition throughout. Features rectangular top offering multiple e...
Wood
American Chippendale Mahogany Dropleaf Table
Located in Essex, MA
With circular top with hinged leaves raised on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet. Very dense heavy mahogany. From an old Massachusetts family descendants of the revolutionary war.
Mahogany
$520Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Victorian Walnut Drop Leaf Table C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Victorian Walnut Drop Leaf Table C1890 Measures - 23 5/8" x 32 7/8" x 20" 35 3/8" when leaves are extended An antique Victorian drop leaf table from cir...
Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier Folding Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique Biedermeier folding table, circa 1830. Veneer on solid wood. Veneer framed in thread and stripes. Turned on both sides turned columns in column. Foldable tabletop on both side...
Wood, Maple
19th Century Drop Leaf Gate Leg Dining Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A 19th century heavy, solid drop-leaf gateleg table featuring a mechanism where the leaves are supported by hinged legs that swing out. The table with a bull-nose edge, scalloped fri...
Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Folding Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique Biedermeier folding table, circa 1830. Veneer on solid wood. Veneer framed in thread and stripes. Turned on both sides turned columns in column. Foldable tabletop on both sid...
Wood, Maple
18th Century mahogany drop leaf table
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century Georgian mahogany drop leaf table, having a lovely figured solid top, once the leaves are fully extended the top is oval in shape, standing on elegant cabriole legs with...
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Oak Gate Leg Dining Table This is a very attractive table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Early 19th Century Oak Gate Leg Dining Table This is a very attractive table, it is made from solid Oak This is a large table with a gate leg at each side to support the large deep ...
Oak
English Jacobean Style Oak Oval Gateleg Table, circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English oak gateleg table dating to the late 19th century, circa 1880. Based on practical forms found in 17th-century English country furniture, the table combines an oval drop-le...
Oak
18th Century Swedish Drop Leaf Table
Located in Fullerton, CA
An 18th century vintage wood drop leaf table with one large drawer from Sweden. This classic wood table features one large drawer with a metal ring pull that can be used for addition...
Wood
19th Century English Oak Gateleg Drop Leaf Occasional Table
Located in Dallas, TX
The gateleg table has been a hallmark of English furniture since the 17th century, prized for its ingenious construction and remarkable versatility. Designed to provide ample dining ...
Oak
19th Century Louis XVI Walnut Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Six leg expandable table with drop leaves. Additional leaves would have to be made. The legs have brass fittings at the bottom with brass wheels. All items offered are antique, vi...
Walnut
Circa 1730-50 Irish Drop-Leaf Mahogany Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1730-50 Irish drop leaf table. Mahogany, raised on cabriole legs with sculptural cartouche & acanthus carved knees & returns ending in ball & claw feet. Drawer is full depth of...
Wood
19th Century Spanish Walnut Table
Located in Brecht, BE
Just the best patina on this Spanish walnut drop-leaf table... ready to put in your interior ...
Iron
Swedish Biedermeier Drop-Leaf Pedestal Table Golden Birch 142cm
Located in Lewes, England
Antique Swedish Biedermeier drop-leaf table in stunning tiger stripe and quilted golden birch veneers and four elegant curved feet. The pedestal column in particular features beauti...
Birch
$1,427Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Quality Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Sutherland Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine antique quality Edwardian mahogany Sutherland table showcasing excellent craftsmanship and elegant satinwood and boxwood string inlay throughout. The well-figured mahogany to...
Boxwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century English Oak Drop-Leaf Side Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique drop-leaf table featuring two hinged leaves that expand the top surface constructed throughout from solid oak wood. The table features turned legs connected by a low box st...
Oak
Diminutive Antique Oak Gate Leg Tavern Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well crafted peg constructed 18th Century Oak Gate Leg Table, likely English. The Table has well turned legs and stretchers and reeded out curved feet. Agreeably timeworn wit...
Oak
$1,746Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Mahogany Sutherland Occasional Table with Satinwood Inlay
Located in Suffolk, GB
A very elegant antique mahogany Sutherland occasional table of excellent quality featuring beautifully figured mahogany and fine satinwood inlaid decoration. The shaped rectangular ...
Mahogany
Edwardian English Oak Gate Leg Table, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1900 period Edwardian oak gate leg table from England. The top is nicely grained and has a beveled edge. When the two leaves are extended, the table measures 34.5 inches in l...
Oak
18th Century carved mahogany drop leaf table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality drop leaf table from the end of the Chippendale period circa 1780. Solid mahogany top which forms a near circle when opened out. Swing out legs each side provide suppor...
Mahogany
Walnut Drop-leaf End Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This solid walnut, swing-leg end table has great proportions and would look as well behind a loveseat as it would next to it. Measures: With both 10.75” leaves up, it opens to a near...
Walnut
Queen Anne Maple Drop Leaf Table
Located in East Aurora, NY
Very nice 18th century Maple drop leaf table New England 1740-50. Excellent color and patina on a very old refinish. All pegged base and top. Completely original. Nicely carved pad f...
Maple
A Good Solid Oak Victorian Gate Leg Table The table is made from solid Oak
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Good Solid Oak Victorian Gate Leg Table The table is made from solid Oak it has elegant crisply turned barley twist legs and Oak cross members. The table has a moulded edge and i...
Oak
Federal Mahogany Swing Leg Drop Leaf Dining Table
Located in East Aurora, NY
A very nice early Mahogany swing leg dining table with one board leaves and top board with exceptional grain and color. Appears to be Pine or Fir secondary wood on the frame. A good...
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Games Table
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular top with drop leaves and sliding game board opening to a backgammon surface over a false and working drawers, raised on square tapered legs. Casters.
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Italian Green Painted Drop-Leaf Dining Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
Charming Early 20th-Century Painted Italian Drop-Leaf Table, Circa 1920 A delightful Tuscan painted drop-leaf table, dating from the early 20th century and retaining its original ...
Paint
$2,198Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 17th Century Oak Gateleg Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 17th century oak gateleg table having a solid oak top with two drop leave, original iron hinges above unusual barley twist supports and gatelegs united by square moulded edge...
Oak
French Round Dining Table with Wings, 1900
Located in Miami, FL
Round dining table with wings from the 1900s Depth with open wings 105cm
Walnut
Antique Swedish Biedermeier Drop-Leaf Table, Golden Birch, Circa 1850
Located in Lewes, England
Antique Swedish Biedermeier drop-leaf table in stunning tiger stripe and quilted golden birch veneers and four elegant curved feet. The pedestal column in particular features beauti...
Birch
Late 18th Century Swedish Provincial Dropleaf Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century Swedish Provincial drop leaf table.
Pine
Antique 18th Century George III Quality Mahogany Drop Leaf Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality mahogany drop leaf table having a quality mahogany top with two oval drop leaves standing on turned tapering legs with pad feet A handsome 18th century e...
Mahogany
18th Century English Oak Gateleg / Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Southampton, NY
This is a 18-century English Oak Gate leg table. Crafted from solid oak, oval top is formed by two drop leaves supported by swinging gate legs. The turned legs and simple stretcher...
Oak
Antique Mahogany Drop-Leaf Sofa Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
A nice old drop-leaf table. It has weathered its age very nicely.
Mahogany
Antique English Walnut Gate Leg Occasional Table, Rectangular, 1920s
Located in Doylestown, PA
Small antique walnut drop-leaf occasional table in the William and Mary style, England, 1920s. Lovely, versatile table with a rounded rectangular tabletop having a sculpted ogee edg...
Metal
18th Century Baroque Marbled Drop-leaf Table
Located in Ljungby, SE
A Swedish drop-leaf table from the mid-18th century, in late Baroque, featuring a contoured tabletop in late Baroque shape. The top is decoratively marbled in shades of blue. The bas...
Marble
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Sheraton Carved Mahogany Drop Leaf Table C1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Sheraton Carved Mahogany Drop Leaf Table C1830 Measures - 29 1/4" x 35 3/4" x 43 3/4" This antique Sheraton drop leaf table, dating to circa 1830, showcases the craftsmansh...
Mahogany
Fabulous Georgian Irish Drop Leaf Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A fabulous quality Georgian Irish mahogany drop leaf table with rich patination and grain. The attractive, well figured, shaped and moulded top of rectangular form with two twin hing...
Mahogany
Swedish Painted Pedestal Drop-Leaf Table, circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
A charming Swedish table from around 1880, designed with two drop-leaf flaps that allow the piece to expand or contract as needed. The table is supported by a central turned pedestal...
Pine
$850Sale Price|41% Off
George III Style Red Painted Circular Drop Leaf Table
Located in Astoria, NY
George III Style Red Painted Circular Drop Leaf Table, with two gate legs. 30" H x 40" W x 9.75" D. Provenance: From a Connecticut Estate.
Wood
Tobacco Leaf Carved Mahogany Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
Tobacco Leaf Carved Mahogany Dining Table. Late Federal / American Empire mahogany drop-leaf table with hand carved tobacco leaf legs on original brass casters supporting a commodiou...
Mahogany
18th Century Portuguese Chestnut Drop Leaf Dining Console Table
Located in Round Top, TX
18th century Portuguese chestnut drop leaf dining table which may also serve as a console. This form includes a single drawer on each end, turned legs, 2 gate legs, and a trestle bas...
Chestnut
Antique and vintage drop-leaf and Pembroke tables are the perfect solution for those of us in the “space-conscious” category. These furnishings have long been a smart choice for homes, particularly if you’re working with an especially modest house or apartment.
A drop-leaf table is a table with a fixed center section, but on either side of that, there are hinged leaves that can be raised or lowered according to your specific needs.
Should you need to accommodate more guests for a dinner party, a drop-leaf table’s side pieces can be raised and locked into place on their hinges, which will extend the overall surface area of the table. If you’re thinking of serving buffet-style or need a place for dinner plates and other tableware, fold one half of the table down and tuck it against the wall, console-table-style, to make more space for the guests congregating in your dining room. When your dinner companions are ready to retire to the living room for a digestif, both drop leaves can be collapsed if you need a makeshift bar cart or if you prefer to stow away the table after dinner.
The Pembroke version of these tables was a lightweight iteration that is believed to have been named for the ninth Earl of Pembroke or his wife, the countess. It is said that the countess had a drop-leaf table commissioned for their home, specifically for the purposes of serving and eating breakfast. This Georgian-era furniture had an oval or rectangular tabletop, was usually outfitted with a drawer and was frequently made of mahogany. It was a popular furnishing that was made through the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
With its convenient transformative qualities, a drop-leaf table can be put to use in every room of your home. A Pembroke nightstand would render having breakfast from the comfort of your bed easier than ever, while a casual living-room drop-leaf end table can quickly be extended in order to make room for movie-night snacks or a family game. The appeal of these tables doesn’t end at 18th-century nobility or chess enthusiasts, however.
Furniture designers of mid-century modern drop-leaf tables explored various forms and worked with a range of materials in crafting these furnishings and even integrated elements such as wheels for extra convenience. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of vintage and antique drop-leaf and Pembroke tables that includes sleek and understated iterations crafted by Hans J. Wegner and alluring versions in teak or rosewood designed by Kurt Østervig.
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