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Bamboo Altar Table

Qing Dynasty Altar Table with Bamboo Accents, Fretwork and Everted Flanges
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty period altar console table from the early 20th century, with everted flanges
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables

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Wood

18th Century Chinese Walnut Altar Table
Located in Miami, FL
Walnut double-faced Ming style classic altar table from Shanshi. Circa 18th century.
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Elm

18th Century Chinese Walnut Altar Table
18th Century Chinese Walnut Altar Table
$5,980
H 31.5 in W 70.87 in D 23.63 in

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19thC Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Elegant bamboo altar table with fine lattice and fret work.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

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Bamboo

19thC Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
19thC Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
H 38.5 in W 69.5 in D 16.5 in
Bamboo Altar Table with Lacquer Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pieced and fitted bamboo altar table with its original lacquered top. A delicate fan shaped
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table with Lacquer Top
Bamboo Altar Table with Lacquer Top
H 35.5 in W 60 in D 16.75 in
Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Chinese bamboo altar table with everted ends. Open lattice pedestal bases. Narrow depth
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Bamboo

Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
H 34 in W 88 in L 34 in
Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very elegant bamboo altar table with fine lattice fretwork and black lacquer top ended in everted
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant bamboo altar table, black lacquer top ended in everted flanges, fine
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant bamboo altar table, black lacquer top ended in everted flanges, fine
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very beautiful and elegant bamboo altar table, black lacquer top ended in everted flanges
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
an eye-catching bamboo altar table. black lacquered top ended in everted flanges, intricate
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant bamboo altar table , black lacquered top ended in everted flanges, fine
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant bamboo altar table , black lacquered top ended in everted flanges, fine
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Fine Bamboo Altar Table with Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant bamboo altar table , black lacquered top ended in everted flanges, fine
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

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Bamboo

Fine Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant bamboo altar table , black lacquered top ended in everted flanges, fine
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

19th Century, Chinese Faux Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a gorgeous and unusual early 19th century, Chinese Faux Bamboo altar table that was
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Console Tables

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Lacquer, Walnut

Black Lacquer top bamboo Altar table
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant bamoo altar table, black lacquer top ended in everted flanges, geometric
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tables

Materials

Lacquer, Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A refined and elegant bamboo console table, black lacquer top ended in everted flanges, lattice
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

Chinese Spotted Bamboo Altar Table, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The artisan who created this exquisite lattice altar table must have truly been a master of their
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Bamboo

Early 20th Century Chinese Bent Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
The artisan who created this exquisite lattice altar table must have truly been a master of their
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Early 20th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

Long Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table with Black-Lacquer Top
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th century altar table from the Qing dynasty with black-lacquer top with everted ends over
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

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Bamboo, Wood

Chinese Altar Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A Chinese faux bamboo altar table.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Chinese Altar Table
Chinese Altar Table
H 32.8 in W 43 in D 13.6 in
Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Console Table With Chippendale Fretwork
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 19th century Chinese bamboo altar table with ebonized wood top. It has elaborate scrolled
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Console Tables

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Bamboo, Wood

Chinese Chippendale Bamboo Console, Altar Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
shaped legs constituted by vertical sticks linked together. Rare altar table / console table made of
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Console Tables

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Bamboo

Monumental Chinese Chippendale Bamboo Console, Altar Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
vertical sticks linked together. Rare altar table / console table made of bamboo, table top of walnut
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Console Tables

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Bamboo

Chinese Qing Dynasty Bamboo and Elmwood Altar Table
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Chinese rectangular altar table with elmwood top banded with bamboo, supported by a
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Sofa Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Elm

Chinese Bamboo Console or Altar Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
No one does Chinese Chippendale better than the Chinese, here is a console or altar table, crafted
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Console Tables

Monumental 19th Century Qing Dynasty Bamboo Altar/Console Table
By Tu Qing Yun
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning 19th century Quing Dynasty bamboo altar/console table. Exquisite Chinese Chippendale
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo

19th C. Chinese Bamboo Altar or Console Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful large 19th C. Chinese bamboo console or altar table.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

19th Century Bamboo Chinese Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Chinese Altar Table, Lattice Bamboo with everted flanges.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Bamboo, Poplar, Lacquer

Late Qing Dynasty Original Finish Altar/Console Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
Lacquered Bamboo & Wood Console/Altar Table. Original Finish. Shanxi, China, Late Qing Dynasty.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

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Bamboo, Lacquer, Wood

Chinese Bamboo Rattan Altar Table or Server Console Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Chinese export altar table or server console table made of bamboo, rattan, and elm
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

mid-20th Century Asian Modern Pencil Rattan Refinished Altar Console Table
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
I'm excited to introduce our exceptional Vintage Asian Modern Altar Console Table, a stunning
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Important Overscale Bamboo Console Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Bamboo console, altar table with black lacquered wooden top. Bamboo base is darkly stained.
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Console Tables

Antique Burmese Japanese Style Bamboo Console Table with Negora Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Burmese bamboo altar console table in Japanese style from the early 20th century, with
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Early 20th Century Burmese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Miami, FL
A very beautiful bamboo altar table with everted ends on elm top with on recessed double-pedestal
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Bamboo

Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
H 34 in W 76 in D 16 in
19th Century Bamboo Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Chinese altar table bamboo with poplar top. Bamboo construction with wooden nails, a
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Antique 1870s Chinese Qing Console Tables

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Bamboo

19th Century Bamboo Altar Table
19th Century Bamboo Altar Table
H 35 in W 87 in D 13 in
Chinese Qing Dynasty Bamboo Altar Table Console
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty altar table or console. Constructed from tortoiseshell
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables

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Bamboo, Wood

Elegant Chinese Bamboo Altar or Console Table
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant Chinese bamboo altar table. Base is constructed with an elaborate geometric design, below
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20th Century Asian Chinese Chippendale Console Tables

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Bamboo

Chinese Qing Dynasty Bamboo Altar Console Table with Geometric Patterns
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty bamboo altar console table from the 19th century, with black lacquered top
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables

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Bamboo, Wood

Chinese Bamboo Altar Console Table With Brighton Pavilion Fretwork
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Brighton Pavilion Fretwork style. This antique Chinese bamboo altar table has everted ends, the tope is
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Antique 1890s British Indian Ocean Territory British Colonial Console Ta...

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Bamboo, Rosewood

Antique Large Scale Chinese Bamboo Console Table with Chippendale Styling
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a large scale Chinese bamboo console / altar table with Chippendale styling. It has amazing
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Console Tables

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Bamboo, Wood

Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Larkspur, CA
Attractive Bamboo Altar Table with Rich Mahogany Color Finish and Very Elegant Proportions covered
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20th Century Chinese Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table
Bamboo Altar Table
H 32 in W 68 in D 15 in
BAMBOO ALTAR TABLE
Located in Sarasota, FL
Bamboo Altar TABLE from Shaniz Provence cloud design to the ends in ORIGINAL CONDITION (size at the
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Sofa Tables

Materials

Bamboo

BAMBOO ALTAR TABLE
BAMBOO ALTAR TABLE
H 32.75 in W 82 in D 14.25 in
Monumental Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Washington, DC
Chinese bamboo altar table with Elmwood top with scrolled Edges rests upon a magnificent geometric
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Elm

Monumental Bamboo Altar Table
Monumental Bamboo Altar Table
H 34 in W 105 in D 18.5 in
Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table with Double Sided Detail Fretwork and Long Plank Top
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

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Bamboo

Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
H 35 in W 102 in D 17.25 in
Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
This unusual freestanding bamboo altar table has a black lacquer elm top with everted ends above a
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20th Century Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
H 38 in W 68 in D 18 in
Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Washington, DC
Bamboo Altar Table with Black Lacquer Scroll Top. A statement piece which is perfect as a cosole
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

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Lacquer

Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
H 33 in W 80 in D 12.5 in
Chinese Bamboo Altar Table.
Located in Roswell, GA
Superb Chinese Bamboo Altar Table with dark stained oak top. Beautiful patina. Finished on both
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

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Bamboo, Oak

19th Century Chinese Bamboo Altar Table / Console
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Chinese bamboo altar table / console.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

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Bamboo

Late 19th Century circa 1880 Chinese Bamboo Altar Table / Long Console
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th century circa 1880 Chinese bamboo altar table / long console.
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Antique 1880s Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautifully constructed vintage bamboo console table with wood top.
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Vintage 1960s Chinese Tables

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Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table
Bamboo Altar Table
H 34.25 in W 88.25 in D 16.25 in
Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Highly decorative classic Bamboo and Black Lacquered wood top altar table.
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20th Century Chinese Sofa Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table
Bamboo Altar Table
H 34 in W 70 in D 15 in
Bamboo Altar Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinoiserie style altar table.
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20th Century American Chinoiserie Console Tables

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Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table
Bamboo Altar Table
H 36 in W 94 in D 16.5 in
Bamboo Altar Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Ningbo Bamboo and Split Bamboo Flat Top Altar Table
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables

Bamboo Altar Table
H 36.25 in W 83 in D 15.25 in
Bamboo Altar Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
Mid 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Beijing Pierced and Lacquered Bamboo Scrolled Top Altar Table
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables

Bamboo Altar Table
Bamboo Altar Table
H 35.5 in W 114 in D 22 in
Bamboo Altar Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bamboo console table with black lacquer top can be used behind a sofa or in an entry with lamps and
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2010s Chinese Furniture

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Bamboo

Bamboo Altar Table
Bamboo Altar Table
H 34 in W 51.25 in D 15.25 in
Antique Chinese Bamboo Altar Table Console
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Bamboo Console with Dark Lacquer Top with Old Red and Brown Lacquer on Sides Double
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer

Antique Elm and Bamboo Altar Table, China early 19th century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice early 19th century bamboo and elm altar table made in China. We sold this table the
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Wood, Bamboo, Wicker

Bamboo Scrolled Top Altar Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Beijing Scrolled Top Bamboo Altar Table
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables

Bamboo Scrolled Top Altar Table
Bamboo Scrolled Top Altar Table
H 36 in W 86 in D 14.5 in
Scrolled Top Bamboo Altar
Located in East Hampton, NY
Mid 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Scrolled Top Beijing Bamboo Altar Table
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables

Scrolled Top Bamboo Altar
Scrolled Top Bamboo Altar
H 34 in W 88 in D 14 in

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Bamboo Altar Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the bamboo altar table you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each bamboo altar table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using bamboo, lacquer and wood. Find 38 options for an antique or vintage bamboo altar table now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a bamboo altar table — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A bamboo altar table is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Bamboo Altar Table?

A bamboo altar table can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,800, while the lowest priced sells for $1,800 and the highest can go for as much as $7,890.

Finding the Right Console-tables for You

Few pieces of furniture are celebrated for their functionality as much as their decorative attributes in the way that console tables are. While these furnishings are not as common in today’s interiors as their coffee-table and side-table counterparts, console tables are stylish home accents and have become more prevalent over the years.

The popularity of wood console tables took shape during the 17th and 18th centuries in French and Italian culture, and were exclusively featured in the palatial homes of the upper class. The era’s outwardly sculptural examples of these small structures were paired with mirrors or matching stools and had tabletops of marble. They were most often half-moon-shaped and stood on two scrolled giltwood legs, and because they weren’t wholly supported on their two legs rather than the traditional four, their flat-backed supports were intended to hug the wall behind them and were commonly joined by an ornate stretcher. The legs were affixed or bolted to the wall with architectural brackets called console brackets — hence, the name we know them by today — which gave the impression that they were freestanding furnishings. While console tables introduced a dose of drama in the foyer of any given aristocrat — an embodiment of Rococo-style furniture — the table actually occupied minimal floor space (an attractive feature in home furniture). As demand grew and console tables made their way to other countries, they gained recognition as versatile additions to any home.

Contemporary console tables comprise many different materials and are characterized today by varying shapes and design styles. It is typical to find them made of marble, walnut or oak and metal. While modern console tables commonly feature four legs, you can still find the two-legged variety, which is ideal for nestling behind the sofa. A narrow console table is a practical option if you need to save space — having outgrown their origins as purely ornamental, today’s console tables are home to treasured decorative objects, help fill empty foyers and, outfitted with drawers or a shelf, can provide a modest amount of storage as needed.

The rich collection of antique, new and vintage console tables on 1stDibs includes everything from 19th-century gems designed in the Empire style to unique rattan pieces and more.