Chess Console Table
Superb Bookmatch Olivewood Console, Game Table and Writing Desk, circa 1975
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fabulous restored multi-use table which may serve as a stunning console, writing desk and game
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Lucite, Olive
H 29.5 in W 46.5 in D 23 in
French Demi Lune Folding Card or Console Table with Baize Top, 1900s
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful chess table on the top and card games when opened, its half-moon shape made of flamed
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid Century Burlwood Backgammon Chess Game Console Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid Century Burlwood Backgammon Chess Game Console Table
This game table measures: 44 wide x 20.75
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Burl
George III Card and Chess Table Console, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An exquisite George III period card and chess table, preserved in great original condition. This
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Antique 19th Century English George III Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique Classical Empire Mahogany Claw Foot Console Flip Top Game Table 1830s
Located in Portsmouth, VA
This exquisite Antique Classical Empire Console Table, dating from circa 1800-1830, is a testament
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Antique 1830s Central American Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 29 in W 35 in D 18 in
Antique Sheraton Mahogany Inlaid Octagonal Flip Top Game Card Tea Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
from its intended use. It is most often used while playing cards, backgammon, and chess. Tables of this
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Antique Late 18th Century Sheraton Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 28.5 in W 35.5 in D 17 in
Antique Georgian Mahogany Inlaid Flip Top Gateleg Game Card Tea Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
often used while playing cards, backgammon, and chess. Tables of this type, by design, are small and
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Early 20th Century Georgian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 29 in W 17.5 in D 36 in
1970s Asian Rosewood Mahogany Leather Top Expandable Game Table
Located in Stafford, TX
designed as a game table, it could also serve as a console, writing desk, or accent table in a living room
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Vintage 1970s North American Chinoiserie Game Tables
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Vintage Louis XV Style Inlaid Convertible Card and Checkerboard Games Table
Located in Morristown, NJ
with multiple possible uses. Aside from being a chess, checkers and card table, this table could also
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Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Game Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 30.5 in W 32 in D 16 in
French Modern Neoclassical Louis XVI Game Table or Writing Desk by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
also suited as a console, sofa table or writing desk.
Dimensions open: H 29" x 34 x 34.
Additional
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Game Tables
Materials
Brass
H 31 in W 34 in D 16.75 in
19th Century English William IV Period Mahogany Games Table Sewing Stand
Located in Forney, TX
a chair side table, sofa end table, hall console, chess game board, parlor lamp stand, bedside
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Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Game Tables
Materials
Iron
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Handsome Burl Laminate Game Table Desk with Lucite Chair
Located in Pemberton, NJ
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19th Century Poker and Chess Console/Table
Located in Monza, IT
19th century walnut playing table.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Louis XVI Game Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Console Table
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
A very fine mahogany console table with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration. The rectangular D end
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Antique Late 17th Century Vietnamese Louis XVI Console Tables
Mahogany Game Table Writing Desk 19th c
Located in Houston, TX
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Important George III Console Gaming Table
Located in Milton, DE
This important George III console gaming table has inlaid woods forming on its top for background
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Located in Greding, DE
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19th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Console or Game Table
Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality rosewood games table having a quality shaped rosewood top with a thumb
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Tessellated Stone Console Game Table Checkers Chess Backgammon, 1970's
By Maitland Smith
Located in Rochester, NY
Tessellated stone mosaic design console table w/ reversible chess / checkers / backgammon brass
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Paul McCobb Game/Writing Table
By Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, and flips over, to transform from game table to writing desk. Also works well as a console or sofa
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Distinguished French Neoclassical Louis XVI Game Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
support the length of the
flip-top card surface. The piece is also suited as a console, sofa table or
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Game Tables
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Mahogany
Distinguished French Neoclassical Louis XVI Game Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
support the length of the
flip-top card surface. The piece is also suited as a console, sofa table or
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French Louis XVI Style Game Table with Reversible Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
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Vintage 1980s American Louis XVI Game Tables
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Amazing Milo Baughman Lucite and Olive Ash Burl Backgammon Table
Located in Amarillo, TX
table functions as a console table or small writing desk. The top panel reverses to a checker/chess
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Vintage 1960s American Game Tables
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H 28.75 in W 46 in D 22.75 in L 28.75 in
Early 18th Century Wood Marquetry German Cabinet
Located in Paris, FR
which also have carved ormolu lock covers.
The cabinet is resting on a later console table in Louis
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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Chess Games Occasional Table Bobbin Turned Base
Located in Seattle, WA
Original Victorian circa 1860-1880 burr walnut chess games table with Bobbin turned base A well
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Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone over Wood Game Table Console
By Maitland Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern reversable console into a chess or backgammon game table by Maitland Smith.
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Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
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John Widdicomb Walnut Satinwood Marquetry Watertown Slide Console Game Table
By John Widdicomb
Located in Germantown, MD
Beautiful John Widdicomb solid walnut and satinwood Marquetry console or game table.
Iconic
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
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Satin, Walnut
H 28.25 in W 36 in D 18 in
American Console Attribuite to Ross Little in Brass, 1950s
By Ross Littell
Located in Milano, IT
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
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Tessellated Stone Chess Backgammon Console Table by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique console table by Maitland Smith circa 1980s in tessellated stone with brass
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By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
for either, I have a chess console table behind my sofa, these would be ideal for sitting either side
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By Maitland Smith
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Tessellated stone console game table with reversible backgammon/ Chess board
Dimensions: H
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
console/ sofa table but when opened, it is inlaid for checkers, chess, backgammon & has a green felt top
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Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice 19th Century inlaid fruitwood game table with chess board. Perfect as side table
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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A removable chess board
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Chess Console Table For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the chess console table you’re looking for. A chess console table — often made from wood, mahogany and metal — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer chess console table, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each chess console table bearing Louis XVI, Georgian or louis xv hallmarks is very popular. A well-made chess console table has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Maison Jansen are consistently popular.
How Much is a Chess Console Table?
Prices for a chess console table start at $1,980 and top out at $18,500 with the average selling for $3,000.
Finding the Right Tables for You
The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.
Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.
Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.
Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.
The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte.
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No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .
Questions About Chess Console Table
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Console tables serve a variety of functions. They can be used as buffets, storage units and display tables. Because they vary in size, you can use them for just about anything.
- Why are console tables so low?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023Console tables are not low. Typically, consoles are about the height of a desk but are much narrower. As a result, they work well against walls and can be used to hold lamps and decorative objects. While modern console tables commonly feature four legs, you can still find the two-legged variety, which is ideal for nestling behind the sofa. Some also feature shelves for display and storage space or cabinet doors and drawers for hiding clutter. Find vintage console tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024Why it is called a console table comes down to the history of this type of furnishing. The very first consoles produced in France during the 16th and 17th centuries were not freestanding. Instead, owners anchored them to walls. This anchoring method strengthened the console top, allowing it to support heavy loads. The name “console” comes from the French word "consolide," which means to reinforce or strengthen. It was likely chosen because of the anchoring system that lends strength to and reinforces consoles. Shop a diverse assortment of console tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 20, 2024The difference between a buffet table and a console table comes down to size and storage features. Console tables are usually less deep than buffet tables, so they take up less space behind sofas and along walls. In addition, consoles are less likely to have cabinets and drawers than buffet tables, which are designed to store dinnerware and serveware in dining rooms. On 1stDibs, explore a wide variety of buffets and console tables.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between a coffee table and a console table is in the design. A coffee table is a low table that comes in many shapes, such as surfaces that are rectangles, squares, ovals or circles. Console tables are taller and usually have elongated shapes, such as ovals, rectangles or semicircles. Placement is another differentiator between the two types of tables. Coffee tables usually go in front of sofas and loveseats, while console tables may be placed behind a sofa or loveseat or along a wall. Find a large collection of coffee tables and console tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023In an entryway, a console table should typically be around 10 to 16 inches wide. Tables of this width should still allow plenty of clearance so people can easily walk by the table. You may see manufacturers refer to the width of consoles as depth. On 1stDibs, shop a range of console tables.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019
A console table should not be taller than a couch. Much like a sofa table, a console table is placed against the back of a sofa and should be the same height as the sofa.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024The difference between a sideboard and a console table comes down to usage and storage features. Sideboards are usually found in dining rooms and have shelving concealed behind cabinet doors for storing dinnerware, glassware and serveware. Normally positioned in entryways, hallways and living rooms, console tables may have no storage features or include drawers, open shelves or cabinet doors, depending on their design. Find a large selection of console tables and sideboards on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019
The main difference between a console and a sofa table is that a console can be placed anywhere in the home (against a wall in a hallway or under a television in the living room) and a sofa table is limited to being behind a sofa.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Because of their variety of sizes and range in function, console tables can easily work as a desk. Given their size and ease of mobility, a console table can be used in almost any sort of room.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024
A lamp for a console table should be between 25 and 32 inches tall. The table lamp’s shade shouldn’t exceed half the width of the console table.
You’ll find that when it comes to arranging wall art, a decorator might suggest that the space on the wall above a console table is a great place for a large painting or a wall sculpture. In that case, you may wish to use a taller lamp for the table. If your table is smaller in scale or if you have a small mirror hanging on the wall above the console, you may wish to opt for a shorter lamp.
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