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Expandable Console Table

Mid Century Expandable Console Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
Space saving burled wood top console expands to a dining or work table. Extended 62" W x 42" D x
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Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Burl

Mid Century Expandable Console Table
Mid Century Expandable Console Table
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
H 30.5 in W 62 in D 42 in
French Neoclassical Console Table w/Expandable-Top that Doubles, 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical carved-wood console table, with expandable flip-top, from the 19th century
Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique English Oak Table w/Expandable Top (Great for a Console or Games Table!)
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English carved oak wood table, with expandable top, from the early 20th century. This antique
Category

Early 20th Century English Console Tables

Materials

Oak

Flip Top Dining or Console Table by Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Pasadena, TX
allows table to expand from console to dining table two pull-out locks on both ends Dimensions when
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Walnut

Flip Top Dining or Console Table by Harvey Probber
Flip Top Dining or Console Table by Harvey Probber
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
H 27.5 in W 60 in D 34 in
Style 20th Century Transformable Dining - Consolle Table Lacquered Bordeaux
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in Lentate Sul Seveso, IT
Console Table, exquisitely designed in the spirit of Art Nouveau and modernized with a high-gloss Bordeaux
Category

20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Harvey Prober Expandable Rolling Serving Two Tier Cart Table Console
By Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Harvey Prober two tier two drawers serving cart on wheels. Opens up to 59" long.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Tables

Materials

Walnut

Widdicomb MCM Bleached Mahogany Expanding Console Dining Table with 4 Leaves
By Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Widdicomb Mid Century Bleached Mahogany Expanding Console Dining Table with 4 Leaves As the dining
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Ball & Claw Chippendale Style Mahogany Expandable Flip Top Game Console Table
By Kittinger Furniture Company, John Stuart, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Ball & Claw Chippendale Style Mahogany Expandable Flip Top Game Console Table MINT!
Category

20th Century American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Poul Hundevad Attrib. Danish Modern Expanding Rolling Bar Cart /Serving Console
By Poul Hundevad
Located in Buffalo, NY
Poul Hundevad attributed. Danish Modern expanding rolling bar cart /serving console, Ingenious
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Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Brass

18th Century Walnut Regency Fold Over Dining or Console Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th Century Walnut expandable Dining or Console Table. The front is masterfully crafted and
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Antique 18th Century European Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Bronze, Brass

Flip-Top Burl Wood Dining Large Console Table Deco Figural Base
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern deco base flip-top expandable console dining table. Beautiful honey amber tone
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Walnut

Flip Top Teak Dining Table by Skovmand And Andersen
By Skovmand and Andersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
wise from 23.75 inches to 47.5 inches. this table could be used as a small dining table or console
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Teak

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Gilbert Rohde Paldao Expanding Console Table
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in North Hollywood, CA
of modern furnishings. This clever table starts as a console table with a 20 inch depth. Pull out one
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Baker Mid Century Wall Mounted Expandable Console Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Baker mid century wall mounted expandable console table The table measures: 60 wide x 12 deep x
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Milo Baughman Burl wood expandable console / table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This smart and beautiful burl wood console is expandable to become a 59" table
Category

20th Century Tables

Mid-Century Modern Expandable Console to Dining Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique and innovative console table expands from 20 inches up to 88 inches with built in pull
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Edward Wormley for Dunbar Expanding Console Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
Simplistic masterpiece by Wormley for Dunbar. Slender walnut legs, and span support a doubled over top when closed. Opening like a book to create an excellent dining surface with mat...
Category

20th Century American Console Tables

Materials

Walnut

Milo Baughman Style Expandable Chrome Glass Console Sofa Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Lake Worth, FL
style expandable 61" to 120" chrome glass console table With 2 lower glass shelves. Approximate
Category

Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Chrome

Antique Mahogany Federal Inlay Console Table Expandable to Game Table Dining
Located in West Hartford, CT
Elegant antique mahogany console table that flip open to expand and double its length. Gorgeous
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Vintage 1910s American Federal Console Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Italian Mid-Century Modern Expandable Console / Bar Attributed to Willy Rizzo
By Willy Rizzo
Located in New York, NY
An elegant Italian design / Mid-Century Modern, nickeled and black glass console / sofa table / bar
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Steel

1960's French Guy Lefevre for Maison Jansen Expandable Console and Mirror Duo
Located in Aspen, CO
allows the top to unfold creating a dining table for 6. Both the mirror and console are in excellent
Category

Vintage 1970s French Neoclassical Revival Console Tables

Materials

Bronze

American Expandable Top Console Table with Sawhorse Legs, Mid-20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An American transitional/expandable sofa or work table with two drawers from the mid-20th century
Category

Mid-20th Century American Sofa Tables

Materials

Wood

Dunbar Green & Green Expandable Dining Table & Consoles by Edward Wormley, 1959
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Dunbar Green & Green Expandable Dining Table & Consoles by Edward Wormley, 1959. The table folds
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

Materials

Walnut

20th Century Large French Bleached Oak Gateleg Dining Table Console Table
Located in Round Top, TX
closed it serves as a 21" deep console table but expands to 59" wide when fully opened. With only one
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Early 20th Century French Country Dining Room Tables

Materials

Oak

Baker Furniture Georgian Mahogany Flip Top Console Table or Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian or Chippendale style flip top expanding console, game table, or writing
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Late 20th Century American Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Vintage Danish Teak Drop Leaf Extension Dining Table by Borge Mogensen
By Børge Mogensen
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage expandable console dining table in teak and oak designed by Børge Mogensen, Denmark. This
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Oak Drop Leaf Gate Leg Dining Table, Denmark circa 1800
Located in Round Top, TX
console table but expands to 70" when fully opened. With only one leaf opened, the table is 49" deep
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Antique Early 19th Century Danish Country Dining Room Tables

Materials

Oak

18th Century Bleached Oak Gateleg Drop Leaf Dining Table, Portugal
Located in Round Top, TX
leaves, so when closed it serves as a 21" deep console table but expands to 69.75" long when fully
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Antique Mid-18th Century Portuguese Country Dining Room Tables

Materials

Oak

Early 20th Century English Gate Leg Drop Leaf Wake Dining Table
Located in Round Top, TX
table but expands to 54" deep when fully opened. Please examine the close up photos to appreciate the
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Early 20th Century English Dining Room Tables

Materials

Oak

English Gate Leg Drop Leaf Table, circa 1920
Located in Round Top, TX
table but expands to 55.5" when fully opened. Please examine the close up photos to appreciate the
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Early 20th Century English Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Oak

English Gate Leg Drop Leaf Table, circa 1920
English Gate Leg Drop Leaf Table, circa 1920
H 29.25 in W 66.5 in D 20.75 in
Oak Gate Leg Drop Leaf Wake Dining Table, England circa 1880-1900
Located in Round Top, TX
table but expands to 54.25" deep when fully opened. Please examine the close up photos to appreciate
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Antique Late 19th Century English Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Oak

Large Drop Leaf Gate Leg English Oak Oval Dining Wake Table, circa 1920-40
Located in Round Top, TX
table but expands to 96" when fully opened. With only one leaf opened, the table is 40.25" Please
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Mid-20th Century English George I Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Oak

Expandable Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sleek midcentury console table that opens to a square dining table. Maple grain with tapered legs
Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Expandable Console Table
Expandable Console Table
H 31 in W 36 in D 18 in
Mid-Century Modern Expanding Hall or Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
hallway/console table for daily use and expanded to serve as a small dining table when entertaining guests
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Mid Century Modern Expandable Walnut Console Dining Table
By Børge Mogensen
Located in San Jose, CA
expanding flip top that slides over converting the console into a dining table. Equipped with brass hinges
Category

Vintage 1960s European Scandinavian Modern Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Expandable Console to Dining Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique and innovative console table expands from 20 inches up to 88 inches with built-in pull
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Exceptional Ed Wormley Fine Rosewood & Macassar Expandable Console Dining Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in Chula Vista, CA
original crafty configuration is a console table which can be easily expanded into a dining table. Table
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Macassar, Rosewood

Michael Taylor for Baker Mid Century Walnut Expanding Foyer Entry Console Dining
By Michael Taylor, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Michael Taylor for Baker mid century walnut expanding foyer entry console dining table Table
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Walnut

1960s Danish Modern Drop-Leaf Teak Table by Bendt Winge for Kleppes Møbelfabrikk
By Kleppe Møbelfabrik
Located in Charleston, SC
table, and console table. (expands from 8”to 56").
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Birch, Teak

Expandable Console Table/Bar
Located in New York, NY
Nickel and black glass console table/bar that expands to access internal storage. Expands from 48
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Console Tables

Materials

Nickel

Expandable Console Table/Bar
Expandable Console Table/Bar
H 30.5 in W 48 in D 15.25 in
Expanding Console or Dining Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Danish-made console table that expands into a dining table. Teak veneer construction
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Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Teak

Expanding Console or Dining Table
Expanding Console or Dining Table
H 29 in W 59 in D 15.75 in
Expandable Chrome Console Shelving Unit
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Make it long or short.
Category

20th Century American Console Tables

Fabulous Art Deco Round Expandable Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous Art Deco round expandable dining table. Demilune console table which flips open to become
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dining Room Tables

Materials

Bronze

American Mahogany Lift-Top Dumbwaiter
Located in Hudson, NY
Unique Form of Console Table which expands to form Three Tier Etagere.
Category

Antique 19th Century American Shelves

Materials

Mahogany

English Elmwood Jacobean Style Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Elmwood, Jacobean style hinged top console table. Expandable top opens for a larger surface
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20th Century British Jacobean Console Tables

Materials

Elm

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Expandable Console Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic expandable console table available at 1stDibs. Each expandable console table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. There are many kinds of the expandable console table you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each expandable console table bearing Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made expandable console table over the years, but those crafted by Milo Baughman and Willy Rizzo are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Expandable Console Table?

Prices for an expandable console table start at $1 and top out at $9,500 with the average selling for $2,838.

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

Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life. 

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 Expandable Console Table
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    What a table expander is called varies. Some people refer to removable table sections as extensions, while others call them leaves. Shop a collection of antique, vintage and modern dining tables on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    How you expand a round table depends on its design. With many tables, you pull one side of the table to slide it open and then add the extra leaf. You'll find a selection of antique and vintage expandable tables on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    Console 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    Console 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, 2024
    Why 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, 2024
    The 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, 2024
    The 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 ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    Because 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.

    Find vintage table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024
    The 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 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 ExpertMay 5, 2023
    In 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.