Antique French 19th Game Table, Chess, Backgammon & Cards
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique 19th game table or side table, perfect in a living room or office. The table can be divided in three ways: the first with a chess board, the second with a read leather board ...
Walnut
Antique French 18th Tric Trac Game Table, Chess, Backgammon & Cards
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
An antique 18th-century games table, preserved in remarkable condition—likely due to having been expertly restored over the centuries. The table can be divided in three ways: the fi...
Wood
Game Table with Backgammon and Chess Board, France 19th century
Located in Belmont, MA
To ensure its impeccable condition, the game table has been professionally refinished and treated with a French polish.
Kingwood
18th Century French Carved Oak Game Table with Marble and Onyx Chess Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a den, library, or game room with this exceptional antique game table from southern France, crafted circa 1780. Raised on robust barley twist legs, the table is enriched at ...
Onyx, Marble
Flame Mahogany Louis XVI Bronze Mounted Style Flip Top Game Chess Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This flame mahogany Louis XVI-style flip-top game table is a stunning example of neoclassical craftsmanship, offering both beauty and functionality. The elegant design features bronz...
Brass
Antique Foldable Wooden Chess Table, France 19th Century
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful 19th century wooden chess table. This foldable table is made in France. It is made of very nice wood with inlays. The feet have brass wheels. Very easy to fold, see the l...
Brass
French Bronze Specimen Marble Bronze Pietra Dura Games Chess Checkers Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Measures 19.7 diameter x 25.5 tall Keywords: French pietra dura chess table, specimen marble inlay, bronze serpent base table, Belle Époque furniture, 19th-century French game tab...
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Gold Bronze & Mahogany Folding Chess Board Card Table, Circa 1885
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Antique French Gold Bronze Mounted Mahogany with Inlay Folding Chess Board Card Table, Circa 1885. 32.5" open
Bronze
Fully Restored French Empire Hardwood Chess Table Marble Ormolu Mount circa 1900
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored Mahogany with ormolu floral detailing French Empire marble Chess table A very good looking well made and function p...
Marble
French Empire Style Burr Walnut and Ormolu Games Table, Chess and Backgammon
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Empire Style Burr Walnut and Ormolu Games Table, Chess and Backgammon This is a charming piece, the table stands on bombe style cabriole legs and has ormolu decoration in the...
Walnut
Important French 19th Century Games Table, circa 1830, with Chess, Mahjong and B
Located in Madrid, ES
The table opens to reveal a versatile gaming interior and is accompanied by a selection of game pieces for chess, mahjong, and backgammon, making it a rare and charming example of a ...
Fruitwood
Charles X, 19th Century Chess Table, Bronze Gilded Inlaid with Marble and Stones
Located in Delft, NL
Charles X, 19th century chess table, bronze gilded inlaid with marble and stones A bronze gilded chess table in Charels X style with a bronze gilded tripod base with a loose blade...
Stone, Marble, Bronze
Chess Console Table, Louis XVI Style, Game Table, France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Antique chess and card table in Louis XVI style from the 19th century. When closed, we see a console table standing on long pointed legs and in brass sabots. The top is divided into...
Mahogany
French Carved Oak Chess Game Top Carved Legs Etagere Side Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful French etagere table, characterized by the beveled edge chess game table top, raised on four stunning carved legs, a central shelf and side stretchers.
Wood
Neoclassical French Gilt & Silvered Bronze Complete Table Top Boxed Chess Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Neoclassical French Gilt & Silvered Bronze Complete Table Top Boxed Chess Set, Consisting of 33 pieces, 16 gilt bronze playing pieces, 16 silvered playing pieces, and the bronze-mo...
Bronze
An All-Lucite Game Table & Chess Set
Located in North Miami, FL
This one-of-a-kind low game table and chess set in lucite is two-toned colored. Note the chess squares are removable and made of heavy quality lucite. Great clarity of the game pie...
Chess Table by Poul Cadovius
By France & Søn
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Chess table in rosewood and ash with natural leather on base of aluminium. Maker France & Son.
Chess Table by Poul Cadovius
By France & Søn
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Chess table in rosewood and ash with natural leather on base of aluminum. Maker France & Son.
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H 29 in W 20 in D 20 in
Antique French Style Slate Top Mahogany & Bronze Chess/Checkers Game Table, 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French style game table features one drawer mahogany case with marble chess or checkers board insert atop cabriole legs with foliate bronze knee accoutrements, circa 1900.
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Chippendale Style Walnut Game Table for Cards and Chess
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful walnut Chippendale style gaming table, circa 1950s. The rotating plane is designed for playing cards and chess. Perfect condition.
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Chess Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Beautifully inlaid and marquetry chess table from France, circa 1880.
Mahogany
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H 28.35 in W 29.53 in D 29.53 in
Shellac Hand Polished Art Deco Game Table with Chess Board and Green Felt
Located in Ulm, DE
Ready for the next poker night with your friends? Or a thrilling game of chess with your partner? This gambling table will brighten up many a long game night for you.
Felt, Mahogany, Maple
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H 17.71 in W 28.34 in L 17.71 in
20th Century Ormolu Mounted Bronze Game of Chess with Marble and Onix Top Table
Located in Miami, FL
20th century bronze game of chess with marble and bronze table Top marble in perfect shape with beautiful ormolu-mounted bronze edges and solid bronze legs.
Marble, Bronze
Antique Game Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French reversible game table (Backgammon, chess).
19 Century French Game Table with Book Spine Door
Located in Berlin, DE
A 19th century French game table with chess board marquetry on top unfolding to double the size revealing a green felt covering.
Wood
1940s Chess Table in Wrought Iron and Marble, France Moderne
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This incredible game table has a beautiful chessboard top made of white and red marble, inlaid on a black marble base. Handmade in France in the late 1940s. Great for using with two ...
Marble, Brass, Wrought Iron
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H 27.75 in W 23 in L 27.75 in
French Empire Style Faux Marble Decorated Games Chess Checkers Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautifully designed French Empire style games table. Perfect for chess or checkers, this tables features an ebonized frame with faux marble decorated top and gilded elemen...
Walnut
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H 30.71 in W 36.23 in D 22.05 in
Lovely Vintage French Dicectoire Games Table Desk Chess Backgammon Brown Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in France walnut Dicectoire games table desk with leather top and Chess and Backgammon boards This desk is very versatile,...
Leather, Walnut
Glass Chess Table By: Marco de Gueltzl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glass Chess Table
Iron
Lucite Chess Set and table by Victor Vasarely
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Winnetka, IL
Victor Vasarely French-Hungarian 1908-1987 Vasarely Chess Set 1979 or 1982 A complete chess set having a screenprint on acrylic set in in an acrylic frame .All designed by Victor V...
Acrylic
Antique English Walnut, Satinwood and Ebony Chess Table c1880
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A Beautiful Antique tripod chess table produced in England around 1880, in French style using fantastic quality veneers stringing and inlay Age: 1880 Style: French Material:...
Satinwood, Walnut
Antique Burled Walnut Folding Chess Backgammon Games Table from
Located in North York, ON
Here we have stunning games table. Made in France in the early 20th century, this lovely piece has a fold out top with chess and backgammon boards. It is made with the finest burle...
Walnut
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H 29.14 in W 44.89 in D 22.84 in
Mid 19th Century Mahogany Tric Trac Table for Backgammon, Cards and Chess
Located in London, GB
A mid nineteenth century tric trac table in flame mahogany, with one drawer to each end, the main body with ebonised backgammon playing surface. The top with baize to one side and ch...
Mahogany
Chess/checker board gaming table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Steel construction with ebony/birch wood top
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H 19.92 in W 28.15 in D 18.34 in
20th Century Ormulu Mounted Bronze Game of Chess with Marble and Onix Top Table
Located in Miami, FL
20th century bronze game of chess with marble and bronze table Top marble in perfect shape with beautiful ormolu-mounted bronze edges and solid bronze legs.
Marble, Bronze
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H 28.75 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Antique French Burr Walnut Marquetry Card and Chess Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning late 19th century antique French burr walnut and floral marquetry serpentine card table with ormolu mounts, circa 1870 in date. The shaped burr walnut top has ...
Ormolu
Miniature Chess / Checker Table
Located in Napa, CA
Miniature chess / checker table in French walnut with inlaid contrasting checkerboard pattern on top. Made in 1890
Antique French Louis XVI Game Table, Chess, Backgammon & Cards
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Louis XVI style Mahogany game table or side table, perfect in a living room or office. The table can be divided in three ways: the first with a chess board, the second with a...
Wood
French Provincial Carved Fruitwood and Parquetry Chess and Game Table
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This early 19th century French Provincial fruitwood one drawer chess and game table features a kingwood, tulipwood and mahogany parquetry top which can be turned over revealing a sur...
Brass
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H 31.89 in W 31.5 in D 22.05 in
18th Century French Louis XVI Game or Chess Table, Console, France, circa 1790
Located in Greven, DE
Back covered with felt. Inside the table also geometrical inlays, probably usable as a game board, but for chess there are two squares too many.
Wood
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H 28.75 in W 41.5 in D 23.75 in
19th Century French Directoire Style Walnut Game Table, Chess, Backgammon, Cards
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Directoire style walnut game table features a double sided removable top with an inlaid chessboard of lemonwood and walnut on one side and a felt ...
Bronze
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H 30 in W 16 in D 16 in
17thc French Antiquity - Louis XIV Black Lacquered w/ Bronze Chess / Game Table
Located in Opa Locka, FL
17thc French Antique Louis XIV Black Lacquered with Bronze Detail Chess/ Game Table.
Wood
1860s French Chess Table
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1860s Inlaid chess table. Brass accents. No pieces. One leg has an old repair at the bottom.
Brass
Bring drama and duels of dexterity into your home with vintage, new and antique game tables for every kind of game.
Who doesn’t love a little competition? Historians estimate that early versions of games such as backgammon were played by members of ancient civilizations at least as far back as 3,000 B.C. Chess, which likely originated in India as a game called chaturanga, is a timeworn test of skills and strategy as well, and the modern era’s iteration of the game was enjoyed by nobles at least as early as the 16th century.
While the upper classes in Europe were among the only chess players who could afford the game’s decoratively carved ivory pieces, the game eventually became accessible to the general public. In the late 19th century, the game’s first official chess championships took place, a realm that eventually produced celebrated players such as avowed Eames Executive chair enthusiast Bobby Fischer. Today, antique chessboards have seen an uptick in demand owing to a successful Netflix series in 2020 called The Queen’s Gambit, which chronicles the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon.
Modern versions of chess boards and other home game tables may have evolved to accommodate the variety of games for which they’re used but are still versatile pieces of furniture. Not every card table with chairs is the ideal dining table, but you certainly don’t have to limit a game table to recreational use.
Antique trictrac tables, for example, were products of 18th-century France, wherein furniture makers created what looked like multipurpose neoclassical writing desks and card tables that when their tops were removed revealed trictrac, chess and checkers surfaces. Other game tables, in a complete commitment to fun, merely support good old-fashioned competition. Contemporary Ping-Pong (or table tennis) tables, which have origins in 1880s Victorian England, can be quite sophisticated in form and are made from a variety of materials today. A billiards table is an iconic piece for any game room or living room, but your pool table is really going to be used for only one thing, right?
Antique or new Regency-style game tables, mid-century modern tables or Art Deco–style card tables, perhaps fashioned from rosewood or mahogany, might be equipped with convertible tabletops to shift from meals to game time in a snap. If you prefer poker or opt for a card table topped with a checkerboard, convenient drawers and other compartments can be found in new and vintage game tables that fit poker chips or other types of game pieces perfectly.
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