George I Mahogany Gateleg Table
Located in London, GB
A FINE GEORGE I MAHOGANY GATELEG TABLE, CIRCA 1725. With oval top above a frieze drawer with
Antique 18th Century Tables
Mahogany
George I Mahogany Gateleg Table
Located in London, GB
A FINE GEORGE I MAHOGANY GATELEG TABLE, CIRCA 1725. With oval top above a frieze drawer with
Mahogany
19th Century Yew Wood Gateleg Dropleaf Wake Table
Located in Essex, MA
19th Century English Gateleg dining table or wake table. The oval top raised on ring turned and
Yew
Large George I Style Oak Gateleg Table
Located in Essex, MA
Custom George I Style Oak Gateleg Dropleaf Table, rich mellow patina
English Oak Gateleg Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
An early 18th century English oak gateleg table, the oval top with shallow ogee edge, the base with
Oak
Two Similar English Walnut and Oak Dropleaf Gateleg Tables
Located in Essex, MA
Two Antique English Dropleaf Gateleg tables. One Oak. One Walnut. 19th Century on an Early 18th
Oak, Walnut
Antique Oak Gate-Leg Drop Leaf Tavern Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A handsome and very well made Antique Tavern Table with unusual and very decorative form. A round drop leaf table with interesting heavy carved block stretchers with turned gate legs...
Oak
Antique Italian Walnut Drop Leaf Dining Table, Trestle Base, 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Italian small oval dining table with hand waxed finish. This Tuscan table is made of hand crafted Walnut and supported by a substantial trestle design base, in good condit...
Walnut
$1,615
H 28.75 in W 66.74 in D 60.24 in
20th Century Oak Double Gateleg Dining Table in the 18th Century Style
Located in King's Lynn, GB
A 20th century oak double gateleg dining table, made in the 18th century style using predominantly 18th century timber with some later wood. The table is of oval form and stands on b...
Oak
17th Century Jacobean Oak Refectory Table
Located in Essex, MA
Period Early 17th Century English Jacobean Oak Refectory Table. Incredible patina with carved elements throughout. Original stretchers. Stable and great size.
Oak
$7,337
H 28.5 in W 120 in D 54 in
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Extending Dining Table & 3 Leaves, Seats 12
Located in Glasgow, GB
A super quality antique Victorian flame mahogany wind-out extending dining table with three additional leaves and standing on four baluster shaped legs. This 4ft6 wide table smoothly...
Brass
Late 18th-Early 19th Century Italian Walnut Dining Table
Located in Houston, TX
Late 18th-Early 19th century Italian Walnut Dining Table. We offer a magnificent antique Tuscan walnut dining table which can be used as an entrance table, trestle table, refectory t...
Walnut
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
Custom English Oak Gate Leg Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This oak gate leg table is difficult to tell from an antique, the construction and distressing of the wood and finish are that good. But we won't steer you wrong; this table was made...
Oak
18th century quality antique oak drop leaf dining table
Located in Ipswich, GB
18th century quality antique oak drop leaf dining table, having a quality oak top with two oval drop leaves supported by two gate legs with turned supports, shaped turned columns to ...
Oak
On Hold|$75,000
H 29 in W 202 in D 64 in
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Period Walnut Dining Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and monumentally scaled French 19th century Louis Philippe Period Walnut and Brass dining table/console. This most unique Table de Chateau is designed to function as di...
Walnut
$6,108Sale Price|20% Off
H 30.32 in W 41.34 in D 23.23 in
Antique 17h Century Spanish Chestnut Warm Brown Gateleg or Dropleaf Table
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here, is an exquisite piece of history—an antique gateleg or dropleaf table originating from Spain, dating back to the late 17th century, circa 1680. This remarkable table i...
Chestnut
Italian (Bolognese) 17th Century Baroque Walnut Dining Table
Located in Troy, NY
Italian (Bolognese) 17th Century Baroque Walnut Dining Table. Magnificent, large Bolognese Table, having a beautiful thick top, supported by typical bold turned legs, joined by H-str...
Walnut
19th Century English Regency Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional 19th century English Regency mahogany dining room table, the rounded rectangular top with a reeded edge, raised on eight bold cabriole legs carved with acanthus-leaf s...
Mahogany
19th Century Oval Chestnut Gateleg Table
Located in Hudson, NY
A very generous oval gateleg table of beautiful chestnut with robust barley twist carved legs. When fully open it can seat up to ten. Measure: The table fully open is 62 x 68.
Chestnut
Large 18th Century Oak Gate Leg Dining Table, Georgian Style, England
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large 18th Century Oak Gate Leg Dining Table This is a large and magnificent table, the table is made from solid Oak, a rare and much prized wood by cabinet makers. This is a large ...
Oak
$12,600
H 30 in W 66 in D 26 in
English 19th Century Pine Drop-Leaf Table with Oval Top and Turned Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rustic English pine drop-leaf table from the 19th century with oval top, turned swivel legs, two lateral dovetail drawers, low stretchers and bun feet. Embrace the hearty allure of...
Pine
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.
First introduced in 16th century-England, a gateleg table is a popular kind of table that allowed for intimate dining. The tabletop of the gateleg table, which was initially round or oval versus the long tables and formal seating arrangements that preceded it, had a section that was fixed in place, while one or two sections of the surface were equipped with hinges. By design, a gateleg table could be extended so that more space could be allocated for work or for dining if needed. These hinged sections could be folded back into place on top of the fixed section or could easily be dropped down to hang vertically on their hinges when they weren’t in use. This function, which allowed the table’s drop leaves that weren’t in use to be pushed up against a wall, saved space in small homes because the table could be tucked away. Pivoted legs under the table — which formed a gate as they were joined at their tops and bottoms by crosspieces — supported the hinged sections.
“Gate” in “gateleg table” refers to the pivoted leg supports under the table that are connected at their ends by crosspieces. When raised, the table’s two drop leaves, which are usually D-shaped, are supported upon these gates. When gateleg tables originated in England in the 16th century, they were oval or round and were generally named after their shape (and weren’t yet called gateleg tables) in order to distinguish them from the long tables they’d replaced, as dining had by then been relegated to meals for the family, not an entire household and assembled guests.
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