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
Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H. Clearance: 27"
Wood
The Howard, Custom Made Belgian Linen Armchair
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Introducing the home collection. A small selection of timeless Flemish designs made by hand for us in a small third generation workshop in Belgium. Has been used by many influent...
Linen
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 30.25 in W 78.75 in D 33.5 in
Country French Provincial Oak Farmhouse Trestle Dining Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming country French provincial farmhouse dining table or harvest table crafted from solid oak hardwood. The country table features a massive 2 inch thick solid plank top supporte...
Oak
French Inspired Upholstered Linen Bergère Chairs
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
French inspired upholstered linen bergère chairs These French inspired chair are based on an original Napoleon III style pair of chairs. Napoleon III was the nephew of the Napoleon t...
Linen
$4,800
H 30 in W 84.75 in D 35 in
19th Century Country French Provincial Walnut Farmhouse Trestle Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rustic 19th century country French provincial farmhouse trestle work table crafted from walnut. The table features a large rectangular plank top with breadboard ends constructed with...
Iron
19th Century English Gate Leg Table, Dark-Stained Oak, Jacobean Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a 19th century English gateleg drop-leaf table crafted from dark-stained oak. The oval top features two hinged leaves that can be raised and supported by swinging gateleg sup...
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
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Oval Breakfast Dining Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality late 18th century George III Period mahogany oval breakfast table having well Figured oval tilting top with crossbanded decoration Raised on elegant barrel turned...
Mahogany
Sold|$1,645
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
$7,471
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
$6,158Sale 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
19th Century English Dresser Base
Located in Nashville, TN
Own a piece of history with this 18th Century English Welsh Dresser Base with Pot board. Crafted with timeless charm, this antique dresser exudes rustic simplicity. The sturdy wooden...
Wood
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
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
$13,023
H 31.89 in W 13.39 in D 5.12 in
Large antique gilt bronze French cartel clock in the Louis XVI style
Located in London, GB
This beautiful antique clock, crafted in the refined Louis XVI style is of traditional form, but is notable for its intricate and extensive decoration. The central circular enamel di...
Bronze, Enamel
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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