Butler Tray Table or Bar
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Butler's tray table or bar with a removable serving tray featuring a faux bamboo mahogany frame
Faux Bamboo, Mahogany
Handsome Designer Rattan & Mahogany Butlers Tray on Stand
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sumptuously crafted by Ralph Lauren, the Sussex Butler’s tray on stand having mahogany and rattan
Rattan, Mahogany
Ralph Lauren Butler Serving Tray Table
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A RALPH LAUREN British Colonial Style
Brass
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H 35 in W 36.75 in D 25.25 in
British Colonial Style Mahogany, Bamboo, & Rattan Butler Tray Table on Stand
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Southampton, NY
British Colonial Style Mahogany, Bamboo, & Rattan Butler Tray Table on Stand by Ralph Lauren
Brass
Pair of Folding Burnt Bamboo Side Butlers Tables Ralph Lauren Style
Located in San Diego, CA
Versatile practical Classic wood bamboo pair of side tables or butler’s table. We see this
Bamboo
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H 15.25 in W 18 in D 13 in
Ralph Lauren's "Preppy Green Jacket" Painted Re-Furbished! Petite Butler's Tray
Located in Westport, CT
Ralph Lauren's "Preppy green jacket painted" re-furbished! Petite butler's tray or side table
Ralph Lauren Butler's Tray in the British Colonial Style
Located in Houston, TX
Mahogany Ralph Lauren Westminster Carved Butler's Tray from the discontinued Safari Collection
Mahogany
The popularity of antique and vintage tray tables owes mostly to the 1950s, when the first TV dinners made their way into the freezers of American kitchens.
At a time when televisions were increasingly becoming fixtures in the living rooms of most homes in the United States, the tray table was impossibly convenient. With a deft merging of function and style, the table, positioned in front of your sofa or plush armchair, was a place to rest your Swanson-brand TV dinner, a compartmentalized supper issued on a disposable tray that required minimal preparation. The technological advances of the mid-century kitchen included programmable ovens, so TV dinners were quick and easy, particularly when home-cooked meals were out of the question.
When one had finished the last bite of this square meal, which was packed into sections that assumed various geometric shapes in their own partitioned aluminum tray, the tray table could be easily folded up and tucked away until needed again.
Eventually, designers took to exploring iterations of the widely loved tray table that would better suit household needs. Once a simple, foldable furnishing that was confined to use at mealtime, tray tables are now somewhat of a budget-friendly design staple for many households. Today, tray tables are as versatile as ever, and such a wide range has been manufactured over the years that you’re likely to find a good fit no matter what your furniture style preferences might be.
Tray tables are used as side tables, nightstands, a bar tray when your space won’t accommodate that handsome vintage bar cart you’ve been looking for and desks, particularly as many of us are working from home and especially when a modest-sized apartment won’t allow for larger tables.
Tray tables vary in style, shape and size. When looking for a tray table, you should measure accordingly and ensure that wherever it will land in your space there will be room around the table to allow for easy movement.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique and vintage tray tables that includes mid-century modern tray tables, Art Deco versions and more.
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