Sold|$2,880
Hide Covered Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Y223A Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza
Elm
Sold|$2,980
Three Drawer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century cypress altar table with three drawers and a shelf. Pagoda Red Collection #: X022 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, kitch...
Cypress
Sold|$3,280
Reclaimed Elmwood Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th century Chinese reclaimed elmwood altar table with dovetail joints and wonderful patina. Pagoda Red Collection #: CAG021 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet,...
Elm
Sold|$3,980
Six Drawer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: CAE002 Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, sideboard, server, buffet, credenza, media, dresser, chest of drawers
Elm
Sold|$48,000
Ming Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare museum quality 17th century Ming Dynasty huanghuali side table with high waist, gently tapered legs with beading, and horse hoof feet, with an amazing patina.
P...
Sold|$3,280
Stone Top Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th century polished Chinese meditation stone top table mounted on a custom steel base in an indoor/outdoor bronze colored finish.
Pagoda Red Collection #: ZH4021
Steel
Sold|$18,800
Monumental Daqi Lacquer Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: M012 Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, kitchen island, buffet, sideboard, server, credenza
Elm
Sold|$4,280
Pair of Half Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: CAG031 Keywords: Table, console, entry, sofa table, sideboard, server, buffet, credenza, nightstand, bed side
Elm
Sold|$3,980
Six Drawer Chinese Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: CAE008 Keywords: Console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table, entry, dresser, chest of drawers, commode, media, television
Walnut
Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood altar table with a solid plank top, spandrels carved with auspicious dragons, and sides carved with birds amongst cherry blossoms.
Pagod...
Sold|$14,800
Massive Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: R051 Keywords: Console, sofa, sideboard, server, buffet, hall, entry
Elm
Low Qing Dynasty Kang Cabinet with in Original Black-Red Lacquer
Located in Kastrup, DK
Low Chinese Kang cabinet in original black-red lacquer. Three sets of double doors and five drawers. Each drawer is adorned with ring pulls with circular back plates. Shandong circa...
Wood
Sold|$6,980
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood black lacquer altar table with elegant scrolling vine spandrels. Pagoda Red Collection #: BJAA052 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, ...
Elm
Sold|$5,280
Chinese Meditation Stone Top Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th century Chinese meditation stone top table with custom brushed steel base. Pagoda Red Collection #: ZM4027 Keywords: Table, console, desk, writing table, sofa table
Stone, Steel
Sold|$7,880
Pair of Chinese Half-Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: DVA016 Keywords: Table, side table, console, entry
Sold|$15,800
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z047 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, server, credenza, sofa table
Elm
Sold|$2,880
19th Century Chinese Ribbon Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese black lacquered elmwood altar table with simple waterfall construction. Pagoda Red Collection #: CAH028 Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, entry, ...
Elm
Sold|$3,480
Provincial Plank Top Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century solid elmwood plank top altar table with simple stretchers. Pagoda Red Collection # X032 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, credenza, server,...
Elm
Sold|$3,480
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: ZZZ118 Keywords: Console table, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table
Elm
Sold|$3,380
Two Drawer Black Lacquer Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Y178 Keywords: Table, side, end, night stand, bedside, desk, vanity, console, sofa table, entry
Elm
Sold|$5,280
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z157 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table, entry
Walnut
Sold|$3,480
Chinese Reclaimed Elmwood Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z208C Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, server, buffet, credenza, sofa table, entry
Elm
Sold|$5,480
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z154 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table, entry
Elm
Sold|$4,880
Altar Table with Lotus Feet
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: DVA035 Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, entry, sideboard, buffet, credenza
Elm
Sold|$4,280
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese lacquered walnut Ming-style altar table with simple stretchers and horsehoof feet. Pagoda Red Collection #: Z074 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard,...
Walnut
Sold|$1,980
19th Century Chinese Half Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z064 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, server, credenza, entry, night stand, bedside
Elm
Sold|$2,680
Early 20th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: BJB063 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table, entry, media console
Elm
Sold|$4,280
19th Century Chinese Cerused Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese cerused elmwood altar table with simple Ming-inspired form. Pagoda Red Collection #: CAH010 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, server, credenza, bu...
Elm
Sold|$18,800
20th Century Chinese Stone Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century carved granite pedestal altar table with wavy legs. Pagoda Red Collection #: U015 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, garden
Granite
Sold|$3,580
19th Century Chinese Four Drawer Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: DVC003 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, desk, sofa table, entry, credenza
Elm
Sold|$5,880
19th Century Chinese Dragon Eye Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: CAH022 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, server, buffet, credenza
Sold|$5,880
19th Century Chinese Scalloped Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z117 Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza
Walnut
Sold|$2,180
Half Table with Horse Hoof Feet
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Y029 Keywords: Table, console, entry, sideboard, buffet, server, nightstand, bedside, demi lune
Elm
Sold|$8,800
Curved Leg Chrysanthemum Foot Incense Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: GDC024 Keywords: Table, console, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table
Elm
Sold|$2,280
Shallow Three-Drawer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Shallow red lacquered altar table from Northern China
Sold|$2,180
Chinese Cinnabar Incense Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the early 20th century, this shallow console table was originally used for general storage or as an altar for burning incense during ancestor worship.
Elm
Early 20th Century Chinese Flaked Calligrapher's Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z115 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credena, sofa table
Oak
19th Century Chinese Black Lacquer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: BJB090 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table, entry
Elm
19th Century Chinese Three Drawer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: ZZZ056 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table
Elm
19th Century Chinese "Double-Ear" Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: BJB038 Keywords: Table, altar, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table, console table
Elm
Sold|$4,280
19th Century Chinese Hoof-Foot Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z114 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table, entry
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Double-Sided Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z146 Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, entry, server, sideboard, buffet, credenza
Elm
Sold|$2,880
19th Century Chinese Two Drawer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: X071 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, night stand, bedside, chest, commode
Elm
19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Incense Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: DVC004 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table
Elm
19th Century Chinese Table with Lattice Shelf
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z073 Keywords: Table, altar, console, buffet, server, sideboard, credenza, night stand, bedside, chest, commode, dresser, chest of drawers, media
Elm
Sold|$4,880
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Half Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Y218 Kewords: Table, side, end, console, entry, sideboard, buffet, credenza, demi lune, night stand, bedside
19th Century Chinese Ornate Chrysanthemum Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Cultivated in all parts of China, the chrysanthemum is esteemed for its variety of forms and rich colors. This favored flower is carved in a graceful repeat motif on the apron of thi...
Pine
Sold|$3,480
Jim Rose Ming Steel Petite Altar Table
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
The culmination of years of studying the vernacular history of furniture design, these timeless forms crafted of found steel draw a continuous link between the past and the present. ...
Steel
19th Century Chinese Altar Table with Square Spandrels
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: CAH027 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, sofa table
Walnut
Sold|$6,580
Jim Rose Ming Steel Offering Table
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Created exclusively for Pagoda Red, the Ming Steel Collection by artist Jim Rose forges a connection between Shaker minimalism and the simplified lines and austere aesthetic of Ming-...
Steel
19th Century Chinese Shallow Black Lacquer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: CAH023 Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, entry, sideboard, server, credenza, buffet
Elm
Sold|$7,280
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Wine Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of Elmwood wine tables from Northern China. This table features a geometric carved apron around each leg. Pagoda Red Collection # BJC124
Elm
19th Century Chinese Shallow Duban Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An elegant and simple altar table from Northern China. This 19th century piece is made of Chinese Northern Elmwood. Pagoda Red Collection # BJC069
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Wine Tables with Drawers
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z061 Keywords: Table, console, sofa table, sideboard, buffet, server, credenza, night stand, bedside
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Lacquer Topped Waterfall Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A Chinese Northern elm waterfall table from Northern China with a lacquered top from c. 1900. Pagoda Red Collection # CAJ009
Petite Chinese Two Door Four Drawer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A c. 1850 petite altar table from Southern China with two doors and four drawers with longs legs ending in hoofed feet. Pagod red Collection # CAJ018
Elm
19th Century Chinese Shallow Altar Table with Inset Legs
Located in Chicago, IL
A shallow Chinese Northern Elmwood altar table from Henan Province, China with inset legs, double stretchers, and simple spandrels. Pagoda Red Collection # DVE004
Elm
Few pieces of furniture are celebrated for their functionality as much as their decorative attributes in the way that console tables are. While these furnishings are not as common in today’s interiors as their coffee-table and side-table counterparts, console tables are stylish home accents and have become more prevalent over the years.
The popularity of wood console tables took shape during the 17th and 18th centuries in French and Italian culture, and were exclusively featured in the palatial homes of the upper class. The era’s outwardly sculptural examples of these small structures were paired with mirrors or matching stools and had tabletops of marble. They were most often half-moon-shaped and stood on two scrolled giltwood legs, and because they weren’t wholly supported on their two legs rather than the traditional four, their flat-backed supports were intended to hug the wall behind them and were commonly joined by an ornate stretcher. The legs were affixed or bolted to the wall with architectural brackets called console brackets — hence, the name we know them by today — which gave the impression that they were freestanding furnishings. While console tables introduced a dose of drama in the foyer of any given aristocrat — an embodiment of Rococo-style furniture — the table actually occupied minimal floor space (an attractive feature in home furniture). As demand grew and console tables made their way to other countries, they gained recognition as versatile additions to any home.
Contemporary console tables comprise many different materials and are characterized today by varying shapes and design styles. It is typical to find them made of marble, walnut or oak and metal. While modern console tables commonly feature four legs, you can still find the two-legged variety, which is ideal for nestling behind the sofa. A narrow console table is a practical option if you need to save space — having outgrown their origins as purely ornamental, today’s console tables are home to treasured decorative objects, help fill empty foyers and, outfitted with drawers or a shelf, can provide a modest amount of storage as needed.
The rich collection of antique, new and vintage console tables on 1stDibs includes everything from 19th-century gems designed in the Empire style to unique rattan pieces and more.
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.
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.
Top interior designers show — and tell — us how to create delectable spaces for hosting dinner parties.
Fans of the French film star may be surprised to learn that he had a flair for furniture with sleek lines and disco-era flash.
Like other pieces in the firm’s Candy Box collection, the cheerful limited-edition design showcases French craft.
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.
From his massive collaborative workshop in a former paper factory, the designer concocts funky furniture from disused materials, as well as luxe hotel interiors like the new Mix Brussels.
The designer’s innovative use of an unexpected material gives this console a lift.
The stately piece brings both gravitas and whimsy to any work space.
Use them as tables or stools, indoors or out.