$1,746Sale Price|30% Off
1920s Federal Style Satinwood Inlaid Flame Mahogany Serpentine Card Table
Located in Germantown, MD
1920s Federal style satinwood inlaid flame mahogany serpentine card table in good antique condition. Very sturday.
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century Walnut Serpentine Card Table Firmly Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
A walnut serpentine card table firmly attributed to Gillows Constructed using finely figured Circassian walnut, dressed with gilt bronze mounts; rising from slender kingwood banded ...
Ormolu, Bronze
18th Century Hepplewhite Figured Mahogany Serpentine Card Table
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th century Hepplewhite period concertina action mahogany card table, in the French taste, having kingwood crossbanded serpentine top above shaped frieze, supported on c...
Kingwood, Mahogany
Late 18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany Serpentine Card Table, England
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century Hepplewhite period figured mahogany serpentine-shaped card table in the French manner, having moulded edged top above shaped frieze supported on well moulded scro...
Mahogany
18th Century Mahogany Serpentine Card Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality early George III mahogany serpentine cad table. The top of the table folds over to reveal a shaped green baise, above four square legs, with small fretwork...
Mahogany
Masterful American Sheraton Serpentine Mahogany Inlaid Card Table. Boston C 1810
By John & Thomas Seymour
Located in Charleston, SC
Masterful American Sheraton mahogany hinged top serpentine card table with figured cross banded tulip wood, birch and satinwood inlays, outset corners, and terminating on the origina...
Birch, Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
$2,276Sale Price|36% Off
George III Mahogany Serpentine Card Table in the French Hepplewhite Taste
Located in Cheshire, GB
George III mahogany serpentine tea table in the Hepplewhite manner, the shaped top opening to opening to reveal inset baize interior, all raised on moulded cabriole legs ending in sc...
Wood
$27,105Sale Price|20% Off
Pair 19th Century French Boulle card tables
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare pair of French 19th Century Boulle inlaid serpentine card tables. Each with wonderful red stained Tortoiseshell, inlaid classical decoration, gilded ormolu mounts and mouldings.
Tortoise Shell
Antique Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Serpentine Card Console Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique mahogany serpentine fold-over card table, circa 1880 in date.
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique French quality kingwood marquetry inlaid ormolu mounted card table
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique French quality kingwood marquetry inlaid ormolu mounted card table having a quality kingwood marquetry inlaid serpentine shaped swizzle top with a brass edge opening to revea...
Serpentine, Brass, Ormolu
Antique Chippendale Mahogany Card Table
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine George III Chippendale period serpentine-front figured mahogany card table of a good colour and patina; attractive model with shaped sides and frieze, the moulded legs and fri...
Mahogany
19th Century French Boulle Card Table
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
19th century French Louis XVI style Boulle inlaid, ormolu-mounted card table, serpentine in shape, having classical scrolling brass inlaid decoration to the top, opening to reveal a ...
Brass
$1,046Sale Price|30% Off
19th Century Victorian Rococo Style Walnut Serpentine Fold-Top Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Victorian Rococo Style Walnut Serpentine Fold-Top Tea Table. Measures 34" in width, 33.5" in depth open 30" in height.
Walnut
American Chippendale Maple Serpentine Tilt Top Tripod Tea Table, Circa 1780
By A. Belokopytoff
Located in Charleston, SC
American Chippendale maple serpentine tilt top tea table with a turned bulbous ringed pedestal, original brass locking mechanism. and resting on the original tripod legs with scrolle...
Brass
Chippendale Period Mahogany Card Table with Ball and Claw Feet
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A Chippendale period mahogany card table with serpentine-shaped top. Raised on four cabriole legs which are crisply carved with acanthus leaf motif on the knees and ending in ball an...
Mahogany
English Queen Anne Mahogany Serpentine One Drawer Tea Table Orig. Brasses C 1740
Located in Charleston, SC
English Queen Anne mahogany one drawer tea table with a one board serpentine edge top, original brasses, trumpet knees, and resting on cabriole legs with pad feet. Secondary wood is ...
Brass
French Louis XVI Style Inlaid Card or Games Table, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century Louis XVI style parquetry inlaid serpentine fronted card or games table, having gilded ormolu moldings and mounts, the top hinging open to reveal the...
Mahogany
$2,275Sale Price / item|30% Off
19th C. Federal Style Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Fold Top Card or Console Table
Located in Germantown, MD
1890s Federal style satinwood inlaid flame mahogany serpentine fold top card table or console table in good antique condition.
Mahogany, Satinwood
George III Mahogany Card Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A George III serpentine mahogany card table with concertina action and superb original colour.
Mahogany
$2,602Sale Price|20% Off
Burr walnut card table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut serpentine front card table. The folding and swivel burr walnut top opening to reveal an inset baize-lined interior with tooled border.
Walnut
$4,120Sale Price|38% Off
19th Century Walnut Card Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century walnut card table, the serpentine well-figured top with ormolu banded border opening to reveal baize interior.
Walnut
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
Empire Period 19th Century Rosewood Card Table English
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant English mid-19th Century well figured card table of serpentine form having carved decoration.
Rosewood
Vintage Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Single Drawer Leather Top Game Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Single Drawer Leather Top Game Table This superb antique Irish George II style serpentine mahogany leather-top card/game table has a serpen...
Brass
Pair of American Rococo Revival Patinated Bronze Candelabras, Ca. 1825
Located in New York, NY
All the same, there is one surviving serpentine New York card table on view that purely evokes the costumes and attitudes of the period.
Bronze
Hepplewhite Serpentine Card Table
Located in London, GB
Hepplewhite mahogany serpentine Card Table
Wood
18th Century Mahogany Serpentine Card Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century mahogany serpentine card table with spade feet and leather top
Mahogany, Leather
Unavailable
H 29 in W 36.25 in D 17.75 in
Mahogany Sheraton Serpentine Card Table with Figured Birch Drawer, Harvard, MA
Located in Providence, RI
This card table at first appears to be quintessential Salem. However, upon closer inspection and much research, it appears to have been made in Harvard, MA, by Jonathan Fairbank in 1...
Mahogany
Cherry Serpentine Card Table with Long Drawer
Located in Providence, RI
This transitional table has the typical Chippendale serpentine shaped face with a drawer whose front is composed of solid cherry that is carved from a four inch thick log (see detail...
Cherry
George III Mahogany Card Table
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in London, Middlesex
A fine mid-18th century Chippendale period carved mahogany serpentine card table of outstanding color and patination.
Mahogany
Carved Chippendale Card Table with Serpentine Apron
Located in Providence, RI
This is one of the finest English card tables we have handled. The top leaves are beautifully figured mahogany, the edges of which are superbly carved.
Mahogany
Late Victorian Burr Walnut Serpentine Shape Card Table
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Late Victorian Burr walnut serpentine shape card table with turned and carved baluster column scroll legs and feet with blind castors 40.5"W x 19.5"D x 28"H.
Walnut
Burr Walnut Serpentine Shaped Antique Games, Card Table
Located in Antrim, GB
Magnificent Burr Walnut serpentine shaped antique games card table, which turns and folds over to reveal green baize playing surface sitting on a magnificent carved Cradle base .
Walnut
George III Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Fold Over Card Table
Located in London, west Sussex
This very handsome George III mahogany serpentine shaped fold over card table features a hand carved edge and blind fret decoration.
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Card Table, circa 1780
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a wonderfully proportioned late 18th century English George III mahogany serpentine fronted card table in the Chippendale style, complete with lovely original green baize top...
Baize, Mahogany
Mahogany Card Table with RARE Serpentine Form, c. 1770
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely preserved card table with rare serpentine form on all sides, giving a exceptionally graceful appearance to the piece.
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 29.53 in W 35.83 in D 18.12 in
Antique Quality Victorian circa 1870 Burr Walnut Serpentine Folding Card Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique quality Victorian circa 1870 burr walnut serpentine folding card table. Solid and strong, with no loose joints.
Walnut
Unavailable
H 29 in W 34.5 in D 16.5 in
Late 19th Century Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Card Table in the Chippendale Style
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Suffolk, GB
A late 19th century mahogany serpentine shaped card table in the Chippendale style of fine patina.
Mahogany
English Victorian Rosewood Serpentine Shaped Occasional Table
Located in Macclesfield, GB
A very fine quality Victorian rosewood serpentine shaped fold over games or occasional table with central baluster shaped column with egg and dart carving. The table has sweeping cab...
Rosewood
Good George III Serpentine Mahogany Tea Table
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
A good George III serpentine mahogany tea table; in the Hepplewhite manner, the well figured shaped top with a moulded edge, folding over to reveal its extremely well figured mahogan...
Unavailable
H 27 in W 36 in D 23 in
Serpentine Mahogany Hepplewhite Period Tea or Silver Table, circa 1770
Located in Woodbury, CT
A fine serpentine Chippendale/Hepplewhite period silver table in mahogany with molded cabriole legs ending in square French feet. The thin top having a shallow trayed edge. The shape...
Mahogany
An Important Pair of George III Carved Mahogany Card Tables
Located in New York, NY
Important pair of George III carved mahogany serpentine - front double swing-leg card tables in the Chippendale taste, one with paper label "Miller & Beatty, Ltd., Grafton Street, Du...
Mahogany
Victorian Walnut Serpentine Card Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian Burr walnut serpentine card table. The top of the table swivels and folds over to reveal a circular pink baize.
Walnut
Antique Georgian Satinwood Serpentine Card Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A superb quality late 18th century George III period satinwood serpentine card table having oval inlaid fan to segmented top above superbly figured and crossbanded frieze with inla...
Satinwood, Tulipwood, Yew
19th Century Burr Walnut Serpentine Card Table
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A very high quality 19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Serpentine Card Table of exceptional quality and condition.
Walnut
18th Century Mahogany Serpentine Card Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th century mahogany serpentine card table with a crossbanded fold over top lined with a green baize playing surface, the table has lovely detailed beading running along the frieze ...
Mahogany
Early 19th c. Seymour Federal Serpentine Card Table
By Thomas Seymour, John & Thomas Seymour
Located in Milford, NH
Federal serpentine card or gaming table attributed to John & Thomas Seymour circa 1800-1810.
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Serpentine Card Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good example of a George III serpentine, mahogany card table. The serpentine top with an elegantly carved edging to front and sides.
Mahogany
1920s Walnut Serpentine Card-Games Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
1920s walnut serpentine card table with green baise and supported by carved cabriol legs with claw and ball feet in good condition.
Walnut
Sold
H 28.5 in W 34 in D 18 in
George Iii Mahogany Serpentine Card Table in the French Hepplewhite Taste
Located in Cheshire, GB
George IIII mahogany serpentine tea table in the Hepplewhite manner, the shaped top opening to opening to reveal inset baize interior, all raised on moulded cabriole legs ending in s...
Sold
H 29 in W 36 in D 18.75 in
American Sheraton, Mahogany, Tulipwood, Serpentine Inlaid Card Table, USA, 1810
Located in Stamford, CT
John and Thomas Seymour Attribution, American Sheraton, Serpentine Inlaid Card Table, Boston, 1810 American Sheraton mahogany hinged top serpentine card table with figured cross ban...
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
American Federal Inlaid Mahogany Card Table, 1800
Located in Astoria, NY
American Federal Inlaid Mahogany Serpentine Card Table, circa 1800, Baltimore of Philadelphia, with flip over top and gate leg extension.
Mahogany
Sold
H 30.32 in W 36.23 in D 36.23 in
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Serpentine Card Console Table, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Edwardian serpentine card table, circa 1900 in ate and in superb George III style..
Sold
H 31.11 in W 36.23 in D 18.51 in
Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Serpentine Card Console Tables 19th Century, Pair
Located in London, GB
This is a superb pair of antique George III revival serpentine card tables, circa 1880 in date. Each card table is of mahogany with beautiful neoclassical satinwood inlaid marquet...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Sold
H 30.71 in W 36.23 in D 18.51 in
Early 20th Century Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Serpentine Card Console Table
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Edwardian fiddle-back mahogany serpentine card table, circa 1900 in date. This splendid card table is made of the finest quality mahogany and features a h...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mahogany Inlaid Serpentine Fronted Card Table, circa 1910
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany and marquetry serpentine card table in the Sheraton manner the satinwood-banded top inlaid with a fan medallion and radiating husk chains, the frieze with simulated flut...
Rare Queen Ann Card Table, 18th century
Located in Westwood, NJ
Rare and Unusual Size Queen Ann Turret Corner Serpentine Card Table
19th Century Antique Serpentine Mahogany Card Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE SERPENTINE MAHOGANY CARD TABLE CIRCA 1870
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Rosewood Serpentine Writing Table / Card Table
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A beautiful 19th Century Victorian Rosewood Serpentine writing table / card table of exceptional quality and condition.
Rosewood
Victorian Burr Walnut Serpentine Shaped Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A good quality Victorian burr walnut serpentine shaped card/side table with swivel top, green baize interior, serpentine carved frieze, shaped reeded column supported by four carved ...
Walnut
18th Century mahogany card table, serpentine shaped, circa 1770
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th Century mahogany card table, serpentine shaped, circa 1770
Mahogany
Sold
H 29.34 in W 35.83 in D 18.12 in
Quality Antique Victorian Serpentine Shaped Burr Walnut Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian serpentine shaped burr walnut card/side table having a quality burr walnut serpentine shaped fold over top with a thumb moulded edge opening to reveal the o...
Walnut
Sold
H 28.5 in W 36.25 in D 17.5 in
Pair Of 19th Century Victorian Serpentine Figured Walnut Card Tables
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
HERE WE HAVE A STUNNING PAIR OF PEDESTAL CARD TABLES. SERPENTINE FORM WITH FOLD OVER FLAP AND STORAGE WELL UNDERNEATH, 4 HIPPED CABRIOLE SUPPORTS WHICH ARE CARVED WITH LEAF AND FLOW...
Walnut
Sold
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.
Ormolu
Sold
H 29.93 in W 38.98 in D 19.3 in
18th Century George III Carved Mahogany Serpentine Concertina Action Card Table
By William Vile
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A bold and impressive George III carved mahogany serpentine concertina action card table, circa 1760.
Mahogany, Oak
Sold
H 29.73 in W 35.44 in D 17.72 in
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Carved Burr Walnut Serpentine Shaped Card
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian carved burr walnut serpentine shaped card table having a quality burr walnut serpentine shaped fold over top with a moulded edge opening to reve...
Walnut
George III Mahogany Card Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
George III mahogany serpentine flip-top card table with fluted frieze and tapering square legs headed by paterae, with a traditional green baize lined interior.
George III Mahogany Card Table
By Adams
Located in Huntington, NY
Mahogany card table. The serpentine-fronted top with canted corners opening to a baize-lined gaming surface above the square tapering canted legs carved with a oval paterae.
Mahogany
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Serpentine Tea Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
This chippendale period mahogany serpentine tea table, which is basically the same as a georgian card table except without the baized interior, is quite exceptional in all possible r...
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Card Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A good quality antique Victorian burr walnut serpentine shaped card table having a swivel top, green baize interior, serpentine carved frieze, shaped reeded column supported by four ...
Walnut
Fine English George III Mahogany Card Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine English George III mahogany serpentine scroll foot card table.
Pair of Mahogany Gothic Revival Card Tables
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of Gothic Revival card tables of serpentine outline fitted with swivel tops opening to reveal a baize lined interior above geometric carved freeze all raised up on four chamfere...
Wood
18th c Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Tilt Top Tea Table
Located in Milford, NH
This mahogany Chippendale Serpentine tilt top tea table is supported by an urn turned pedestal and arched cabriole legs. Massachusetts, circa 1765-1785. Reference: Christie’s NY Auct...
Mahogany
19th Century Rosewood Pair of Card Tables
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality and very attractive pair of mid 19th Century french rosewood card tables of serpentine Form having well figured fold over tops with moulded Edge enclosing baized in...
Rosewood
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Pair of Serpentine Tea Tables
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality pair of 18th century mahogany Serpentine shaped tea tables having well figured tops over elegant shaped friezes with concealed drawers to reverse raised on elegant ...
Mahogany
19th Century Rosewood Pair of Card Tables
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality and very attractive pair of mid 19th Century french rosewood card tables of serpentine Form having well figured fold over tops with moulded Edge enclosing baized in...
Rosewood
Sold
H 30.25 in W 38.5 in D 17.75 in
Pair of American Sheraton Mahogany Serpentine Game Tables, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American Sheraton mahogany serpentine hinged top game tables with one board tops, outset corners with acanthus carved motif, carved molded edge skirt, swivel hinged gate leg...
Mahogany, Pine
Exhibition Quality Pair of Rosewood and Bronze Card Tables
Located in Greenwich, CT
An exceptional pair of bronze-mounted rosewood card tables, the serpentine tops with heavily gadrooned edge, of shaped and carved apron, standing on cabriole legs ending in scrolled ...
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Ebonized Boulle Style Card Table
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Nashville, TN
19th century French Louis XVI style Boulle inlaid, ormolu-mounted card table, serpentine in shape, having classical scrolling brass inlaid decoration to the top, opening to reveal a ...
Ebony
Sold
H 29.73 in W 31.5 in D 16.93 in
Howard and Sons Mahogany Card Table with Concertina Action Irish Georgian Style
By Howard & Sons Ltd
Located in Benington, Herts
A superb Irish George II style serpentine mahogany concertina action card table of excellent color circa 1900 stamped by the famous 19th century cabinet makers Howard and Sons of Ber...
Ormolu
Pair of American (Hepplewhite) Game Tables, 18th c.
Located in Westwood, NJ
Pair of Federal mahogany serpentine inlaid card tables.
Sold
H 28.5 in W 36.25 in D 17.75 in
Early 19th Century Antique American Federal Mahog. & Birch Flap-Top Games Table
By John & Thomas Seymour
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This is a spectacular antique American Federal New England period highly figured mahogany and satin birch Flap-top serpentine Games or Card Table in the manner of the workshop of Joh...
Mahogany, Rosewood, Birch
$1,077Sale Price|30% Off
H 29 in W 36 in D 18 in
1960s Georgian Furnishing Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Console Game Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Made of beautiful mahogany, this console features crafted satinwood inlay detailing the top, the legs and the side panels. Table opens to a beautifully banded finished top in very go...
Mahogany, Satinwood
$3,000
H 28.5 in W 35.5 in D 17 in
Antique Sheraton Mahogany Inlaid Octagonal Flip Top Game Card Tea Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Sheraton period card or game table, circa 1790-1820. Made from mahogany with crotch mahogany veneer, featuring an inlaid flip top octagonal demilune top supported by square ...
Mahogany
$1,396Sale Price|30% Off
H 28.5 in W 36 in D 17.5 in
1920s Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Federal Style Fold-Top Console or Game Table
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th century Mahogany and satinwood Inlaid Federal style Fold-Top Console or Card Table in very good antique condition. Measures 36" in width, 17.5" in depth folded and 35" ...
Mahogany
$3,000
H 29 in W 17.5 in D 36 in
Antique Georgian Mahogany Inlaid Flip Top Gateleg Game Card Tea Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English Georgian card / game / tea entry table. Made from mahogany featuring rectangular demilune form with satinwood inlaid flip top supported by square tapered legs. Once ...
Mahogany
Federal Mahogany Card Table
Located in East Aurora, NY
American mahogany inlaid Hepplewhite fold top card table Circa 1790-1800. Tapered straight legs terminating at the feet in simple cuff inlay. Shaped skirt and conforming ovolo shaped...
Mahogany
American Mahogany Card table
Located in Huntington, NY
American Federal Mahogany Inlaid & Figural 5-legged Games Table Card table with gate leg on The shaped rectangular top above an Oval Inlaid Frieze with Flower medallions on square t...
Brass
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 35.75 in D 17.5 in
Circa 1780 George III Period English Tea Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780 George III period tea table, English. Mahogany & flame mahogany veneer. Flip top with swing leg. Deal secondary wood. Satinwood & ebony apron line inlay. Large ovolo form ...
Wood
Mahogany Inlaid Sunburst Console
Located in Annville, PA
A high quality Mahogany Inlaid Sunburst Console table which makes elaborate use of hand cut inlays. The mahogany top is banded with satinwood and features a sunburst style inlay in t...
Mahogany
$1,396Sale Price|30% Off
H 30 in W 36 in D 17 in
1920s Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Federal Style Fold-Top Console or Card Table
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th century Mahogany and satinwood Inlaid Federal style Fold-Top Console or Card Table in very good antique condition. Measures 36" in width, 17" in depth folded and 34" i...
Mahogany
Today, the phrase “card tables” might evoke the image of common plastic tables covered in felt, but historically these tables were statement pieces that invited merriment and were made of mahogany, walnut or other fine woods. Today, antique and vintage card tables and tea tables can enliven a space and encourage spirited competition in your home.
Card tables originated in England in the late 17th century, and during this time, as well as the 18th century, game tables in general became quite popular. We refer to early versions of card tables as antique Regency card tables because the Prince of Wales ruled England during the period and his official title was Regent. Back then, these furnishings were typically small, rectangular tables outfitted with hinged tops so that they could be opened to reveal a playing surface. Ornamental flourishes of the era might have included an integration of fine velvet or needlepoint as lining for the table’s surface. For furniture makers, wide adoption of a dense woven green material called baize for table covering — similar to felt but stronger — occurred during the early 1700s.
Tea became widely affordable during the early 1800s in England, and tea time exploded in popularity and involved large tea sets — especially during the Victorian era — as well as small, well-crafted tea tables. Your beverage was paired with petite baked goods, and the tea table would be home to teacups, saucers, a milk pot and other items. While tea tables are similar in design to card tables, the focus is more on presentation. Georgian card tables and tea tables — furniture made during the reign of England’s three Georges — were especially ornate. Some featured intricately carved design elements on each side and stood on elegantly curved legs. After all, tea time became a sacred ritual that society women dressed up for. It was a time to pause, reflect and sip a comforting beverage.
When no guests were visiting to enjoy tea or play games, owners could fold down both card tables and tea tables to their smaller size and tuck them away into a corner of the room.
Antique and vintage card tables and tea tables can make a lovely addition to any living room, entertainment room or game room. Find yours on 1stDibs.
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