Sold|$16,800
Spanish Walnut Two-Drawer Console Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Spanish Baroque walnut two-drawer console table with wonderful fruitwood inlays, turned legs and box stretcher, circa 1700.
Walnut
Sold|$3,400
Early 18th. Century Spanish Console Table
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome late 17th. /early 18th. century oak console. Semi circular top with square champhered legs and stretchers.
Oak
17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Refectory Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A superb 17th century Spanish baroque walnut refectory table with deeply carved drawers and turned legs connected by a stretcher base. Circa 1650. Overall with excellent wear and pat...
Sold|$5,500
Italian / Spanish Baroque Fruitwood Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nice and small scaled Italian or Spanish fruitwood table with well turned legs and forged iron decorative braces. Good older surface with some wear as expected.
Iron
Spanish Baroque Trestle Style table
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular top raised on shaped trestle supports with under scrolled feet joined by arched iron stretchers beautifully finished with hand applied French Polish, wonderful distre...
18th Century Spanish Console Table with Iron Stretcher
Located in Coral Gables, FL
18th Century Catalan Console Table with Iron Stretcher
Sold|$5,600
17th Century Spanish Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
17th Century Spanish Table In Chestnut. With Carved Paneled Sides, Back And Drawer Fronts With Iron Drop Pulls.
Wood
Sold|$2,250
Small Scale, Low Spanish Elm Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Small scale, low Spanish Elm Table with iron cross stretcher, circa 1880
Elm
Sold|$14,750
Late 17th. Century Spanish Table
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome Spanish two drawer table with inlaid drawers and sides. Single board walnut top above the two inlaid drawers, mounted on six ring turned legs ending in block feet. Legs are...
Walnut, Oak
Sold|$3,295
Early 19th Century Spanish Refectory Table
Located in Nashville, TN
This early 19th century Spanish oak refectory table is raised on a shaped trestle base supported by handwrought iron buttresses. The aged patina is magnificent and the planked top is...
Iron
Sold|$5,300
Scagliola
Located in Vulpellac (Costa Brava), ES
Contemporary reproduction of an Italian 18th century Scagliola, based on original designs. Made with the traditional techniques.
Scagliola
Late 17th-Early 18th Century Walnut Lyre Leg Table with Iron Stretchers
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This delicately proportioned walnut console table features a single board top, beautifully scalloped lyre legs, its original wrought iron stretchers and lustrous "prima patina". F...
Wrought Iron
Excellent, 17th Century Spanish Baroque Console Table
Located in Montecito, CA
Very nice Spanish Baroque 17th Century console table with two carved drawers, turned legs.
Sold|$3,475
Spanish Style Console
Located in Stamford, CT
Spanish Baroque style console with floral carved drawer fronts, ring turned legs, and walnut on board top, circa 1900s.
Wood, Walnut
Sold|$6,989
17th Century Baroque Walnut Console
Located in Alella, ES
Rectangular single plank top with gadroon molded edge over removable acanthus supports, raised on splayed scroll legs with inward scrolling feet united by similar stretchers, joined ...
Walnut
18th Century Walnut Saint Anthony Console Table
Located in Alella, ES
Rectangular top raised on slightly splayed block trestle legs with cross supports. Popularly known as “tocinera” or Saint Anthony table. Great patina. Original conditions.
Walnut
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.