Victorian Chess Table
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1840s Victorian Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Game Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Game Tables
Walnut, Hardwood
Antique 1860s English Victorian Game Tables
Hardwood
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
20th Century English Victorian Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Antique 19th Century Victorian Side Tables
Walnut
20th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1880s English Late Victorian Tray Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Antique Early 1900s English Late Victorian Game Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Antique 1880s Italian High Victorian Game Tables
Marble
20th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Satinwood, Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Game Tables
Leather, Wood, Maple
Antique Early 1900s French Victorian Game Tables
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Game Tables
Glass, Walnut, Pine
Antique 1860s English Louis Philippe Game Tables
Kingwood
Early 20th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Satinwood, Walnut, Hardwood
Antique 1850s Swiss Early Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Wood
Antique 1850s English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Game Tables
Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut
Antique 1880s English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Oak
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1880s French High Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1880s European Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Regency Game Tables
Leather, Satinwood, Walnut
20th Century American Victorian Game Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique 1820s Chinese Georgian Furniture
Wood
Antique 1860s Victorian Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Game Tables
Wood
Antique 1880s English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Early Victorian Game Tables
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Mahogany, Oak
Antique 19th Century English Game Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1870s English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique Early 1800s English Victorian Game Tables
Wood, Satinwood, Walnut
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1890s English Game Tables
Oak
Antique 1850s English Victorian Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Glass, Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Game Tables
Boxwood, Kingwood, Mahogany, Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Mahogany
Antique 1860s English Victorian Game Tables
Hardwood
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century British Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique 1880s English Victorian Game Tables
Leather, Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Antique 1880s English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
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Finding the Right game-tables for You
Bring drama and duels of dexterity into your home with vintage, new and antique game tables for every kind of game.
Who doesn’t love a little competition? Historians estimate that early versions of games such as backgammon were played by members of ancient civilizations at least as far back as 3,000 B.C. Chess, which likely originated in India as a game called chaturanga, is a timeworn test of skills and strategy as well, and the modern era’s iteration of the game was enjoyed by nobles at least as early as the 16th century.
While the upper classes in Europe were among the only chess players who could afford the game’s decoratively carved ivory pieces, the game eventually became accessible to the general public. In the late 19th century, the game’s first official chess championships took place, a realm that eventually produced celebrated players such as avowed Eames Executive chair enthusiast Bobby Fischer. Today, antique chessboards have seen an uptick in demand owing to a successful Netflix series in 2020 called The Queen’s Gambit, which chronicles the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon.
Modern versions of chess boards and other home game tables may have evolved to accommodate the variety of games for which they’re used but are still versatile pieces of furniture. Not every card table with chairs is the ideal dining table, but you certainly don’t have to limit a game table to recreational use.
Antique trictrac tables, for example, were products of 18th-century France, wherein furniture makers created what looked like multipurpose neoclassical writing desks and card tables that when their tops were removed revealed trictrac, chess and checkers surfaces. Other game tables, in a complete commitment to fun, merely support good old-fashioned competition. Contemporary Ping-Pong (or table tennis) tables, which have origins in 1880s Victorian England, can be quite sophisticated in form and are made from a variety of materials today. A billiards table is an iconic piece for any game room or living room, but your pool table is really going to be used for only one thing, right?
Antique or new Regency-style game tables, mid-century modern tables or Art Deco–style card tables, perhaps fashioned from rosewood or mahogany, might be equipped with convertible tabletops to shift from meals to game time in a snap. If you prefer poker or opt for a card table topped with a checkerboard, convenient drawers and other compartments can be found in new and vintage game tables that fit poker chips or other types of game pieces perfectly.
Find a range of top-quality vintage and antique game tables on 1stDibs that can help you introduce a bit of class to every competition at home.