Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
American
Owing to the company’s collaborations with many leading designers and artists over time, vintage Baker furniture is consistently sought after today. The heritage brand’s chairs, dining tables, desks and other pieces are widely known to collectors and design enthusiasts for their fine craftsmanship and durability.
Within a few decades of its launch, Baker Furniture Company evolved into one of the largest and most important furniture manufacturers in the United States and became known for its high-quality production standards. Siebe Baker and business partner Henry Cook founded the original iteration of Baker Furniture Company in 1890 in Allegan, Michigan, after immigrating to the United States from the Netherlands. Allegan is a small town west of Grand Rapids, which, at that time was home to Widdicomb Furniture Co. and more and was known as America’s furniture capital. The company manufactured doors and interior moldings and introduced a combination desk and bookcase in 1893. In the early 1900s, Siebe became the sole owner of the business.
Among others, stage designer Joseph Urban and modernist designer Kem Weber contributed designs to Baker in the 1920s. In 1932, under the leadership of Siebe’s son, Hollis, who started at the company as a salesman but took the reins when his father passed in 1925, Baker Furniture introduced bedroom pieces and debuted its Manor House collection, which made reproductions of European furnishings available to the American market. (Hollis was an avid traveler and procured antiques overseas for the company to reproduce in the United States.) Soon, Baker Furniture Company moved to Holland, Michigan, and eventually opened showrooms in Grand Rapids and elsewhere.
Pioneering Scandinavian designer Finn Juhl created a Danish modern line for Baker in 1951, and the company produced his award-winning Chieftain chair for a short time. In the late 1950s, Baker introduced the Milling Road label to reach a younger audience with stylish but less costly furnishings like console tables, walnut dining chairs and more, and in 1961, British furniture designer T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings introduced a modern neoclassical line at Baker.
The 1960s and ’70s saw the introduction of historic reproduction furniture lines such as Woburn Abbey and the Historic Charleston collection, which remain very popular to this day. In 1990, Baker was licensed to produce a furniture line from Colonial Williamsburg. That same year, the Smithsonian Museum introduced Baker’s Chippendale chair into its permanent collection and the Grand Rapids Art Museum dedicated an exhibition to Baker’s 100th anniversary, a showcase that included 150 pieces of furniture Siebe Baker had collected as part of a larger assortment that had served as inspiration for his designs.
Today, vintage Baker furniture, such as its elegant mahogany nightstands and teak credenzas — particularly those crafted by Finn Juhl — sees high demand online and elsewhere. The company continues to produce contemporary collections with well-known designers such as Bill Sofield, Barbara Barry and Kara Mann and remains on par with some of the highest quality furniture in the industry.
Browse vintage Baker armchairs, sofas, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Baker Furniture Company
Square Mid-Century Baker Game or Small Dining Table, 1960’s
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage Square Wood Game Dining Table by The Baker Furniture Company
Classic and versatile game table in its original condition. This one drawer table features rounded corners and c...
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Mid-20th Century American Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
Materials
Wood
Baker English Regency Georgian Carpathian Elm Flip Top Tea Game Console Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional English Regency / Georgian inspired Flip top game table or console by Baker Furniture. The design is after the Original made by William Trotter of Edinburgh in 1815.
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Late 20th Century Regency Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Leather, Elm
Vintage Game Table With Leather Top by Baker Furniture "Collectors Edition"
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the Vintage Game Table With Leather Top by Baker Furniture "Collectors Edition" - a timeless masterpiece that seamlessly combin...
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1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Finn Juhl for Baker Furniture Teak Game Table
By Baker Furniture Company, Finn Juhl
Located in South Bend, IN
A handsome teak game table designed by Danish architect Finn Juhl for Baker Furniture. The table features stunning teak wood grain and unique carved corner drink...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Teak
Baker Furniture Pedestal Games Table with Craquelure Finish
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Baker Furniture oxblood lacquer pedestal games table with craquelure finish. The finish is offset by a black glaze that really makes the crackle finish pop. The base is a brass detai...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
Materials
Brass
Barbara Barry for Baker Mahogany Two-Tier Center Table, Newly Refinished
By Barbara Barry, Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An elegant modern mahogany two-tier game table or center table
By Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1990s
Dark mahogany, with scalloped edge and single drawer.
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1990s American Modern Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Mahogany
Fine Baker Burl Ash and Ebonized Wood Regency Style Center Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From Baker Furniture’s, "Furniture Treasures of England and Ireland" line. A nicely crafted Regency style table with book matched top figured burl...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Wood
Rare Lacquered Faux Goatskin Dining or Game Table by Alessandro for Baker
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
An unusually beautiful dining or game table from the limited Alessandro for Baker Furniture production, circa 1981. Exquisite hardwood form highlighted by fabulous leg and apron det...
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1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Hardwood, Lacquer
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Located in Rovereta, SM
This extendable table designed by Finn Juhl is made of solid teak and combines elegant forms with practical functions. Two teak leafs stow beneath the table. The sculptural lips at b...
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Antique English Victorian Bagatelle Flip Top Game Table on Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A fun and unusual 19th century Victorian English mahogany Bagatelle game board table with nicely aged patina.
Featuring a rectangular folding portable game board with warm, rich mahogany wood case exterior, and a patinated brass hinged lid lift top that flips open to extend and reveal the baize (green felt like billiards material) lined gaming surface with semi-circular bentwood bumper at one end adorned with nine numbered holes, arranged with one in the center of the bentwood gallery and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. Framing the board, twenty-four contrasting inlay panels set with five holes run along either side of the board, originally used to keep score. circa 1890
The game board rests partially inset in a fitted mahogany stand base, raised on four straight square legs joined by ‘H’ stretcher.
A wonderful piece of game board history, originally designed to sit on top of a dining table or games table, this piece features a fitted stand, making it the ideal size and proportions for use as a one-of-a-kind coffee table, chair side table, cocktail table, low console, or simply displayed as a distinctive decorative folk art piece.
Dimensions (approx):
18" High, 31.25" Wide, 15.75" Deep
Open: 60" Wide
Good condition overall, especially considering age. Dark rich patina over the whole, enhanced by heavy buildup lustrous sheen and antique mahogany glow. No game pieces or accessories included. Age appropriate wear including various imperfections, with expected signs of use, including losses, checking, wear to finish and baize liner, staining, minor splitting to bent wood, all wear consistent with age and indicative of use. All of which adds to the elegant warmth, sophisticated antique character, and overall authenticity.
Please refer to photography for complete condition.
Delivered lightly cleaned, hand waxed, polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use as furniture.
History:
The origins of Bagatelle (or its many iterations) are even less clear than most games of a similar history, although we do know it has ties to French Kings, American President Abraham Lincoln, and developed into bar billiards, eventually leading to the development of pachinko and pinball.
Bagatelle was a game involving sticks and balls that evolved from efforts to bring outdoor games like ground billiards, croquet, and bowling inside for play during inclement weather. Dating all the way back to the 15th century, the most recent version came about in the 18th century.
In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of Louis XIV, billiard tables were narrowed, with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table, and players would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end, in a game inspired as much by bowling as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when knocked down, so they were eventually fixed to the table, and holes in the bed of the table became the targets. Players could ricochet balls off the pins to achieve the harder scorable holes. Quite a number of variations on this theme were developed.
In 1777 a party was thrown in honour of Louis XVI and the queen at the Château de Bagatelle, recently erected at great expense by the king's brother, the Count of Artois. Bagatelle from Italian bagattella, signifies 'a trifle', 'a decorative thing'. The highlight of the party was a new table game featuring a slender table and cue sticks, which players used to shoot ivory balls up an inclined playfield. The game was dubbed bagatelle by the count and shortly after swept through France.
From 1770 to 1850 Bagatelle was just as popular as Billiards throughout England and Britain.
Some French soldiers carried their favorite bagatelle tables...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Brass
1950s Gaming Table by Charles Eames for Herman Miller
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A square dining or game table with an ash top, on folding steel legs. Model DTM.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Finn Juhl Model B065 teak extendable dining table for Bovirke, Denmark, 1950s
By Finn Juhl, Bovirke
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A model BO65 extendable dining table designed by Finn Juhl and manufactured by the Danish cabinetmaker Bovirke. Created in 1952, this model features a sleek and minimalist aesthetic ...
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H 28.35 in W 94.49 in D 37.41 in
Baker Furniture Regency Paw Foot Pedestal Dining Table or Center Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Empire, Regency, or Neoclassical style round pedestal breakfast table, game table, or center table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1980s
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Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern leather top square game table. The gilt-tooled leather top is ready for play, with pivoting hinged drawers on the fr...
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Round Mahogany Georgian Style Accent Foyer Table by Leighton Hall
By Leighton Hall Furniture
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a made-to-order round traditional mahogany accent/foyer table made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a field of crotch mahogany and borders of crotch mahogany and straight grain mahogany with inlays of Zebra wood. It has a hand rubbed and polished semigloss finish. The pedestal has three fluted legs which terminate with antique brass lions...
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Baker Furniture Neoclassical Cherry Wood Pedestal Dining Table, Newly Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional neoclassical or Empire style extension pedestal dining table
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H 29.75 in W 46 in D 46 in
Finn Juhl for Baker Oval Dining Table
By Baker Furniture Company, Finn Juhl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finn Juhl for Baker Oval Dining Table with a Starburst Walnut Veneer to table surface. Beautiful, Elegant Design with 3 leaves, 14" each. Ope...
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Vintage Danish Teak Dining Table by Finn Juhl for France & Søn, 1960s
By France & Søn, Finn Juhl
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish dining table by Finn Juhl for France & Søn 1960s
Large teak table Model Diplomat by Danish architect Finn Juhl, designed in 1962. Suit...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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H 28.35 in W 74.81 in D 37.41 in
Vintage Game Table by Cini & Nils, 1970s
By Cini & Nils
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Vintage game table by Cini & Nils.
Plywood frame with red fabric on the top.
Two supporting shelves on each side. Space for 4 players.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Michel Arnoult Brazilian Rosewood Flip Top Game Table, 1978
By Michel Arnoult
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare mid-century modern game table
By Michel Arnoult for Forene S.A. Moveis do Nordeste, "Alagoas Collection"
Brazil, 1978
Brazilian rosewood, with green felt to one side ...
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1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Baker Furniture Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Walnut Leather Top Game Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous mid-century modern Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie game table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Sculpted walnut, with embossed leather top.
Measures: 34"W x 34"D x 29"...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Richard Honquest For Baker Furniture Burl Walnut & Oak Rustic Game Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a rustic burl walnut and oak inlaid game table designed by Richard Honquest for Baker Furniture. It does have a dual label and is in very good condition. My favorite feature ...
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Baker Expanding Game Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Highland, IN
This beautiful mahogany game table by Baker has elegant detailing and two folding 13" leaves which stow away in a compartment beneath the top until they are called into service.
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Baker Furniture Mid-Century Modern Inlaid Walnut Breakfast Table or Game Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern breakfast table or game table
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1970s
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H 26 in W 44 in D 44 in
Baker Furniture Georgian Mahogany Extension Dining Table, Newly Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian or Regency style banded mahogany extension breakfast table, game table, or dining table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1980s
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H 29.13 in W 34 in D 34 in
Baker Furniture Stately Homes Adam Style Satinwood Inlaid Pembroke Games Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional Adam satinwood and inlaid pembroke games table from the exclusive Stately Homes Collection by Baker Furniture.
Featuring a sliding panel to the top reversing as an inlaid chessboard revealing a sunken backgammon compartment, with two dummy drawers in the curved frieze on square finely tapered legs cornered with mahogany terminating in unusual brass ferrules and casters, with swan neck brass handles.
The table is in very good original condition. A statement piece of the highest quality and craftsmanship. Original Baker and Stately Homes labels are present.
Provenance: His Grace the Duke of Hamilton...
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1980s American Adam Style Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Brass
H 27.75 in W 33.63 in D 22.38 in
Baker Furniture Rotating Café Table in Cherry, Burl, and Brass, Newly Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern pedestal game table, center table, or café table
By Baker Furniture
USA, mid-20th century
Cherry wood, with satinwood string inlay, burl wood b...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Brass
H 24.5 in W 42.25 in D 42.25 in
Michael Taylor for Baker Walnut Extension Dining Table, Newly Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company, Michael Taylor
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern extension dining or game table
By Michael Taylor for Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Measures: 36" W x 36" D x 29.25" H. Extends up to 76"...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Baker Furniture Company Game Tables
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Walnut
Baker Furniture Georgian Mahogany Pedestal Extension Dining Table, Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian style single pedestal extension dining table
By Baker Furniture "Historic Charleston" Collection
U...
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Brass
H 29.75 in W 94 in D 45 in
Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Carved Oak Leather Top Game Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style game table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved oak, with original brass hardware, embossed leather top, and pull-out d...
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Brass
H 29.25 in W 32 in D 32 in
Baker Furniture Hollywood Regency Walnut and Burl Flip Top Console Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie flip top console or game table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1970s
Carved walnut, with burl wood top.
Measures: 66" W x 16" D...
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Baker Furniture Federal Mahogany Flip Top Console or Game Table, Refinished
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Federal style flip top demilune console or game table.
By Baker Furniture,
USA, circa 1980s
Book-matched flame mahogany, with satinwood marquetry and string i...
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H 30.25 in W 36.75 in D 18.5 in
Baker Furniture Company game tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Baker Furniture Company game tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Baker Furniture Company game tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original game tables by Baker Furniture Company were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider game tables by Karl Springer, Dunbar, and Edward Wormley. Prices for Baker Furniture Company game tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,000 and can go as high as $7,950, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,125.
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- Who makes Baker Furniture?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Samson Holding Ltd. makes Baker furniture through an America subsidiary. The Hong Kong-based company also owns Milling Road and McGuire furniture, after acquiring the brands from Kohler, Co., in 2017. You can shop a range of Baker furniture on 1stDibs.
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