What began as a couples’ antique hunting adventure across the Guatemalan countryside has since become Los Angeles–based studio Dos Gallos — a treasure trove of 18th- and 19th-century furniture, accessories and ceramics steeped in Spanish, Latin American, European and Japanese history.
The story of Dos Gallos (the name is a nod to Guatemala’s most popular beer, Gallo) began in 1993 when founders Gail and Charles Boswell took a stroll past a Santa Monica antique store on one of their first dates. Altman fell in love with a Guatemalan wood table and couldn’t stop thinking about it. A few weeks later, the pair left for Guatemala, scouring the country’s rural villages for antiques and collectibles.
After amassing a considerable haul, Altman and Boswell secured a container and shipped their finds back to their L.A. home. They held a backyard sale for friends and acquaintances, and within a week, they sold everything.
Shortly after that, Altman and Boswell opened the Dos Gallos Studio, situated in a 1920s former makeup factory near Hollywood, where it still operates today. Although the shop is filled with antique furniture and other curiosities sourced from Central America, Asia and Europe, Dos Gallos also specializes in creating bench-made, hand-finished wood cabinets, buffets, credenzas, dining room tables, center tables and other pieces in modern and rustic styles.
Interior designers, architects and collectors highly seek Dos Gallos’ furniture. Their pieces have also featured in major publications throughout Europe and the United States, including Elle Décor, LUXE, InStyle, Traditional Home and the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Dos Gallos case pieces, storage cabinets and tables.
Dos Gallos Custom Round Walnut Wood Dining Table With Stacked Pyramid Pedestal
By Dos Gallos Studio, Dos Gallos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom Portuguese Pedestal table with stacked pyramid pedestal. Can be made in mahogany, walnut, oak with a choice of different finishes and ranges of distress. Shown here in walnut...
Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
Dos Gallos Custom Oak Double Pedestal Table with Rectangular Top
By Dos Gallos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom beehive pedestal table in solid oak. Rectangular top is rift oak with an ogee edge. Finished in a cerused driftwood finish, open grain. T...
Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
Vintage Modern Double Pedestal Dining Table with Rectangular Glass Top
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous vintage Modern double pedestal rectangular glass top dining table comprised of speckled solid surface material square c...
Glass, Corian
Antique Spanish Pedestal Figural Carved Round Dining Table
Located in Miami, FL
An antique Spanish Carved Walnut pedestal dining table. Circa 1900. Having a round top over a beaded skirt, rising on a pedestal, four stretches on the raised base to reinforce the t...
Pine
$8,450
H 31.25 in Dm 47.25 in
Antique French Art Deco Round Dining or Center Table with Figured Walnut Top
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very beautifully designed & well-crafted French Art Deco table in walnut with round figured-walnut top resting on stylized cabriole legs. Offers a fresh & classic look with a fine ...
Walnut
Custom Walnut Sunburst Round Dining Table by Carrocel
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
Carrocel custom made dining, entry, hall table, elegantly patterned and beautifully hand polished sunburst walnut top with a silver and gold leaf custom finished pedestal solid wood ...
Silver Leaf
Ico Parisi Round Walnut Dining Table, Three Feet, 1950
By Ico Parisi
Located in Rome, IT
Important center or dining table in walnut and mirrored top, attributed to Arch. Ico Parisi mirrored top; the mirror glass is not coeval at the tabl...
Brass
Custom, English Mahogany 48" Round Starburst Dining Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Created in the style of tables from the 18th century, this circular, mahogany starburst table is supported by a single column pedestal with four splay legs ending in brass toe caps a...
Mahogany, Satinwood, Ebony
$6,285 / item
H 30 in Dm 48 in
Round Pedestal Dining Table Solid Pecan Wood Top Cast Iron Amicalola Base
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
The Amicalola base captures the room set against a round or oval table top. Put it in your breakfast nook or display flowers in a grand entry. This pedestal base is hand cast by the artisans at Sloss Furnaces historic foundry in Birmingham to look beautiful and function out of the way of diner's feet. Rich with Mid-Century Modern inspiration, we conceived the name while hiking the 600 steel stairs that scale the face of Amicalola Falls, the gateway to the Appalachian...
Steel
Custom Modern Round Oak Dining Table Washed Finish
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
Custom Modern Round Oak Dining Table Washed Finish. Featuring stunning sunburst oak top finished in a natural warm washed finish. Sitting atop a...
Metal
$7,775 / item
H 30 in Dm 60 in
Walnut Wood Cast Iron Amicalola Pedestal Base by Alabama Sawyer 60" Round
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
The Amicalola base captures the room set against a round or oval table top. This pedestal base is hand cast by the artisans at Sloss Furnaces historic foundry in Birmingham to look b...
Steel
6ft Regency Mahogany Round Pedestal Dining Table
Located in London, by appointment only
A magnificent and substantial and well-figured early 19th century solid mahogany circular dining table of exceptional scale. The circular table top is crafted of bookmatched highly f...
Mahogany
Custom Onyx Dining Center Table
By Mario Bellini, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Absolutely stunning custom onyx table. The table was purchased from a Santa Barbara retirement estate of a wealthy JP Morgan bank Exec. This table was custom made in 1976 for the ...
Onyx
$4,500
H 29.75 in W 46 in D 46 in
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 By Baker Furniture, "Palladian Collection" USA, circa 1980s...
Cherry, Ebony