Maitland Smith Tray Tables

The eclectic furnishings of Maitland-Smith celebrate artisan skills in an age of machines. Hand-carved woodwork, inlaid marquetry, painted detailing, gilding and lost wax casting lend the company’s decorative accents an artistic flair. Focused on pieces that add a dynamic flourish to an interior by incorporating tactile materials like leather, seashell inlays and crushed eggshell, the manufacturer draws inspiration across centuries, from the curvy forms of the Louis XV period to the geometric angles of mid-century modernism.

Paul Maitland-Smith established the company in Hong Kong in 1979, after getting his start in London in the 1950s as an antique dealer who also sold reproduction furniture, something that would become a Maitland-Smith specialty. The manufacturer’s early reproductions of 17th- and 18th-century furniture included Chippendale dining chairs, and soon afterward, Maitland-Smith expanded into a range of decorative designs that often exuded a whimsical spirit, whether a coffee table shaped like a stack of books or a pair of decorative obelisks. Maitland-Smith’s signature sculptural table lamps in particular show off this playful sensibility, with one balancing a pen-shell shade on a monkey’s tail and another taking on the form of a miniature hot-air balloon.

Since its founding, Maitland-Smith’s sourcing has been based in Asia, and although Paul Maitland-Smith later sold the company that still bears his name and is now headquartered in North Carolina, the brand’s furnishings are still largely made in Cebu, Philippines.

Today, Maitland-Smith continues to innovate on its finely crafted offerings by collaborating with contemporary designers and studios such as Tony Duquette Studios (founded by set and costume designer Tony Duquette in 1941), Celerie Kemble and painter and textile designer Susan Hable Smith.

Find a wide range of Maitland-Smith furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Creator: Maitland Smith

Vintage Maitland-Smith Hand-Painted Lacquered Bird Hunt Tray Table

$810

Vintage Maitland-Smith Hand-Painted Lacquered Bird Hunt Tray Table

By Maitland Smith

Located in Cookeville, TN

Vintage Maitland-Smith hand-painted lacquered tray table featuring an intricate bird hunt scene and richly detailed gilt accents. The removable tray top showcases a dark ground with ...

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Late 20th Century Philippine Chinoiserie Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

Stunning Maitland Smith Campaign Style Tray Table Bar

$1,800

Stunning Maitland Smith Campaign Style Tray Table Bar

By Maitland Smith

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Handsome tray table bar having removeable tray from stand; campaign style with beautiful warm brown finish and leather wrapped joints. The tray has a fascinating surface with cheer...

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2010s Philippine Campaign Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Wood

Brass Tray Table Maitland Smith

$895

Brass Tray Table Maitland Smith

By Maitland Smith

Located in Lake Worth, FL

For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A 1980s Maitland Smit...

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1980s Vintage Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Brass, Metal

1961 Hand Painted Custom Victorian Foldable Bed Tray Lap Tray

$425

H 8.5 in W 21.5 in D 15.5 in

1961 Hand Painted Custom Victorian Foldable Bed Tray Lap Tray

Located in Germantown, MD

This is an amazing vintage wood lap tray - perfect for breakfast in bed. It could also be used as a writing or reading table. This table tray is very versa...

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Mid-20th Century American Victorian Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Metal

Pair of Vintage Campaign Style Folding Trays

$1,700 / set

H 19 in W 18 in D 12.25 in

Pair of Vintage Campaign Style Folding Trays

Located in Dallas, TX

This set of matching tables serving tray tables in Campaign styling. Made of walnut wood features a rectangular removable serving tray top with riveted handles, decorative brass deta...

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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century French Hand Painted Tole Tray Table With Removable Trays

$1,595

H 22.25 in W 25 in D 19 in

Early 20th Century French Hand Painted Tole Tray Table With Removable Trays

Located in Fayetteville, AR

This early twentieth century French tole tray table is painted yellow with black detailing. Its two removable trays feature central lyre motifs and are detailed with a leaf motif. Ea...

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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Tin

Midcentury Campaign Tray Table by Nils Trautner

$1,450

H 18 in Dm 18 in

Midcentury Campaign Tray Table by Nils Trautner

By Nils Trautner for Nybro

Located in BROOKLYN, NY

For your consideration is one Scandinavian tray table by Nils Trautner for Ary Nybro. These wonderful tripod tables utilize thick leather cord and brass fitt...

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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Brass

Moroccan Brass Tray Top Spider Leg Table

$1,600

H 18 in Dm 29.5 in

Moroccan Brass Tray Top Spider Leg Table

Located in New York, NY

Midcentury Moroccan made brass tray top table with folding spider leg base. This example shows some minor cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age.

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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Brass

Moroccan Folding Tray Table in Brass and wood

$1,416

H 18.12 in Dm 23.63 in

Moroccan Folding Tray Table in Brass and wood

Located in Barcelona, ES

Large Traditional Moroccan Folding Tray Table, Brass, Wood, Morocco, 1940s-1950s. This moorish brass tray table features a round brass tray...

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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Brass

20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Style Lacquered and Gilt Tole Tray Table

$750

H 24.75 in W 30.25 in D 22.5 in

20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Style Lacquered and Gilt Tole Tray Table

Located in Doylestown, PA

Italian Chinoiserie style black lacquered tole tray table with folding ebonized wood base. It features a delightful, intricately hand-painted design with butterflies and flowers in g...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Metal

Maitland Smith Hand Painted Birds Decoration Faux Bamboo Tray Coffee Table

$1,650

H 19.5 in W 31.5 in D 23.5 in

Maitland Smith Hand Painted Birds Decoration Faux Bamboo Tray Coffee Table

By Maitland Smith

Located in Atlanta, GA

Elegant Hand Painted Chinoiserie Faux Bamboo Coffee Table, by Maitland Smith, unsigned, American, circa 1980s. It has a wonderful hand painted birds design on the removable tray top.

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1980s American Chinoiserie Vintage Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Metal

Late 20th C. Regency Style Yew Wood Removable Tray On Table Stand

$2,350 / set

H 20.25 in W 30.5 in D 23 in

Late 20th C. Regency Style Yew Wood Removable Tray On Table Stand

By Maitland Smith

Located in Morristown, NJ

20th c., A beautifully crafted antique-style tray table, combining intricate woodworking with classic design elements. The tabletop is made of richly figured burl wood, featuring a s...

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1990s American Regency Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Brass

English Chinoiserie Style Faux Bamboo Lacquered Tray Table

$2,000

H 18 in W 32 in D 23 in

English Chinoiserie Style Faux Bamboo Lacquered Tray Table

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Charming English chinoiserie style faux bamboo cocktail table featuring a paper-maché lacquered tray top decorated with intricate Asian motifs. The tray has parcel gilt pagodas and landscapes over a dramatic red ground. The lacquer has a desirable aged craquelure fine webbing on the finish. The later constructed faux bamboo green...

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20th Century Chinoiserie Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century lacquered hand painted tray table

$2,688

H 28.75 in W 31.25 in D 22.5 in

19th Century lacquered hand painted tray table

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

19th century Chinese black lacquered tray table circa 1880. Beautifully hand painted and decorated tray table. Black lacquered base colour, profusely painted in gold leaf, depictin...

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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Softwood, Lacquer, Paint

Large Moorish Arabic Brass Folding Tray Table, Spain 1940s

$2,887

H 21.66 in Dm 23.82 in

Large Moorish Arabic Brass Folding Tray Table, Spain 1940s

Located in Barcelona, ES

Moorish Style Spanish brass repousse tray table on folding wooden turned stand, Spain, 1940s-1950s. This spanish table was handcrafted at the mid-20th ce...

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Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Brass

Previously Available Items

Leather Tray Table by Maitland Smith 1980s

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H 18.9 in W 31.5 in D 23.63 in

Leather Tray Table by Maitland Smith 1980s

By Maitland Smith

Located in Benalmadena, ES

Serving tray table from the elegant house of Maitland Smith in a fabulous all-leather finish with gold accents. It presents scuffs on the leather that give the piece personality, mak...

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1980s Chippendale Vintage Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Leather, Wood

Sublimely Crafted Leather Wrapped Tray Coffee Table by Maitland Smith

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H 19 in W 31 in D 24 in

Sublimely Crafted Leather Wrapped Tray Coffee Table by Maitland Smith

By Maitland Smith

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Superb embossed rich brown tooled leather tray coffee table having a scalloped tray removable top with gilded embellishments as well as stunning leather wrapped base.

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1990s American Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Leather, Wood

Maitland-Smith Hollywood Regency Hand Painted Tray Cocktail Table

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H 18.75 in W 23.75 in D 31 in

Maitland-Smith Hollywood Regency Hand Painted Tray Cocktail Table

By Maitland Smith

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Faux bamboo base with hand painted scalloped tray in a tole style. Very sturdy and the tray fits snugly into the table. X-stretcher connects the legs for strength and a architectural...

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1970s Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Hardwood

Bamboo and Cane Tray Table with removable Top Maitland Smith Philippines 1970s

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H 24 in W 20 in D 29 in

Bamboo and Cane Tray Table with removable Top Maitland Smith Philippines 1970s

By Maitland Smith

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

Authentic 1970's Bamboo, cane and brass two-tier butler or occasional tray table or nightstand. Made in the 1970s from the Philippines by Maitland Smith. This beautiful bamboo tray t...

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1970s Philippine Chippendale Vintage Maitland Smith Tray Tables

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Brass

Hand-Painted Black Tray Coffee Table by Maitland-Smith

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H 18.5 in W 31 in D 23.5 in

Hand-Painted Black Tray Coffee Table by Maitland-Smith

By Maitland Smith

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Elegant hand-painted scalloped tray coffee table by Maitland Smith, signed and numbered. Black and gold hand-painted removable tray, rests on a carved faux-bamboo base carved to emulate the tray shape. Black and gold side table...

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Late 20th Century American Late Victorian Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Materials

Wood

Maitland Smith Large Marble Top Centre Table

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H 31.75 in Dm 39.5 in

Maitland Smith Large Marble Top Centre Table

By Maitland Smith

Located in Manhasset, NY

A large Bouilliotte Table by Maitland Smith. The center galleried marble top supported by a crotch mahogany Louis XVI style gild gold and mahogany base with a undercarriage. This tab...

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1940s American Directoire Vintage Maitland Smith Tray Tables

Maitland Smith tray tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Maitland Smith tray tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of leather and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Maitland Smith tray tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Prices for Maitland Smith tray tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $395 and can go as high as $1,750, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,116.

Questions About Maitland Smith Tray Tables

What is Maitland-Smith?
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1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
Maitland-Smith is a furniture company founded in 1979 in Hong Kong. The company originally produced reproductions of 17th- and 18th-century furniture and then branched out to create an eclectic range of original designs. Many of its pieces feature decorative tops with hand-applied inlays and carved details. You'll find a selection of Maitland-Smith furniture on 1stDibs.
Who owns Maitland-Smith?
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1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
RHF Investments owns Maitland-Smith as of December 2021. The company operates from its headquarters in Hickory, North Carolina, and gained control of numerous brands in 2018, including Maitland-Smith, Hickory Chair and Pearson. You'll find a variety of Maitland-Smith furniture on 1stDibs.
Who is Maitland-Smith Furniture?
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1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Originally founded by a London-based antiques dealer, Maitland-Smith Furniture has grown its luxury furniture brand into one that is synonymous with fine-quality specialties. Its designs feature hand-carved woodwork, inlaid marquetry and painted detailing to add extra elegance to every piece. Shop a collection of Maitland-Smith furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
Where is Maitland-Smith Furniture made?
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1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
Maitland-Smith makes much of its furniture in Cebu, Philippines. Skilled artisans build each piece by hand and apply the intricate carvings and inlays synonymous with the brand's style. You'll find a collection of Maitland-Smith furniture on 1stDibs.
Is Maitland-Smith still in business?
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1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
Yes, Maitland-Smith is still in business. RHF Investments owns the brand as of December 2021. The North Carolina-based company acquired the brand in 2018 when the previous owner, the Heritage Home Group, filed for bankruptcy. Shop a range of Maitland-Smith furniture on 1stDibs.
How do I identify my Maitland-Smith lamp?
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1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024
To identify a Maitland-Smith lamp, first check the base. Most lamps made by the British company will have a maker's mark on the bottom. However, you may need to remove the felt pad from the base to find it. Some also have a date stamp alongside the maker's name. Additionally, some Maitland-Smith lamps have a brand sticker on their bulb receptacle. For further assistance with the identification process, use the services of a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Maitland-Smith lamps.
How do I identify Maitland-Smith furniture?
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1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
To identify Maitland-Smith furniture, look for the brand's tag. Typically, the manufacturer placed a tag on the underside or back of their pieces. Wording on the tags varies, but usually says the brand name above the words "hand made in the Philippines." Shop a collection of expertly vetted Maitland-Smith furniture on 1stDibs.
How old is Maitland-Smith furniture?
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1stDibs ExpertMay 14, 2024
Maitland-Smith Furniture is more than 40 years old. Paul Maitland-Smith established the company in Hong Kong in 1979 after getting his start in London in the 1950s as an antique dealer who also sold reproduction furniture, something that would become a Maitland-Smith specialty. The manufacturer's early reproductions of 17th- and 18th-century furniture included Chippendale dining chairs, and soon afterward, Maitland-Smith expanded into a range of decorative designs that often exude a whimsical spirit, whether a coffee table shaped like a stack of books or a pair of decorative obelisks. On 1stDibs, find a collection of Maitland-Smith furniture.
What year did the company Maitland-Smith start?
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1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
Maitland-Smith started operating in 1979. Former furniture dealer Paul Maitland-Smith launched the company in Hong Kong to produce reproductions of 17th- and 18th-century furniture. Eventually, the brand expanded to create original designs. You'll find a range of Maitland-Smith furniture on 1stDibs.