PIETRA DURA End Tables

This unique Biedermeier chess table comes from Southern Germany and dates back to around 1820-30. The round table has a central column and a pretty walnut veneer. The top is decorated with an inlaid chess board...

Exquisite Italian Pietre Dure chess board side table circa 1950s Mosaic chessboard surface of Nero Portoro and pink marble On a bronze base with three splayed legs Suitable for g...

Classic chess board in black and white marble with chess pieces to match in white and black marble as well.

Sn4541, stylish William IV wine table, having flamed mahogany top and vase shaped column terminating in lotus carved collar and 3 carved legs. This antique table is ready to place at...

For sale is a good quality William IV mahogany card table, having a folder over top above a cylindrical stem, the table has a platform b...

Refined William IV card / games table in mahogany We date this to circa 1830 and it's hand crafted from mahogany Purchased from a private residence in London's Islington Top opens up...

Square top with various marble types assembled as a playing surface. Columnar support joining a tripartite base and brass paw feet.

William IV folding games or card table. This is a good quality piece with beautiful patina, it takes up little space and unfolds to a 3ft square games table. The base has a 4 point base with scroll feet and the top swivels to open out. The table has a new green baize playing area...

19th Century William IV mahogany chess table with speciman marble top. The mahogany square top, with beaded detailing to the apron, inset with specimen marble games board within a bo...

An unusual George IV specimen marble backgammon table attributed to Gillows. This rectangular table is strongly attributed to Gillows. It has a rectangular top inlaid with a central chess board flanked by two backgammon fields, all inlaid with a multitude of specimen marbles. One edge carved and gilded with the Latin motto ‘Turpe est in patria vivere et patriam ignorare’. The oak base has a drawer for cards and playing pieces, all raised on a square section support with four splayed legs and the original brass castors. English, circa 1830. Provenance: Geoffrey Bennison Ltd, London, November 1983 The Mermaid House Collection, St. John’s Wood, London Property of a gentleman Private American collection The form of the base of this table is related to several known Gillows commissions from the late Regency period and the quality of the cabinet work also suggests that firm attribution to the firm. Backgammon tables, rather than more general games tables, are unusual at this date and the use of inlaid specimen marbles in the top suggests a client of wealth. Additionally, the Latin text on the edge of the table provides further clues. The text, Turpe est in patria vivere et patriam ignorare, translates as “it is shameful to live in your homeland and not know it”. This phrase dates back to antiquity but rose to prominence once again in the mid-18th century when used by the botanist and key Enlightenment figure Carl Linnaeus in his work on the native flora of Sweden. The combination of this phrase and the use of native English timbers and marbles is promoting English raw materials and craftsmanship at a time when the noble and the wealthy were focussed on European pietra dura tables. Mermaid House in St John’s Wood was re-designed by Chester Jones...

Ornate Italian Pietra Dura Marble Top Game Table. Rectangular Sienna marble top table with pietra dura inlaid chess board. Foliate scroll ca...

Quality early 19th century antique freestanding William IV rosewood chess top sewing table having a quality rosewood inlaid chess top, one long drawer to the...