Antique and Rustic Mid 1700s Carved Chestnut Spanish Countryside Console Table

Beautifully time-worn, antique, Southern European, chestnut wood end or side table. This relatively small size antique table is a joy to look at and the history of this kind of table makes it very interesting as well. Pay tables or paying tables were initially used by tax collectors and later in time (in the latter part of the middle ages), when most cities started to have their own currency, came the need for 'money exchangers'. A lot of the first money exchangers in 'early Netherlands' came from the Italian region of Lombardy and their name for these paying tables was 'banco'. Yes, it is this where also the English word 'bank' originates from. Pretty soon these money exchangers, who mainly serviced businessmen and travelers, also started 'safekeeping' and lending money. These tables therefor are at the very root of banking and just like some banks in this day and age, some of these earliest 'bankers' did not keep enough cash in their tables to be able to pay out when clients needed their money. This sometimes would lead to a lynching whereby the table of that particular money lender would be broken into pieces. The Italian word for such a broken table...

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Extraordinary, handcrafted antique wooden dumbwaiter table, England. This amazing quality and excellent condition table is another great example of the level of the workmanship that...

Rare, meaningful, practical, handcrafted and highly decorative antique table. This one of a kind table will appeal to spiritual people and collectors of stylish, rare and meaningful...

Stylish and timeless Art Deco wall table. If you are looking for a beautiful antique sidetable to grace your living space then this all handcrafted...

One of a kind, practical size and very good condition Gothic sidetable. In all our years of buying and selling Gothic antiques we never before came across a proper side table. This handcrafted and handcarved specimen dates from the late 1800s or early 1900s and it stands as firm and strong as the day it was handmade all those years ago. Over the many decades it has grown a marvelous patina and thanks to its practical size and shape we are certain this table too will soon grace someone's living space. Handcrafted out of solid oak and very well taken care after by former owners, this made-to-last table...

This elegant table was made in Spain from chestnut with beautiful grain patterns. It has a warm color with many marks of use, natural distressing and a great patina.

This elegant table was made in Spain from chestnut with beautiful grain patterns. It has a warm color with deep gloss and the table shows many marks of use and has great patina.

This elegant table was made in Spain from chestnut with beautiful grain patterns. It has a warm color with deep gloss and the table shows many marks of use and has great patina.

This elegant table was made in Spain from chestnut with beautiful grain patterns. It has a warm color with many marks of use, natural distressing and a great patina.

Italian antique wooden fratino table with decorated legs, 1700s Refectory fratino table with rectangular top. It has four legs and two richly decorated and shaped diagonal central be...

Chestnut and elm table, Spain, circa 1910. Rustic, storied table with exceptional construction and beautiful hard-carved details.