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Card Tables and Tea Tables For Sale
1800s Georgian Solid Mahogany Accent Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique solid mahogany occasional table with waved legs and unique top shape.
We noticed that a leg has been repaired at some point, but apparently not noticeable to our opinion.
Category
Mid-19th Century American British Colonial Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Murano Glass Coffee Table with Brass trim Available justfurnituress designer
Located in Guazzora, IT
Multicolor Murano glass modern coffee table with brass trim, a masterpiece of Italian craftsmanship.
This unique piece is distinguished by...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Hardwood
$4,308 Sale Price
20% Off
Potthast Bros Hancrafted Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Tilt Top Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
An exceptional handmade Potthast Bros Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Tilt Top Tea Table. 20th century Irish tea table made from mahogany. The top has a wonderfully scalloped and...
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20th Century American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Round Travertine Tile Brass Inlay Cylinder Base Dining Conference Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Round travertine tile brass inlay cylinder base dining conference table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Kittinger George III Mahogany Single Drawer Galleried Tea Table w Pull-Out Trays
Located in Germantown, MD
Kittinger Authentique Furniture George III Style single deep drawer tea table server with two pull-out trays and tapered fluted legs. Measures 29" in width, 19" in depth and 27.5" in...
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Mid-20th Century Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Early 19th Century Mahogany Game Tables
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of wonderful early 19th century mahogany game tables from England.
This is a gorgeous pair of game tables that can be used as ...
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19th Century English Sheraton Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$12,500 / set
Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut card/side table having a quality burr walnut serpentine shaped swizzle top with a thumb moulded edge opening to reveal a baize interior, serpent...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th C French Louis XV Style Card or Game Table, Ca 1860
Located in Delft, NL
19th C French Louis XV style card or game table, ca 1860.
A green lacquered table with gold paint of the Rocaille motifs.
The table is raised o...
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19th Century French Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century George III Style Mahogany Fold Top Card Table
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century George III Style Mahogany Fold Top Card Table
Category
19th Century American George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Mahogany & Inlaid Card Games Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Victorian mahogany, satinwood and marquetry games table in the manner of Edwards & Roberts, circa 1860 in date.
It is made of beautiful flame mahogany and satinwood with elegant satinwood inlaid and penwork floral and foliate decoration of ribbons, bellfowers and garlands..
The shaped hinged top opens to reveal a fabulous green baize lined gaming interior for playing cards, above a frieze fitted with a drawer and decorated by a beautiful classical urn. The table is raised on elegant square tapering legs terminating in spade feet.
It is an elegant piece which will enhance a special room in your home.
THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THAT THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY RESTRICTED MATERIALS.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and polished in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 74 x Width 89 x Depth 48
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 2 foot, 11 inches x Depth 1 foot, 7 inches
Marquetry
is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers.
The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique.
Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet-makers (ébénistes) and gave his name to a technique of marquetry employing brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs.
Edwards & Roberts
The firm Edwards & Roberts was one of the best English antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the eighteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 and by 1854 was trading as ‘Edwards & Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Chippendale Flame Mahogany Ball & Claw Tea Table with Pierced Gallery
By Councill
Located in Germantown, MD
Chippendale Flame Mahogany tea table with Pierced Gallery, carved cabriole legs terminating with ball and claw feet. Attributed to Councill Cr...
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Late 20th Century American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany
Coffee Table with Brass Frame and Cartier Red Murano Glass in Different Shades
Located in Guazzora, IT
This modern coffee table is a masterpiece of Italian craftsmanship, featuring a Cartier red Murano glass top in various shades, set in a solid brass frame.
Handcrafted in Italy, th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,599 Sale Price / item
33% Off
Georgian Style Mahogany Carved Galleried Tilt Top Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Georgian Style Mahogany Carved hardwood Galleried Tilt Top Tea Table I'm great vintage condition. Measures 29.5" in width, 29.5" in depth and 29.5" in height flat and 44" in height...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Quality Antique Regency Carved Rosewood Brass Inlaid Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality antique regency carved rosewood brass inlaid card table having a quality rosewood brass inlaid swizzle folding top opening to reveal the original baize interior, very at...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass, Other
Square Coffee Table with Blue Mirrored Murano Glass & Brass Trim, Made in Italy
Located in Guazzora, IT
This square coffee table with blue mirrored Murano glass and brass trim is a stunning piece of modern design, handcrafted in Italy.
Its eye-catching blue glass top with different s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,308 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Vintage Danish Rosewood Flip-top Tea Table
Located in Dorchester, MA
This clever mid-century Danish table has a rosewood frame with two tiers, a lower rimmed shelf and a top that expands the surface area with a twist and flip.
When the flip top is f...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Fold Over Card Table, English Walnut, Games, Georgian Revival, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fold-over card table. An English, burr walnut games table in Georgian revival taste, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Graceful side table, folding ou...
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Early 20th Century British Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
White Solid Wood Cloud Style Coffee Table with 3 Brass Feet, Made in Italy, JF
Located in Guazzora, IT
This modern "nuvola" coffee table brings a touch of Italian design to your living space.
Handcrafted in Italy, this coffee table features a unique cloud-shaped top in solid white w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,078 Sale Price / item
31% Off
Faux Bamboo Art Nouveau Tea Table, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning Art Nouveau faux bamboo tea table.
Striking Dutch design from the 1900s.
Lacquered wood with brass handle on the drawer.
In good orig...
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Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$1,100 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique George III Period Card Table
Located in London, GB
An elegant antique George III card table dating from around the 1790’s period.
It has a beautiful design and is a very useful shape. When closed it is perfect for use as a demi-lune...
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1790s British George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Baize, Wood
American Mahogany Tilt-Top Tea Table
Located in Savannah, GA
An American mahogany tilt-top tea table, circa 1840.
top measures 28 ¼ by 18 ¼ inches
28 ½ inches tall
42 ¾ inches tall upright
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Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Børge Mogensen Folding Table
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Børge Mogensen coffee table or folding table.
Made in beech.
Model 4500, made by Fritz Hansen.
Designed for Børge Mogensens Tremmesofa.
Measures: Width 60/120.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Beech
American Classical Style Solid Pine and Brass Pedestal Center Table
Located in Germantown, MD
American Classical style solid pine and brass pedestal quad feet center table. Top will come off for easy handling or storage.
Measuring 36 i...
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Late 20th Century American American Classical Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Carved Cherry Wood Leather Top Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style game table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Beautiful cherry wood, with embossed leather top, and carved cabriole legs.
Measures: 3...
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1960s American French Provincial Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Drexel Tea Table w/Shelf and Queen Anne Legs
By Drexel
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Drexel Tea Table with Queen Anne Legs and pull out shelf.
Category
Late 20th Century Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s swivel and extendable coffee table
Located in Palermo, IT
Glass and gold metal coffee table. Composed of four panes of glass, of which the lower one is mirrored. The two smaller glasses can be rotated 360 degrees. The coffee table is in ver...
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1970s Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal
Superb WilliamIV Folding Games or Card Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Superb WilliamIV Folding Games or Card Table
This is an exceptionally fine quality piece with beautiful patina, it takes up little space and unfolds to a 3ft square games table
The ...
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1830s Adam Style Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bevan. Marsh Jones & Cribb. An Aesthetic Movement walnut ebonized card table
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan, made by Marsh Jones and Cribb. An Aesthetic Movement Walnut ebonized card table with fold over top retaining the original red baize on turned legs united by a double w...
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1860s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Queen Anne Carved Walnut Work/Games Table, 19th c.
Located in New Orleans, LA
English Queen Anne Carved
Walnut Work/Games Table, 19th c.,
the gadrooned edge top opening to
a leather inset gaming surface over a pull
out backgammon board above a
compartmented se...
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1810s English Queen Anne Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Bevan Funnell Green Leather Extending Burr Yew Wood Side End Lamp Card Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely condition vintage Bevan Funnell green leather and Burr Yew Wood extending side table.
This is a ...
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20th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Leather, Yew
William IV Mahogany Card Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
William IV Mahogany Fold-Over Card Table
Item Code: LC1132
Circa 1835
A fine William IV mahogany card table of elegant proportions and superb colour. The rectangular top with rounded...
Category
19th Century English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Baker French Louis XV Leather Top Painted Card Games Table Circa 1970
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Bring a touch of French sophistication and timeless style to your home with this Baker French Louis XV leather top painted card and games table, circa 1970. Crafted by the renowned B...
Category
1970s American Louis XV Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Abalone Shell Resin Fusion Cast Round Top Table on Chrome Base Mid-Century Moder
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Abalone shell resin fusion cast round top table on chrome base Mid-Century Modern.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Victorian Style Wrought Iron Wicker Rattan Top Folding Card Game Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote.
Vintage Victorian Style Wrought Iron Wicker Rattan Top Folding Card Game Table. Item ...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
George I Demilune Red Walnut Games Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George I demilune red walnut card table, the folding solid top over two triangular drawers bearing original batwing hardware and standing on shaped cabriole legs and standing on...
Category
Early 18th Century Irish George I Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Coffee Table Scagliola Polychromy by Guglielmus Blaeuni, from 1731
Located in Milano, IT
Scagliola Policromia coffee table from 1731 with the signature of the original Italian origin from Venice. The work is signed by the artist Giglielmo Blaeuni.
At the center of the polychrome table we find an astrolabe.
The astrolabe is an instrument that calculated the height of the sun but also had a dual purpose that of solving problems of spherical astronomy.
On the sides of the astrolabe there are two cobalt blue circles containing other symbolic animals. To protect the work, the table is protected by glass.
Scagliola is a type of fine plaster...
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17th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Steel
$19,172 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency 19th Century Kingwood Card Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Rare Early 19th Century Regency Period Kingwood Rectangular Card Games Table, Having Superbly Figured Foldover, Swivel, Top With Attractive Yew Wood Crossbanded Decoration, Enclosi...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Circa 1780 George III Period English Tea Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780 George III period tea table, English. Mahogany & flame mahogany veneer. Flip top with swing leg. Deal secondary wood. Satinwood & ebony apron line inlay. Large ovolo form ...
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1870s English George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Brass round coffee table, 1950s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Brass round coffee table, Made in Italy, 1950s.
Elegant round coffee table, Made in Italy, made in the 1950s, with brass frame. Glass is present at both the top and bottom of the ob...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Hand Painted Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality mahogany hand painted card/side table having a quality shaped mahogany and a stunning hand painted swizzle top opening to reveal the original green baize...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Other
English George III Hand Carved Walnut Tripod Tilt-Top Supper/Tea Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
a wonderful period English George III hand-carved tilt-top supper/tea table with shell and leaf carved top with circular reserves, over a turned baluster support issuing three downswept legs terminating in ball and claw pad feet; the English supper table...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Tripod Pedestal Mahogany Tea Table Side Table on Wheels
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautiful 20th Century Tripod Pedestal mahogany tea table side table on Wheels with beaded top edge. Very good condition.
Measures 24 inches in diameter and stand 26.5 inches tall.
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Late 20th Century American George III Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 1900s Rustic Hickory Dining Set by Old Hickory Furniture Co.
Located in Black Rock, CT
Timeless craftsmanship meets rustic charm in this rare early 20th-century dining set, attributed to the iconic Old Hickory Furniture Company of Martinsville, Indiana. Known for outfi...
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Early 20th Century American Adirondack Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hickory
Queen Anne Mahogany Tea Table With Gallery . Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
Queen Anne mahogany one drawer tea table with carved fret work gallery, original brasses, carved scalloped skirt, and terminating on cabriole legs wi...
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1750s Irish Queen Anne Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
William Birch. Arts & Crafts oak card or game table with a swivel & fold out top
Located in London, GB
William Birch. An Arts and Crafts oak side, card or games table with a swivel and fold out top. The top with large mitered corner joints, stood on tapering legs united by a H stretch...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Oak
English 19th Century tea table, ca 1880
Located in Delft, NL
English 19th Century tea table, ca 1880
An English mahogany tea table, raised on two legs on a base with a drawer. The legs at the side of the...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Space age 1970's Design modern antique octagonal coffee table
Located in Taranto, IT
Space age 1970's Design modern antique octagonal coffee table.
All teak two-tone, cream/cherry frame, double shelf.
The item is in good condition, only slight and obvious signs o...
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1970s Italian Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Glass, Teak
Rococo-Revival Scandinavian Game Table, circa 1850
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely game table in the Rococo style in mahogany. Rectangular top rests on a solid mahogany pedestal base with turned & carved acanthus post that ends in four carved "S" scro...
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Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Rococo Revival Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
English Mahogany Demilune Ebony Inlaid Hinged Card Table, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany demilune hinged card table with interior baize, ebonized string and diamond shaped inlay, supporting double gate legs, and terminati...
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1790s English George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Resin Cast Abalone Shell Round Top Outdoor Table 4 Cane Back Chairs Iron Set
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Resin Cast Abalone Shell Round Top Outdoor Table 4 Cane Back Chairs Wrought Iron Dining Set MINT
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Chippendale Style Burl Walnut Pierced Gallery Piecrust Tilt Top Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid 20th Century Chippendale Style Burl Walnut, carved and Pierced Gallery Piecrust Tilt Top Tea Table. Measures 28" in diameter and stands 29.5" in height and 41" in height tilted.
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Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
A Middle Eastern Ebonised Tea Table With Removable Brass Decorative Tray
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Middle Eastern Antique Ebonised Tea Table With Removable Brass Decorative Pie Crust Edged Tray Top And Beautiful Inlay
Full Height 51cm
Base Width 41cm
Brass Tray Diameter 58cm
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Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Moorish Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Pie Crust Tilt Top Table
Located in Acton, MA
Vintage Mahogany Pie Crust Tilt Top Tea Table. This beautiful old table has a solid figured/crotch mahogany top, nicely carved acanthus leafs on the urn portion of the shaft as wel...
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1930s American Chippendale Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Regency Mahogany Loo Breakfast Centre Table Tilt Top
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality Regency 1825 mahogany tilt top loo, centre or breakfast table.
Solid, heavy and with no loose joints. Beautiful gun barrel pedestal base.
No loose joints o...
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1820s Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,436 Sale Price
30% Off
Georgian Octagonal Mahogany Stand
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century mahogany octagonal tripod stand, the single board top with vivid grain and good color on turned and ebonized shaft with balustrade and ring turnings, standing on we...
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18th Century Irish George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Regency Brass Inlaid Turn Over Leaf Card Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A fabulous early 19th Century Regency rosewood card table with well cast brass inlay throughout. This stunning piece is of exceptional quality, finely hand carved with rich patinati...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Bar Table 'DING' Made of Concrete and Aluminum 'White'
By Bentu Design
Located in Paris, IDF
'DING' is a collection of tables: coffee / side tables, dining tables, bar tables.
The base is in concrete and the structure and to top in aluminum (black or white).
by Bentu desi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Concrete, Aluminum
English Regency Tea Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
From the deeply whorled grain to the brass inlay and ebonized accents, this flip-top tea table epitomizes English Regency style. Both back legs swing to support the open top, which o...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$11,380
French Game / Breakfast Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century
This awesome French games table w/ leather top has 4 hidden little drawers & 4 cup holders.
This games table can also be used as a breakfast table.
Category
Early 20th Century Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique and Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Today, the phrase “card tables” might evoke the image of common plastic tables covered in felt, but historically these tables were statement pieces that invited merriment and were made of mahogany, walnut or other fine woods. Today, antique and vintage card tables and tea tables can enliven a space and encourage spirited competition in your home.
Card tables originated in England in the late 17th century, and during this time, as well as the 18th century, game tables in general became quite popular. We refer to early versions of card tables as antique Regency card tables because the Prince of Wales ruled England during the period and his official title was Regent. Back then, these furnishings were typically small, rectangular tables outfitted with hinged tops so that they could be opened to reveal a playing surface. Ornamental flourishes of the era might have included an integration of fine velvet or needlepoint as lining for the table’s surface. For furniture makers, wide adoption of a dense woven green material called baize for table covering — similar to felt but stronger — occurred during the early 1700s.
Tea became widely affordable during the early 1800s in England, and tea time exploded in popularity and involved large tea sets — especially during the Victorian era — as well as small, well-crafted tea tables. Your beverage was paired with petite baked goods, and the tea table would be home to teacups, saucers, a milk pot and other items. While tea tables are similar in design to card tables, the focus is more on presentation. Georgian card tables and tea tables — furniture made during the reign of England’s three Georges — were especially ornate. Some featured intricately carved design elements on each side and stood on elegantly curved legs. After all, tea time became a sacred ritual that society women dressed up for. It was a time to pause, reflect and sip a comforting beverage.
When no guests were visiting to enjoy tea or play games, owners could fold down both card tables and tea tables to their smaller size and tuck them away into a corner of the room.
Antique and vintage card tables and tea tables can make a lovely addition to any living room, entertainment room or game room. Find yours on 1stDibs.
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