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Card Tables and Tea Tables For Sale
Antique Restored William IV circa 1830 Coromandel Occasional Games Cards Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite, fully restored, hand made in England William IV circa 1830 Coromandel & Giltwood occasiona...
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1830s English William IV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique George III Mahogany Card Table
Located in Cambridge, US
England, ca. 1790. A lovely antique Sheraton style card table from the George III period. Features handmade construction with rectangular top supported by four square tapered legs te...
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1790s English Sheraton Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Felt, Boxwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
Unique Off-White Stone Slab Console with Grey Glass Shelves by Frédéric Saulou
Located in Geneve, CH
Stoique stole console signed by Fre´de´ric Saulou
Materials: Ornamental stone, Grey smoked glass, metal powder-coated.
Dimensions: H 110 x 40 x 110 cm.
"While wandering in the stree...
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2010s French Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Stone
Black Stone and Brass Stoique Stole Console Signed by Frédéric Saulou
Located in Geneve, CH
Black stone and brass Stoique stole console signed by Fre´de´ric Saulou
Materials: Black stone, Grey smoked glass, engraved patinated brass.
Dimensions: H 110 x 40 x 110 cm.
"While ...
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2010s French Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Stone, Brass
Square Drink Table Metal Clad Over MDF Handcrafted in India by Alison Spear
Located in New York, NY
Alison Spear designed this elegant and minimal table for Stephanie Odegard during their trip together to Rajasthan, India. The craftsmen create patterns using diffrent types of hammerings in the metal sheets clad over teakwood structure.
Square Drink Table...
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2010s American Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Card Table, François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany, Kingwood and Satiné Parquetry card table
By François Linke
D-shaped hinged top with rope twist border opening u...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Bronze
Date Palm Side Table In Agra Grey Stone Handcrafted in India
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the temple carvings in and around Udaipur, Stephanie Odegard designed this unique side table using locally available stones. The arrangement of the carved leaf motif resembles the leaf arrangement over the bark of a date palm...
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2010s Indian Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Sandstone
Handmade Nesting Tables, Set Side Coffee Tables Handcrafted by French Designer
Located in LANGUEUX, FR
The beauty and high quality of handmade concrete and metal tables made in France are unparalleled in the world of furniture. The blending of these two materials results in pieces tha...
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2010s French Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Concrete, Metal
Jahangir Side Table in White Marble by Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegard
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the elegant architectural element, namely the mehrabs, he saw in the palaces of Mughal India, the renowned designer Paul Mathieu has created this unique hand-carved side table. Solid blocks of marble are hand-carved into low elegant tables before they are polished by hand. The contrast between the elegant inline of the mehrab with the clean and solid outline is the most striking feature of this design.
Jahangir Side Table...
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2010s Indian Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Marble
Jahangir Side Table in Katni Marble by Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegard
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the elegant architectural element, namely the mehrabs, he saw in the palaces of Mughal India, the renowned designer Paul Mathieu has created this unique hand carved side table. Solid blocks of marble are hand carved into low elegant tables before they are polished by hand. The contrast between the elegant inline of the mehrab with the clean and solid outline is the most striking feature of this design.
Jahangir Side Table...
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2010s Indian Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Marble
Pair Georgian Wine Tables Mahogany Revival Side
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pair of Georgian revival mahogany wine tables.
Circa 1920
The tables feature oval tops with satinwood crossbanding.
Will ship to anywhere in the world - please get in touch for a quo...
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1920s Revival Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$2,702 / set
Restored Antique Regency circa 1815 Hardwood & Brass Inlaid Card Games Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite, fully restored, hand made in England Regency circa 1815 Mah...
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1810s English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century Regency Gonzalo Alves Card Tables
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning pair of Regency turnover card / games tables with rounded front corners enclosing a green baize lined interior. Each frieze with a rectangular gadrooned panel on a cylindr...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Handmade Nesting Tables, Set Side Coffee Tables Handcrafted by French Designer
Located in LANGUEUX, FR
The beauty and high quality of handmade concrete and metal tables made in France are unparalleled in the world of furniture. The blending of these two materials results in pieces tha...
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2010s French Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Concrete, Metal
Handmade Nesting Tables, Set Side Coffee Tables Handcrafted by French Designer
Located in LANGUEUX, FR
The beauty and high quality of handmade concrete and metal tables made in France are unparalleled in the world of furniture. The blending of these two materials results in pieces tha...
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2010s French Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Concrete, Metal
Jour Jali Oval Table in Rainbow Teak-wood Handcrafted in India by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the elegant pierced marble “jali” screens and windows he saw in the palaces of Mughal India, the renowned designer Paul Mathieu created a unique collection of hand carved side table.
Solid blocks of marble are hollowed out and hand carved into low elegant tables through which light and air pass with ease. The intricate jali patterns are first traced onto the surface of the stone. Craftsmen then hand chisel and form hundreds of intricate, interlocking patterns in each piece before the tables are polished by hand.
Jour Jali Oval Table in Rainbow Teak...
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2010s Indian Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Marble
Louise Card Table Metal Clad Over Teakwood Handcrafted in India by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. The characteristic cabriole leg, curving outward at the knee and inward towards the foot in an "S" shape was born during this period. It is during the same era that English furniture makers produced the Queen Anne and Chippendale style.
The curved legs and side rails of this exceptionally elegant table are hand carved from solid pieces of teak. Pattern-makers trace and cut complex forms that will cover the table from thick sheets of copper or silver. Once the table is joined together, it is meticulously encased in a tight-fitting skin of copper or purest silver. The silver used was assayed at 96% purity, which exceeds the minimum standard for sterling of 92.5%. White Bronze, Antiqued Bronze, Brass, Silver and Copper available options of th metal skin. Both silver and copper will tarnish over time. Regular non-abrasive household metal polishes can be used to restore the original finish.
Louise Card Table...
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2010s Indian Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Regency Card Table Stamped Gillows Of Lancaster
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine Regency mahogany fold over games table, the hinged rectangular top with beaded edge, enclosing a green baize lined playing surface, the undersi...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Jour Geometric Jali Side Table in White Marble by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the elegant pierced marble “Geometric jali” screens and windows he saw in the palaces of Mughal India, the renowned designer Paul Mathieu has created a unique collection of hand-carved side tables.
Solid blocks of marble are hollowed out and hand-carved into low elegant tables through which light and air pass with ease. The intricate jali patterns are first traced onto the surface of the stone. Craftsmen then hand chisel and form hundreds of intricate, interlocking patterns in each piece before the tables are polished by hand.
Jour Geometric Jali Side Table...
Category
2010s Indian Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Marble
Handmade Nesting Tables, Set Side Coffee Tables Handcrafted by French Designer
Located in LANGUEUX, FR
The beauty and high quality of handmade concrete and metal tables made in France are unparalleled in the world of furniture. The blending of these two materials results in pieces tha...
Category
2010s French Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Concrete, Metal
Antique English Mahogany Tea Table with Chippendale Fretwork, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian mahogany tea table with Chippendale fretwork, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Card Table in the Rococo Taste
By Charles A. Baudoine
Located in New York, NY
RECORDED: cf. Anna Tobin D’Ambrosio, ed., Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (Syracuse University Press, Utica, New York, 1999), pp. 85, 86, 87 illus. the Munson-Williams-Proctor tables // cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 19th Century America–Furniture and Other Decorative Arts (1970), exhib. cat., [n.p.] no.133
This table is identical to a pair of card tables bearing the stenciled label of Charles A. Baudouine of 335 Broadway, New York, which were acquired by James and Helen Munson Williams of Utica, New York, in May 1852 for their home, Fountain Elms, which is where they remain today as part of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute collection. The Williams tables were billed as “1 Rosewood Multiform Table” at $160 for the pair, and they were indeed “multiform” in that they could be used separately and folded as a pair of console tables, opened as a pair of card tables, or joined together as a center table. The present table varies essentially in the fact that it does not include the mechanism that would have allowed it to be attached to another to form a center table.
Of French descent, Baudouine was born in New York in 1808. He made his debut as a cabinetmaker in the New York directory of 1829/30, where he is listed at 508 Pearl Street. By 1839/40 he relocated to Broadway, where he remained in business at various addresses until about 1854. A sense of the scale of Baudouine’s operation is given by German immigrant cabinetmaker Ernest Hagen...
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Mid-19th Century North American Rococo Revival Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
Minimalist Console with Hand-Laid Mother-of-Pearl/ Nacre Legs and Oak Top
Located in Cairo, EG
Minimalist Console with Hand-Laid Mother-of-Pearl Legs and Oak Top.
Lotus comes in many shapes and forms. In our Joy console we abstracted three lotus ...
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2010s Egyptian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
Visionnaire Gorgona Low Table in Polyurethane Resin by Alessandro La Spada
Located in Bologna, IT
Structure in rigid polyurethane resin with base in solid wood. Catalytic lacquered, half-glossy finishing. Shiny RAL 7038 lacquered finish.
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Resin
Wicker and Glass Tea Table, 1940
Located in Marseille, FR
wicker and glass tea table 1940, height 48 cm, width 73 cm and 45 cm deep.
Additional information:
Style: 40s 60s
Material: Wicker & Rattan.
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20th Century Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wicker
Antique Burr Walnut Card Table
Located in London, GB
A fantastic antique burr walnut card table of the highest order. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1900-1920 period.
It is of outstanding quality, with fine and int...
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Early 1900s British Queen Anne Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Baize, Walnut
19th Century Antique Giltwood Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A handsome antique giltwood table. Cabriole legs and animal hoof feet. Diamond pattern and floral carvings on the side. Floral features on the sides. Beautiful dark gilding on the si...
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19th Century Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Giltwood
20th Century Restored Rounded Macassar Bauhaus Table, Chrome-Plated Steel, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Bauhaus chrome table
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Macassar and Chrome-plated steel
Source: Czechia.
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20th Century Czech Bauhaus Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
Antique Shanxi Province Elm Tea Table with Display Shelf
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi province elm tea table with display shelf.
This antique elm tea table from the Shanxi Province of China has a display shelf and its original color and patina.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Elm
George iv Anglo-Chinese Amboyna Card Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George IV Anglo-Chinese amboyna card table, the hinged rectangular top with rounded corners opening out to form a square, lined in later green baize, decorated with bone and ebony ...
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1820s Chinese Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Rosewood
French 19th century Game Table, Restoration Period 1830-40
Located in Leimen, DE
mmerse yourself in the charm of this delightful 19th-century game table, a French masterpiece hailing from the Restoration period around 1830. Adorned with a captivating mahogany ven...
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1830s French Restauration Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Elm, Fruitwood
Custom Granite Cocktail Table with Metal Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom Granite cocktail table with custom metal base.
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Early 2000s American Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Granite, Metal
20th Century Czech Square Umakart Bauhaus Table, Chrome-Plated Steel, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Original well preserved condition
Bauhaus chrome table
Style: Bauhaus, midcentury
Period: 1940-1949.
Material: Umakart and chrome-plated steel
Source: Czechia.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
Antique English Mahogany Chippendale Fretwork Tea Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Our tea table is beautiful and useful. It will not disappoint. The Chippendale fretwork is nicely rendered.
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Mid-19th Century English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Restored Czech Round Oak Bauhaus Table by Mücke & Melder, Chrome, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Bauhaus chrome table
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Oak and chrome
Source: Czechia.
Maker: Mücke & Melder.
Category
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
1820 English Mahogany Tea Table with Coramandel Plaque Insert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1820 English mahogany tea table or occasional table with Coramandel plaque insert. This table was originally purchased at Kentshire Gallery.
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19th Century English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood and Mahogany Folding Card Table by Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
Fold over card table on interlaced stem with quatrefoil base scroll legs.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
A Fine George III Chippendale Mahogany Dumb Waiter, Circa 1760. England.
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Fine George III Chippendale Mahogany Dumb Waiter, Circa 1760. England.
In the manner of Thomas Chippendale
The graduated and revolving tiers with fluted and beaded mouldings, th...
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18th Century English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George IV Tilt-Top Centre Table by George Bullock
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George IV tilt-top centre table by George Bullock, the circular top with an amboyna field centred on a circle of brown oak, burr yew and holly, the border decorated with a floral m...
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19th Century British George IV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Oak, Holly, Yew, Amboyna
FINE ANTIQUE SHERATON BURR & BURL WALNUT CARD GAMES TABLE WITH SATINWOOD DETAiL
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine, restored Sheraton card games table in Burl & Burr Walnut with Satinwood detailing
This piece has been fully restored by my French...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut
French Card Table 1860 Empire Antique Games
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Good quality mahogany and rosewood French card table.
This stunning French card table stands upon shaped legs with ormolu mounts to the feet and knees.
circa 1860.
The shaped frie...
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1860s Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Inlaid and Carved Walnut Coffee Table, 1840 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique small table, for coffee or living room, inlaid by hand and carved in precious solid walnut wood, hand-built in 1840 for an elegant living r...
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19th Century Italian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
$2,078 Sale Price
20% Off
Francois Linke Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood & Parquetry Mueble d'appui
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Francois Linke (1855-1946)
A Louis XV style ormolu mounted Kingwood and parquetry mueble d'appui, by Francois Linke,
Index Number 204, For Maison Krieger,
Paris, Early 20th Centur...
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Early 20th Century Card Tables and Tea Tables
Mid-Century Afrormosia Coffee Table: An Italian Design Masterpiece from the 1950s
Located in Manzano, IT
Timeless elegance and impeccable craftsmanship meet in this exquisite Mid-Century afrormosia coffee table, a true gem of Italian 1950s design. Made with the finest materials and atte...
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1950s Italian Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,343 Sale Price
35% Off
Louis XVI Style Parquetry Inlaid Card Table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French parquetry inlaid folding card table in the Louis XVI style. The top opening to reveal a card table, parquetry inlay also to the frieze, g...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English "Edwards & Roberts" Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Card Table ca 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English "Edwards & Roberts" satinwood Inlaid Mahogany card table, circa 1890s.
Measurements:
29 inches high
36 inches wide (clos...
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19th Century English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Sergio Mazza Table
By Sergio Mazza
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sergio Mazza table. Located in France.
Category
20th Century Italian Card Tables and Tea Tables
$4,200
Antique French Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Tea Table by Linke
Located in London, GB
This fine satinwood tea table is made by the highly celebrated Parisian cabinetmaker Francois Linke (French, 1855-1946). The table features a glass tray of rectangular shape which si...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Sheraton Satinwood Card Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Sheraton period Satinwood demilune card table, having rosewood crossbanding, a fan inlay to the top, inlaid swags to the frieze and raised on square tapering legs.
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Mid-18th Century English Sheraton Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Biedermeier Game Table
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Walnut, rootwood and ebonized wood Biedermeier game table and two chairs.
Category
20th Century Austrian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
$6,809 Sale Price
40% Off
Period William IV Card Table Games 1840
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV rosewood card table.
This rather impressive card table stands upon a cross section base with boldly carved feet and a carved and turned socle. The column also being of a t...
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1840s William IV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Stunning Original J Kendell & Co circa 1830 Redwood Tea Card Table Sublime
By Kendell & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare original circa 1830 J Kendell & Co Rosewood fold over games or tea table
A rare and exquisite piece, highly collectable, the Rosewood patina is absolutely sublime, I have never seen cuts before with such a contrast between the light and dark
Antique Furniture by J Kendall...
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1830s English Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hardwood
$3,319 Sale Price
30% Off
A George I walnut card table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George I walnut card table, the hinged shaped top above a single small frieze drawer and raised on cabriole legs which terminate in pad fe...
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1720s English George I Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Game Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Louis XVI painted off-white game table with one drawer, it would make a lovely side table. The top is silk covered.
Category
Late 18th Century French Rococo Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Silk, Wood
$10,300
Pair of Louis XVI Style Marquetry Card Tables, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of French Louis XVI style marquetry card and tea tables. Each with wonderful specimen marquetry inlaid decoration to the t...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century Indian Carved Mahogany Teapoy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A 19th century carved mahogany teapoy with a charming patina. The central stem is beautifully carved along with the nicely proportioned feet at the base.
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Bronze Mounted Circular Low Table, by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bronze mounted circular low table, by Jules Leleu.
Rosewood inlaid top having floral and butterfly inlays in a variety of woods and abalone, circa 1925.
Measures: Height 17 5/8 in....
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1920s Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Bar Cart in Wood & Glass
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This bar cart is a charming representation of mid-20th-century design, a period that witnessed a remarkable evolution in furniture aesthetics, merging functionalism with the emerging...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Pair of 18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany Card Tables, circa 1780
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 18th century mahogany Hepplewhite period card tables, each of a serpentine form, crossbanded tops wit a faded patina, opening to reveal baise covered card...
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18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Edwardian Satinwood Inlaid Card Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Edwardian period Satinwood envelope card table, having classical inlaid decoration to the top, frieze and legs. It has a single frieze drawer, raised on square taperin...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Satinwood
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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