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Card Tables and Tea Tables For Sale
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Walnut, Burl Wood, and Brass Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Neoclassical or French Regency Louis XVI style tea table or occasional side table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved walnut, with beautiful book-matched b...
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1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique English Mahogany Tea Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Constructed of solid mahogany, this flip-top tea table features a unique scrolled knee and trifid foot. Beautifully grained and bearing a rich, warm patina, this table would serve we...
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18th Century British George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early Georgian Mahogany Tea Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality, early 18th century, George II Period Mahogany Demi Lune tea table, of exceptional untouched colour and patina throughout, having well figured foldover top, enclo...
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Early 18th Century English George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Mahogany
California Craftsman Organic Freeform Cocktail Table by Craig Lauterbach, 1970s
By Craig Lauterbach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Presenting a mesmerizing free-form coffee table crafted by California artisan Craig Lauterbach, circa 1970s.
This unique piece embodies the American Studio Craft movement, showcasin...
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1970s American American Craftsman Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
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 THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION.
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
Midcentury White Plastic and Metal Chrome Italian Bar Cart Oval, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Very rare midcentury bar cart in white plastic and chromed metal. This piece is in very good condition, was designed in Italy during the 1950s.
A wonderful piece that will complet...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
Elegant Eastern Brass Drinks Table With Two Tiered Trays On An Oak Bobbin Base
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful and Unusual Brass Etched Tea Table Featuring Two Tiered Brass Trays, With An Oak Bobbin Gate Legged Folding Table
Both Trays Can Be Removed To Serve Drinks, & Both Tray...
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19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Irish Mahogany Game Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This handsome 18th century Irish flip top game table on cabriole legs features a swooping acanthus carving on the knees of the front legs which end in foliate carved pad feet. The ba...
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18th Century Irish George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Mahogany
Hand Carved Stone Antique Garden Outdoor Indoor Side Center Coffee Farm Table CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Stone Antique Garden Outdoor Indoor Side Center Coffee Farm Table CA . late 17th Early 18th century and later elements Hand carved small stone antique garden patio coffee outdoor indoor table for two . It will be the perfect touch by an outdoor fireplace or on the patio next to your bedroom to have the morning coffee and welcome a beautiful day .
This table has a lot of charm and character. It can work in a Mid-Century Modern or an old charm rustic Provençal design or a farmhouse rustic farm . For an interior or exterior handsome design , for garden landscaping it's a beautiful architectural element to complement your garden furniture or the interior of living room or as a small kitchen side table for 2...
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18th Century French Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Edwardian Walnut Occasional Table with Book Matched Top , circa 1930s"
Located in Germantown, MD
Edwardian Walnut Occasional Table with Book matched Top.
Made in the 1930. Very good vintage condition. Has been refinished in the past years.
Very sturdy.
Measures 27.75" in dia...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Walnut
Antique Victorian Mahogany Demilune Card Console Tea Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Victorian mahogany demi lune side table, 19th century in date.
The table is made of solid mahogany with a moulded top above a plain frieze and is raised ...
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1850s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Continental Paint Decorated Octagonal Tilt Top Tavern Table, Dated, 1706
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fascinating and early Painted Table with great form and good color. The octagonal top made in four planks. The fully carved base and supports with foliate scrolls. The tripod base ...
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18th Century European Jacobean Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Alvar Aalto Model 901 Tea Trolley, 1950s
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful Model 901 tea trolley designed 1930 by Alvar Aalto for Artek, white linoleum top with bentwood birch frame and white lacquered wood wheels with rubber rings. Good original ...
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1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rubber, Birch
19th Century Federal Hepplewhite Mahogany Demi-Lune Flip-Top Console Card Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A exquisite 19th Century American Federal Hepplewhite Mahogany Demi-Lune Flip-Top Console table or Card Table in very good antique conditi...
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Late 20th Century American Hepplewhite Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis Majorelle Signed French Art Nouveau Game Table, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
A French Art Nouveau marquetry walnut and exotic wood game table signed by Louis Majorelle. The tabletop is decorated with large leaves and stems. Stylized with fine marquetry side a...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fabulous Early 19th Century Regency Inlaid Card Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A fabulous early 19th Century Regency inlaid mahogany card table, hand carved with a rich patina. The moulded top of square form with two gorgeous inlaid oval motifs, folding out to ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
James de Wulf Concrete Clover Table
Located in Paia, HI
Our favorite breakfast table. The clover table features two pieces of concrete- rounded triangular tabletop and base, locked together by gravity alone. Eq...
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2010s American Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Concrete
18th Georgian Mahogany Tea Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A George II 18th century Mahogany tea table featuring dish top, single drawer in frieze with cock beading boarding the drawer and with brass...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
English standing rim tea tray with applied handles, 1880-1900
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Mahogany standing rim kidney shaped tea tray with cast brass handles. The mahogany ground of the tray floor is defined by a shell of contrasting satinwood with controlled burn shadin...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair English Regency Mahogany Card Tables / Tea Table, 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
This Regal pair of English Regency Mahogany Card Tables / Tea Tables with Rosewood Crossbanding are made in the first quarter of the 19th Century. The English NeoClassical Tea Table...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Baize, Rosewood, Mahogany
Antique French Napoleon III Inlaid Card Table
Located in Seaford, GB
Antique French Napoleon III Inlaid Card Table
The Antique French Napoleon III Inlaid Card Table is a stunning example of 19th-century craftsmanship and design. To begin with, this e...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Majorelle, Clematis Tea Table, Art Nouveau, Late 19th-early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Tea table with 2 trays, in marquetry of different exotic wood species: the trays are decorated with flowers (clematis) and leaves, the upper tray is signed L Majorelle.
It is also d...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Chinese Lacquered Square Center Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A flourish of curves adds graceful counterpoint to this table’s square profile, each straight leg topped by decorative scroll corners that flow into a scalloped apron. The legs are f...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Elm
Tessellated Pink Stone Coffee Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated pink stone and fossilized coral geometric coffee table base with brass accents. Can be used as is or with a glass top.
Matching side / end table...
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1980s Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Stone
Baker Furniture Queen Anne Walnut Petite Drop Leaf Tea Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne style solid walnut drop leaf tea table or occasional side table
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1980s
Measures: 26.13"...
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Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
1930s Edwardian Carved Walnut Demi-Lune Side Tables
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Edwardian demi-lune side tables that can joined to make a round tea table or gueridon. Beautiful leg carvings and stretchers. Solid construction.
Measures 24"D x 12D x 24.5"...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th-Century Mahogany Wood & Veneer Card Table / Console Table
Located in Opole, PL
19th-Century Mahogany Wood & Veneer Card Table / Console Table
This table is made of mahogany wood and veneer, dating back to the late 19th century. It takes the form of a wall-moun...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
18th Century George III Carved Mahogany Serpentine Concertina Action Card Table
By William Vile
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A bold and impressive George III carved mahogany serpentine concertina action card table, circa 1760.
In the manner of William Vile & John Cobb, St Ma...
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18th Century English George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Antique 18th Century Tilt Top Table In Mahogany ( REF AF-3430 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
An exquisite 18th-century tilt-top table, masterfully crafted from a single piece of mahogany. This elegant piece is supported by a finely detailed tripod base, showcasing the except...
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18th Century British Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Scalloped Black and Gold Chinoiserie Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920s two-tiered English table. Scalloped shaped table painted black with raised gold chinoiserie detail. Bird, goat, trees and floral images adorn to...
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20th Century English Chinoiserie Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Organic Mid-Century Modern Cypress Wood and Round Glass Dining Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful organic free-form dining table. It consists of a solid cypress tree base with a heavy circular glass top. Excellent vintage condition.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Glass, Cypress
Baker Furniture Stately Homes Collection Carved Mahogany Tea Table, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Chippendale style carved mahogany occasional side table or tea table
By Baker Furniture, "Stately Homes" Collection
USA, Circa 1980s
Measures: 34.5"W x 22.25"...
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1980s American Chippendale Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
Midcentury Serving Cart with Teak and Enameled Metal Bottle Holder, Bar Cart
Located in Roma, IT
This modern Scandinavian midcentury serving cart is made of two teakwood floors. One of which also has a bottle rack. Excellent conditions.
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1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
Quality Antique Regency Mahogany Inlaid Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique regency mahogany inlaid card/side table having a superb quality inlaid mahogany swizzle top opening to reveal a green baize interior and an inlaid mahogany frieze. It...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Other
John Widdicomb English Chippendale Carved Mahogany Pedestal Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous English Chippendale style carved mahogany pedestal tea table or occasional side table
By John Widdicomb
USA, Late 20th Century
M...
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Late 20th Century American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Majorelle, Clematis Tea Table, Art Nouveau, Late 19th-early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Tea table with 2 trays, in marquetry of different wood species: the trays are decorated with flowers (clematis) and leaves, the upper tray is signed L Majorelle.
It is also decorate...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Folding Metal Garden Patio Poolside Table with Stylized Leaf Motif Top
By Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Chic folding cafe dining, garden, patio table constructed of metal strips and square stock. The table features a stylized leaf top, it folds up for easy transport and storage. Perfect diminutive scale, sophisticated design, functional, clean and ready to use condition. Paint finish shows cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age.
Please view our extensive collection of vintage and antique garden, patio, and poolside furniture and accessories listed at Barbarella Home...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal
1930s Edwardian Walnut Center Table or Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Well maintained 1930s Edwardian Walnut Center Table or Tea Table in great condition.
Measures 28 inches in diameter and stands 24 inches tall.
...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
George II carved walnut card table
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
George II carved walnut card table
The rectangular top with square projecting corners enclosing a replaced baize and four candle stands; above a frieze drawer on cabriole acanthus le...
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Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Superb Quality Antique Regency Mahogany Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique regency mahogany card/side table having a superb quality mahogany swizzle crossbanded top opening to reveal the original green baize, interior figured mahogany...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Other
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.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Walnut Slatted Tea Cart by Mel Smilow
By Mel Smilow
Located in New York, NY
Originally designed by Mel Smilow in 1950 and reintroduced in 2022, the Slatted Tea Cart is a two-level rolling cart built with our signature walnut slats and fine joinery details. T...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Inlaid Oriental Tea Table From the Early 20th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Inlaid Oriental Tea Table From the Early 20th Century
A tea table from the first half of the 20th century, adorned with mother-of-pearl inlay. Rich...
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Early 20th Century European Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Wicker, Oak top Card / Game table and Four chairs in Natural finish
Located in Nashua, NH
A very rare matching and unique card / game table with four matching chairs.The five piece matching set consists of a natural finished quarter sawn oak topped game table and four matching chairs. The table and chair bodies are done in a beautiful style using natural and colored reed in their weaving design.
The set consists of a 48" square card table having a beautiful natural finished quarter sawn oak top embellished with a woven colored braid decorative edge. The table top is supported by four uniquely designed woven legs done in green, red and brown colored reeds .The table legs are uniquely designed to support the table top but each leg has uniquely been designed in such a manner to have an on oak topped space left open just below the table top to hold a glass of each persons favorite beverage without taking up table top space. The four matching chairs are large and comfortable and upholstered in a yellow Seahorse Sea life designed fabric. The four chairs measure 32.5" Ht. x 21" D. x 17.5" W and have a seat height of 17". The table measures 48" x 48" x 29.25" Ht. This is truly a beautiful and unique set of antique American wicker...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Wicker, Reed, Wood
Antique Georgian Irish Mahogany Demi Lune Games Card or Tea Table George III
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an Early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-lune Fold-over Games Table of outstanding museum quality. Made in Ireland during the last quart...
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Late 18th Century Irish George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut
Antique Folding Paper Mâché Tea Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century black and gold painted paper mâché folding table.
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19th Century English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
18th century Chippendale Mahogany Tilt-Top Table
Located in Savannah, GA
Mahogany tilt-top English tea table featuring an unusual octagon shaped tray with turned baluster gallery supported on a tripod base with slightly flared legs. Carved with leaf decor...
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1780s English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Jugenstil card table
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugenstil adjustable card table in very nice original condition. Dimensions after expansion 87x87cm.
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Lift Table, Steel, Glass, Wood, Lighting, Elevate, Ships Wheel, Custom, Semigood
Located in Issaquah, WA
A culmination of steel, wood and glass make for one of the most incredible conference tables ever constructed. This table features under lighting and power outlets under each wing of the table. These features can be optimized per your requirements. The lift table was a private commission, designed and built for Howard S...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Steel
1960s Superior Furniture Solid Walnut Scallop Edge Tea Table with Pull Out Tray
Located in Germantown, MD
Superior Furniture Mid-Century Modern solid walnut coffee table with scallop edge and pull out trays. 30W x 18D x 18.75H. 7" Pull out tray on each side made the table 44" wide.
Goo...
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Mid-20th Century North American Queen Anne Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Light Solid Oak Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
Light Oak coffee table, circa 1950s.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Colonial Revival Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Pair Amboyna Card Console Tables With Porcelain Plaques 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning pair of antique French amboyna and ebonised card tables, circa 1860 in date.
The tables are made from striking and rare ambo...
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1860s French Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ormolu
George III Mahogany Card Table
Located in Reepham, GB
A fine mid-18th-century rich mahogany George III card table raised on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, scallop shells carved in high relief on all four legs with swags, support...
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18th Century George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
American Federal Relief Carved Mahogany Card Table, New York, circa 1810
Located in Stockton, NJ
American Federal relief carved mahogany card table. The double-elliptical crotch mahogany book-matched veneered hinged top above a central pedestal with foliate and swag carved detail terminating on four fluted cabriole legs and brass lion paw cups on casters.
This card table is illustrated in "Four Centuries of American Furniture" Oscar P. Fitzgerald, pp.93
" The richly grained mahogany top takes a double-elliptic shape. The top rotates to rest on the skirt, which encloses a storage space for game equipment...
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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
1920-1950 Play Table Mahjong China and Its Four Stools Palissandre
Located in Paris, FR
Table has at the middle height with its four stools which can skip below and serve also as side tables,
Rosewood, size of stools: 39 x 34 H 46 cm, good condition, circa 1920-1950.
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1920s Chinese Chinese Chippendale Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood
George III Mahogany Games Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular hinged top with a rosette-carved edge, on a blind fretwork frieze and pierced brackets, raised on molded square legs.
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1760s English Chinese Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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.