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Card Tables and Tea Tables For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Chippendale
Antique Circa 1875 English Hand Painted Tilt Top Table with Dog
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An English shell inlaid, parcel gilt, paint decorated and ebonized papier mache tilt-top tea table, mid 19th century, the top centered by a scene depicting an English Pointer hunting...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian mahogany card/side table having an outstanding quality mahogany fold over swivel top with a moulded edge opening to reveal a green baize interio...
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1850s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Other
Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Inlaid Freestanding Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut inlaid freestanding card/side table having a quality rectangular shaped burr walnut inlaid fold over top opening to reveal a baize interior, fre...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Burr Walnut Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4220 Victorian walnut card table, having stunning fold over top with baize games surface, standing on turned, fluted and carved tapered legs terminating in original brass castors. ...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th century Chippendale revival mahogany card table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century chippendale influenced mahogany card table, circa 1880.
A good quality card table strong in the chippendale taste. Shaped flip over top which is supported by swing back...
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Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Card Table Games Tables 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Burr walnut Card table.
Circa 1860
This Table is Raised upon Shaped Supports with Carved Knees and Carved Toes.
The Supports Feature Pierced Fret Work.
The Top of the Table...
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1860s Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
19thC Danish Burr Walnut Tea Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
19th century Danish burr walnut serpentine fronted turn over top tea table on cabriole legs - 36"w x 18"d x 31"h (closed)
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1870s Danish Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Walnut
Victorian Envelope Card Table Antique Mahogany Games 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pretty Late Victorian Mahogany Envelope Card Table.
This Table Stands upon Shaped Legs with Carved Toes and Brass Castors.
Circa 1890
The Knees of the Legs Having Carved Decoration.
...
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1890s Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Butlers Serving Tray on Stand Hardwood Victorian, 19th Century
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Lovely Antique Butler Mahogany Table.
Please carefully examine the pictures to see the condition before purc...
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20th Century British Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hardwood
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.
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Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Chippendale Flame Mahogany Pie Crust Ball & Claw Pedestal Tea Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique turn of the century pie crust tea table. Made of mahogany featuring scalloped gallery top supported by tri foot pedestal base with ornate ball claw feet and acanthus accents...
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Early 20th Century Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Rosewood Loo Breakfast Centre Table Tilt Top
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality Victorian 19th century rosewood loo, breakfast or centre table with a tilt-top.
Solid, heavy and with no loose joints. Breath-taking quality matched rosewood ven...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Wood
Antique English Victorian Burr Walnut & Floral Marquetry Demi-Lune Card Table
Located in Glasgow, GB
An attractive `Victorian walnut and marquetry demi-lune card table dating to circa 1870. The fold-over top inlaid with sprays of flowers within scrolling borders, with a thumb mould...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Folding Pedestal Card Table Mid 19th Century
Located in Tilburg, NL
Antique Folding Pedestal Card Table, Mid 19th Century.
This is a wonderful folding card table with a very distinct pedestal base. Made in the middle of the 19th century, this is a t...
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Mid-19th Century European High Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Burr Walnut Serpentine Card Table
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A very high quality 19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Serpentine Card Table of exceptional quality and condition. With turned and carved column supports, four well carved and shaped...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Chippendale Carved Mahogany Pie crust Tea Side Table Ball Claw Foot
Located in Dayton, OH
A large Chippendale style scalloped Pie Crust table, circa last quarter 20th century. Made from solid mahogany in the Jefferson Finish. Originally Purchased from William W. Sauer Ass...
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1980s Chippendale Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century carved walnut and ebonised card table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century carved walnut and ebonised card table circa 1880.
Burr walnut top with ebonised moulded edge, top rotates to reveal a shallow storage well and open's out to reveal a st...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Two-Tier Solid Quarter Sawn Oak Accent Table
Located in Germantown, MD
This late 19th century 2 tier table includes a large table top of 23.5" square with carved edges, as well as a second bottom tier shelf with. It is made off of 100% solid oak wood, and suitable for any occasion, cocktail snacks, flowers or even a cup of tea depending on how you want to use it for the occasion.
The top is large enough to accommodate many people sharing it for a tea party as well.
The table has been refinished, legs reinforced with L brackets...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Oak
Period Victorian Card Table Walnut Games 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Fantastic Quality Victorian Burr Walnut Card Table.
Circa 1860
This Table Stands upon Shaped and Carved Legs with Original Castors.
The Table Features a Turned Central Column with Sh...
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1860s Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Large American Pennsylvania Cherry Dish Top Tilt Top Table with Pad Feet
Located in Free Union, VA
A handsome medium toned cherry three board top with a tight moulded edge, resting on a baluster base with multiple turnings, most notably the banded sphere anchoring the standard. The birdcage has a nicely formed pin and separate catch plate. Robust downswept cabriole legs terminate in substantial “horseshoe” pad feet. Attractive timber with an open grain pattern. Good antique condition, with a good even finish, typical signs of age and wear: some small losses (a divot to one horseshoe, and a smaller one to the edge of the top), dings, a tight age crack through the heartwood of the center board of the top. One butterfly at a transition beneath the top. Provenance: Philip Bradley...
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Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Cherry
Lovely Victorian Ebonized Game Table made by Jennens and Bettridge
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale an early Victorian ebonized and papier-mâché tip-top games table, the top inlaid with a mother-of-pearl chessboard, this table it was made by Jennens and...
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1850s British Early Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Oak
Baker Furniture Chippendale Carved Mahogany Pembroke Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Chippendale or Georgian style carved mahogany pembroke drop-leaf occasional side table or tea table
By Baker Furniture, "Historic Charleston" Collection
USA, circa ...
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1980s American Chippendale Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Exhibition Antique Kingwood Marquetry Inlaid Ormolu Mounted Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Exhibition quality antique Victorian French kingwood marquetry inlaid ormolu mounted card/side table by French cabinet maker Henry Dasson having an outstanding quality kingwood marqu...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Other
Victorian Mahogany Card Table, Games Tables, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany Card Table.
circa 1860
This piece is of a high Victorian Design with carved shaped legs a bulbous fluted column, ca...
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1860s Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th c English Mahogany Tea Table with Fretwork and Burled Yew Wood Top
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a rectangular English mahogany tea table with fretwork leg supports, burled yew wood top, and H form base stretcher. The table is in very good condition, with a few...
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Early 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Yew
American Mahogany Tilt Top Table with Acanthus and Rosette Carved Pedestal
Located in Free Union, VA
A vasiform baluster pedestal with birdcage sits atop a very graceful tripod base with each leg terminating in a slender ball and claw foot. An especially robust forged iron spider is fitted beneath. Each downswept cabriole leg has fine meandering acanthus springing from a large rosette and decorative lappets marking the transition to the baluster. The top is a single board of mahogany with good deep figure and color, finished with a bull nose edge. Provenance: private collection, acquired from respected dealer Philip Bradley...
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Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th century Victorian inlaid walnut card table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Decorative high Victorian walnut card table circa 1870.
Shaped burr walnut top with inlaid patterns and cross banded decoration. Top swivels to reveal a storage well and opens to a...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bevan Funnell Green Leather Extending Burr Yew Wood Side End Lamp Card Table
Located in GB
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
Rare American (New York) Chippendale Mahogany Tray Top Tea Table, 18th Century
Located in Free Union, VA
A rare and desirable form, with its tray top and the carving finished in order to be seen from all sides, the cabriole legs terminate in very well carved ball and claw feet. The knees are carved with acanthus, in a manner closely related to Irish tea table designs. Attributed to New York...
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18th Century American Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th C. Victorian Walnut Sutherland Drop Leaf Table with Turned Baluster Legs
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. Victorian walnut Sutherland table with two drop leaves. the top is raised on elegant turned baluster legs on original brass casters.
This particular type of drop leaf table, or gate-leg table, is known as a Sutherland table, apparently named after Harriet, the Duchess of Sutherland...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Amboyna Console/Card Table Attributed To Holland & Sons
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional 19th century amboyna and ebony games table firmly attributed to Holland & Sons, the rectangular hinged top decorated with leaf banding, opening on telescope action to ...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Amboyna
19th Century Edwards and Roberts Bird’S-Eye Maple Card Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Edwards and Roberts birds eye maple card table circa 1890.
Stunning quality card/game's table by Edwards and Roberts, with makers plaque on the underside.
Unusuall...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Birdseye Maple, Walnut
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
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
Pair of English Victorian Inlaid Walnut Card-Tables, circa 1865
Located in Salisbury, GB
Pair of magnificent Victorian walnut card-tables
This Pair of Victorian walnut card-tables are matched. They were made in the same workshops but married together later.
Each table ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Rosewood Pair of Card Tables
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality and very attractive pair of mid 19th
Century french rosewood card tables of serpentine
Form having well figured fold over tops with moulded
Edge enclosing baized interiors raised on elegant moulded
Cabriole legs to front and back with carved decoration
Raised on scrolling feet with original wooden castors
(This elegant pair of card tables...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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 Craftmen Furniture. Good vintage condition...
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Late 20th Century American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany
Vintage Crotch Mahogany Chippendale Style Pie Crust Pedestal Side Tea Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Crotch Mahogany Chippendale style Pie Crust pedestal side tea table. Item features a carved pedestal base, scalloped top, carved accents, beautiful wood grain, very nice anti...
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Early 20th Century Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
Unusual Antique Victorian Walnut Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian walnut card/side table having a lovely walnut swivel top, green baize interior and attractive carvings to the frieze. It boasts a delightful turned carved c...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late Victorian Envelope Card Table with Gaming Wells
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Late Victorian envelope card table with gaming wells.
A beautifully designed piece, the sturdy 4 footed leg supports the 4 triangular hinged leaves which swivel and open out to re...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Marquetry Envelope Card Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Victorian envelope card table, circa 1880 in date.
The card table is made from superb quality Gonçalo Alves and has striking floral and foliate marque...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian burr walnut card/side table having a quality burr walnut top with a thumb moulded edge opening to reveal a baize interior. It is supported on shaped turned ...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Chippendale Burl Walnut Constantine Action Ball & Claw Game Table C 1760
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale Burl Walnut Constantine action game table with the original decorative linen playing surface, flanking outset corners, inte...
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1760s English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
T. Simpson & Son English Victorian Relief Carved Mahogany Tilt-top Table
Located in Forney, TX
An antique English Victorian finely hand carved mahogany gateleg side table by Thomas Simpson and Son.
Born in England in the late 19th century, ha...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Mahogany
19th Century Rare English Walnut and Burl Handkerchief Card Table Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare 19th century English walnut and burl walnut hankerchief card table or tea table.
Measures approximately 33.5" in width, 17" in depth and stands 29" tall. Very good antique co...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Chippendale Couchtisch Mit Glasauflage über Wiener Geflecht 60er Jahre
Located in Berlin, DE
Chippendale Couchtisch mit Glasauflage und intaktem Sonnengeflecht.
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Mid-20th Century English Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Nutwood
19th Century Satinwood & Parcel Gilt Games Table by Holland & Sons
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb 19th century satinwood and parcel gilt games table, the rectangular fold-over top with a gilt moulded edge, opening on telescope action to a purple baize playing surface, above a plain frieze, raised on fluted taped legs ending in brass caps and castors, stamped HOLLAND & SONS.....
circa 1860
English
Footnote:
Holland and Sons, was first established as Taprell and Holland in 1803 in reference to its two founders. Following a brief period in which the firm was known as Taprell, Holland & Son c.1835-43, William Holland...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Satinwood
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
Scottish Mahogany Pie Crust Tilt-Top Tea Table, Circa 1760
Located in Hollywood, SC
Scottish mahogany tilt-top tea table with carved molded edge top, centered rotating bird cage, original locking mechanism, carved turned ringed spiral pedestal and resting on tripod ...
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1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
English Georgian Chippendale Mahogany Piecrust Tilt and Turn Table 18th Century
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian Chippendale period plum pudding mahoganypiecrust tilt and turn table. This tea table is beautifully carved with the top being a single board, the pedestal base having carving to the stem as well as sophisticated acanthus leaf carving to the knees and toes of the three cabriole legs. As one expects with an 18th century piecrust table...
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1770s English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
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Mahogany
Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality 19th century Victorian antique mahogany card/side table having a lovely mahogany top that lifts up and swivels to reveal a green baize interior, carved frieze supported by a ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Other
Vintage Oxblood Leather Gold Leaf Side End Table Extending Top Great Games Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely Bevan Funnell vintage Mahogany side table with extending oxblood leather top and single drawer.
A ...
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20th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
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
18th Century Mahogany Pie Crust Tea Table
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A rare and fine example of an 18th century bird cage pie crust tea table. This piece was deaccessioned from the San Diego Museum of Art and retains...
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18th Century English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Scottish Chippendale Cuban Mahogany Tea Table with Circular Gallery, Circa 1760
Located in Hollywood, SC
Scottish Chippendale Cuban mahogany tilt top tea table with a circular carved gallery, one board top, carved molded edge, supporting bird cage and resting on a turned tapered floral ...
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1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Patchwork Burl Wood Flip Top Card Table
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage patchwork Burl wood card table. A chic flip top design that opens up and turns to reveal a stunning table top. Perfect for last...
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Early 20th Century North American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Antique English Chippendale Period Mahogany Card Games Table
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE WITH PIERCED FRETWORK APRON
England, circa 1770
Item # 810FPP06S
Characterized by the French-inspired cabriolet legs, this rare card table is ...
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18th Century English 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.
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