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Center Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1990s
19th Century Country French Provincial Oak Center Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exquisite late 19th century round country French provincial center table crafted from oak. Made in the grand Louis XV style. The top has a gorgeous Fortuny style shimmery fabric inse...
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Center Tables

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Fabric, Glass, Oak

Oversized Antique Victorian Walnut Brooks Oval Marble Top Parlor Table 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian Brooks parlor table offers beveled marble surmounting a carved walnut base raised on stylized scroll and foliate form legs, circa 1890 Measures - 30"h x 37"w ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Center Tables

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Marble

19th Century French Renaissance Library Table in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Renaissance library table in stripped oak is perfect as a center table creating a timeless old world effect. The rectangu...
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Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Center Tables

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Oak

Fine Burl Amboyna and Marquetry Centre Table Attributed to George Blake and Co a
Located in Benington, Herts
A Fine Burl Amboyna and Marquetry Centre Table Attributed to George Blake and Co and Probably Retailed by Edward Holmes Baldock English London made Circa 1845. An exceptional table of wonderful colour, utilising the finest amboyna veneers as a background for a complex pattern of floral marquetry on the stem, feet and table top. The tilt-top with segmented veneers and central floral inlay within an inlaid floral scroll surround and with a conforming inlaid outer border. The triform pedestal base with foliate inlay, carved leaf scroll feet with carved lateral flower head roundels with recessed castors. The basic design for this table comes from the work of the designer Richard Bridgens and was published in 1838 as plate 16 in his Furniture with Candelabra. As can be seen from the image of Bridgens' design, the outer scrolling border on the top of our table is very much in the style of that suggested in the design but the other marquetry is of a sophisticated floral type popularised slightly later, suggesting a date of c.1845 for our table. Marquetry of this sort was a speciality of the Blake family, marquetry experts and associates of the great dealer Edward Holmes Baldock. Baldock was responsible for building some museum quality collections of fine 18th century French furniture during this period for some of his famous aristocratic clients but he also supplied new furniture in the French taste, often incorporating marquetry by the Blake firm. The use of exotic amboyna as the ground for this marquetry is also in keeping with other pieces known to have been supplied by Baldock, for whom it appears only the best was good enough. The sinuous lines of this table and the exotic veneers give the piece a more timeless feel than many other examples from this period and the colour means that it would work equally well in a contemporary interior or alongside pieces of Art Deco furniture as it would in a more traditional room. This is a piece of sublime quality that somehow manages to be both decorative and yet understated and as such is exactly the sort of piece we enjoy sharing with our clients. Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845) Born on the 14th May 1777 he established his business in 1805 in Hanway Street which over the years he expanded at this location. He soon was a prominent London furniture dealer to several members of the Royal Family and is responsible for supplying French-fashioned furniture to the 5th Duke of Buccleuch. Edwards Holmes Baldock’s pieces have become a prized possession amongst collectors, museums and dealers alike. The use of a variety of specimen woods can often been seen on attributed and signed tables by Edward Holmes Baldock, reminiscent of those on the present table. Baldock was thought to have worked very closely to with the master of marquetry and inlay of the 19th Century Robert Blake who had workshops adjacent to Baldock’s retail premises. Pieces in public collections with likely links to the Blake Family include a piano in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a writing desk in Goodwood House, a centre table in Syon House, a circular table in Alnwick Castle, an octagonal table in the Leeds City Art Gallery at Temple Newsam House and also signed works in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Baldock's works often imitated the important pieces of 18th-century French furniture that Francophile collectors including George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, William Beckford, Francis Seymour Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford and George Watson...
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1840s European Antique Center Tables

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Burl, Amboyna

Late 19th Century Centre Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K0325, elegant 19th rosewood occasional table, having original marble top and shaped frieze with brass edge and three cabriole legs with ormolu decoration united by shaped undertier....
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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Center Tables

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Marble

A French 19th century Wrought Iron and Gilt center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and handsome French 19th century Wrought Iron and Gilt center table. The table is raised by thick double scrolled iron supports flanking the central reserve with a gilt...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Center Tables

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Wrought Iron

A continental 19th century Directoire st. mahogany center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Continental 19th century Directoire st. Mahogany, ebonized Fruitwood, Brass, Ormolu and Gris St. Anne marble side/center table. The table is raised by four square tapered ...
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19th Century French Directoire Antique Center Tables

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Brass, Ormolu

French 19th Century Napoleon III / Louis XVI Style Giltwood Center Table
Located in Berlin, DE
French 19th Century Napoleon III / Louis XVI Style Giltwood Center Table A rectangular table made of gilded wood is resting on four slender richly sculpted spindle shaped legs with lanceolate leaf decration. The front and both sides decorated with laurel leaf friezes between stylized floral paterae which surmount the legs. The table is topped by a red and grey marble slab which is framed by a neoclassical Lesbian leafs and darts frieze. Charming small center table...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Center Tables

Materials

Marble

19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Demi Lune Fold-Out Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful Demi Lune table can be placed against the wall as a console semicircular. Or unfolded in the middle of the room as a round table. The table is made of solid walnut wood. Th...
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Center Tables

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Giltwood Centre Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A stylish early 19th century Italian centre table. The simulated marble top with shaped moulded edge and acanthus carved frieze, raised on a shapely giltwood triform base with exagge...
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1840s Italian Rococo Antique Center Tables

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Gesso, Giltwood

Late Regency Mahogany And Rosewood Drum Table
Located in Essex, MA
Circular top with inset brown leather within a cross banded edge, conforming frieze with alternating drawers with brass knobs. Raise on a turned support with four saber legs with cas...
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Early 1800s English Regency Antique Center Tables

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Brass

19th Century Specimen Marble and Giltwood Centre Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
Home / Stock / 19th Century Specimen Marble and Giltwood Centre Table PrevNext  A wonderful large Grand Tour early C19th specimen marble centre table, segmented with 140 rare mar...
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Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Center Tables

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Marble

19th Century 'Grand Tour' Marble Top Table with Base attributed to Trotter
By William Trotter
Located in London, GB
An Impressive 'Grand Tour' Specimen Marble Top Centre Table The base attributed to William Trotter of Edinburgh Constructed in a finely patinated mahogany, with a Florentine Pietra ...
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19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Center Tables

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Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble, Breccia Marble, Porphyry

Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Centre / Dining Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut centre/dining table having an outstanding quality oval burr walnut top, burr walnut oval frieze supported by shaped carved solid wal...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Center Tables

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Walnut

American Classical Mahogany Drum Table
Located in Essex, MA
Likely Mid Atlantic states. With circular wood top with a conforming frieze with figured mahogany and with drawers with brass knob handles. Raised on a bulbous turned support joined ...
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1820s American American Classical Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century Biedermeier Oval Cherry Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice big oval Biedermeier centre table. The table is made of cherrywood (Frame is veneered, plate and feet are solid). The table is in a very good restored condition.
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Center Tables

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Cherry

French Charles X mahogany table with white marble top, ca 1840
Located in Delft, NL
French Charles X mahogany table with white marble top, ca 1840 A French 19th century Charles X table with a white marble top, with double rin...
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19th Century French Antique Center Tables

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Marble

19TH Century Aesthetic Era Library Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Designed with a slight Japonisme aesthetic, the piece is fashioned with an inset glass covered panel with a textile inset. Its side panels and cross stretchers are deeply carved wit...
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19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Center Tables

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Textile, Glass, Hardwood

19th Century Black Forest Linden and Marquetry Inlaid Occasional Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
19th Century Black Forest Linden and Marquetry Inlaid Occasional Table, the shaped oval top decorated panels of Ibex, Chamois and Montain Deer landscapes above a pierced foliate frie...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Center Tables

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Square Game / Center Table, Lacquer and Brass, Springer Style
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century Modern square game / center table, lacquer and brass, springer style Square game or breakfast table having a brown faux tortoise lacquer finish with brass accents alo...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Outstanding Victorian Centre Table / Dining Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5378 Outstanding Victorian tilt top table, having segmented flamed mahogany veneered top with decorative string inlay, raised on finely carved column terminating in three carved ca...
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19th Century Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century French Louis XVI style Silver inlaid centre table.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Mahogany and Kingwood veneered centre table, having wonderfully fine silver inlaid scrolling foliate decoration, a single frieze drawer, ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century Italian carved walnut center table. Featuring a beautiful, polished finish and a lovely carved based. So elegant!
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19th Century Italian Antique Center Tables

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Walnut

French Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Center Table c1860
Located in Altrincham, GB
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Centre Table c1860, the bow ended quarter veneered top over two frieze panels cast with Bacchanalian scenes, on four fluted legs tied by a bowed X...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Center Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Victorian Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT BY ROBERT BLAKE & SONS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EDWARD HOLMES BALDOCK, CIRCA 1840. With it’s original gilt-tooled green Morocco leather...
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19th Century Antique Center Tables

Materials

Wood

Restored 19th Century French Walnut Centre Table with Carved Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Discover the timeless beauty of our 19th Century French Centre Table, a true masterpiece of antique craftsmanship. This table, handcr...
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19th Century European Jacobean Antique Center Tables

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Wood, Walnut, Lacquer

English Regency 1820s Mahogany Center Table with Octagonal Top and Gilt Paws
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period mahogany center table circa 1820 with octagonal top, carved pedestal and gilded lion paw feet. Enveloping the quintessence of the English Regency period, this mahogany center table, circa 1820, is a harmonious blend of artistry and grandeur. The splendid octagonal top takes center stage, with its magnificent mahogany radiating warmth and stately elegance. Beneath the top, an in-curving apron takes the baton, gracefully adorned with petite fluted motifs in rhythmic repetition. This subtle detail accentuates the contours of the table and evinces an understated sophistication. As the eye travels downward, it is greeted by a carved bulbous pedestal, a hallmark of Regency design. This majestic pedestal establishes the table's regal bearing, and with its robust curves, it emulates the opulence of the era. Extending from the pedestal are four exquisite legs that boast gilded lion paw feet, enwrapped with delicate foliage at the apex. The gilding lavishes an extra layer of splendor, with the gilt contrasting beautifully against the rich mahogany. These legs are ingeniously connected by an in-curving stretcher, which is also accented with gilded scrolling foliage, lending an air of whimsical grace. The complementary interplay of the warm mahogany and the gilded accents yields a symphony of colors that is both sumptuous and refined. In this English Regency center table...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

circa 1860s Papier Mache Tray on Coffee Table Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
circa 1860s papier mache tray now with custom made coffee table stand, English. The tray with Asian influence scene of people at a lakeside pagoda with soft hills in the background a...
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1860s English Antique Center Tables

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Faux Bamboo

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Giltwood And Alabastro Stone Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood and Alabastro stone center table. The large scale circular table is raised by fine mottled bun feet belo...
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19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Center Tables

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Marble

French Empire Circular Table with Black Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a classic French Empire mahogany circular center table, the black marble top over a wide frieze supported by round, slightly tapering columns with brass collars, joined by a ...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Center Tables

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Marble

Fine Antique Moorish Ottoman Inlaid Syrian Levantine Table Tabouret Islamic 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A Fine Antique Ottoman inlaid walnut table/tabouret, circa 1880. The table is in remarkable condition, the ten sided top is finely inlaid with ebony, bo...
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1880s Syrian Moorish Antique Center Tables

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Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Walnut

Antique English WM IV Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Center or Dining Table
Located in Charleston, SC
An extraordinary Antique English period Regency brass inlaid Rosewood Circular Tilt-Top Center or Dining Table with a walnut crossbanding. Please note the exceptional hand cut brass ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Center Tables

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Brass

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Walnut, Mahogany and Exotic Wood Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Walnut, Mahogany and exotic wood center table. The table is raised a square pedestal with concave sides displaying inlaid palmettes a...
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19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Center Tables

Materials

Silver

Antique 19th Century Dutch Empire Round Mahogany Table on a Hexagonal Base
Located in Casteren, NL
A very rare Dutch Empire round table in exquisite flamed mahogany. The tabletop is made from two sheets of mahogany in a symmetrical open book...
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Empire Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany, Oak

Regency Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a circular hinged top with brass inlaid border supported on a triangular support ending on a conforming base with brass stringing and raised on plain Greek form feet. Casters.
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1830s English Regency Antique Center Tables

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Brass

Victorian Bleached Wood Scrolling Wrought Iron Bistro Table
Located in Forney, TX
A Victorian era antique bistro table, 19th century, having a round bleached wood top with molded edge, rising on ornate scrolled black wrought ir...
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Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Center Tables

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Wrought Iron

Italian Pietra Dura Specimen Marble Centre Table
Located in Reepham, GB
This magnificent specimen centre table incorporates some incredible specimens highlighting the richest, deepest, and most vivid colours of the most coveted specimen marbles. This Ita...
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19th Century Antique Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Antique Carved French Oak Oval Hunt Table with Boar, Dog, Fox, and Stag, c 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful example of Black Forest style carvings, this hunt table is highlighted by a base adorned with four scrolled leaf legs, each topped by a different animal: boar, dog, stag, and fox (as seen in the main photo, clockwise starting at the lower left). The table was hand-carved from oak in France, circa 1890, with an oval top with rich color and graining. A protruding molding adorned with niches infilled with foliage surmounts a shallow apron with thin molding. Interestingly, there are sections of the infilled niches that are covered by additional leaf tips. Each of the four fantastically carved animal legs are separated by a floret with a vertical orientation. The grouping is topped by a large, bulbous leaf cup, while a noix hangs down below, embellished with fluted crenellation. An onion foot was added beneath each animal, raising the table to a height of 29 ¾ inches. The perfect addition to a game room, study, or living room, our oak oval hunt table...
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1890s French Black Forest Antique Center Tables

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Wood, Oak

Spectacular 19th Century William IV Rosewood Dining or Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
A fine quality, generously proportioned William IV rosewood center or dining table, the round top showcasing the extraordinary color and figure of the lively wood grain. It is edged ...
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1830s English William IV Antique Center Tables

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Hardwood

Large 19th Century French Mahogany Guéridon
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A remarkable, large 19th century French mahogany guéridon with a white marble top with moulded edge. Having a deep flamed mahogany frieze supported by five cabriole legs and terminat...
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19th Century Antique Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Swedish 19th Century Circular Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Swedish circular table. With carved decorative detailing and in original black paint. Circa 1860.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Center Tables

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Wood

19th Century Brazilian Peroba Wood Center Table, Diameter
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Brazilian carved and painted peroba wood center table from the 19th century. This antique table from Brazil has a round-shaped top, over a plainly rounded skirt/apron, and raised o...
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19th Century Brazilian Antique Center Tables

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Hardwood

Very Fine 19th Century Marble Top Centre Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 19th century mahogany marble top centre table, of fantastic quality and finely hand carved with beautifully rich patination and grain. The gorgeous moulded and fluted emp...
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19th Century French Antique Center Tables

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Marble

Italian 19th Century Walnut and Birch Marquetry Center Table with Tripod Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian 19th century marquetry walnut and birch center table with marquetry top, geometric motifs including radiating stars and diamonds. Exuding an air of timeless elegance, this It...
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19th Century Italian Antique Center Tables

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Birch, Walnut

19th Century Danish Carved Flame Mahogany Center Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Danish carved flame mahogany center table circa 1860. Beautifully shaped top surface with striking half matching veneer top.  Slightly o...
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Mid-19th Century Danish Rococo Revival Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

Italian Antique Scagliola Circular Centre Table Top
Located in London, GB
An Italian antique scagliola circular centre table top Italian, 19th century Height 1.5cm, diameter 90cm This delicately detailed circular tabl...
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19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Center Tables

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Scagliola

English Bleached Oak Centre Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th C English oval bleached oak centre table with good carved cabriolet legs and ball and claw feet. 1820. Clearance is 23". Dimensions 54 inches (137 cms) Wide 35.5 inc...
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19th Century English George IV Antique Center Tables

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Oak

French 19th Century Walnut and Marble Top Oval Cocktail Table on Four Legs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is an unusual 19th century French cocktail table with and oblong or oval marble top. The table stands on a four leg pedestal of...
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19th Century French Antique Center Tables

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Marble

Ottoman Turkish Table with Tughra Monogram
Located in Dallas, TX
The table is all hand-painted in a traditional Turkish style with antique woven fabric attached to the top of this table that shows the Turkish tu...
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1860s European Antique Center Tables

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Textile, Wood, Paint

Late 19th Century Neoclassical Small Round Table in Carrara Marble and Scagliola
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful side table made with the columnar shaft in white Carrara marble with partially gilded bronze details, scagliola top made with Pompeian-style decorations. MEASUREMENTS: h...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Center Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble

Mahogany, Gilt Bronze and Marble Middle Table, Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Mahogany, gilt bronze and marble middle table, Napoleon III period" Console, mid-19th century table, Napoleon III period in mahogany, gilt bronze and...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Center Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Fine Antique French Neoclassical Hardwood Centre Table with Sphinx Pillared Base
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique French Neoclassical centre table with ornately carved Sphinx pillared legs which is part of a suite This table is part of ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Center Tables

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Hardwood

Austrian Late Neoclassic Shaped Burl Walnut Oval 1-Drawer Side Table, circa 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
Biedermeier inspired in its simplicity while having beautiful burl grains, the oval top above a conforming case housing one drawer, the corners of the oval with inlaid rosettes, rais...
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1830s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Center Tables

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Early Victorian Mahogany Drum Table
Located in Essex, MA
With circular top with inset tooled green leather and banded border over drawers with bail handles. The carved base with turned support and three carved cabriole legs and ending on s...
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1830s English Early Victorian Antique Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Very Rare 19th Century William IV Period Centre Table in Goncalo Alves
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
An unusual 19th century centre table in Goncalo Alves, sort of rosewood with a circular tilt-top, turned baluster stem and a concave sided trefoil platform raised on scroll carved claw feet with concealed castors. England circa 1830. Superb quality. Gorgeous table with a lot of character, with good proportions, good height, exceptional width, good knee room and easy space to seat. Great colour and patina throughout. The dimensions are: Height: 72cm (28.3in) Diameter: 115cm (45.3in) This exceptional rosewood centre table is in good antique condition throughout. The antique centre...
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19th Century British William IV Antique Center Tables

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Rosewood

Antique French Specimen Wood Louis XV Marquetry Ormolu Round Tilt-Top Table 1870
By Joseph Cremer
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique French Louis XV style, circular tilt-top marquetry pedestal tripod table, with gilt bronze ormolu mounts, attributed to Joseph Cremer circa 1870. The round rosew...
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Center Tables

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Ormolu

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut End Table ~ Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI Walnut End Table ~ Center Table is a neoclassical master work of the wood sculptor's art! Carved on all four sides in an almost square format, it featur...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Center Tables

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Walnut

Antique French Adjustable St Louis XV Center Table
Located in Paris, FR
An antique St Louis XV centre table handcrafted with an adjustable foldable, tabletop ; a large central drawer; and brass rollers. This piece combines practicality and elegance, the rectangular top can be folded down to create a smaller surface area when not in use. Its casters, allow the table to be easily moved around a room. The centre drawer provides convenient storage for small items such as writing materials or table linens...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Center Tables

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Wood

Antique and Vintage Center Tables

An alluring sitting area doesn’t have to be in the exact center of the room, but an antique or vintage center table is a great tool to partition off such an area.

By definition, a center table is a piece of furniture that is placed in the center of a room. Initially these appeared in the foyer or entryway before making their way into the living room. While one might keep seating furniture such as sofas against the walls to avoid limiting movement and closing off space, a center table in the living room can fill this central space without restricting the flow of the room.

One of the purposes of a center table is to anchor the rest of the furniture. It draws the eye to a specific area and invites guests to sit down. When thinking about how you’ll arrange your furniture, a good rule of thumb is to set tables an arm’s length away from seating. For instance, place a coffee table about 18 inches from a sofa so that it is within reach but not too close. In more modern layouts, tables are sometimes placed to the side to leave a large open area for foot traffic.

Because of its central position, a center table is one of the first things people will notice when entering a room. It’s important to consider how a center table can add to a room, as it’s a crucial element for defining the feel and theme of a room. Some center tables are mainly for decor, while others can be a great place to sit around over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Center tables are perfect for displaying decorative objects, floral arrangements, books or a cluster of prized antique vases given the prominent position of your table and the attention it will get.

The clean lines and organic forms that we typically associate with mid-century modern center tables means that they will bring a dose of sophistication to a space, and examples from the era can be found in square and round shapes. Wood tables were popular with furniture makers of the period, but versions in glass and marble are also widely available. Because Art Deco designers frequently incorporated ornamental embellishments such as exotic animal hides and veneers in their seating, case pieces and other furniture, your Art Deco center table will likely make a strong statement in any room. Alternatively, if you’re searching for something small and unassuming, Regency tables could be an option for your space.

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