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Center Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1950s
Antique Victorian Carved Rosewood Oval Marble Parlor Center Accent Table 32"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian Eastlake parlor table with Rosewood painted grain finish featuring an oval top with beveled edge over acanthus leaf accents, ri...
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Late 19th Century Eastlake Antique Center Tables

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Marble

19th Century French Bleached Oak Table
Located in Houston, TX
The 19th Century French Bleached Oak Table is an antique dining or occasional table originating from France during the 1800s. It is m...
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19th Century French Antique Center Tables

Materials

Wood, Oak

Antique American Empire Mahogany Paw Foot Pedestal Center Table
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning antique American Empire mahogany pedestal center table or console table with lion paw feet USA, late 19th century Measures: 4...
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Late 19th Century American American Empire Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

A Louis XVI Style Centre Table After The Fontainebleau Model
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Patinated and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Centre Table After The Fontainebleau Model with a Verde Patricia Marble Top, by Zwiener Jansen Successeur. The bronze mounts...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Center Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Gueridon Centre Table in Walnut
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Antique French Gueridon Centre Table in Walnut This Antique French Walnut Gueridon Centre Table features a striking book-matched wild grain wal...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Center Tables

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Walnut

French Centre Table With Marble Top
Located in London, GB
This highly decorative centre table was made in France in the 1930s to a neo classical design. It's made with ebonised wood and a beautiful marble top - with brass detailing and a ...
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1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Style Carved Marble Top Center / Side Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a beautiful early French Louis XIV style center table with serpentine marble top. The top is not attached. Note the beautiful pati...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Center Tables

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Marble

American Designer, Table, Rattan, Metal, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A small round rattan and lacquered metal table or dining table, designed and produced in the US, c. 1950s.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Center Tables

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Metal

Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Marble Top Parlor Center Accent Side Table 33"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian Eastlake parlor table, circa 1880s. Made from walnut featuring a rectangular / scalloped and beveled marble top with turned ce...
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1880s Eastlake Antique Center Tables

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Marble

1880s Antique Walnut Center Table with Dodecagon Top and Mother-of-Pearl Inlays
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the opulence of the 1880s with our magnificently restored center table, showcasing the exquisite craftsmanship and luxurious design characteristic of the era. This antique ...
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Late 19th Century Syrian Baroque Antique Center Tables

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Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut, Lacquer

A Tudor-Style Carved Oak Center Table with Daisy Medallions, English, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Tudor-Style Carved Oak Center Table, the rectangular top with a floral fan and dart molded edge, above a shaped apron carved with a daisy medallion and carved leaves to all four si...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Center Tables

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Oak

Empire Centre Table
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Empire Centre Table A large French Empire centre table in figured mahogany with ormolu mounts, bronze feet and the original dished yellow-veined da...
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1810s French Empire Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

Nineteenth Century Venetian Table
Located in New York, NY
A circa late nineteenth century Venetian gilt and painted carved wood table. Measurements: Height: 33" Length: 59" Width: 39"
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Center Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Directoire Mahogany Centre Table, Dining Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Directoire Mahogany Centre Table ~ Dining Table is a sublimely elegant expression of the style that was born during the lifetime of Napoleon Bonaparte, emphasizin...
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Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

An Italian 19th century marble center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Specimen marble and Giltwood center/dining table. The table is raised on a Baroque st. giltwood base with two baluster sh...
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19th Century Italian Antique Center Tables

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Marble

Italian, Veneto, Neoclassic Fruitwood Hinged Top Oval Table, 1stq 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having an oval top with a molded edge above a conforming case with a working lock, the case raised on square tapering legs
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1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Center Tables

Materials

Fruitwood

20th Century Franco Albini Pair of TN6 Cicognino Coffee Tables in Wood, 50s
Located in Turin, Turin
An iconic design with a refined and essential taste, which in its playful form evokes a reassuring feeling of familiarity. Franco Albini created the table by reducing its structure t...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Center Tables

Materials

Wood

Edwardian Mahogany Bijouterie/Treasure Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Edwardian French Mahogany Bijouterie/treasure table in good condition. The Table has bevelled glass to the top and glass to the sides with a red velvet ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Center Tables

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Mahogany

A pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Carrara marble center tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble side/center tables. The tables are raised by a square grey and white veined marble plinth below the ...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Center Tables

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Carrara Marble

Victorian Mahogany Drum Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Victorian period Mahogany drum table, having an inset leather top, four oak lined frieze drawers and four dummy, each with tur...
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19th Century English Antique Center Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century English Regency Tilt-Top Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing 19th Century English Regency tilt-top center table crafted from rosewood. The table's opulence is accentuated by its meticulous bronze mounts, adding a touch of timeless eleg...
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19th Century English Antique Center Tables

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Bronze

19th Century French Empire Style Gueridon with Black Marble Top
Located in Sheffield, MA
A very handsome classical Empire-style round center table with a dark gray/black marble top, raised on a hand turned ebonized black center pedestal. The table lends itself to be use...
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19th Century Empire Antique Center Tables

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Marble

19th Century, Italian Inlaid Wood Centre Table by Luigi and Angiolo Falcini
By Luigi and Angelo Falcini
Located in IT
19th Century, Italian Inlaid Wood Centre Table by Luigi and Angiolo Falcini This valuable center table in rosewood veneer and inlaid, was ma...
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Mid-19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Center Tables

Materials

Wood

A French 19th century Charles X period center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Charles X period Flora Blue marble and Ormolu center/side table. The table is raised by a triangular shaped base with concave sides over topie shaped s...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Center Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Impressive Empire Italian Pietra Dura Ormolu Exotic Marble Grecian Style Table
Located in Nottingham, GB
Impressive Empire Italian Pietra Dura Ormolu Exotic Marble Grecian Style Table Good condition. A remarkable late 19th century Empire-revival table....
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Late 19th Century Antique Center Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Mahogany, Oval Table, circa the 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
We present you this piece of furniture made of solid mahogany wood and partially veneered with pyramidal mahogany. The whole is dated the second half of the 19th century. The oval ta...
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Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Center Tables

Materials

Wood

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

Antique French Table Barley Twist Octagonal Renaissance Revival Oak Carved 19thc
Located in Tyler, TX
HIGHLY CARVED Late 19th Century Antique French Oak Octagonal BARLEY TWIST Entry, Hall, Sofa, Center, Parlor or End Table ~~Victorian Era Renaissance Revival ~~circa 1890s These v...
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1880s French Renaissance Revival Antique Center Tables

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Oak

19th Century Walnut and Marquetry Centre Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
An exhibition quality 19th century walnut and marquetry centre / breakfast table, the circular top having a decorative foliate carved edge, profusely inlaid with exotic specimen timb...
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1860s British Victorian Antique Center Tables

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Walnut

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

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Marble

50's Coffee Table
Located in Milano, IT
Center table made of stained beech wood and glass. Side table for a corner or facing seat, for an old-fashioned touch in a contemporary decor. Carefully restored by our workshop, wit...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Center Tables

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Glass, Beech

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

Materials

Walnut

French centre table or Bureau plat
Located in Penzance, GB
Good quality French table of unusual form with single drawer and ormolu trim, chequer inlay to the marquetry top , the woods are ebony walnut and rosewood and king wood This stunn...
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19th Century French Antique Center Tables

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Ebony

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

Italian Modern Center Table By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Center Table Guglielmo Ulrich. This versatile Italian Mid-Century Modern Guglielmo Ulrich sculptural table can be used as a center table, console table, side table...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Center Tables

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Wood

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

Materials

Marble

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood & Glass, Giuseppe Scapinelli, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Brazilian Modern coffee table in Hardwood and Glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli, 1950s, Brazil is absolutely gorgeous! The coffee table is made in hardwood painte...
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1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Center Tables

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Hardwood

19th Century, Italian Sail Plan Center Table by Luigi and Angiolo Falcini
By Luigi and Angelo Falcini
Located in IT
19th century, Italian octagonal sail plan center table by Luigi and Angiolo Falcini This large and important wooden center table consists of...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Center Tables

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Wood

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

Italian Neoclassical Green Onyx and Mother of Pearl Inlaid Center Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings...
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1950s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Center Tables

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Onyx, Brass

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 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

Regency Gillow Rosewood Centre Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
 An exceptional Regency Rosewood Gillow Centre Table, the top having well figured timber and carved gadrooned moulded edge with a nice shallow fr...
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1830s English Regency Antique Center Tables

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Rosewood

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

Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno Italian vintage coffee table
Located in Baranzate, IT
Beautiful wood and brass side table designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno. The coffee table has a round curved plywood top, brass frame reaching to a black marble base from Belgium. ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Center Tables

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Belgian Black Marble, Brass

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

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

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

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Wood

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

Restored Two-Tier Rattan "Center Horseshoe" Coffee Table W/ Mahogany Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950s two-tier "Center Horseshoe" rattan coffee table with a wonderful center "Center Horseshoe" along the base. It also has double mahogany tops with a pole rattan frame. T...
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1950s American Victorian Vintage Center Tables

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Rattan

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

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

20th Century Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Coffee Table Model 1774 in Wood, 1958
Located in Turin, Turin
Coffee table designed in 1958 by the great maestro of glass Mr. Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. The table has a structure in Wood and the circular top is composed of a curved mirrore...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Center Tables

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Crystal

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

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

Materials

Wood, Walnut, Lacquer

French Side Center Table Louis XV Style by Maitland Smith
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Maitland Smith French ...
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1950s Louis XV Vintage Center Tables

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Marble, Brass, Iron

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

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

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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