Known as the “Citizen King,” Louis Philippe reigned from 1830 to the Revolution of 1848 with the support of the upper bourgeoisie. Whereas the monarchs of 18th-century France, including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI, dictated aesthetics through the decadence of the aristocratic court, Louis Philippe had a more down-to-earth presence. He could be seen walking the streets like an ordinary person, carrying his own umbrella and shaking hands with subjects. Antique Louis Philippe–style furniture reflects a sense of simplicity and the sovereign’s passion for the country’s history, such as his establishment of a Museum of the History of France at Versailles, which had been mostly disused since the French Revolution.
Middle Ages, Gothic and Renaissance design informed a nationalist style that celebrated this heritage, with the hodgepodge of influences becoming prevalent in the homes of the bourgeoisie. Cabinetmakers Guillaume and Jean-Michel Grohé created reproductions of historic pieces for the king as well as royal houses abroad. Louis Philippe commissioned sculptor François Rude to create patriotic monuments that paid tribute to military heroes, while designs for furniture published by Claude-Aimé Chenavard, an ornamentalist who conceived widely loved objects for the Sèvres manufactory, further helped spread a revival of Renaissance style.
The rounded profiles of authentic Louis Philippe tables and chairs were preferred in the apartments rather than palaces being furnished by the affluent middle and upper classes. Ornamentation was minimal on the finely crafted pieces, such as large rectangular mirrors adorned with gold and silver leaf finishes and subdued carvings. The popular Louis Philippe commodes were solidly made with clean lines that showed off the grain of the wood and were often topped with marble surfaces.
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Carrara Marble Top Mahogany Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis Philippe Period Mahogany Center Table with Original Carrara Marble Top was elegantly crafted from richly toned mahogany, reflecting the refined restraint th...
Carrara Marble
Mid 19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique Round Table in Inlaid Walnut
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present an elegant antique Italian round table dating back to the mid-19th century. The table features typical Louis Philippe period features. This walnut table is distinguished ...
Walnut
19th Century French Scrubbed and Bleached Mahogany Guéridon
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fine 19th Century French mahogany guéridon or centre table with marble top. Top quality carving with an original marble top. Having been washed, scrubbed and bleached to give it a co...
Marble
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French Cherrywood Table Louis Philippe Period, Mid 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
This cherrywood and oak dining table of the Louis Philippe period was made in France in the first half of the 19th century. The top is ok cherrywood and the legs are of oak. The turn...
Cherry, Oak
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19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Inlaid Walnut Antique Round Center Table
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful important Louis Philippe antique round center table, 1845s. The large and solid central stem in turned walnut. The walnut inlay t...
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Walnut Long Dining / Center / Console Table
Located in Troy, NY
Large 19th century Louis Philippe Period French walnut table, with a extraordinary two-plank, 2inch+ thick top, with rounded corners, supported by six simply turned legs, joined by d...
Walnut
19th Century French Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Gueridon
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century French Louis Philippe period flame mahogany gueridon or centre table. With a superb Portoro gold marble top.
Marble
A French 19th century Mahogany and Vert de Patricia marble center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis Philippe Period Mahogany and Vert de Patricia marble center table. This wonderful circular table is raise by a square base with rounded corners a...
Marble
19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique Til Top Table in Walnut Inlaid
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present an elegant Italian antique round table dating back to the mid-19th century. The table features typical features of the Louis Philippe period. The round tabletop is embell...
Walnut
19th Century Louis Philippe Sorrento Walnut Parquetry Center Table
Located in Grythyttan, SE
A beautiful 19th Century Louis Philippe Northern Italian (Sorrento) walnut center table featuring a superb parquetry top. The table is characterized by a refined inlaid decoration made using small pieces of different precious woods. In the center of the top, there is a large elaborate parquetry star with outer triangular inlaid band and an edge with checked string inlays. This classic center table...
Wood, Walnut
Antique French Louis Philippe Marble-Top Mahogany Center Table, Circa 1830-1840
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis Philippe Mahogany center table with marble top, Circa 1830-1840
Marble
Mid 19th century English Mahogany Round Table Raised on Three Turned Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English mid 19th century mahogany center table with a round planked top raised on three elegant baluster-turned legs ending in toupie feet. The plain round apron is only interrupt...
Mahogany
Louis Philippe Mahogany Center Table with Marble Top, Belgium, 1840
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis Philippe period mahogany center table with original shaped conforming marble top, with beaded frieze, raised on turned, beaded and gadrooned urn-form pedestal, on acanthus car...
Marble
Louis Philippe Center Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Louis Philippe Center Table with original marble top.
Marble
Gueridon Table, Mahogany, French, 19th Century
Located in Nice, FR
Round mahogany gueridon table, carved wooden foot from the Louis Philippe period. Mahogany wood This table opens in the middle, it supports two ext...
Mahogany
Carlo X Walnut Round Table, Italy, Toscana, Mid-19th Century
Located in Prato, IT
In finely hand carved three-legged solid walnut. Small plate band covered with walnut veneer with frame. Liguria, First half '800 Dimensions: Diameter 143 Height 78 cm circa.
Walnut
Dos Gallos Custom Walnut Wood Round Pedestal Dining or Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom beehive pedestal table in walnut with dark walnut finish. Elegant piece. Can be made to order I mahogany, walnut or oak, in a variety of ...
Walnut
Louis Philippe Mahogany Center Table with Marble Top, Belgium, 1840
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis Philippe period mahogany center table with original shaped conforming marble top, with beaded frieze, raised on turned, beaded and gadrooned urn-form pedestal, on acanthus car...
Marble
19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Table
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian carved walnut table. Stunning 19th century Italian carved walnut table or center table. This versatile rustic hand car...
Walnut
ebonized 19th Century Mahogany Round Center Empire Table with Marble Top
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this circa 1840s mahogany empire center table has a new, professionally applied ebonised finish. Gray and white streaked round marble top with a brass trimmed trefoi...
Marble, Brass
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...
Wood
19th Century French Louis Philippe Extension Dining Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Country Louis Philippe style drop-leaf dining table. Made of walnut with six turned legs on new brass castors. Legs have been lengthened so the table is a good ...
Walnut
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...
Marble
Early 19th Century French Marble Topped Gueridon Table
Located in Shrewsbury, GB
An early 19th century French marble topped gueridion table, retaining the original marble top with its moulded edge. The table has a cuban mahogany base, with a reeded vase column an...
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Louis XV Painted Marble-Top Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A sensational Louis XV style painted centre table, made in France towards the end of the 19th century. The table features a gorgeous breccia marble-top, inset with canted corners tha...
Breccia Marble
Fine 19th Century Italian Inlaid Center Table, 1840
Located in Rome, IT
A fine 19th century Italian inlaid center table.
Wood
19th Century French Louis Philippe X Frame Mahogany Gueridon
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An unusual 19th Century French Louis Philippe mahogany gueridon. With an attractive X frame base and dark grey veined intricately dished marble.
Marble
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H 30.5 in W 46.5 in D 36.75 in
Italian, Tuscany, Late Neoclassic Shaped Walnut Center Table, ca. 1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
constructed entirely of walnut and having an elongated quadrifolium shaped top raised on a turned standard atop a quadripartite base issuing four underscrolled legs
Walnut
French Louis Philippe Period Light Turned Walnut Tilt-Top Table, ca. 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a circular top with molded edge the top able to tilt vertically and held in place horizontally with a shaped pin, the top raised on a boldly turned standard above a tripartite...
Walnut
Louis Philippe Mahogany Center table
Located in Essex, MA
Circular St Ann grey and white dished marble top and conforming frieze raised on a vase form support and tripartite base with carved vitruvian scrolls and paw feet.
Marble
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H 28 in Dm 27.5 in
French Louis Philippe Turned Light Walnut Center Table, 2nd quarter 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a circular top with a detailed molded edge atop a nicely turned standard supported by a tripartite base issuing curved legs
Walnut
Oval Coffe Table Light Blue
Located in Vo', Veneto
Italian light blue lacquered coffee table, oval shape with shaped legs. This table comes from Venice and was used in Venetian living rooms to...
Fir
19th Century French Pedestal Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak and elm table from France. The top is 1.75 inches thick and is made from oak planks. It is supported on a hand turned pedestal. The pedestal and tripod shaped base a...
Elm, Oak
Louis Philippe Mahogany Center Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis Philippe mahogany center table with marble top, circa 1840. With a black marble top with a grooved outer border, a flame mah...
Marble
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H 26 in Dm 38 in
Antique French Louis Philippe Marble Top Carved Mahogany Round Tripod Table 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique French carved mahogany & marble topped Louis Philippe center table, circa 1850. The table having a variegated round marble top over a carved pedestal base, the table raised on a tripod base with carved lion's paw feet. Condition is very good. Bloomsbury fine Art...
Marble
Louis Philippe Mahogany And Marble Top Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
With circular antico verde marble top and shaped columnar support, tripartite base with carved volutes.
Marble
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H 30 in Dm 35.75 in
Antique French Figured Walnut Round Center Hall Sunburst Pattern Table Lion Paw
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Antique French Center Hall Round Table in the style of Louis Philippe, crafted from beautiful figured French walnut in a classic sunburst pattern, with lion paw feet. We received our French round center hall table pretty much in the condition you see here and all that was required was what we call a “fluff and a buff”, with no real restoration necessary. You will see the typical hairline cracks in the veneer, that typically will line up directly above the boards underneath the figured walnut top. The overall condition for a round antique French walnut center hall table...
Walnut
19th Century French Walnut Table de Drapier or Center Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Louis Philippe style French table de drapier or draper's table, made of solid walnut. The top is made from three 1.5" thick planks with...
Brass