19th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

A pair of round pedestals made of elm wood with a beautiful, old patina.

Chinese 19th century daybed / coffee table / end of bed bench. Crafted in peach wood with a central woven rattan top panel insert mounted on a wooden board, making it sturdy enough ...

A Good Quality Regency Period Oblong Papier Mache Tray With Very Attractive Hand Painted And Gilded Decoration Raised On Elegant Later Faux Bamboo Design Stand.  What better way t...

Large mahogany butlers tray on stand featuring a rectangular shaped tray with a surround gallery. with handles on either end for easy access. On folding X frame stand with heavy wove...

British colonial style serving tray with a removable top with a herringbone reed surface in a bamboo frame with brass handles on a mahogany folding base carved with a palm leaf motif...

This is a traditional style of yellow lacquered antique Chinese bed foot chest. Normally it was set on the bed and used to store clothes and jewelr...

Large English early 19th century oval tole tray. Metal beautifully painted with an oval center medallion with coastline scene of a young woman with anchor scouting out to sea. Stand...

This is a fun piece! It is a yellow Italian chinoiserie tole tray table on a black faux bamboo tray table. The tan and base are separate pieces,...

This is a very good example of an English Victorian Tole Tray decorated with a Chinoiserie theme. The tray is in overall very good condition with n...

Chinese 19th century sideboard cabinet with orginal lacquer. Front and top with deep dark red lacquer, sides with black lacquer. Features double bi-fold doors revealing a storage...

An oversized, beautifully proportioned daybed, suitable for use as a centre table. Subtle, low relief carved key fret pattern and horse hoof legs complete a fine and elegant example ...

A Good Quality And Unusually Small Georgian Mahogany Butlers Tray, Of Diminutive Proportion, Having Elegant Shaped Sides With Pierced Carrying Handles And Well Figured Top, Housed On Later Square Chamfered Leg Mahogany Stand. During the 18th and 19th centuries a coffee table was not what we regard as a coffee table in the 21st century. Coffee tables back then were always full height, effectively side tables. The modern, low, coffee table is really something which began to be seen during the early 20th century onwards. Based on the above there is a variety of different methods to incorporate a coffee table into an interior for people who wish to furnish their properties with genuine antique furniture, whilst still allowing for the practicalities and function which is required in modern times. Therefore it is now incredibly common to find 18th and 19th century trays of varying shape, size and design utilised as coffee tables. As with all the others that we have seen this particular tray has been fitted onto a low, practical and sturdy stand constructed from old antique wood. It’s worth noting that generally this means an old broken table...