Pair of English Edwardian Style Painted Satinwood Games Tables

English Edwardian painted satin wood demi lune games table, circa 1900. The demi lune top painted with a group of cupids and vines. The frieze painted with flowing vines. The square ...

English Regency D-shaped rosewood games table, early 19th century. The depth of the top is 17.5". The depth from the front legs to the back legs is 21".

George I mahogany games table, 18th century. With a rectangular over hanging top with turret corners, a frieze drawer, cabriole legs ending in pad feet. The back left leg swings out ...

English Edwardian mahogany inlaid demi lune games table, circa 1920. With a demi lune shaped top with swag and urn inlay, a frieze with swag and ribbon inlay the square tapered legs ...

Louis XVI style tulip wood, birch and king wood fold over games table, circa 1930's. The top with a central star inlay, aprons with tulip wood panels framed with birch string inlay s...

Antique Directoire style walnut games table, 19th century. With a rectangular top with banding and parquetry inlay, when the top is opened there is a brown felt playing surface below...

With highly figured hinged tops and borders painted with scrolling poppies, baize lined interior, frieze with central panel with painted eagle, square tapered legs headed by flower d...

This fine and unusual games table is of rare form, circa 1900 and 1910, is made of mahogany and deal secondaries. The brass fittings have all been chrome-plated, a feature usually re...

Lovely pair with serpentine hinged tops with wonderfully figured mahogany. Rounded moulded edge and shaped corners, green baize lined interior , conforming carved frieze, swing out l...

French Louis XVI style console table/games table Versatile console table, top flips open and becomes a felt-topped games table, w...

Demilune form with overall beautifully painted. Hinged top opening to a baize playing surface with wear. Conforming frieze with central floral panel and surrounding swags and rams he...

This magnificent Circa 1910 Edwardian Satinwood hand-painted game table displays signs of fine craftsmanship and ingenuity. From the 17th to the 19th Century, card and board games were means to socialize and gamble large sums of money among the wealthy. Game tables are an example of specialized furniture beautifully crafted by a skilled cabinetmaker for such clients. When not in use, the envelope top has such an elegant hand-painted floral design and fine maple inlay that makes it too lovely to conceal by placing anything on top. Closed, it can decorate any hallway or entryway. On casters, the table can be easily moved from room to room, which makes it very versatile. The maple inlay detail continues the sides and drawers, showing no detail of elegance was spared. Once you swivel the top, it opens to a flat green felt surface for playing cards. It has a rosewood and satinwood parquetry chessboard and cribbage board that pulls out in the front with brass knobs. The interior is a mahogany drawer with compartments for the storage of play pieces. The chess pieces are ivory. The right side opens to a hidden compartment with a built-in tantalus accompanied by three fine crystal decanters, perfect for pouring a drink before a game. The left side is a dummy drawer to symmetrically continue the aesthetics of the design to its entirety. As a commissioned piece of work, this museum-quality piece is perfect for any collector or connoisseur of rare, one-of-a-kind antiques. Comes with three crystal decanters and game pieces shown are included: a complete ivory chess set...