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Empire Console Tables

EMPIRE STYLE

From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in ​​Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.

Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.

Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.

Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.

Find a collection of antique Empire tables, lighting, seating and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Empire
French Empire Napoleon III Style Mahogany & Bronze Figural Pier Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
An exquisite French Empire / Napoleon III style mirrored Pier Table, circa 1980s. Made from mahogany and bronze ormolu with a green marble top. The table showcases two figural swan...
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1980s Vintage Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Retour d'Egpyte Antique Veneered Mahogany Console Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 19th Century, antique French Retour d'Egpyte freestanding console table made of hand crafted shellac polished, partly veneered Mahogany, in good condition. The rectangular table is composed with one small drawer, consisting a grey Belgian marble top, standing on four legs, resting on a thick wooden base. The front part of side table is particularized by star-shaped brass décor, the front legs are enhanced by black carved large caryatids. The décor piece represents the First French Empire...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Metal, Brass

French 19th Century Empire Console with Marble Top
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A substantial French 19th century Empire mahogany console. The thick Carrara marble top is in wonderful antique condition, showing exciting gray veining that forms a nice contrast to...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Pair 19th Century Italian Empire Consoles
Located in Houston, TX
A stately pair of 19th Century Italian Empire white marble top mahogany consoles supported by ebonized caryatid columns.
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19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Early 19th Century French Empire Walnut Console
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th Century French Empire Walnut Console with Ebonized Marble Top & Bronze Dore Details, ca. 1810
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Walnut

19th Century French Empire Console Table
Located in Ongar, GB
A nice quality 19th century French Empire console table made from flamed Cuban mahogany. With a Belgian bluestone top and original ormolu ...
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1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany

Pair of Early 19th Century French Iron Consoles
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A pair of superb quality early 19th Century French wrought iron console tables. With brass foliage decoration supporting later marble tops. Circa 1810.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Wrought Iron

Antique French Empire Fruitwood Console Table with drawer, Early 20th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Antique French Empire- Biedermeier fruitwood console table with drawer and bronze details In good original condition with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beaut...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Console Tables

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Bronze

Early 19th century French Empire Period Burl Elm Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This small scale early nineteenth century French Empire period console table is constructed of solid burl elm and features a black marble top. A single drawer of dovetail constructio...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Early 19th Century French Empire Marble Top Carved Mahogany Console Table
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique console was crafted in France, circa 1810. Standing on turned front columns ending in round feet, and pilaster legs in the rear over a stretcher platform bottom ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French 19th century mahogany console in the Empire style with marble top. The gray, Saint Anne-type marble is in wonderful anti...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

French 19th Century Empire Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite French mahogany Empire console with its original marble top. A single drawer is housed in the apron over a pair of column form front legs with neoclassical style brass capit...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Brass

Antique Empire Style Console Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Empire style mahogany console table with a marble top, circa 1900. With a rectangular grey and white marble top with slightly rounded front corners, a frieze drawer with a we...
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Early 1900s European Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Brass

19th Century French Empire Neoclassical Marble Top Console Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent 19th century French empire gilt wood console table featuring a marbleized limestone top with partial shell fossil remnants. The marble specimen is...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Continental Marble and Gilt Eagle Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Empire late 18th Century / early 19th Century console table with a variegated marble slab and gilt caved acanthus leaves wooden top supported on a gilt carved base depicting ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Gold Leaf

Important and Very Rare Pair of Micromosaic, Malachite and Walnut Console Tables
By Antonio Deangelis
Located in London, GB
Important and very rare pair of micromosaic, malachite and walnut console tables Italian & Russian, early 19th century Measures: Height 89cm, width 106.5cm, depth 62cm These exceptionally beautiful antique console...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables

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Malachite, Ormolu

French Empire Mahogany Table with Gold Gilt Ormolu Mounts and Black Granite Top
Located in Savannah, GA
"The French Empire style which impacted furniture design and other arts was popular from about 1804 to 1815, lasting longer in some areas. It developed in France under the reign of e...
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1820s French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Granite, Brass

19th Century French Empire Console with Carrara Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century French Empire console table having a rectangular Carrara marble top, on mahogany table base with single frieze drawer, raised on square-section, tapering legs capped and...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Carrara Marble

Grand French Empire Mahogany Gilt Bronze Mounted Console Table
Located in Benington, Herts
A Very Fine and Extremely Large Mahogany Empire Period Console Dessert With Finely Cast Gilt Bronze Mounts French Paris Circa 1815-25 The present piece of furniture is rather ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany

Empire French Mahogany Console Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Second Empire French Mahogany and parcel gilt console table with varigated marble top and single drawer.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

French Empire Style Mahogany Console Table
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Style Mahogany Parcel Gilt Console Table, with green marble top on two maiden supports and brass mounts on four bun feet. 33" H x 48.5" W x 19.25" D. Provenance: From a...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Brass

Good French 1st. Empire Console
Located in Montreal, QC
A good French 1st. Empire "Retour d'Egypte" Console, the rectangular surface with later black marble top above a single frieze drawer, supported by a pair of caryatids modeled as fem...
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1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Wood

Pair of French Empire Style Bronze Mounted Demilune Mahogany Console Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 40 1/2in W: 50 1/2in D: 14 1/2in This is an EXCEPTIONAL Pair of French Empire Style Consoles! They are made of the highest quality! Made out of the Finest Mahogany ...
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20th Century French Empire Console Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century French Empire Style Walnut Console W/ Carrara Marble
Located in Astoria, NY
An exquisite mid-19th-century French console table in the Empire style, sourced from Provence, France. Expertly handcrafted from walnut, it features a stunning, thick Carrara marble ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Carrara Marble

Vintage French Empire Style Painted Console Table Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful vintage French Empire style painted gilded and ormolu mounted console table, Mid 20th century in date. The rectangular faux marble top with an ormolu plaque to t...
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1950s French Vintage Empire Console Tables

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Empire Style Flamed Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive French mid 19th century Empire st. flamed mahogany, ormolu and marble console, with one drawer. The console is raised by a striking bottom tier which showcases the ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Early 19th C. French First Empire Mahogany And Belgian Marble Console
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceptional antique French first empire marble-topped figured mahogany console table, circa 1800. The rectangular Belgian black-gray flecked marble top surmounts a conforming frie...
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Early 19th Century Antique Empire Console Tables

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Belgian Black Marble, Metal

19th Century French Empire Console Table
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
19th Century French Empire Console. France, 1810 Mahogany, Beautiful Empire Period Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Console, resting on Front Columns and Rear Pilasters. This Console is...
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1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany

Pair of French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive pair of French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble consoles. Each freestanding one drawer two tiered console is raise...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Italian Empire Mahogany and Parcel Gilt Console with Mirror, Carrara Marble Top
Located in Firenze, IT
This exquisite Italian Empire period console table with mirror, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century (1790-1820), exemplifies the grandeur and refined craftsmanship of palatial furniture...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables

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Carrara Marble, Gold Leaf

French Empire Style Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Early 19th-century French design anchored by a sleek quartz top with a refined moulded surround and elegant canted corners, this table blends architectural grace with timeless luxury...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Console Tables

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Quartz, Brass

19th Century Regency Ebony Inlaid Cross-Banded Crotch Mahogany Fold Top Table
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Regency Empire Ebony Inlaid Crotch Cross-Banded Mahogany Fold Top Table. Measures 36" in width, 17.75" in depth and 25.75" in height. Closed. Open, it is 35" in. Depth.
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany, Ebony

French 19th Century Console
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This console is made of flamed mahogany and a white marble with grey veines.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Empire Mahogany Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany veneered console table with two drawers. Fine geometric herringbone inlays throughout and raised on tapering square legs and a Y-frame stretcher. Dimensions: 54" W x14" D...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany

Spanish Empire Console Table with Mirror in Mahogany, circa 1810
Located in Miami, FL
Fine Spanish Empire console with mirror in mahogany and rosewood with satinwood inlays, circa 1810.
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1810s Spanish Antique Empire Console Tables

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Rosewood

Early 19th Century Ebonized Empire Console Table with White Marble Top, 1808
Located in Berlin, DE
This striking console table, crafted in France circa 1808, embodies the grandeur of the Empire style. Its ebonized wood frame, finished to a deep, lustrous black, provides a dramatic...
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Early 1800s French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Antique Empire Russia St. Petersburg Mahogany Games Console Table Brass Banding
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant Russian games and console table was made in st Petersburg circa 1810. It has ben crafted out of mahogany and is decorated with fine brass banding.The table is convertibl...
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1810s Russian Antique Empire Console Tables

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Brass

19th Century French Empire Green Marble Top Carved Mahogany Console Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique console in an entry or hallway. Crafted in France, circa 1880, and built of mahogany wood, the console stands on scrolled front legs ending in paw feet, wi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

19th C. French Empire Crotch Mahogany Bronze Ormolu 1 Drawer Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th C. French Empire Crotch Mahogany Bronze Ormolu One Drawer Console Hall Table. Item features beautiful wood grain with attractive mounts including human form feet, rear back spla...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Console Tables

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Metal

Empire Marble Top Demilune Console Table With Mounted Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Empire or Neoclassical style demilune console or entry table By Fine Arts Furniture Co. and retailed by Marshall Field & Co. USA, Circa 1960s Beautiful carved cherry wo...
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1960s American Vintage Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Brass

French Empire Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Console Table
Located in London, GB
French Empire gilt bronze and mahogany console table French, early 19th Century Height 92cm, width 120cm, depth 51cm This elegant console table is a superb example of French Emp...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Early 19th Century Swedish Console Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A vibrant early 19th Century Swedish giltwood console pier table. The Carrara marble top with carved frieze of foliate moulding and stylised fish scales. Raised on a resting Griffin ...
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1830s Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

19th Century Swedish Porphyry Table Top.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Swedish Porphyry top. This type of top was the most expensive one could buy during the early 19th c. It took something like 40 weeks to cut and poli...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables

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Porphyry

Fabulous Demi-Lune Console, Jardiniere, Mirror available, 1810, Empire, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Wonderful demi-lune console, usable as jardiniere, made around 1810 in Austria, an original of the Empire era. This wonderful wall console has a faceted mirror in the lower area. Th...
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1810s Austrian Antique Empire Console Tables

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Sheet Metal

Pair of Empire Style Marble Top Mahogany Parcel Gilt Demilune Consoles
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of Empire style marble top mahogany parcel gilt demilune consoles with triangular bases and gilt accents, including gilt carved paw feet. The pair are probably French in ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Mahogany French Empire Style Sideboard
Located in Dallas, TX
Attributed to Nordiska, this mahogany sideboard features bronze mounting on marble in a French Empire style.
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1940s Vintage Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Empire Marble Top Mahogany Console Table with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1870 and built of mahogany wood, the elegant antique cabinet stands on front rounded columnar supports embellished with decorative bronze mounted rings at the...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Vintage French Empire Style Distressed Gold Giltwood Hall Table Console
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Style Distressed Gold Giltwood Hall Table Console. Item features antiqued glass top, shell carved knees, paw feet, distressed finish. Circa Mid 20th Century. Me...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Empire Console Tables

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Glass, Wood

Empire Mahogany Marble Top Mirror Back Console with Ormolu
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful example of an Empire rectangular marble top console with fine carved scrolled front legs, figured mahogany veneers, applied ...
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1820s French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Italian Console with Marble Top
Located in Millbrook, NY
Italian Marble Console Table. Exquisitely hand carved wood table with floral details, carved tassels and animal "hoof" legs. Crafted with intricate detailing with bronze and silver a...
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19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables

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Carrara Marble

Empire Italian console in black marble, bronze and walnut wood, 1820-1830s
Located in MIlano, IT
Empire Italian console in black marble, bronze and walnut wood, 1820-1830s Console with rectangular top in Belgian black marble. The structure and legs are in veneer in walnut feathe...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Marble Console Table
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Marble console table, from the Empire period, and following the Empire style. The shape of the legs make this console table very original; Its originality comes from the shape of the...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

19th Century French Mahogany Empire Console Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A nice quality early 19th Century French flame mahogany Empire console table. With original brass ormolu mounts and original marble top. Large single drawer at the front. Circa 181...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century Swedish Empire Centre Console Table
Located in Allerum, SE
Fine and unusual 19th century Swedish Empire centre console table with Italian pink Calacatta marble top, Ca 1830.
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19th Century European Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Petite Empire Console with Marble Top, France 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Empire Period mahogany console table of small size. The rectangular top inset with a white and green variegated marble top and the frieze inset with a drawer and flanked by paint...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany

Pair of American Empire Mahogany Corner Console Tables
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of American Empire mahogany corner console tables with scroll legs (PRICED AS Pair) Antique condition. Has some wear and tear."
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19th Century American Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany

pair of 19th century Empire Period Giltwood and Marble consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most impressive pair of Continental 19th century Empire/Restauration Period Giltwood and Fleur de Pêcher marble consoles. This stunning pair of consoles is raised o...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome 19th century, Circa. 1880, French Empire style, crouch Mahogany and Satinwood inlaid console. The solid Mahogany paw shaped carved supports are joined by a bottom tier pla...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Pair of 19th Century Empire Console Tables
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A large pair of 19th Century Empire console tables with green marble tops and large scale ormolu mounts. With symmetrical eagle motifs on the legs and in the bottom centre, the style...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Console Tables

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Marble

Antique Empire Console /Sideboard, around 1810
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood with veneer, partly gilded. Rectangular cover plate with an inconspicuous frame and S-shaped curly supports on carved claws, which are held in gold. The base is arched. Pa...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables

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Mahogany

Empire console tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Empire console tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage console tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, mirrors, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire console tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original console tables, popular names associated with this style include Modenese Gastone, Dassi, Antonio Deangelis, and Baker Furniture Company. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for console tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $605 and tops out at $955,603 while the average work can sell for $7,371.

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