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
Elegant Italian Empire Consoles Tables with White Marble Top, 1815
Located in Rome, IT
Empire mahogany and finely carved gilt-wood consoles tables with the rectangular Carrara white marble top.
Timeless elegance for your interior.
Measures: Height cm 102 width cm 124...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Empire Period Walnut and Ebonized Demilune Console Tables with Mirrors
Located in Firenze, IT
These beautiful antique Italian Empire demilune console tables with mirrors date back to early 19th Century. We can assume they were made in Florence, Italy and they come from a vill...
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19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Walnut, Giltwood
Rare Empire Style Console Attributed to Krieger, France, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Empire style sideboard console attributed to Krieger, made in veneered wood, enriched with superb bronze ornaments kept with their original gilding. Topped with “Cipolin” marble...
Category
1860s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Figural Flame Mahogany One Drawer Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful Antique 19th C. Single Drawer French Empire Console Table. Item features beautiful woodgrain with attractive mounts including human form feet, rear back splash, and maiden ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Metal
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.
Category
1810s Spanish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Neoclassical Style Brass and Lacquered Metal Mirror with Cup and Swan Necks, Fre
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This Empire style mirror is made of brass and lacquered metal with decoration. This is a French work, circa 1940.
This mirror can be sold with its matching console.
Category
1940s French Vintage Empire Console Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Empire Commode, Nightstand or Sewing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
French Empire. Solid mahogany wood. Gilded and chiselled fittings. Two-wise frame base with protruding rectangular marble slab on square columns, joined by an intermediate compartmen...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Style Trumeau Mirror with Matching Console Table
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century French Empire style trumeau mirror with matching console table, featuring a decorative mythological "Verre Églomisé" reverse paint...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Bronze
Console Tables with mirror
Located in IT
Empire console in mahogany, mirror and original gilded bronzes. Conservative restoration of the wooden part. Size 60x137 xh90 cm
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Neoclassical Style Cream Faux Marbre Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully faux painted in a cream marble faux finish, the rectangular top raised on two volute form supports terminating in sunflower heads and enriched with foliate decoration.
Category
20th Century Empire Console Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Empire Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th Century bookmatched flame mahogany console has its original charcoal marble top that fits over the base. Column-form front legs support the top along with the consol...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Console table, Empire / 19th Century, grey St. Anne marble top and lion paws
Located in Stockholm, SE
French empire console table with Saint Anne des Pyrenees Marble, a grey marble quarried in France. Wood veneer, beautiful curves and legs with decorative lion paws. An antique timele...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble
French Empire Period Walnut & M/T Brass Mounted Console or Side Table, ca. 1815
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular marble top that is hinged and opens to reveal as partitioned storage well, front columns are accented by brass capitals and bases, the lower shelf with concave f...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu And Vert Campan Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Ormolu and Vert Campan marble console. The solid Mahogany console is raised on a rectangular plinth with a mottled edge on the thr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Lacquered Wood Italian Empire Style Console Tables, 1870
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Pair of Genoese consoles from the end of the 19th century. Furniture in carved, lacquered, gilded and painted wood in Empire style with beautiful lines and pleasant furnishings. Pair...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Empire Marble Top Ormolu Mounted Console Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Empire flame mahogany and ormolu mounted console table, Circa 1810 in date.
The rectangular 'petit granit' marble top above a useful single friez...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Console
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This console is made of flamed mahogany and a white marble with grey veines.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Mid 19th century Swedish elm marble top console table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century Swedish elm marble top console table circa 1860.
Fine quality console table of grand proportions. Shaped marble top standing on an elm base. Single concealed draw...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Elegant Italian Empire Consoles Tables with White Marble Top, 1815
Located in Rome, IT
Empire mahogany and finely carved gilt-wood consoles tables with the rectangular Carrara white marble top.
Timeless elegance for your interior.
Measures: Height cm 102 width cm 124, ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 1850/60s Empire Console Table in Mahogany with Marble Top
Located in Ulm, DE
Console, also available as a pair
mahogany, shellac hand polished
Marble top
All fittings and bronzes original
Empire (2nd period), France 1850/60s
Dimensions:
Width: 110 cm
Height...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Circa 1810 Empire Period French Marble Top Console Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Empire period, c.1810, marble top console table, French. Mahogany, mirrored back, dark grey & white marble top with molded sides. Front uprights feature well carved Grecian women wit...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
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.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Burl Walnut Console Table, Marble Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This early nineteenth century French Empire period burl walnut console table features columns at the front corners and a Saint Anne marble top. The columns are detailed with bronze c...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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...
Category
1810s Austrian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Sheet Metal
French Mahogany Empire Console Game Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A convertible demilune console-to-game table - made in the Empire style - in 19th Century France. When closed, the table functions as a striking demilune console, bedecked in outstan...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Empire Console in Carved, Polychrome and Gilded Wood
Located in Madrid, ES
Swedish Empire console table in carved, polychrome and gilt wood, early 19th century.
Rectangular marble top in a low white, frieze decorated wi...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Swedish Giltwood Early 19th Century Empire Console Table
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A fine, giltwood Swedish console table, possibly by the Stockholm master cabinet maker Lundelius (1778-1823). The wooden top in faux marble painted, the base plinth is painted black....
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Giltwood
1st Empire Period Console Table with Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An imposing 1st Empire period console table of impressive proportions, featuring a veneered wood body and a grey veined marble top. The marble tray is set over one long frieze drawer...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
French 1810s Empire Console Table in Mahogany
Located in Ulm, DE
Console table with columns
Mahogany, shellac hand polished
Empire, France around 1810
Dimensions:
Width: 71,5 cm
Height: 80 cm
Depth: 33,5 cm.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Pair of Antique Empire Style Console Tables
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Pair of antique Empire style brass mounted mahogany console tables with marble tops, circa 1900. With grey marble tops, frieze drawer with a central classical brass mounting, two fro...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Outstanding Pair of 19th Century Italian Empire Console Tables
Located in Houston, TX
Outstanding Pair Of 19th Century Italian Empire Console Tables.
This beautiful pair of free standing antique early 19th century Italian period ...
Category
1810s Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century French Empire Large Neoclassical Walnut Console Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Early 19th century French Empire Large Neoclassical Walnut Console Table
An elegant Empire period console table with a with marble top above a frieze d...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Swedish Console Table, Empire with Gilt Griffon
Located in Stockholm, SE
Empire Console table made in Sweden in early 19th Century. In original gilt with a wooden top made by skilled artisans in Stockholm. In the center sits an elegantly carved Griffon, s...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of Empire Style Mahogany Console Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Empire style mahogany veneered console table with two drawers. Fine geometric herringbone inlays throughout and raised on tapering square legs and a Y-frame stretcher.
Dime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Mahogany Empire Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A classic and resolute French Empire console. Topped in Belgian granite, this beautiful table is finished in sensational bookmatched mahogany that is in wonderful antique condition. ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Maison Jansen Signed French Empire Hollywood Regency Swan Console Table Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous pair of French Empire style demilune paint-decorated wood console tables by iconic Parisian luxury design house Maison Jansen (Paris, France; 1880-1989)
Finished in Mid-20th Century glitz and glam Hollywood Regency taste, the rare, possibly custom one-of-a-kind design, having demilune red-painted top, over conforming fluted apron, rising on elegant parcel gilt figural swan-form supports, ending on claw and ball feet. Signed, the rear supports signed JANSEN in stylized font. circa 1970
Provenance / Acquisition:
From an important Guadalajara, Mexico Estate...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Französische Empire Konsole Aus Nussbaum Mit Halbsäulen
Located in Heiligenberg, DE
Empire Konsolen aus Nussbaum, frühes 19. Jahrhundert. Diese absolut streng gestaltete Konsole ist äußerst fein verarbeitet. Alle Sichtflächen sind mit einem dekorativem Bild aus Nuss...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Empire Buffet Console
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Very best quality Empire 19th century buffet.
This superb piece features gilt bronze mounts and gilt bronze feet. With a marble top featuring three drawers across the top and a very...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
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...
Category
1820s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Granite, Brass
19th Century French Empire Marble-Top Console
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century French Empire marble-top console table made of solid walnut. Large drawer with original fine cast bronze decoration. Bronze mounted turned column supports in fr...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Empire Mahogany Winged Griffins End Table
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
French Empire-style (19th century) mahogany end/center table with bronze trim and winged griffins on legs with a green rectangular marble top.
Empire
A period of design during th...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Empire Demilune Flip-Top Consoles by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent pair of 19th century French empire demi-lune console tables or round dining tables with a flip top that has been faux-marble lacquered on top by artist Ira Yeager (American 1...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Brass
1820s Rare and Elegant Empire Walnut Sicilian Console
Located in Catania, Sicilia
An original conditions Walnut console hand-crafted in Sicily in 1820s. The elegance of saber feet it's typical of the Empire period as the gilded friezes...
Category
Early 19th Century Sicilian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Mahogany Console Desserte
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular marble top over a frieze drawer flanked by columns with bronze capitols , lower plinth shelf.
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Belgian Black 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...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Porphyry
Swedish Empire Mahogany Console Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Scandinavian mahogany early 19th Century Empire table or console. This antique Swedish Biedermeier piece has a drawer with its original wor...
Category
1820s Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Green Marble Top Carved Mahogany Console Table
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique console was crafted in France, circa 1880. Standing on scrolled front legs ending in paw feet, and pilaster legs in the rear over a stretcher platform bottom she...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Large Antique French Empire Satin Wood Marble Top Console Table
Located in London, GB
An incredibly fine example of a large antique marble top French empire console table in satin wood, dating from around the 1850’s period.
The qua...
Category
1850s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Style Console in Wood
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French Empire style console in wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine 19th Century Swedish Empire Console Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Extraordinary early 19th century Swedish Empire griffin console table with marble top in it's original condition. Ca 1820 Sweden.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Late 19th C Empire Style Mahogany Console with Slate Top
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this circa 1890s console has a mahogany base with gilt bronze decorative mounts, ball feet on the front, a single drawer with dovetail construction and a black slate...
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Late 20th Century French Empire Console Tables
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Console and Mirror with Metal Leaf and Bronze Details, 1990s, Set of 2
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Console with mirror produced by Lam Lee Group of Dallas, the style refers to the French eclecticism of 1940. Both the console and the mirror are made o...
Category
1990s American Empire Console Tables
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Empire Mahogany Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Empire style mahogany veneered console table with two drawers. Fine geometric herringbone inlays throughout and raised on tapering square legs and a Y-frame stretcher.
Dime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Console Tables
Materials
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, Kindel Furniture, and Antonio Deangelis. 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 $620 and tops out at $955,810 while the average work can sell for $7,800.
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