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
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...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Gilt Sphinx Carved Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire gilt sphinx carved triangular console table with black painted top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Giltwood
French Empire Style Mid-19th Century Fruitwood Side Table with Doric Column Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite French Empire style fruitwood side table from the Mid-Century features a rectangular top supported by four Doric style wooden columns, with a characteristic entasis bu...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of 19th Century French Empire Walnut Corner Consoles with Grey Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate two small corners with this pair of antique consoles, crafted in France, circa 1820, each tall fruitwood table stands on a single car...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
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
Materials
Carrara Marble
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...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
19th century Swedish empire 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...
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1860s Swedish Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Wood and Bronzes Empire Console Table with Marble Top Antique Mirror back
Located in IT
Empire console in wood, antique mirror and original gilded bronzes. The top pf the table is in marble.
Conservative restoration of the wooden part.
Size 60x137 xh90 cm
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
An Italian early 19th century Mahogany, Giltwood and veneered marble console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stately and most decorative Northern Italian early 19th century Empire st. patinated Mahogany, Giltwood and veneered marble console. This stunning cons...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble
French Empire Style '19th-20th Century Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th-20th century) mahogany console table with a stretcher and gilt bronze trim with a green rectangular marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th century Empire st. patinated, Verdigris Bronze and Slate console.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Empire st. patinated, Verdigris Bronze and Slate console. This impressive six leg console is raised by three maiden caryatids with lion's paw feet in t...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Empire Console Table, France, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Original Empire console table, France, 1820, mahogany veneer with original brass fittings. The elegant columns with their brass capitals and bases stand on a rectangular base. The ba...
Category
1820s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
Materials
Bronze
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."
Category
19th Century American Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$4,884 / item
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...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th century empire style ebonised console table
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Very stylish early 20th century Empire style console table , came out of an apartment in Paris
French circa 1920’s with original marble and ormolu mounts , having an ebonised finis...
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1920s French Vintage Empire Console Tables
Materials
Sapele Wood
Pair Empire Console Tables Kingwood 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a pair of antique French Empire style console tables
Clean and minimal design and circa 1890 on this pair
Ormolu fixtures are original
Offered in great shape ready fo...
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1890s Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Empire Mahogany, Gilt and Marble Topped Dressing Table
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in London, GB
Constructed using a fine Honduras mahogany with gilt highlights, Bleu Tarquin marble and richly dressed with fire gilt ormolu mounts of the highest quality. The table of lyre end sup...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Empire Style Two Tier Console Table by John Widdicomb with Brass Mounts
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 34 in W: 44 in D: 20 1/2 in
Elevate your interior with this exceptional 20th-century French Empire style two-tier console table or server by the renowned American ...
Category
20th Century American Empire Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian early 19th century Empire st. Mahogany and Giltwood console and mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stately and most impressive Northern Italian early 19th century Empire st. patinated Mahogany, Giltwood and Veneered marble console and mirror. This stunning console and its origin...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Empire Serpent Paint & Gilt Decorated Mirrored Back Pier or Cons
Located in Manhasset, NY
An early 19th century Empire serpent paint and gilt decorated mirrored back pier or console table. The white marble top supported by a single drawer with bronze pulls flanked by bronze decorative corners. The whole having a pair full bodied serpents with gilt heads...
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Late 19th Century Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Russian Empire period Walnut Sofa Table
Located in Montreal, QC
This beautiful table is probably Russian, We describe it as a sofa table but it might equally be for the library . (The drawer has ink stains) It is a fine piece of cabinetry with ...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Period Demilune Mahogany Console
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
French Empire period demilune mahogany console, the frieze accented with classical gilt mounts, the central turned tapering column with gilt ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Special Price Luxury Console Table at Stock for Sale
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Console inspired by the Empire style characterised by square column legs with Doric-Corinthian capitals, carved decorations of garlands of leaves and rosettes.
Materials
In patinate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
$28,633 / item
Pair of Empire Style Parcel-Gilt Metal Console Tables
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of Empire style parcel-gilt metal console tables,
late 19th-early 20th century
in the Egyptian Revival taste, each with a rectangular stone top.
Measures: Height 35 1/4 x...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Empire style console leg. Resin. 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Figure located on a rectangular base with fine moldings. A claw gives way to an oval shape from which emerge two wings with the tips rolled forward (with some lines of Persian air) a...
Category
20th Century European Empire Console Tables
Materials
Other
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...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Mid-19th Century Empire Style Mahogany Consoles from Naples
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational pair of Italian mid 19th century Empire st. freestanding flamed mahogany consoles from Naples, Italy. The consoles are raised by double mottled rectangular bases with b...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Italian 19th century Empire st Mahogany, Giltwood, patinated Wood console tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Giltwood, and patinated Wood console tables. Each unique freestanding demi lune console is raised by ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood
Lovely French Empire Style Console Table
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this stunning french empire style console table ,20TH CENTURY, with a polished burr wood veneer and black stone top, the rectangular surface raised on fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Empire Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
1950s French Vintage Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
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
19th Century Russian Pair of Antique Beechwood, Brass Wall Mirrors and Consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Russian pair of wall mirrors and console tables, nightstands made of hand crafted Karelian Beechwood in good condition. The floor mirrors are supported by two arched legs ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Metal, 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 Pier Table with Grey Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A mahogany pier table with carved swans, mirrored back and grey marble top (not original to the piece) early 19th century France (marble top replaced).
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
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 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Neoclassical Empire Marble Top Ormolu Mounted Gray and Gilt Console Tables, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Neoclassical or Empire style console tables featuring winged sphinx and Egyptian ormolu figures
USA, Circa Late 20th Century
Painted wood in a lovely gray color,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
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
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Marble Top Console ~ Pier Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Marble Top Console ~ Pier Table is an amazing example of the style that launched a revolution felt around the Western World. Highly talented ...
Category
1820s French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Painted Empire Demilune Pier Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Demilune console, with top of Carrara marble, on painted base, having two round columns supporting its ormolu embellished apron and conforming platform, with a back of distressed mir...
Category
1920s French Vintage Empire Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
$3,750 / set
Pair of French 19th Century Empire Style Giltwood & Gesso Carved Console Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare pair of French 19th century Empire style giltwood carved and ebonized gesso figural console tables with figures of winged lions and f...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
$34,950 Sale Price / set
22% Off
19th Century French Empire Demilune Console Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Empire demilune console table with a pair of large hand-carved mahogany swans. Good craftsmanship and beautiful stylized sculptural swans wit...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
$9,768 / set
19th CENTURY EMPIRE CONSOLE IN MAHOGANY AND FIR
Located in Firenze, FI
This console from the Empire period (early 19th century) is made with fine mahogany wood paneling, while the columns are made from fir wood. Its structure is embellished with refined...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
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
19th Century Empire Console Italy 1810 Marble Top Bronze Fittings
Located in Epfach, DE
19th Century Empire Console Tuscany Italy 1820 Marble Top Bronze Fittings
This extraordinary Empire console from Italy around 1820 combines elegance, master craftsmanship and histori...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Style Half Round Bracket Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style mahogany half round bracket console table with bronze doré trim and green marble top, 19th century.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Paw Feet Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century French Empire Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Paw Feet Console Hall Table. Finely cast bronze ormolu, paw feet, gold gilt accents, bronze inlay,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Continental Empire Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch Empire-style (Circa 1840) black lacquer Chinoiserie console table with adjustable mirror on back and bronze heads with black marble top.
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Neoclassical Style Brass and Lacquered Metal Mirror with Cup and Swan Necks.
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.
Category
1940s French Vintage Empire Console Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
$2,161 Sale Price
32% Off
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
French 19th century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu and Mirror planter/console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most unique French 19th century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu and Mirror planter/console. This exquisite freestanding elongated demi lune console is raised by on thick f...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Style Mahogany Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style mahogany console table with back panel and bronze dore trim with heads and green marble top (19th century).
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Mahogany and Mirrored Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) mahogany & bronze trimmed console table with scroll form sides and a drawer over a mirrored door with a grey marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century French Egyptian Empire Console - Carrera Marble Ormolu Mounts
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Early 19th Century French Egyptian Empire Console
Carrera Marble Ormolu & Bronze Mounts
Gorgeous piece purchased in France.
Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos.
Message us w...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Walnut and Gray Marble Empire Console, circa 1880
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Walnut and gray marble Empire console, circa 1880. Carved legs with leaf curved design on front legs and reeded legs in back.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century French Consulate Empire Console
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Early 19th Century French Consulate Empire Console with Eagles
Gorgeous piece purchased in France
Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos.
Message us with questions.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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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