French Provincial Console Tables
Removed from the fashions of the court, French Provincial style developed in the provinces of the country, such as Provence, Normandy, the Loire Valley and Bordeaux. Dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, French Provincial furniture was not as ostentatious as the designs being produced for the royal palaces, but elegant S-shape cabriole legs and ornate carvings elevated the sturdy chairs, sofas, tables and bedroom furniture intended for everyday use.
Although it varies by region, antique French Provincial furniture is unified by solid construction and an artisanal attention to design. While this furniture often followed the metropolitan trends — including the Rococo or neoclassical aesthetics of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI — since it was produced in the French countryside it was more subdued with nods to its rustic settings.
Local materials like fruitwoods, oak, beech and walnut were used to construct large French Provincial armoires for storage and comfortable armchairs with rush-woven seats. Wrought-iron elements and carvings like floral details and scallop patterns were common as ornamentation. Furniture was frequently painted white or other muted colors that coordinated with gilt and would acquire a patina of age over time. Other wood was just stained with vibrant fabric such as toile de Jouy, which sometimes depicted pastoral scenes, adding color as upholstery.
The style arrived in the United States after World War I, with soldiers returning home wanting furniture like what they had seen in the rural homes and castles of France. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, designer John Widdicomb split from his family business, the Widdicomb Furniture Company, and had been focusing on Louis XV– and French Provincial–style furnishings since the early 1900s. Other American manufacturers such as Baker, Drexel, Henredon and Thomasville also responded to demand. Today antique French Provincial pieces and reproductions continue to be popular.
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19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Wood, Paint, Mirror
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
19th Century Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Marble
1980s Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian French Provincial Console Tables
Brass
1940s French Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
20th Century Unknown French Provincial Console Tables
Iron
1970s Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Marble, Stone, Brass, Iron
Late 20th Century Italian French Provincial Console Tables
Cherry, Burl
20th Century French Provincial Console Tables
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Console Tables
Beech
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Marble, Iron
20th Century French French Provincial Console Tables
Pine
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Softwood
Early 20th Century French Provincial Console Tables
Marble, Iron
1890s Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian French Provincial Console Tables
Maple
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Cherry
1960s French Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Marble, Iron
1950s French Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
1940s French Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American French Provincial Console Tables
Marble
20th Century Unknown French Provincial Console Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Fruitwood
1970s Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Chestnut, Hardwood, Wood
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Console Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
Mid-18th Century Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Metal, Iron
1960s French Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Oak, Walnut
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Cherry, Wood
Early 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Oak
18th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Cherry, Oak
1950s French Vintage French Provincial Console Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
Early 1900s French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Metal
20th Century French Provincial Console Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Console Tables
Elm
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
20th Century French French Provincial Console Tables
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Console Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Console Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique French Provincial Console Tables
Stone, Soapstone
20th Century American French Provincial Console Tables
Oak