Qing Console Tables
QING STYLE
The last imperial dynasty from 1644 to 1912 was a time of change in China, beginning with the invasion by Manchurian forces that ended the Ming dynasty and established the Shunzhi Emperor. The expansion of exportation and trade that had bolstered the arts during the Ming era continued, as Qing dynasty furniture involved the same attention to craftsmanship with expert construction techniques in hardwood pieces that were assembled with mortise and tenon joints rather than nails or glue. Together, these eras comprise a golden age of Chinese furniture design.
Ming-style furniture is simple and elegant with clean lines. Chairs of the period and other Ming furniture made an impression on Scandinavian modernist Hans Wegner and his streamlined seating, for example. Whereas Qing-style furniture is elaborate, with an increasing influence from the West leading to lavish carving inspired by the European Baroque and Rococo styles. And while many of the forms that define examples of the latter are common within classical Chinese furniture, such as curving and folding chairs as well as large screens, Qing designs are laden with ornamentation. Frequently, the carved motifs and inlaid designs in mother-of-pearl were auspicious, such as peonies for wealth or dragons for luck. Bats were symbols of happiness in the design of Qing furniture, with one of the characters in the word for bat, bianfu, being a homophone for fu, or “fortune.”
While several types of wood were used in the construction of Qing beds, tables, storage pieces and seating, today’s collectors know that the most prized were the rare rosewoods zitan and huanghuali. They were both sourced from Hainan, China’s largest island, and are marked by a rich luster that occurs naturally, without the application of lacquer or other decorative materials. Many of the most popular woods were imported from southeast Asia, adding to their value. Red sandalwood was also sought after for its durability and connection with Chinese medicine, with some chairs being made for health benefits.
Find a collection of antique Qing tea tables, stools, benches, decorative objects and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Qing
19th century elm Chinese console table sideboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century elm chinese console table sideboard circa 1890.
Good quality console table, which could be used in multiple rooms around the home such as the living room, hallway or be...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Antique Wine Console Table
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful late 19th century wine table from Northern China. The tabletop is constructed of four members joined by mitered tenons surrounding a floating panel made of a prized, soli...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
$700 Sale Price
50% Off
Large Chinese Hand Carved Dragon Altar Table or Rosewood Entry Table
Located in Miami, FL
Constructed in the mid-19th century in the Gansu region of China, the artisan who crafted this console table adorned its elegant form with playful, hand-carved details. Trimmed with ...
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20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Rosewood
$1,595 Sale Price
54% Off
19th Century Qing Dynasty Altar Console Table with Distressed Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with carved apron, humpback stretchers, straight cylindrical legs and distressed dark brown / red lacquer. Th...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
19th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Red Lacquer Console Altar Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period elmwood altar console table from the 19th century, with red lacquer and carved apron. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this elmwood console tab...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Wood Console Table with Original Red Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese Qing Dynasty period red lacquered console table from the 19th century with original patina. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this console table features a...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Lacquered Console Table with Scroll Spandrels, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century console table has clean lines and minimalist appeal, simply decorated with relief-carved accents and an allover dark lacquer finish. Crafted with mortise-and-...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Fine Red Lacquer Console Table with Three Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
An elegant red lacquer console table with three drawers and everted flanges, beautiful color, form and lines. We carry fine quality furniture with elegant finished and has been appea...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Lacquer
19th Century Qing Dynasty Altar Console Table with Reddish Brown Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with dark reddish brown patina. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this console table features a recta...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Qing Dynasty Altar Table, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Chinese altar table with four drawers, 19th century.
85 inches wide by 19 inches deep by 35 ¼ inches tall
Very good overall.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Flat Top Altar Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This Chinese altar table from the early 19th century exemplifies the refined forms of Ming and Qing dynasty furniture. The table has a classic recessed-leg design, featuring a flat, ...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Unique Large architectural console table In Burgundy Lacquer
Located in Kastrup, DK
Monumental architectural console table from the Qing period, c. 1840. The table is believed to be unique.
Original Burgundy lacquer with a beautiful natural patina.
The table is in ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Walnut
Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Period Console Table with Carved Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period console table from the 19th century, with carved spandrels. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period, this c...
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19th Century Asian Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Pair of Late Qing Dynasty Wine Console Tables with Black Brown Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A pair of Chinese late Qing Dynasty period wine console tables from circa 1900 with black/brown lacquer, open apron, pillar strut motifs and distressed patina. Presenting an exquisit...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Wood
19th century Chinese Console Table
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Qing Dynasty Altar Console Table with rustic patina. Original 19th century Qing Dynasty Rustic Altar Console Table. Solid elm wood of traditional Chinese joinery a bea...
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Early 1800s Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Antique Chinese Console Table with Carved Figural Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The console in old black paint, now worn. The frieze on front and sides set with elaborately carved figural panels in gilt with red backgrounds an...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Period Altar Console Table with Open Fretwork
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with everted flanges and open fretwork. Created in China during the 19th century, this Qing dynasty altar table...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Altar Console Table with Carved Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with carved apron and side stretchers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this altar console table fea...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Antique Black and Cinnabar Red Lacquer Wine Table, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing dynasty wine table with bold architectural lines and a striking red-and-black lacquered finish. Likely originating from Northern China, this antique table was traditional...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Mid 19th Century Chinese Altar Table Qing Dynasty
Located in Hudson, NY
A large elm-wood altar or console table with everted flanges or 'qiaotou' (commonly called "birds wings"), supported on recessed trestle legs with multiple carved, stylized ruyi in s...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
$7,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Altar Console Table with Humpback Stretchers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period small altar console table from the 19th century with carved apron and side stretchers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this small altar console table features a rectangular top with central board, sitting above a carved apron with humpback stretcher. Raised on four straight slightly splaying legs, the table boasts a nice reddish brown patina. With its clean lines and slightly weathered appearance, this 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty altar...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Four Seasons Altar Table, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand table from China's Shanxi province was originally used in a Qing-dynasty household as an impressive domestic altar for ancestor worship. Designed to be the centerpiece of ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
19th Century Console Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century Chinese console table. Three drawer thin console table elegant refined lines with ring pull handles. Detailed arch apron top of legs ta...
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1890s Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Elm Wine Table with Humpback Stretchers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period Elmwood wine tasting console table from the 19th century, with humpback stretcher and horse hoof feet. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this El...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Fine Plank Top Altar with Cloud Medallions, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant 19th century altar table is light and beautifully proportioned. It was masterfully designed with stretchers that appear to wrapar...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm, Lacquer
Qing Dynasty Demi Lune Console #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Qing dynasty demi lune console. We have a second console available. Buy both and have a large round center table. They fit together perfectly. Or, buy both and have a pair of console...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Provincial Chinese Dongbei Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The warm tones and active grain of natural pine wood are the focus of this unusually articulated Dongbei table. Made for a provincial home in northeastern China, this table was once ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Pine
19th C. Carved Qing Period Asian Altar Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A classic Chinese form chest In a reddish-brown stain. With a banded top over two deep drawers with carved floral lattice patterns, metal drop pulls and locking bars (lacking the closure pin). Double doors below with carved pots of flowers...
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Late 19th Century Asian Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Qing Dynasty Console Table with Drawers and Carved Spandrels, Early 20th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Qing Dynasty lacquered console table with three drawers and carved spandrels. This late Qing Dynasty console table from the early 20th century showcases the refined craftsmanship t...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Brass
Chinese Sword Leg Offering Table, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century table is styled with lyrical lines and classical proportions. It is easily identified by its arched and curved apron and the beautifully balanced abstract sword sha...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
19th Century Chinese Carved Elmwood Alter Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century Chinese alter table in highly carved elmwood.
This table would be great as a serving table or a console table. It is very decorative a...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Mid-19th Century Elmwood Console Table from China
Located in New York, NY
A Northern elm wood console table with high stretchers and long cornered legs, from China, circa 1860. This table displays the features of traditional Asian carpentry where no nails ...
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1860s Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Vintage Provincial Dongbei Table Console
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Stunning 3 drawer Dongbei Table. Contrasting green cabinetry topped with honey colored top surface. Fantastic patina. 3 drawers for ample storage. Peg joinery.
Curbside to NYC/Phill...
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20th Century Indonesian Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Late Qing Dynasty Elm Desk with Two Drawers and Ornate Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty period Chinese elm wood desk from the early 20th century, with two drawers, brass hardware and carved spandrels. Created in China during the late Qing Dynasty per...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Qing Dynasty Tall Altar Console Table with Carved Scrolling Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Qing Dynasty period tall altar console table from the 19th century, with everted flanges, carved spandrels and double side supports. This magnificent Qing Dynasty period altar cons...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Elm Table with Carved Spandrels and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period elm coffer table from the 19th century, with carved spandrels and drawers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this elm coffer table features a re...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Qing Dynasty Elmwood Altar Console Table with Carved Apron and Fretwork Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, featuring a long rectangular top, carved apron, and open fretwork side panels. The top, with its generous len...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
19th Century Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century Chinese Altar table. Exceptional Altar table of walnut wood (Hetao Mu) in black lacquer having a solid one piece plank top with everted flanges presenting to the sky above. The top apron scalloped with cloud carved spandrels set to sides of reeded column legs terminating to joined feet with carved arrow to sky strut detail. Beautiful patina showing some ware to the top and edges. A very fine example of
Qing dynasty Altar table.
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1850s Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Walnut
$7,000 Sale Price
28% Off
Finely Carved Chinese Console Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Altar tables with everted ends seen in Chinese paintings and prints are typically depicted in a grand context, and so it is thought that the upward-ending surface signifies status an...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
18th Century Chinese Four-Drawer Cedar Square Table with Green Marble
Located in San Marino, CA
Excellent four-drawer cedar square Mahjong table from Shanghai with N. China green bridge wood marble.
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18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Cedar
Pair Of Triangular Black / Brown Console Tables
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of rare console tables in triangular shape. Original dark burgundy lacquer with natural patina.
Highlighted with a clear lacquer surface finish.
Presumably Shanxi Province. Chi...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
$2,946 / set
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Dark Elm Altar Console Table with Carved Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese elmwood altar console table from the Qing dynasty, 19th century, with dark patina, everted flanges, and richly carved decoration. The rectangular top, fashioned from a sing...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Late Qing Dynasty Elm Wine Table with Carved Legs and Side Stretchers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese elm wood wine table from the early 20th century, with carved apron and legs, as well as double side stretchers. Created in China during the late Qing Dynasty in the early years of the 20th century, this wine table features a rectangular top with central board, sitting above a delicately carved apron. The table is raised on four interesting legs, accented with carved motifs on the feet. The two sides present double stretchers providing additional strength to the ensemble. We review all of our pieces and address issues we may find before they leave for your home; however, this is an antique piece, and as such it will keep its character and some imperfections, which is the quintessence of antique and vintage furniture...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Wood, Elm
Chinese Offering Table with Ruyi Spandrels, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century offering table from Beijing expresses Ming-dynasty tastes with clean lines and a simple silhouette. Minimally decorated, the table features straight legs, double stretchers, and spandrels carved in the form of an auspicious ruyi and outlined by a beaded edge. The table is crafted of northern elm (yumu) and darkened to a rich brown with traces of the original black lacquer finish. Originally used as a home altar...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Console Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese wine or console table with a pierced and carved front apron.
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20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
$2,600
1900s Antique Wine Console Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
A 1900s Chinese Antique Wine Console Table made with elmwood. Emanating an aura of rich history blended with an impeccable sense of design, this Chinese console or wine table tells u...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Large 19th Century Qing Dynasty Console Table with Dragon and Fretwork Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with fretwork and dragon motifs. This large Qing Dynasty altar console table from the 19th century showcases a ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Black Lacquer Wine Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Made for sharing and offering wine and spirits, this small table once gathered together convivial imbibers who engaged in group toasts and robust consumption. Dated to the 19th centu...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Lacquer, Pine
Adjustable Chinese Console Table, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite 19th century console table crafted in China's Shanxi province is the perfect example of Qing-dynasty ideals of scholarship and craftsmanship. Though its clean lines and r...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Everted Flange Altar Console Table with Carved Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty period large altar console table from the 19th century, with everted flanges and carved frieze. Born in China during the 19th centur...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Lattice Wine Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A tradition dating back to the Northern Song dynasty (960 to 1126), wine tables have been used for centuries as a gathering spot to serve food, s...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
19th C. Chinese Two Drawer Altar Coffer with Floral Brass Door Pulls
Located in Morristown, NJ
Qing Dynasty (19th c), an elm wood, two drawer, altar coffer with brass flower-shaped ring pulls. The rectangular top sits over two frieze drawers above a plank panel and shaped apron, flanked by pierced openwork scrolling cloud molding, the whole raised on square to round...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Brass
Chinese Qing Dynasty Wooden Altar Console Table with Cloudy Scroll Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wooden altar console table from the 19th century with everted flanges, scrolling spandrels and carved side panels. Created in China during the 19th cent...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
19th Century Qing Dynasty Elmwood Altar Table with Cloud Motifs and Vivid Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Qing Dynasty period elmwood altar table from the 19th century with unusual patina and scrolling motifs. This exquisite 19th century Qing Dynasty period elmwood altar table captures...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Altar Table with Rare Silver Wire Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese wood altar table or console table circa late 19th to early 20th century (late Qing dynasty to the Republic era). The table was constructed with mixed wood types. The legs a...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Silver
Chinese Curved Leg Chrysanthemum Foot Console Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This highly unusual 19th century table has a solid elmwood plank top, two drawers, and graceful, fluid carved legs that end in blossoming chrysanthemum carved feet. Chrysanthemums, a...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
19th Century Qing Dynasty Alter Console Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
19th century Qing Dynasty alter console table
Beautifully aged patina with 3 drawers and original brass pulls.
Cabinet is accented with scrolled ...
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Late 19th Century Asian Antique Qing Console Tables
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Teak
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Chinese Elm Altar Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique late Qing period Chinese elm altar table. It features mitered mortise and tenon joinery construction, two deep drawers and carved spandrel corner supports on round, straight ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Iron
Chinese Two-Drawer Carved Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The pronounced grain and warm color of golden pine are wonderfully displayed in the artful carvings of this beautifully proportioned altar table. Expressive scrollwork articulates th...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Pine
Chinese Qing Dynasty Period 19th Century Reddish Brown Table with Two Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese Qing Dynasty period two-drawer console table from the 19th century, with carved spandrels and floral motifs. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period, this reddish brown lacquered table features a rectangular planked top sitting above two drawers carved with floral motifs. Raised on four straight legs with horse hoof extremities connected to the apron through scrolling spandrels, this 19th century Qing Dynasty console table...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Qing console tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Qing console tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, 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, asian art and furniture, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, hardwood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Qing console tables made in a specific country, there are Asia, China, and East Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. 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 $900 and tops out at $24,000 while the average work can sell for $3,800.