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
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Black Console Table with Carved Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period black lacquer altar console table from the early 19th century, with everted flanges, carved spandrels and openwork sides. Created in China during the Qi...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
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 Qing Dynasty 19th Century Yumu Wood Wine Table with Original Red Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period yumu wood wine console table from the 19th century, with original red lacquer and horse hoof extremities. Created in China d...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
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 Qing Dynasty 19th Century Wine Console Table with Carved Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese Qing Dynasty period light brown lacquer wine table from the 19th century, with carved apron and side stretchers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this win...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
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 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
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
Carved Altar Style Red Mahogany Console Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Diminutive Asian console table with elaborate carved openwork apron in panels with rippling and curved cloud motifs on all sides. The top with carved inner panel mounted on tall carv...
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20th Century Asian Qing Console Tables
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Mahogany
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
Chinese Qing Dynasty Shandong Altar Console Table with Carved Scrolling Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the Shandong province, with carved apron and splaying legs. Created in the Eastern province of Shandong during the 19th century...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Tables
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and rare pair of 19th century Chinese red lacquered tables with etched lacquered decorations of flowers birds and geometric designs...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
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 scroll...
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Late 19th Century Asian Antique Qing Console Tables
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Teak
Black Lacquer Splayed Foot Scholars' Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
With deceptively simple design, this narrow console table would have been favored by a Chinese scholar for its well-executed curves, gracefully arched like the sweep...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
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
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Altar Tables
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of 19th century black lacquer Chinese altar tables.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood, Lacquer
Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Altar Console Table with Carved Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar table from the 19th century, with carved spandrels, everted flanges and dark patina. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period, this altar table features a narrow rectangular top flanked with everted flanges, sitting above an apron carved with scrolling spandrels. Resting on slightly splayed legs connected to one another through double side stretchers, this Chinese 19th century Qing Dynasty altar...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Ming Style Altar Table with Everted Flanges, Meander Apron and Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty style altar console table from the early 20th century, with meander-carved apron, everted flanges and dragon motifs. Created in China during the second quarter...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Wood
2 Antique Chinese Qing Elm Demilune Half Moon Chinoiserie Console Center Tables
Located in Dayton, OH
"Exquisite Antique pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty late 18th Century Half Moon or crescent shaped center entry console tables. Each console is made of elm featuring demilune form with t...
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Late 18th Century Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Dynasty Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Dynasty Altar table. Monumental Chinese Zen Altar table. Qing Dynasty Zen Altar Table having lions legs with feet holding spheres. This concept o...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Qing Dynasty Elmwood Altar Console Table with Cloudy Scroll Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period elmwood altar table from the 19th century with unusual patina and scrolling motifs. Created in China during the 19th century, this altar table attracts ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Qing Dynasty Period 19th Century Tall Red and Green Altar Console Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period tall altar console table from the 19th century, with red and green tones. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this altar table captures our attention with its complimenting tones and tall dimensions. A rectangular top with central board is sitting above an unusual apron...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Melon Leg Wine Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An elegant example of the clean lines of Qing-dynasty furniture, this table from Hebei province celebrates the traditional wine table form with design that is simple and refined. Crafted of northern elm (yumu) using time-honored woodworking techniques, the table has a floating-panel top and four round legs linked by giant's arm braces. Each leg is carved in the shape of a melon or gourd, symbols of prosperity and perpetuity. This scalloped shape is echoed in the ridged apron and braces, a reference to older traditions of bent bamboo furniture...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Faux Bamboo Walnut Console Table, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th century walnut table from southern China was carved to mimic round stalks of bamboo, with carefully articulated growth rings. Bamboo was a favored motif in late-Qing furniture, as it expressed humility for earlier construction methods and upheld Taoist values of naturalism. The stretchers are ingeniously designed with mortise and tenon joinery to meet the legs in such a way as to appear as to wrap around like a strip of bamboo. This console is an elegant and quietly ornate table...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Walnut
Chinese Qing Dynasty "Faux Bamboo" Black Lacquer Console Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
Console table in "Faux Bamboo" (wood carved to resemble bamboo), original black lacquer with natural patina.
Drawer with Chinese characters describing the owner's love for bamboo.
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Faux Bamboo
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
Chinese Qing Dynasty Elm Wine Table with Humpbacked Apron and Carved Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty elmwood wine table from the 19th century, with humpbacked apron and carved spandrels. Created in China during the 19th century, this elm wine table features a ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese "Forever" Console Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite 19th-century wine table was crafted of walnut sourced from the forests of China’s Hebei province. The table charms with round legs, gently c...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Walnut
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
Large Qing Dynasty Chinese Altar Console Table with Fretwork and Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with fretwork and dragon motifs. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period, this large altar console table features a narrow top sitting above an elegant apron adorned with a fretwork frieze. Raised on straight supports, the table showcases spandrels carved with dragons and scrolling foliage. Boasting a nicely distressed patina, this large 19th century Qing Dynasty console table...
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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
Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Elm Low Console Table with Three Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period elmwood low console table from the 19th century, with three drawers and carved spandrels. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this elm console tab...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Qing Dynasty 1870s Shandong Black Lacquer Table with Gold Rubbed Details
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty period Shandong long black lacquered altar console table from the late 19th century, with gold rubbed details and everted flanges. Created in Northeastern China during the Qing Dynasty, this long elm console table made in the region of Shandong during the second half of the 19th century is covered with an exquisite deep black lacquer with gold rubbed red lacquered details. The apron and the base are nicely carved with typical Chinese motifs such as cloud scrolls and geometrical patterns. An elegant motif in the calligraphic style adorns the legs, and is accented by the gold rubbed details. The sides with openwork are adorned with stylized vegetable motifs. With its curving lines and contrasting colors, this Chinese Qing altar table...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese 19th Century Console Table with Cloud-Carved Apron and Scrolling Feet
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with cloudy carved apron and scrolling feet. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this wooden console ta...
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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
Qing Dynasty Altar Table with Bamboo Accents, Fretwork and Everted Flanges
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty period altar console table from the early 20th century, with everted flanges, hand carved bamboo style design and fretwork motifs. Born in China during the Qing dynasty, this altar console table features a rectangular top, flanked with everted flanges, resting upon straight panels adorned with fretwork motifs and rosettes. The back side is adorned with carved spandrels while the front legs are accented with bamboo design. With its clean lines, refined decor and nice patina, this antique Chinese Qing dynasty altar...
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Early 20th Century Chinese 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
Chinese Plank Top Ruyi Altar Table, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental early 19th century flanked top altar table from China's Shanxi province is notable for its robust traditional style. The top is carved from a solid plank of elmwood t...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
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
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
Chinese Altar Table with Everted Ends, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
In traditional Chinese homes, slender, long tables such as this one are used to hold musical instruments, flowers, or vases. Often referred to as altar tables, this narrow table form is also used as a domestic altar for familial ancestor worship. This lengthy altar table was constructed of northern elmwood (yumu) in China's Shanxi province over 150 years ago. The expansive tabletop is finished with whimsical everted ends...
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Early 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
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
Early 20th Century Chinese Elmwood Altar Table, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
An antique classical Chinese elmwood altar table, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China.
The elegant altar table crafted in the traditional manner with joined elmwood and aprons featu...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Black Lacquer and Gilt Painted Console, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sumptuously elegant Chinese gilt and red lacquer painted black lacquer console or painting table, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century.
The top of this gorgeous table painted in red la...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Lacquer
Chinese Qing Dynasty Wooden Console Table with Pillar-Shaped Strut Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese Qing dynasty wooden console table from the early 20th century, with pillar-shaped strut motifs, straight legs and natural patina. Crafted in China during the early...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Four Drawer Inlaid Altar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This shallow console table was crafted over 150 years ago in China's Fujian province, and was originally used as an altar table storing incense a...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Wine Table with Simple Stretchers, c. 1700
Located in Chicago, IL
Over 300 years ago, in the early Qing dynasty, a furniture maker in China's Hebei province was commissioned in to construct this exquisitely proportioned wine table. A tradition dati...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Minimalist Chinese Altar Table, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant and chicly minimalist Chinese altar table, with upturned pagoda-style tabletop ends, and legs with a cut-out design. The wood has acquired a lovely, rich patina.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Wine Table with Crossed Stretchers, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crossed stretcher bars and apron curves animate the square profile of this elmwood table. Made in Hebei province circa 1850, the beautifully preserved table was used for sharing wine and spirits...
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Mid-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 Pasadena, 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
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Altar Table with Fine Carvings & Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely 18th century Chinese altar table embellished with fine carvings on drawer fronts and spandrels and resting on inverted hoof feet. Offers two drawers on one side and one...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Wood
Chinese Wine Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century hardwood wine table was crafted in China's Guangdong province and features angular whiplash legs ending in subtly carved cloud-for...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Hardwood
Black Lacquer Bulbous Demilune Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Named for its half moon shape, demilune tables such as this were designed to sit against a wall, displaying precious objects and porcelain. Crafted by an artisan in China's Hebei pro...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Elm
Chinese Plank Top Longevity Altar with Everted Ends, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A prime example of Qing-dynasty furniture design, this 19th century table from China's Shanxi province is beautifully proportioned and combines practical considerations with aestheti...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Console Tables
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Walnut
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
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
Provincial Chinese Stacked Stretcher Console Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in China's Shanxi province in the late Qing dynasty, this charming wine table was once a gathering spot for guests to pour wine and make toasts. T...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
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Elm
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.
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