Mid-19th Century Dining Room Tables

Bistro dining table in bentwood and cane designed by Michael Thonet. Originally designed in the 1860s and produced by Thonet in the 20th century by multiple factories. Size: chairs: 57x49x96.5 seat height 46 Arm height 67 centimeter table: ø85.5 height 75 centimeter Condition: used. The lacquer has worn out on some places. The stained beech wood has discoloration. Cane in the table top is good. The cane in two seats is damaged. The cane in one back is damaged. One arm has a crack in a curve. Some small wood details are missing. The cane can be repaired or replaced professionally on request. Michael Thonet The development of bentwood for use in furniture is one of history’s most significant innovations in design. A range of renowned mid-century modern designers such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames drew heavily on this technological advancement, and the success of their enduring works owes to the efforts of pioneering German-Austrian industrialist and designer Michael Thonet — founder of Thonet and widely considered the father of bentwood furniture. Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century cabinetmaker and master of parquetry Michael Thonet who is most often associated with this now-classic technique. Thonet in 1856 patented a method for bending solid wood through the use of steam, and from there, the bentwood look skyrocketed to furniture fame. He experimented with bending birch rods into rounded shapes — forming delicately seductive, curving Art Nouveau creations that were a daring departure from the heavy, hand-carved designs attributed to his contemporaries. The Boppard-born Thonet honed his carpentry skills in his father’s workshop, where he carried out experiments with plywood and modified the Biedermeier chairs that populated the studio. He received an invitation from Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich to contribute Neo-Rococo interiors to the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna. From there, the cabinetmaker gained international recognition, including at London’s Great Exhibition of 1851, which featured works created by members of the Arts and Crafts movement as well as industrial products. Thonet showed a range of furniture at the fair and won the bronze medal for his bentwood chairs. He ​​incorporated his family’s company, the Thonet Brothers — or Gebrüder Thonet — with his sons in 1853. Considered the world’s oldest mass-produced chair, Michael Thonet’s ubiquitous Chair No. 14 demonstrated that his patented bentwood technology made it possible to efficiently produce furniture on an industrial scale. Often called the Coffee House chair — the company’s first substantial order was for a Viennese coffeehouse — the No. 14 remains an icon. Thonet originally designed the chair in 1859, and it is considered the starting point for modern furniture. Composed of just six parts, the chair, with its simple, lightweight design, belies its durability. The No. 14 was followed by the No. 18, or the Bistro chair, in 1867, and the 209, or the Architect’s chair, of which Le Corbusier was a fan. (The influential Swiss-French architect and designer used Thonet furniture in his Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau at the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris.) The business began mass-producing furniture. By the end of the 1850s, there were additional Thonet workshops in Eastern Europe and hundreds of employees. Michael Thonet’s reputation attracted the attention of notable architects including Otto Wagner, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Thonet’s patented bentwood technology also yielded an improvement to rocking chairs for his company — in the middle of the 19th century, Michael produced a series of rockers in which the different curved parts were integrated into fluid, sinuous wholes. Thanks to Thonet, the humble rocker acquired something unexpected: style. And bentwood furniture was embraced by a series of design greats — the innovation can be found in the seating that Josef Hoffman designed for Thonet, in the elegant Superleggera chair created by Gio Ponti and Alvar Aalto’s expressive Paimio armchair...

Victorian Extending Dining Table with 2 Leaves The Wind Out Table is a well known Victorian Invention, it extends the table by means o...

Amazing French burr oak and walnut extending dining table. The table is of an octagonal form when closed. Circa 1860 The table stands upon well carved and turned legs and carved and ...

An antique 19th century Swedish Gustavian oval wooden dining table, in good condition. The Scandinavian painted Pinewood center table has a grey waxed p...

19th Century Door converted to Wrought Iron Dining Table represents a clever "repurposing" of a splendid dovetailed, hand-crafted solid oak entry door that retains vestiges of its la...

This antique mahogany dining table from 1860 exudes timeless elegance and sophistication. Crafted with exquisite attention to detail, it showcases the rich beauty of mahogany wood, a...

This stunning Irish mid-19th century table, in the style of British Ceylon specimen tables, features a dramatic spiral marquetry top of mahogany, arbut...

Concrete octagonal shaped dining table - France, 1950s Fantastic patina Interesting thick interlocking base

Farmhouse table in solid cherrywood, dating from the late Biedermeier period around 1850, with a drawer (cherry / pine wood.) on one side and a pull-out top made of oak/cherrywood on...

A fine quality, generously proportioned William IV rosewood center or dining table, the round top showcasing the extraordinary color and figure of the lively wood grain. It is edged ...

Mid-19th century Italian neoclassic one drawer table or desk in solid larch, polished to wax. An antique and experienced table indicated and suitable for a modern kitchen. The beauty...

This old pine farm table is loaded with aged patina and warmth that come from generations of use. The strong "X" stretcher base has been professionally painted white, creating a fre...

Georgian antique mahogany table with extra original intermediate leaf. Beautiful walnut with warm color. The table can be slid apart to put the extra leaf in. Beautiful large stylish...

19th Century Country French Fruitwood Farm Table ~ Dining Table will comfortably seat six to eight, and was crafted entirely by hand from indigenous fruitwoods like cherry and apple....

This charming Swedish Folk Art dining table, crafted from pine and dating to the 1860s, is a striking example of rustic Scandinavian craftsmanship. With its original painted finish, ...

Beautiful antique rosewood round table in completely original condition. Stands on an impressive crafted solid wood rosewood base. Top can tilt. Origin: England Period: Approx. 1830...

Superb quality extra wide early Victorian extending dining table in golden quarter-sawn oak with six original leaves. Dating to circa 1840 this unusually large 62 1/2in wide table...

Dining table from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily mahogany. It is finished with a lustrous French polish of museum quality. Th...

William IV period Walnut Round Tilt-Top Dining Table Carved Feet on Pedestal Base

Antique 19th C. Sheraton Mahogany Turn Carved Spiral Leg Drop Leaf Dining Table. Item features solid crotch mahogany, 2 false drawers, turn carved spiral legs, 2 brass drop pulls, ro...

Introducing our exquisite offering: a remarkable country house table crafted from solid cherry wood, originating from the late Biedermeier period around 1850. This captivating piece ...

Early Large Pine Dining Table From Spain, Circa 1850. Solid pine construction with great original patina and use.

This elegant Neoclassical Dining Room Table dates back to the mid 19th century and comes from Germany. The table features a pretty cherry veneer and has a brass band around the apron...

E.W. Godwin attributed for Northampton town hall. A gothic revival oak refectory table with cross braced legs united by an upper stretcher.

Very large antique English oval table with 5 original leaves, completely in perfect condition. Stylish leg. Unique and very solid antique dining tab...

Shaker trestle dining table c. 1830. Maple and pine. Possibly Harvard, MA community. Measurements: 28.75” height, 84.25” length, 33.75” width

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning and very rare original Ships Pitch Pine Refectory dining table with Phosphor Bronze feet and fittings A truly sublime p...

A large Chinese mid-19th century dinning table, originally a calligraphy table, with original red lacquer. Table top with traditional Chinese design featuring a "floating panel", all...

For sale is a fine exhibition quality English Victorian burr walnut and marquetry circular breakfast table. The top profusely inlaid...

This charming dining table was totally handmade by the Italian Master craftsmen in 1850 circa. It depicts the traditional Italian style of the Mid-19th Century, that widespread in t...

When extended forming a large oval, having extendable sliding supports, raised on turned legs with brass ring casters, top 32" in depth when sides folded down.

American Classical mahogany expandable round to oval dining room table with a turned bulbous centered pedestal on original brass casters. B...

This practical and elegant round Biedermeier dining table comes from Bohemia from the first half of the 19th century. It has a large diameter and comfortably seats up to 6 people. It...

Crafted in England circa 1860, this versatile oak gate leg table is designed in the Jacobean Revival style, characterized by bold baluster-turned legs, a sturdy box stretcher base, a...

English mahogany triple pedestal dining room table with three central fluted urn ringed pedestals, splayed reeded saber legs, and resting on the original lio...

Ancient altana furniture Napoleon III realized in 19th Century in France. Ebony wood and gilded metal. Very good condition.

Long tables from the Philippines, circa 1840. Legs and frame made of Balayong wood, center top plate of one piece of Molava wood. Both types of wood are tropical hardwood types and v...

American, mid-19th century, Late Federal, American Empire flame mahogany drop-leaf dining table. Dining table is 40" deep and 25.75" wide, opening to 54.75" wide with leaves up, Tabl...

Early Pine Dining Table From Spain, Circa 1850

This old farm table is loaded with aged patina and warmth that come from generations of use. As seen in photos, the rich brown has touches of red around the side legs/stretchers. ...

Dining table of mahogany with extension plates, in great antique condition from the 1840s. Fully extendend the table measurese 151 cm.

Large extendable dining table in cherry Germany Cherry Mid 19th century Dimensions: H x W x L: 76 x 109 x 129 cm, extendable to 502 cm Description: Gigantic extending table from t...

Exceptional large French Restauration period - 1815-1830 - solid mahogany carved pedestal oval table. 5 leaves (have been remade in the 20th cent...

19th Century Rustic Italian Dining Table was lovingly hand-crafted from dense, old-growth oak to last for centuries! The top is solid, thick planks of wood dovetailed to join the tw...

Extendable table in solid Tuscan walnut, original farmhouse. The table has two extensions, both extending to measure 230 x 110 x 78 cm. The upper floor shows the signs of burns due...

This handsome table reveals it Spanish Colonial style in the turned legs, trestle stretchers, rounded ends and carved feet. It is the beautiful narra wood f...

A centre table attributed to Holland and Sons related to a table in Clarence House, this exceptional table has a circular top decorated with six radiating amboyna veneers with a border of concentric marquetry rings. The decoration comprising kingwood bands within boxwood stringing, a continuous boxwood laurel wreath with ivory berries on a satinwood ground and further amboyna borders. The frieze has amboyna crossbanding and applied ormolu sunburst medallions. The support is composed of purpleheart columns inlaid with kingwood, terminating in low splayed feet, which encircle a classical urn on a plinth. The superb ormolu mounts include acanthus leaves, classical masks and patera. English, circa 1860. A table with a similar base and particularly fine ormolu mounts was exhibited by Holland and Sons in the International Exhibition in 1862 and illustrated as plate 40 in J. B. Waring’s book (see pages 100-103 for further references to this exhibition). A further closely related piece was in the collection of the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and is shown in the Morning Room in Clarence House in the Daily Mail’s article ‘Inside the private world of Prince Charles’, November 2018. Originally founded by Stephen Taprell and William Holland...

For sale is a good quality Victorian burr walnut & marquetry circular breakfast table, having a well figured and inlaid top, above a...

The Empire dining table, an antique piece featuring intricate intarsia work, crafted from birch wood and originating from Denmark in 1840, is a remarkable testament to the craftsmans...

Large 19th century Louis Philippe Period French walnut table, with a extraordinary two-plank, 2inch+ thick top, with rounded corners, supported by six simply turned legs, joined by d...

English Anglo-Indian (mid-19th century) teak and padauk circular table with a filigree apron and pedestal base having intricate foliate and aviary carvings.

French farm table in massive oak This table has been revised several times over the years, giving it an incomparable patina that tells its own story. Despite its age, this table with...

Beautiful French 19th century dining table with an elliptical shape. This fine table with a massif mahogany tabletop has a very intere...

Indulge in the timeless elegance of this late Biedermeier Salon or Dining Table, originating from South Germany and dating back to 1830-40. Crafted with w...

A dining table made from a 19th century ship's steering wheel, upon an antique binnacle with bronze feet, English, circa 1850. With a modern glass top.

Good Quality Early Victorian Mahogany Extending Dining Table. circa 1850 Standing Upon Turned and Carved Legs with Original Brass Castors. The Table Extends By Way Of a Telescopic...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning original William IV Rosewood and gold leaf embossed green leather Library or dining table with ornately carved pedestal base and tilt top A very good looking well made and decorative piece, hand carved in rosewood, the base is very typical of the William IV era, with the original engraved brass castors and finished with a full hide green leather top that has gold leaf embossing. The table as mentioned is a tilt top, the idea being it could be used as a centre table during the day and a draft excluder...

Sideboard table in solid walnut, has a sliding and open top leads to the compartment below ideal for storing dishes and tablecloths, in the lower part a very elegant reinforcement cr...

From circa 1860, five beautifully turned baluster legs on brass castors, beautiful oak patina on top with a high gloss finish. It is very rare to find one of these made of solid oak...

This calligraphy table, like all the highest quality pieces of Chinese furniture, follows the timeless principles of Chinese architectural design and construction techniques. It has ...