Empire End 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.
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Style: Empire
Pair of French Empire Style Burlwood Guéridon Tables
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of mid-century French Empire style side tables, having a round burlwood tabletop, over a single drawer, rising on columnar supports, shaped stretcher, ending in turned feet.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Empire End Tables
Materials
Wood, Burl
Antique Verdi Green Marble Top French Empire Pedestal End Table Circa 1870
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Marble top. Brass accents and claw feet. Wood frame. 29 1/2" h x 15 5/8" diameter.
Condition
Loose trim. Splits in seams. Previous repair. Veneer bubbling.
Category
1870s French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Empire-Style Round Center Table: Elegance in Mahogany and Marble
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the elegance of our French Empire-style round center table, a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship brought to life by our expert team. Crafted from premium mah...
Category
1910s French Vintage Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Empire Circular Table with Black Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a classic French Empire mahogany circular center table, the black marble top over a wide frieze supported by round, slightly tapering columns with brass collars, joined by a ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble
Pair of 19th Century French Marble Top Carved Burl Walnut Gueridon Tables
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a living room or den with this elegant pair of antique round gueridons. Crafted in France circa 1870, each fruit wood table stands on three cabriole legs decorated with bron...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Empire Style Round Side Table, Country Finish
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Empire-style Neo Classic wooden round side table in a rustic country finish, with a dish top, four tapered column legs and an X stretcher base.
Dimensions: 30" W x 30" D x 27....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire End Tables
Materials
Wood
French Empire Mahogany Table with Gold Gilt Ormolu Mounts and Black Granite Top
Located in Savannah, GA
"The French Empire style which impacted furniture design and other arts was popular from about 1804 to 1815, lasting longer in some areas. It developed in France under the reign of e...
Category
1820s French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Granite, Brass
Vintage French Empire Style Side Table in an Ebonized Mahogany Finish, Restored
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage French Empire side table or Empire end table that was recently restored in our Old Plank workshop. The finishing department hand-sanded and stripped the mahogany, without the...
Category
1930s French Vintage Empire End Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Empire Style Ebonized Mahogany Round Table with Marble Top
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Empire or Egyptian Revival small solid mahogany side table, wine table or end table with lion paw feet, that was recently restored with an old school ebonized finish. ...
Category
1890s French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rider Two-Tier Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Parisian Flair. A fab storage solution for an entryway or a bathroom, our Rider two-tier side table is an updated take on French Empire style. Blacken...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Empire End Tables
Materials
Brass
Round Empire Style White Woven Wicker Column Side End Table
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Round Empire style white painted woven wicker accent side or end table featuring a three-column base with braided twist decorations.
Category
20th Century Empire End Tables
Materials
Wicker, Wood
French Empire Style Marble Top table with bronze mounts
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant tall side table made of mahogany with black marble top. It
Is well made with exceptional bronze dore gilt mounts in the empire
Style with a tapered leg ending in bronze dore ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Empire Mahogany & Brass Pedestal ~ End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Empire Mahogany & Brass pedestal ~ end table was hand-crafted in France from exotic imported mahogany and lavished with embossed brass. The patterns appear around...
Category
1890s French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture French Empire Cherry and Burl Wood Nightstands, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of French Empire style nightstands or end tables
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Cherry wood, with burl wo...
Category
1960s American Vintage Empire End Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Empire Style Walnut Nightstand Side Table
Located in Madrid, ES
French Empire side or night table, in walnut wood and original black marble top, a drawer and a cabinet door, with original classic gilded bronze, representing leaves, capitals on it...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Baker Furniture French Empire Cherry and Burl Wood Nightstands, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of French Empire style nightstands or end tables
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Cherry wood, with burl wo...
Category
1960s American Vintage Empire End Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Style Mahogany and Ebonized Side Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful and restored Empire-style Mahogany side table. Round Mahogany top and base with new polish, three ebonized legs with dual ring gilt-wood accent det...
Category
20th Century French Empire End Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood, Wood
Pair of French Empire Style 1940s Ebonized Side Tables with Marble Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Empire style ebonized side tables from the mid 20th century, with marble tops and gilded accents. Created in France during the first half of the 20th century, each o...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century Round Pedestal Pot Cupboard Side Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
19th C. slender fluted cylindrical pedestal mahogany cabinet with marble inset top. Latch on door opens to interior shelving for storage. Can be used as a side table, end table, occa...
Category
19th Century English Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble
Gorgeous French Empire Style Round Side Table with Bronze Mounted Ebony Columns
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French Empire style round walnut side table having gorgeous bronze mounted ebony columns supporting the top which has one drawer with brass knob. Elegant!
#5620.
Category
1950s American Vintage Empire End Tables
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Faux Green Marble Gueridon Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair Gilt Bronze and Faux green marble Empire style Gueridon Tables.
Provenance: From appleTV series, "Dickinson".
Category
20th Century French Empire End Tables
Materials
Composition, Bronze
Empire Style Made In France Side Table Turned Oak Wood & Marble Top, 1950
Located in Miami, FL
We offer an Empire style side table made in France.
Turned oak wood pedestal stand with Marble Top from the late 1950s.
Stamped underneath, Made in France.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble
Empire Side Table From Brede Main Building, Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This amazing table comes from Brede main building outside Copenhagen, Denmark.
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Metal
French Designer, Side Table, Mahogany, Marble, Bronze, France, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
A small Maison Jansen style claw foot and bronze mounted marble-top circular end or side table.
Mahogany, Bronze, Marble
France, 1940s
Category
Mid-20th Century European Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Gueridon with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
19th century beech gueridon with 3 legs on wheels. Legs are detailed with black lacquer at the top and at the base of each column.
Category
1880s French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
French Empire Bronze Lion End Tables
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style bronze end table with 4 legs ending in lion heads holding rings with a round inset black marble top and shelf.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Commodino with Ebonized Detail
Located in Atlanta, GA
The early 19th century Italian Empire commodino with ebonized detail, 1 drawer above cabinet below and gilt metal mounts. All resting on raised shaped legs.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Mahogany Winged Griffins End Table
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) mahogany end/center table with bronze trim and winged griffins on legs with a green rectangular marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Style Ebonized and Gilt End Table
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-Style (1940s) ebonized and gilt trim round end table with bronze trim on apron and a top rim surrounding a mottled mirrored round top. (At...
Category
1940s French Vintage Empire End Tables
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Empire Style Satinwood End Table / Gueridon with Carved and Gilt Guirlandes
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique handcrafted and hand-carved end table.
This Empire style, satinwood end table is beautifully made and very stylish. The finely, hand-carved and gilt wooden guirlandes really ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire End Tables
Materials
Wood, Satinwood
Baltic Empire Style Writing Table or Desk, circa 1910 in Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Baltic writing or sofa table in the Empire style (and edging toward the Art Deco period that would follow.) In Cuban mahogany with carved trestle-base ending in carved li...
Category
1910s Baltic Vintage Empire End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
20th c. French Empire Style End Table
Located in New York, NY
Twentieth century French Empire style end table with a bronze campaign style base with four crossed legs and clawfeet beneath a square ro...
Category
20th Century French Empire End Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Red Empire Style Trompe l'Oeil Side Pedestal Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage Red Empire Style Trompe l'Oeil Side Pedestal Table. It features a faux marble top and ebonized triple hoof feet and gilt trim. It is marked Made In Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Empire End Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Neoclassical French Empire Round Cherry Somno Drum Table Nightstand Cabinet Vtg
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage French Empire style Somno pedestal drum table or bedside cabinet. Made of cherry featuring round form with ebonized columns, brass gallery ...
Category
Late 20th Century Empire End Tables
Materials
Cherry
Empire end tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Empire end 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 end tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire end tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original end tables, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Maitland Smith, and Jonathan Adler. 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 end tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $638 and tops out at $18,750 while the average work can sell for $2,525.
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