French Provincial End 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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20th Century French French Provincial End Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century French Provincial End Tables
Iron
20th Century American French Provincial End Tables
Leather, Walnut
Early 20th Century French French Provincial End Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Provincial End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial End Tables
Wood
1970s French Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Metal
1970s American Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown French Provincial End Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown French Provincial End Tables
Laminate, Hardwood, Paint
20th Century American French Provincial End Tables
Walnut, Burl
Late 18th Century French Antique French Provincial End Tables
Oak
20th Century French Provincial End Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American French Provincial End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial End Tables
Cane, Wood
Mid-18th Century French Antique French Provincial End Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American French Provincial End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial End Tables
Cane, Wood
Early 20th Century French French Provincial End Tables
Steel
1760s French Antique French Provincial End Tables
Oak
19th Century French Antique French Provincial End Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial End Tables
Rattan, Wood
Early 19th Century French Antique French Provincial End Tables
Pine
20th Century French Provincial End Tables
Mahogany
1970s Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Provincial End Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century French Provincial End Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century American French Provincial End Tables
Walnut
1950s Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Siena Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial End Tables
Wood
20th Century French Provincial End Tables
Hardwood
1970s Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Oak
1950s French Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French French Provincial End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial End Tables
Wood
1930s Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial End Tables
Iron
1930s French Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Granite
Early 20th Century French French Provincial End Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American French Provincial End Tables
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century French French Provincial End Tables
Wrought Iron
1960s Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Leather, Walnut
Late 20th Century American French Provincial End Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Provincial End Tables
Marble
19th Century French Antique French Provincial End Tables
Walnut
1960s Italian Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Rattan
1960s Italian Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Rattan
1910s Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Oak, Walnut
1970s Vintage French Provincial End Tables
Oak
20th Century French French Provincial End Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial End Tables
Brass