Antique Moroccan Foldout Inlaid Game Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty refined antique Moroccan game table with multiple uses, crafted in walnut having elaborate inlaid geometric marquetry with bone, mahogany, mo...
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Felt, Ebony, Walnut
Stunning Moroccan Handmade Game Table
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A stunning Moroccan handmade game table. Measures: 28" high and 38.5" square when fully extended.
Wood
$1,539
H 29 in W 36 in D 18 in
1960s Georgian Furnishing Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Console Game Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Made of beautiful mahogany, this console features crafted satinwood inlay detailing the top, the legs and the side panels. Table opens to a beautifully banded finished top in very go...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique English Oak Changeable Multi-game Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
This multi-functional antique piece is a classic example of an 18th century-style English George II metamorphic games table, constructed from solid oak and fine leather. The top flip...
Leather, Oak
$3,000
H 28.5 in W 35.5 in D 17 in
Antique Sheraton Mahogany Inlaid Octagonal Flip Top Game Card Tea Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Sheraton period card or game table, circa 1790-1820. Made from mahogany with crotch mahogany veneer, featuring an inlaid flip top octagonal demilune top supported by square ...
Mahogany
George III Style Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Fold Top Game Console Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century George III Style Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Fold Top Game of Console Table Measure 36" in width, 18" in depth folded in console mode, 36" in depth in Game table mod...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 19th Century Flip-Top Game Table with Inlaid Chessboard
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Early 19th Century Flip-Top Game Table with Inlaid Chessboard Refined early 19th-century game table, designed for chess and card games, exemplifying the understated elegance and fin...
Cherry, Maple, Walnut
$2,875
H 29 in W 39.5 in D 39.5 in
Maitland-Smith Regency Mahogany Inlaid Leather Top Game Table Card Table
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
An exceptional Regency-style game table by Maitland-Smith, masterfully crafted from richly figured mahogany with satinwood crossbanding and exquisite floral marquetry medallions. The...
Leather, Wood
Moroccan Game Table, Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Game table in Moroccan style with intricately inlaid surfaces and a folding tabletop. The inside of the lid is lined with felt and serves as a playing surface. Beneath it are finely ...
Wood
Modern Game Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Beautiful hand crafted game table in Pristine Vintage Faux Shagreen material defines this incredibly functional piece. This table offers a subtle hint of luxury, especially when pair...
Shagreen, Faux Leather
Charles X 1820 maple and mahogany inlaid game table
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant French Charles X period game table, circa 1820, masterfully crafted in mahogany with fine maple inlay throughout. The closed top is beautifully decorated with a central me...
Wood
Antique Victorian Inlaid Chess Table
Located in London, GB
An amazing antique Victorian inlaid chess table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880’s period. It is beautifully made, the top has an inlaid chessboard made...
Wood
Venezia Game Table
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
This stunning table is the ideal surface to play backgammon, chess, and checkers in style. The wood structure is upholstered in leather and features removable legs, so that both sides of the beveled top can be used: a backgammon field with leather inlays on one side and an inlaid chessboard on the other. Under the top three leather-covered trays with compartments store the boxwood chess pawns, the maple and walnut backgammon...
Leather, Wood, Boxwood, Maple, Walnut
$6,500
H 29.75 in W 36 in D 18 in
American Sheraton Cherry Serpentine Tulip Wood Inlaid Game Table, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American Sheraton cherry serpentine game table with a carved reeded edge, outset cut corners, centered lace wood plate surrounded by tulip wood i...
Brass
Antique Moroccan Inlaid Console Game Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Moroccan game table crafted in walnut with elaborate inlays and marquetry consisting of mahogany, walnut, ebony, kingwood and mother of pearl. The console top opens to a felt topped...
Mother-of-Pearl, Felt, Ebony, Kingwood, Mahogany, Walnut
Sold
H 28.5 in W 25.5 in D 12.75 in
SUPERB Syrian Antique Backgammon/Game Table w/ Inlay, - W7832 WE RUNNING A SALE
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
SUPERB Syrian Antique Backgammon/Game Table w/ Inlay, c. early 1940s - W7832 SALE YOU CAN FIND FOR LOWER PRICE, BUT WITH DAMAGE AND PARTS MISSING F...
Wood
Sold
H 33.47 in W 36.23 in D 18.12 in
Antique Damascus Syrian Inlaid Card Chess Backgammon Games table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a profusely inlaid Syrian Damascus games table that dates from Circa 1880, and has multiple geometric and asymmetric inlays of various specimen woods. The hinged lid opens ...
Hardwood, Ebony, Fruitwood, Walnut
Antique Moroccan Inlaid Game Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Remarkable antique Moroccan game table crafted in walnut featuring elaborate geometric inlays, marquetry and micro mosaics composed of mahogany, ki...
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Kingwood, Mahogany
Syrian Games Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine early 20th century inlaid Syrian occasional table of rectangular form with an intricate geometric pattern, inlaid with mosaic bone, ebony, mother of pearl and other woods marq...
Bone, Wood, Ebony
Moroccan Inlaid Card Chess Backgammon Game Table 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Moroccan Moorish Syrian Damascus style Inlaid Card, Chess, Backgammon, Games Table. This profusely inlaid Moorish game table dates from circa 1950, and has multiple geometric...
Fruitwood
19th Century Syrian Damascus Marquetry Games Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning late 19th century, early 20th century Syrian Damascus marquetry and inlaid games table for cards, chess, draughts and backgammon with inlaid counters. The top swivels and ...
Wood
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H 29.5 in W 23.5 in D 23.5 in
Intricately Inlaid Moorish Square Game Table with Pivoting Handkerchief Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressively designed game table featuring a pivoting handkerchief top opening to reveal an intricately inlaid surface centering a removable center...
Wood
Fine Inlaid Moorish Games Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A Moorish games table of on cabriole legs, with a folding top, opening to reveal various games layouts, including a card table. Comprised mainly of olive wood, with hardwood and bone...
Olive
Fine Moorish Inlaid Games Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A Moorish games table of fine quality on cabriole legs, with a lower shelf and envelope top, opening to reveal various games layouts, including a card table. Comprised mainly of oliv...
Bone
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H 30.32 in W 32.29 in D 16.15 in
Antique Damascus Syrian Inlaid Card, Chess, Backgammon, Games table Early 20th C
Located in London, GB
This profusely inlaid Syrian Damascus games table dates from Circa 1900, and has multiple geometric and asymmetric inlays of various specimen woods The hinged lid opens to reveal...
Hardwood, Walnut
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H 31.5 in W 28.35 in D 28.35 in
Antique Syrian Damascus Inlaid Card, Chess, Backgammon, Games Table, 1910s
Located in London, GB
This profusely inlaid Syrian Damascus games table dates from Circa 1910, and has multiple geometric and asymmetric inlays of various exotic veneers. The hinged lid opens to revea...
Hardwood, Walnut
Bring drama and duels of dexterity into your home with vintage, new and antique game tables for every kind of game.
Who doesn’t love a little competition? Historians estimate that early versions of games such as backgammon were played by members of ancient civilizations at least as far back as 3,000 B.C. Chess, which likely originated in India as a game called chaturanga, is a timeworn test of skills and strategy as well, and the modern era’s iteration of the game was enjoyed by nobles at least as early as the 16th century.
While the upper classes in Europe were among the only chess players who could afford the game’s decoratively carved ivory pieces, the game eventually became accessible to the general public. In the late 19th century, the game’s first official chess championships took place, a realm that eventually produced celebrated players such as avowed Eames Executive chair enthusiast Bobby Fischer. Today, antique chessboards have seen an uptick in demand owing to a successful Netflix series in 2020 called The Queen’s Gambit, which chronicles the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon.
Modern versions of chess boards and other home game tables may have evolved to accommodate the variety of games for which they’re used but are still versatile pieces of furniture. Not every card table with chairs is the ideal dining table, but you certainly don’t have to limit a game table to recreational use.
Antique trictrac tables, for example, were products of 18th-century France, wherein furniture makers created what looked like multipurpose neoclassical writing desks and card tables that when their tops were removed revealed trictrac, chess and checkers surfaces. Other game tables, in a complete commitment to fun, merely support good old-fashioned competition. Contemporary Ping-Pong (or table tennis) tables, which have origins in 1880s Victorian England, can be quite sophisticated in form and are made from a variety of materials today. A billiards table is an iconic piece for any game room or living room, but your pool table is really going to be used for only one thing, right?
Antique or new Regency-style game tables, mid-century modern tables or Art Deco–style card tables, perhaps fashioned from rosewood or mahogany, might be equipped with convertible tabletops to shift from meals to game time in a snap. If you prefer poker or opt for a card table topped with a checkerboard, convenient drawers and other compartments can be found in new and vintage game tables that fit poker chips or other types of game pieces perfectly.
Find a range of top-quality vintage and antique game tables on 1stDibs that can help you introduce a bit of class to every competition at home.