Although named for the last Stuart monarch of England, antique Queen Anne furniture, with its curvy cabriole legs and pad feet, has its origins in the earlier reign of King William III, which began in 1689 and ended with his death in 1702. Later evolving during Anne’s rule from 1702–14, the style would continue to influence design in the decades after her death.
Sometimes called late Baroque or early Georgian, Queen Anne chairs, bedroom furniture and tables are subdued yet ornate and characterized by a graceful blend of influences ranging from Asian design to classical motifs. Furnishings of this era — with their curvilinear supports and novel emphasis on comfort and versatility — are marked by a shift away from the more opulent and angular William and Mary style.
Chairs designed in the Queen Anne style are more functional and lightweight than their predecessors. They often feature a vase or fiddle-shaped splat, which refers to the central vertical back element, in order to support the spine and plush cushions. Craftsmen of the era predominantly worked in walnut, maple and pine. Any embellishments they introduced in their furnishings were frequently minimal and refined and expressed by way of modest flourishes such as shells or scrolls. Some pieces were more lavish with “japanned” finishes, or varnished interpretations of East Asian lacquer art. Almost every piece of furniture, whether a tea table or desk, included S-shaped, animalistic cabriole legs that end in a paw or claw-and-ball form.
These qualities made Queen Anne furniture popular throughout Europe and North America. Boston and Philadelphia became hubs for the production of this style of furniture, spurred by the arrival of British artisans who fostered a market for well-heeled colonists. While the showier Chippendale style later surpassed it in popularity, Queen Anne’s simple elegance still draws an enduring appreciation.
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English Queen Anne Style Mahogany Card/Game Table w/ Tooled Leather Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Designer: The Williamsburg Galleries Manufacturer: The Williamsburg Galleries Materials: Mahogany, Red Gilt-Tooled Leather, Brass Pull This ...
Brass
Henredon Queen Anne Carved Mahogany Breakfast Table or Game Table, Refinished
By Henredon
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne or Georgian style two-drawer game table or breakfast table By Henredon, "Aston Court" Collection USA, Circa 1980s Carved banded mahogany, with original brass...
Brass
Queen Anne Games Table Card Walnut
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A rather unusual Queen Anne style games table This games table is raised upon cabriole legs with pad feet and carved shells to the knees Circa 1900 The green leather top of the table...
Walnut
Queen Anne Walnut Games Table
Located in Essex, MA
With concertina action and a shaped rectangular top opening to a green baize lined playing surface. Tapered circular legs with pad feet.
Walnut
English Queen Anne Concertina Action Flip Top Game Table, 18th Century
Located in Buffalo, NY
Queen Anne concertina action flip top game table. The table is designed with lieu pockets and turreted porringer corners constructed of mahogany and matched mahogany veneers . The ga...
Mahogany
English Queen Anne Mahogany Hinged Triple Top Inlaid Trumpet Game Table, C. 1730
Located in Charleston, SC
English Queen Anne mahogany hinged triple top game table with outset corners, interior inlaid satinwood and ebony backgammon playing surface, int...
Brass
$1,200Sale Price|45% Off
Vintage British Queen Anne Style Carved Mahogany Game Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
English burled mahogany game table, a classic piece of 18th-century inspired craftsmanship. The cookie corners and slender shell-topped cabriole legs add a delicate and refined touch...
Mahogany
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English Queen Anne Cuban Mahogany Acanthus Foliage Games Table w/ Pad Feet, 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
English Queen Anne Cuban mahogany one board hinged games table with flanking carved outset corners, supporting rear gate leg, flanking carved acanthus foliage knees, and resting on t...
Mahogany
Burl Wood Leather Top Gate Leg Game Table or Console Att. Theodore Alexander
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a handsome inlaid burl wood leather top gate leg game or console table attributed to Theodore Alexander. The tooled leather top is in very good condition. The Queen Anne styl...
Brass
English Queen Anne Mahogany Leather Interior Game Table with Pad Feet, C. 1740
Located in Charleston, SC
English Queen Anne one board mahogany game table with interior leather card playing surface, four oval poker chip holders, exterior brass bat wing escutcheon with locking mechanism, ...
Brass
Vintage Queen Anne Leather Top Game Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptionally elegant Queen Anne style game table is a masterclass in traditional craftsmanship and playful design. Crafted from rich, warm mahogany, the table features classic ...
Gold Leaf
Queen Ann Solid Mahogany Pull Out Trays Gallery Top Side End Table MINT
By Kittinger Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Queen Ann Solid Mahogany Pull Out Trays Gallery Top Side End Table MINT
Brass
Mid Century Style Leather Top Game Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern style leather top square game table. The gilt-tooled leather top is ready for play, with pivoting hinged drawers on ...
Leather, Wood
Drexel Heritage Regency Style Leather And Mahogany Game Table
By Drexel
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Drexel Heritage Regency Style Leather And Mahogany Game Table Dimensions : 29" Tall X 36.5" Long X 26" Wide This game table was made by Drex...
Leather, Mahogany
Custom Walnut Game Table with Ebony Backgammon and Chess Table
Located in New York, NY
Custom walnut and mahogany backgammon table that converts to chess with a slide out board. New production. Made to order in walnut and mahogany. Designed and made in NYC, each tab...
Walnut
$2,100Sale Price|30% Off
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
Late 19th Century Lyre Base Mahogany Fold Top Game Table Card Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 19th Century Lyre Base Mahogany Fold Top Table. Measures 26" in width, 26" in depth (open) ,13" in depth (folded) and 24" in height.
Mahogany
19th Century English Regency Flip Top Chessboard Games Table
Located in Forney, TX
A fine quality, exquisitely handcrafted, antique English games / sewing table finished in Regency taste. Born during the third quarter of the 19th century, featuring stunning burl wa...
Leather, Satinwood, Walnut
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
$2,973
H 29 in W 36 in D 18 in
Liberty & Co. an Anglo-Moorish Arts & Crafts Walnut Fold over Card & Games Table
Located in London, GB
By Liberty & Co, a fold-over games and card table in walnut aligned to the Arts and Crafts movement (1880–1910), c.1890s. The top opens to a green baize playing surface. Below, a Moo...
Walnut
Giacometti-style iron game or breakfast table with travertine top
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Giacometti-style hand-forged iron and travertine game table, customized exclusively for THE TASTEMAKER SHOPPE! The top is reversible, one side being a honed-travertine treated with a...
Travertine, Iron
Late 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Game Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This Dutch game table/console is made of mahogany with impressive satinwood marquetry, circa 1795. When in demilune form the beautiful marquetry motifs of flowers, overflowing vase, ...
Metal
Vintage Flame Mahogany Convertible Game Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite antique flip-top games table is a testament to 19th-century craftsmanship, featuring a breathtaking flame mahogany veneer that ripples with deep, shimmering grain. Dra...
Brass
Duncan Phyfe Mahogany Pedestal Game Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a mahogany Duncan Phyfe Game table. The table rest on a pedestal 4 leg base. The pedestal is urn shaped. The top swivels to reveal a storage s...
Mahogany
18th Century Queen Anne Mahogany Shell Carved Card or Gaming Table
Located in Milford, NH
A nice example of an English Queen Anne mahogany hand carved card or game table with shell carved cabriole legs with pad feet, single frieze drawer with original hardware. Opens to r...
Brass
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H 30.5 in W 40.5 in D 40.5 in
Queen Anne Style Burton-Ching Burl Wood Game Table W Shagreen Leather Top
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Queen Anne Style Burton-Ching Burl Wood Game Table W Shagreen Leather Top.
Leather, Wood
English Queen Anne Carved Walnut Work/Games Table, 19th c.
Located in New Orleans, LA
English Queen Anne Carved Walnut Work/Games Table, 19th c., the gadrooned edge top opening to a leather inset gaming surface over a pull out backgammon board above a compartmented se...
Walnut, Burl
English Queen Anne Carved Walnut Work/Games Table, 19th c.
Located in New Orleans, LA
English Queen Anne Carved Walnut Work/Games Table, 19th c., the gadrooned edge top opening to a leather inset gaming surface over a pull out backgammon board above a compartmented se...
Walnut, Burl, Velvet, Leather, Felt
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H 29 in W 32 in D 16 in
Pennsylvania House Queen Anne Style Cherry Folding Turret-Top Action Game Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid Century Pennsylvania House Queen Anne Style Cherry Folding Turret-Top Action Game Table. Very sturdy. Close to be console table an...
Cherry
English Queen Anne Concertina Action Flip Top Game Table, c. 1725
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Queen Anne concertina action flip top game table. The table is designed with lieu pockets and turreted porringer corners constructed of mahogany and matched mahogany veneers on Engli...
Baize, Mahogany, Oak
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H 29 in W 34 in D 34 in
Kindel Furniture Queen Anne Mahogany Petite Extension Dining Table or Game Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne style petite extension dining table or game table By Kindel Furniture USA, circa 1980s Beautiful book-matched mahogany top, with carved solid mahogany ...
Mahogany
Queen Anne Mahogany Triple Top Games Table, 18th C
Located in Astoria, NY
Queen Anne light mahogany hinged triple top game table with outset corners, interior inlaid satinwood and walnut backgammon playing surface, inte...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Queen Anne Style Games Table Desk Speckled by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical flip-top games table or writing table lacquer speckled by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The table features a flip-top that opens to nearly 48 inches open and 36 i...
Wood, Pine
English Leather Top Game Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Introducing the English leather top game table, a stunning piece of 18th-century inspired craftsmanship. The table boasts a rich walnut finish t...
Leather, Wood
Backgammon Chess Set Game Table Cabriole Queen Ann Style Legs
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Backgammon Chess game table Cabriole Queen Ann style legs.
Mahogany
Rare English Queen Anne Walnut Games Table
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare English Queen Anne period walnut games table, ca 1705. Of superb, deep, rich colour and patination. Nb. With the fashion for more intimate living, beginning with the Queen Anne period (1702-1714), we find much increased demand for smaller furniture. This table dates from ca 1700 when gaming had developed further into a highly popular diversion for the wealthy. It is rare to find tables of this form made in walnut - the majority are in oak. At this time the enthusiasm for tea, coffee and chocolate drinking grew enormously, for which small movable tables were much in demand. Of special interest are the beautifully-shaped stretchers and the hint of a 'Spanish foot...
Walnut