Victorian Game Tables

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Marble, hard stone, and mother of pearl inlaid Chess table A very rare find, the top is e...

For sale is a good quality Victorian rosewood games table. The table has an inlaid top which swivels and folds over to reveal a chess board and backgammon. Below this is a single fit...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1880-1900 flamed mahogany demi lune games card table with ornately carved legs A very good looking and well made piece, made i...

A fun and unusual 19th century Victorian English mahogany Bagatelle game board table with nicely aged patina. Featuring a rectangular folding portable game board with warm, rich mahogany wood case exterior, and a patinated brass hinged lid lift top that flips open to extend and reveal the baize (green felt like billiards material) lined gaming surface with semi-circular bentwood bumper at one end adorned with nine numbered holes, arranged with one in the center of the bentwood gallery and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. Framing the board, twenty-four contrasting inlay panels set with five holes run along either side of the board, originally used to keep score. circa 1890 The game board rests partially inset in a fitted mahogany stand base, raised on four straight square legs joined by ‘H’ stretcher. A wonderful piece of game board history, originally designed to sit on top of a dining table or games table, this piece features a fitted stand, making it the ideal size and proportions for use as a one-of-a-kind coffee table, chair side table, cocktail table, low console, or simply displayed as a distinctive decorative folk art piece. Dimensions (approx): 18" High, 31.25" Wide, 15.75" Deep Open: 60" Wide Good condition overall, especially considering age. Dark rich patina over the whole, enhanced by heavy buildup lustrous sheen and antique mahogany glow. No game pieces or accessories included. Age appropriate wear including various imperfections, with expected signs of use, including losses, checking, wear to finish and baize liner, staining, minor splitting to bent wood, all wear consistent with age and indicative of use. All of which adds to the elegant warmth, sophisticated antique character, and overall authenticity. Please refer to photography for complete condition. Delivered lightly cleaned, hand waxed, polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use as furniture. History: The origins of Bagatelle (or its many iterations) are even less clear than most games of a similar history, although we do know it has ties to French Kings, American President Abraham Lincoln, and developed into bar billiards, eventually leading to the development of pachinko and pinball. Bagatelle was a game involving sticks and balls that evolved from efforts to bring outdoor games like ground billiards, croquet, and bowling inside for play during inclement weather. Dating all the way back to the 15th century, the most recent version came about in the 18th century. In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of Louis XIV, billiard tables were narrowed, with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table, and players would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end, in a game inspired as much by bowling as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when knocked down, so they were eventually fixed to the table, and holes in the bed of the table became the targets. Players could ricochet balls off the pins to achieve the harder scorable holes. Quite a number of variations on this theme were developed. In 1777 a party was thrown in honour of Louis XVI and the queen at the Château de Bagatelle, recently erected at great expense by the king's brother, the Count of Artois. Bagatelle from Italian bagattella, signifies 'a trifle', 'a decorative thing'. The highlight of the party was a new table game featuring a slender table and cue sticks, which players used to shoot ivory balls up an inclined playfield. The game was dubbed bagatelle by the count and shortly after swept through France. From 1770 to 1850 Bagatelle was just as popular as Billiards throughout England and Britain. Some French soldiers carried their favorite bagatelle tables...

A Wooden victorian side table with a hand painted game board on the top surface. The charming table could be used as an end table, plant stand or bedside table, with the option to u...

Nice Victorian games or card table in burr walnut Circa 1880 on this collectable antique Features a fold over top which opens out to reveal the beize lined playing surface Bought fro...

Quality Victorian card table in burr walnut We date this piece to circa 1880 Table opens out to reveal green beize lined playing surface for cards or board games Table can also serve...

Elegant early Victorian games table with barley twist stretcher Rosewood games table with a chest board and back gammon inlaid foldover flap We date this piece to circa 1840 Very sol...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lightly restored, exquisite, hand made in England Victorian circa 1860-1880 mahogany framed Chessboard ...

Round games table with marquetry design, string inlay, baluster from pedestal with tripod legs and terminating with a finial. The table tilts for easy storage when not in use. Dimens...

Early-20th Century (1917) wood hinged game box including 24 checkers and 32 chess pieces, hand carved, featuring game board parquetry on the cover, framed by a molded border with eve...

This antique games table is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The top of the tab...

Antique Victorian style wrought iron folding card game table wicker rattan top. Item features wrought iron folding frame, wicker rattan top, ve...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Antique Walnut & Satinwood fold out games chess table with twin baize lined drawers A very good looking and decorative table, it’s ...

A Victorian walnut side table with a chessboard decorated top. Whimsical characters on one set of squares are hand painted in gold on fade...

19th century burr walnut folding card / games table, having a nice figured top with a moulded edge and decorative floral inlay, the hinged folding top which open out to reveal a gree...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Victorian 1880 Walnut & mahogany marquetry inlaid Chess games table. A very good looking well-made and f...

Elegant Ebonised Occasional Card hall table This stylish Victorian piece has an ebonised finish which is a smooth slightly shiny black finish which was made popular after the dea...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage satinwood, walnut & mahogany chess table with ebonised accents A good looking well ma...

For sale is a good quality Victorian burr walnut fold over card table. Opening to a circular green baise lined interior, above a turned and carved stem standing on ornate legs raised...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely small Victorian 1880 walnut & mahogany marquetry inlaid Chess games table A very good looking well ...

Gorgeous Victorian card or games table in rosewood We date this to circa 1880 Table opens out to reveal playing surface via gateleg mechanism Can function as a great decorative table in it's own right also Our Hertfordshire antiques showroom...

This is an antique fold over games table bearing the name Edwards & Roberts, an English, mahogany piece from the 19th century, circa 1880. Of quality craftsmanship in a dark mahogany In good proportion and displaying desirable aged patina Decorated with blind fret decoration in geometric patterns Pierced fretwork bracketing beneath the delicate frieze Standing upon tapering square section legs United by a lower, ripple-edged gallery tier The top opening with a smooth swivel and fold action...

This is a vintage, baize top side table. An English, mahogany table dating to the late 20th century. Of quality craftsmanship and finish In select mahogany displaying a deep, ric...