1860s Tables

We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime pair of antique 19th century, 12 sided, side tables with hand carved mahogany frames and green velvet upholstery These are a very ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely Italian Giltwood with marble top console table circa 1860 Venice Please note the delivery fee l...

Directoire style desk with cylinder top, France 19th century Mahogany veneer with satinwood inlays. This elegant little desk is perfect for a small working space. The writing top fo...

Napoleon III / Louis XVI Gold Holz White Marmor Center Table 1860s A rectangular table made of gilded wood is resting on four slender richly sculpted spindle shaped legs with lanceolate leaf decration. The front and both sides decorated with laurel leaf friezes between stylized floral paterae which surmount the legs. The table is topped by a red and grey marble slab which is framed by a neoclassical Lesbian leafs and darts frieze. Charming small center table...

Center table, Italy, third quarter of the 19th century Huge centre table made in golden and carved wood. The plate is in Scagliola. This table is in Pietra Dura with represents a...

A beautiful and rare antique Victorian burr walnut leather top kidney shaped desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880 period. The quality is outstanding, t...

A fine transitional style gilt-bronze and Sèvres style porcelain mounted Jewelry box on stand, attributed to Alphonse Giroux. This exquisite pe...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original circa 1860 Mahogany library table with built in twin writing slopes This is a very r...

With an old Canton black and gold lacquer top set in a painted faux bamboo frame, faux bamboo straight legs.

19th century Venetian Walnut Console Table, Having Shaped Top with Vert Tinos Marble Insert, Carved Apron, and Elaborate Base Focused with Lion Face Mask Flanked by Heavy Scrolls, Ga...

Small sideboard or Side Table with scallop apron, 2 drawers in very good condition.

Bistro dining table in bentwood and cane designed by Michael Thonet. Originally designed in the 1860s and produced by Thonet in the 20th century by multiple factories. Size: chairs: 57x49x96.5 seat height 46 Arm height 67 centimeter table: ø85.5 height 75 centimeter Condition: used. The lacquer has worn out on some places. The stained beech wood has discoloration. Cane in the table top is good. The cane in two seats is damaged. The cane in one back is damaged. One arm has a crack in a curve. Some small wood details are missing. The cane can be repaired or replaced professionally on request. Michael Thonet The development of bentwood for use in furniture is one of history’s most significant innovations in design. A range of renowned mid-century modern designers such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames drew heavily on this technological advancement, and the success of their enduring works owes to the efforts of pioneering German-Austrian industrialist and designer Michael Thonet — founder of Thonet and widely considered the father of bentwood furniture. Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century cabinetmaker and master of parquetry Michael Thonet who is most often associated with this now-classic technique. Thonet in 1856 patented a method for bending solid wood through the use of steam, and from there, the bentwood look skyrocketed to furniture fame. He experimented with bending birch rods into rounded shapes — forming delicately seductive, curving Art Nouveau creations that were a daring departure from the heavy, hand-carved designs attributed to his contemporaries. The Boppard-born Thonet honed his carpentry skills in his father’s workshop, where he carried out experiments with plywood and modified the Biedermeier chairs that populated the studio. He received an invitation from Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich to contribute Neo-Rococo interiors to the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna. From there, the cabinetmaker gained international recognition, including at London’s Great Exhibition of 1851, which featured works created by members of the Arts and Crafts movement as well as industrial products. Thonet showed a range of furniture at the fair and won the bronze medal for his bentwood chairs. He ​​incorporated his family’s company, the Thonet Brothers — or Gebrüder Thonet — with his sons in 1853. Considered the world’s oldest mass-produced chair, Michael Thonet’s ubiquitous Chair No. 14 demonstrated that his patented bentwood technology made it possible to efficiently produce furniture on an industrial scale. Often called the Coffee House chair — the company’s first substantial order was for a Viennese coffeehouse — the No. 14 remains an icon. Thonet originally designed the chair in 1859, and it is considered the starting point for modern furniture. Composed of just six parts, the chair, with its simple, lightweight design, belies its durability. The No. 14 was followed by the No. 18, or the Bistro chair, in 1867, and the 209, or the Architect’s chair, of which Le Corbusier was a fan. (The influential Swiss-French architect and designer used Thonet furniture in his Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau at the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris.) The business began mass-producing furniture. By the end of the 1850s, there were additional Thonet workshops in Eastern Europe and hundreds of employees. Michael Thonet’s reputation attracted the attention of notable architects including Otto Wagner, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Thonet’s patented bentwood technology also yielded an improvement to rocking chairs for his company — in the middle of the 19th century, Michael produced a series of rockers in which the different curved parts were integrated into fluid, sinuous wholes. Thanks to Thonet, the humble rocker acquired something unexpected: style. And bentwood furniture was embraced by a series of design greats — the innovation can be found in the seating that Josef Hoffman designed for Thonet, in the elegant Superleggera chair created by Gio Ponti and Alvar Aalto’s expressive Paimio armchair...

A lovely quality 19th Century walnut writing table, the shaped top having a black leather writing surface decorated with blind and gold tooling, finely carved ormolu moulded edge run...

This English Victorian period tilt-top table has a octagonal top, decorated with polychrome paint and inlaid mother-of-pearl, depicting a landscape with antique temple architecture, ...

A superb quality large 19th century French Kingwood and ormolu mounted bureau-plat desk, having a rectangular shaped top with an ormolu moulded edge, decorative shell engraved corner...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original pair of circa 1860 Napoleon III gold giltwood, marble topped, side tables A totally original pair, the hardwood frames have...

The lower cupboard doors and center door have the original carved wooden knobs and back panel. The center drawer is a cellarette.

Circa 1860 star inlaid top side table with drawer, English. Specimen wood inlaid top. Hidden apron drawer. Mahogany with oak secondary. Turned pedestal base with 3 outswept, shaped l...

An extremely fine gilt bronze mounted parquetry kidney shaped writing table attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. English Circa 1865 The rosewood lozenge trellis inlaid kidney shape...

In the style of Ado Chale, a black resin low table with two quartz inclusions. Two-tones conic brass legs. The table can be illuminated from below. Sig...

1860s English tea caddy box / table.

An English mahogany 19th century three tier dessert on wheels having shaped and carved columns.

This rare and original French painter’s table from the mid-19th century is a truly unique piece, crafted around 1850 in the shape of a painter’s palette. With a design that predates ...

A superb quality 19th Century rosewood cente table, the wonderfully figured, shaped and moulded edge top above a carved frieze incorporating carved floral and shell decoration, suppo...

Stunning quality burr walnut Victorian marquetry centre table. List 1860 The table is raised upon a triform base with shaped and heavily carved legs and a turned and carved column. T...

Early Victorian Mahogany 2 Leaf Extending Dining Table. An extending dining table is a versatile piece of furniture designed to accommodate varying numbers of people during mealtime ...

19th Century French Second Empire Mahogany Round End Table is a superlative example of the revival of the Empire style that occurred during the reign of Napoleon's nephew, Napoleon I...

19th Century French Louis XIV Wrought Iron Demilune Console with Black Marble dates to the Napoleon III period and recalls the splendor of the ag...

Highly unusual Victorian Burr Yew Teapoy. Circa 1860 Standing on Bun feet with a platform base and a ring turned column. The top opens to reveal 2 x lidded tea compartments and 2 x ...

Rectangular with pollard oak veneer top with central reversible game board. The frieze containing two drawers. The ends of the table with carved Tudor rose decoration. Trestle base w...

Victorian Mahogany Writing Table. Circa 1860 This Writing Table Features Lyre End Supports, a Shaped Undershelf and Shaped Feet. The Top of the Writing Table Having 2 Oak Lined Cushi...

A superb antique Victorian pedestal desk, beautifully made from satin wood. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-188...

Victorian walnut freestanding pedestal desk, the desk has a tan leather top with three drawers underneath, each pedestal has three drawers all with brass handles, there are dummy dra...

This is a beautiful early 19th century French desk are what we would probably use as an end table or side table, Amazing patina and age showing everywhere, resting on four turned leg...

You are viewing a rare and finely quality 19th century Italian walnut and marquetry stretcher or hall table Features a finely carved dolphin / sea serpent base Circa 1860 Inlay work ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian circa 1860-1880 Mother of Pearl black lacquered with ornate gold leaf floral h...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, antique circa 1860, hand carved English Oak Eagle console table with fine Italian C...

An English Georgian-revival single pedestal mahogany dining table with one leaf. The top and leaf of solid mahogany planks, the b...

Circa 1850's Rare, original folding Campaign table from England. Authentic patina in sturdy but time honoured condition. Original brass hardware. Exuding charm and character and y...

French coffee table with chinoiserie French side table with chinoiserie, finely decorated with Chinese lacquer, in the interior compartment divided into small spaces and small drawe...

An unusual amboyna Napoleon III secretaire desk by Diehl, the rectangular top above a single long frieze drawer which opens to reveal a leather-inset secretaire with a pigeonhole fla...

Victorian burr walnut games table of demi lune form. This table is raised upon shaped and carved legs with original porcelain castors. Circa 1860 The columns being of a turned form. ...

Napoleon III side table, France, 1860-1870. This unusual Napoleon III side table has an exquisite kingwood veneer and marquetry. Parts of the outside are ebonized and the top has a c...

Large antique Victorian quality freestanding carved mahogany centre table having a large quality freestanding mahogany rectangular shaped top with a carved edge, fabulous carved frie...

A smart and extremely well made antique Victorian leather top pedestal desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880 period. It is of superb quality and is a lo...

You are viewing an elegant Victorian stretcher table in walnut Features a plethora of intricate inlay work showing mainly floral motifs Legs are ornately carved, very detailed Circa ...

Victorian walnut and marquetry inlay centre table with ormulo mounts Circa 1860 Lovely shaped top with curves that are ergonomic and comfortable to sit at Inlay designs include flora...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and desirable, circa 1860-1880 wrought iron with marble top radiator cover Please note the...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine antique pie crust edge tripod table after the original by Gillow's of Lancaster with flamed mahogan...

Pretty Victorian Mahogany Wine Table. circa 1860 The Top of the Wine Table Features Flame Mahogany Timbers With Scalloped Moldings. The Table Stands upon Shaped Legs with a Ring T...

Gorgeous antique Chinese hardwood side table Circa 1860 with round marble top Great designs to intricately carved base Offered in great shape ready for home use right away We sh...

Pretty Victorian walnut occasional table Circa 1860 Standing upon swept legs with carved knees a turned stretcher and turned columns The shaped top of the table having good quality b...

Pair of Victorian mahogany bow fronted bedside cabinets Circa 1860 These cabinets are raised upon plinth bases with thumb moldings Each cabinet having an an arrangement of 4 mahogany...

We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made, antique Victorian circa 1860-1880 pine blanket chest which can be used as a coffee table A very good looking well made...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, Victorian circa 1860 hand carved English oak centre table with recumbent lion legs A very good looking well made and d...

A thread table from the mid-19th century, Western Europe. The furniture is in very good condition. Dimensions: height 79 cm / width 38 cm / depth 31 cm

An exceptionally large and magnificent pair of French Empire Napoleonic Sèvres porcelain gilt bronze mounted pedestals. These are a exceptionally beautiful pair of 19th century 24-karat raised gold decorated, gilt bronze-mounted, onyx and Sèvres porcelain pedestals...

This is an antique butler's stand. An English, mahogany serving tray and folding rest, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1860. Enhance your drinks party with this attractive...