1980s Spanish White Wooden Table Imitating Bamboo

1980s Spanish bamboo side table.

1980s pair of Spanish lacquered wooden side tables.

1980s Spanish Handmade bamboo and wicker side table.

Vintage 1980s Spanish 2-drawer side table. The top needs repair.

1980s Spanish brass side table with lead accent decorations in corners and frame.

Vintage 1970s Spanish faux bamboo wooden side table.

Two legged "Triptyk" table by Swedish designer Jonas Bohlin. Table tray constructed in solid wood followed on the circular top of each forged iron stand...

Italian table in painted steel, c.1980s. Painted steel, perforated sheet top. Dimension: W 70 x D 70 x H 72 cm.  

Beautifully time-worn, antique, Southern European, chestnut wood end or side table. This relatively small size antique table is a joy to look at and the history of this kind of table makes it very interesting as well. Pay tables or paying tables were initially used by tax collectors and later in time (in the latter part of the middle ages), when most cities started to have their own currency, came the need for 'money exchangers'. A lot of the first money exchangers in 'early Netherlands' came from the Italian region of Lombardy and their name for these paying tables was 'banco'. Yes, it is this where also the English word 'bank' originates from. Pretty soon these money exchangers, who mainly serviced businessmen and travelers, also started 'safekeeping' and lending money. These tables therefor are at the very root of banking and just like some banks in this day and age, some of these earliest 'bankers' did not keep enough cash in their tables to be able to pay out when clients needed their money. This sometimes would lead to a lynching whereby the table of that particular money lender would be broken into pieces. The Italian word for such a broken table...

Small doctor's table retro vintage white rollable side table around 1980 Features: Rollable model with shelves and 8 drawers Rare and stylish ...

A wooden table from Scandinavia, produced circa 1900. A graceful side table featuring a sliding drawer with original lock and key. Looking like it sprang from a Hans Christen Anderse...

This sturdy English table is designed with an oak top and corresponding oak bottom shelf. Good scale and design.