English Fir One Drawer Writing Stand, 1800s

American Hepplewhite applewood one drawer stand. The drawer retains its original turned wood drawer pull. American, Lower Delaware Valley, Pennsylvani...

This American Sheraton curly cherry one drawer stand features a single board top on a conforming apron with a single drawer, fitted with its original stamped brass drawer pull. The c...

Pennsylvania walnut single drawer server table on turned legs and joined by a cupid’s bow cut stretcher shelf. The single board top has radius cut corners over an apron drawer fitted with a single turned walnut knob. Tulip poplar...

American country Sheraton one drawer stand. The square single board top is fitted to a conforming apron housing a single drawer with original mushroom knob. The square corner dies co...

American Sheraton painted tulipwood one drawer stand with stretcher shelf. The painted surfaces have been cleaned and refreshed. American, Southeastern Pennsylvania, circa 1820.

American Sheraton mahogany one drawer stand on rope turned legs with ring and spike feet. Note the characteristically thin single board top and dynami...

English pine one drawer writing table which was most likely painted originally and stripped and wax finished in the last 30 years. It has a pl...

An English Georgian period oak side table from the early 19th century, with single drawer, turned legs and stretchers. Born in England during the early years of the 19th century, thi...

An English Georgian period walnut table circa 1800 with rectangular top, beveled edges, single drawer, slender turned baluster legs on ball feet a...

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...

English one drawer table, the top features a beautiful swirl grain and color with a band of satinwood and boxwood cross banding around the perimeter. The fr...

Painted English one drawer table with simulated inlay design on the top and drawer. Nice weathered patina.