17th Century Side Tables

A sensational Arte Populaire Billot used for grinding grains, corn, wheat, etc. It is constructed from a massive billot, chopping block with many iron pieces embedded into the surfac...

Carved to exceptional naturalistic effect, the base of the present console table takes the shape of a pear tree entwined with vines, its roots firmly planted in a grassy knoll, lush with vegetation. With shaped Breccia Capitolina marble top. The fashion for such tables had been initiated in seventeenth-century Italy by the preeminent artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), who – whilst primarily celebrated as a sculptor – was also active as a painter and as a furniture designer. As observed by scholar Alvar González-Palacios, it is amply recorded that “Bernini took punctilious care with the supports of his statues”, including for the pedestal of his renowned Apollo and Daphne in Rome’s Villa Borghese. In about 1617, Bernini carved a Carrara marble figure of the martyred Saint Lawrence that is considered by many a masterpiece of his early career, visible today in Florence’s Palazzo...

A chic vintage Boho side table. Gorgeous cerused team with a clotted design. Coordinating drum table also available on my Chairish page. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate

17th Century solid yew wood side table having a plank top with moulded edges. A single frieze drawer with brass handles and escutcheons. Raised on very nice, well turned legs and the...

A late 17th century elm and oak, pad foot small country side table with drawer. An oblong shaped, associated plank solid oak top of similar period. Plain elm frieze with the later ad...

A period Louis XIII French walnut side table with single drawer and barley-twist legs from the mid-17th century. Born at the end of the reign of King Louis XIII, father of the Sun King, this exquisite French walnut table features a rectangular top with beveled edges, sitting above a simple apron, adorned in its central part with a single fluted drawer...

A very handsome pair of Italian 17th century walnut side tables from Luca. Each table is raised by topie shaped feet and most decorative turned legs connected by an X shaped stretche...

A handsome pair of Italian 17th-century walnut, Vert Patricia, and Brocatelle d'Espagne marble side tables. The tables are raised on four turned legs and connected by a curved H-shap...

A fine English pre-William-and-Mary, circa 1680 Charles II period side table of rectangular form, the moulded-edge parquetry top inlaid with Laburnum cross-section veneer or 'oysteri...

A remarkable 17th century English William and Mary oak table with a three-plank top over a plain frieze, and with tapered turned legs, turne...

With a thick single board top over two carved panelled drawers flanking a geometric form panel, the drawers with nicely wrought iron handles and escutcheons, panelled sides, raised o...

A French Louis XIII period walnut side table from the 17th century, with single drawer, carved diamond motif, turned baluster legs, cross stretcher of similar style with carved finia...

A 17th century side table in oak having molded edge top over single drawer with double drop pulls on turned legs joined by a splendid crossed stretcher with shaped arms. Lovely patin...

An early English oak table having two plank top with molded edge with overhang to all sides, over single drawer with center bronze pull, on corkscrew legs joined by rectangular secti...

George III Regency period mahogany sofa table in the manner of Thomas Chippendale the Younger. The rounded rectangular twin flap top cross banded in satinwood with two cedar lined frieze drawers inlaid with brass stringing on gilt metal mounted Egyptian channelled...

Lovely Charles II period English oak side table. The richly patinated oak top with heavy thumb molded edge over single drawer with double molded panels standing on block and ball tur...

Very decorative and charming pair of console tables of Italian origin, the wooden silvered and cream painted bases with cabriole legs and scrolling ornaments supporting a cheerfully ...

17th Century oak side table from England. The top is made from nicely grained planks and have a beveled edge, following down to simple side...

Very good William and Mary period oak single drawer side table with thumb molded top over single drawer, standing on balustrade turned legs joined by characterful flat shaped stretch...

A very fine table with exquisite floral marquetry top with central urn of flowers surrounded by flowers and birds all within scrolling arabesques. Carved giltwood edge.Containing a f...

An early English oak side table with lovely well-patinated three plank molded top with flying overhangs to sides above single drawer with two drop pulls surrounded by edge molding, o...

A fine 17th century English oak side table with a lovely well-patinated two plank moulded top with with flying overhangs above a s...

Lovely little Spanish table called tocinera in walnut from the Spanish Renaissance. Very beautiful little model which has a very beautiful base with a superb turning ending with bal...

Offered is this stunning and unique early 17th-century antique drop-leaf / side table with a beautiful patina. This rare and highly original early 17th-century table has developed a...

Quality antique French marquetry étagère, with lovely marquetry inlaid shaped top, two shaped under-tiers with marquetry inlay, standing on four ebon...

A Neoclassical gilt-wood table with marble top above a panelled frieze decorated with interlaced circles puntuated by carved leaves spaced by mouldings. The square tapered and fluted...

A Spanish Carlos II Walnut Sidetable, 17th Century Provenance: Private South Australian Collection. Description: The plank top over a single panelled frieze drawer of four moulded ...

Very charming alpine table of late Gothic design, the one plank top supported by sides ending in shoe feet with simple decoration, one drawer above a conn...

Flemish 17th century carved oak table circa 1690. We are pleased to offer this 17th century table which was often called a rent table. Over-sailing solid oak top which has now been...

Elegant, 17th /early 18th-century, x-stretcher, oak Anglo-Dutch sidetable • Elegant sidetable injecting period charm into contemporary, modern or historic interiors • Fluid form ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this really quite lovely hand made in Belgium circa 1670 Charles II oak single drawer side table Please not...

An English 17th century oak boarded and joined clap front coffer or ark chest with later replacement hinged lid. Beautiful dark colour and deep patination...

Walnut and marble table North of Italy, 17th century Wood and black marble H 80,5 x L 114 x P 58 cm This elegant table features a one single solid marble top directly mounted on f...

Wonderful little 17th century period oak one drawer side / lamp table in a stunning colour. 1690. Code: 8530 Dimensions: W: 32" (81.3 cm) H: 29" (73.7 cm) D: 21" (53.3 cm)

Exceptional 17th Century Italian Walnut Commodino. Crafted with remarkable attention to detail, this rare antique features five generously sized drawers, all adorned with original pe...

A fine Dutch walnut, kingwood and marquetry side table, the top late 17th-early 18th century and later, in the manner of Jan van Mekeren. With a later base, rectangular, inlaid with a design of a fruit basket and flowers surmounted by a bird, within a ground acanthus leaves, lozenge and flowerhead, cross-banded borders, long single drawer ensuite, tapering legs. Provenance: formerly the dressing table of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe.

A beautiful Italian 17th century Tuscan st. Walnut desk/side table. The two drawer desk is raised by sleek rectangular tapered legs at a most decorative slanted angle connected by a ...

This is a fine-quality Charles II side table made in solid oak in the late 17th century. It has three plank bold top that was attached to the frame with wooden pens. The table has a ...

An Extremely Rare Pair of William and Mary Side Tables, with original Carrara Marble Tops Carefully stripped to reveal the scintilla remnants of the original black japanned surface;...

Among the most beautiful examples of hardstone artistry that have ever entered our collection, these important Grand Ducal pietre dure console tables are in a class all their own. Their powerful architectural elegance, impressive size and rarity make them two of the finest hardstone masterpieces ever created and quite possibly the greatest pair of pietre dure tables in existence. With their naturalistically rendered flowers and birds, these tabletop panels showcase the particularly fine quality craftsmanship of the Grand Ducal workshops in Florence during the first quarter of the 17th century. Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici, one of the most important personages in the annals of art history, established the Grand Ducal Workshop in 1588. The workshop specialized in the art of pietre dure developed from the ancient art of opus sectile, giving rise to the most luxurious and detailed examples of hardstone artistry ever produced. Its patrons were the Popes and Royals of Europe, and the quality of the objects produced in the workshop is without equal. Typically, because of the high level of workmanship the art form requires, pietre dure plaques were crafted in small sizes. The great majority of known examples of pietre dure are a fraction of the size of our grand tables. The combination of pietre dure and extensive use of other rare decorative hardstones such as lapis lazuli and pietra paesina or “ruin marble” meant that these tabletops were surely produced for a wealthy collector. The tables are further distinguished by their superbly carved bases by Andrea Brustolon, known as the “Michelangelo of wood.” Brustolon was a Venetian wood sculptor known for his exuberant and intricate Baroque furniture. His high Baroque style was influenced by his years studying in Rome, where he was exposed to the sculpture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Crafted in the early 18th century, these bases display Brusolon’s unmatched talent for both figural and foliate work, combining cupids, masks and oversized scrolling vines for a grand, ornate effect. Similar furnishings by Brustolon are held in museums worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Museum of Scotland and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the Ca' Rezzonico Museum in Venice features an entire room dedicated to the sculptor. For approximately 150 years, these tables were part of the famed Stoneleigh Abbey collection owned by the Lord Leigh family. This renowned English country estate inspired Jane Austen to write Mansfield Park. Lord Leigh eventually sold the tables at Christie’s London in 1962, and the pair have stayed in the collection of the same Florentine family who purchased them from Christie's until we recently acquired them. Our tables are prominently pictured in the important Saul Levy book Il Mobile Veneziano del Settencento. The pietre dure plaques date circa 1625-1650. The decorative tops likely would have originally been sold with a pair of plain stone columns to display them, and Lord Leigh would have commissioned the custom bases from Brustolon circa 1714 when he added the impressive four-story fifteen-bay Baroque West Wing to Stoneleigh Abbey. A similar single Grand Ducal tabletop is in the United Kingdom’s National Trust Collection, and a smaller tabletop resides in Buckingham Palace. The flower and bird panels in our examples relate to the famous Badminton Cabinet...