18th Century and Earlier Side Tables

18th century Irish Chippendale mahogany side table of rectangular form, the moulded top with carved banding of flowerhead and ribbon motif raised over pierced apron with central styl...

A charming French 18th century Louis XV period Rosewood and ormolu side table circa 1750. The small scale table is raised by elegant slender cabriole legs with lovely foliate ormolu ...

Unusual Modern Side Table with a prehistoric 20-300 Million Year Old Petrified Wood Top. Custom made chrome base.

These tables feature beautiful specimen marble tops which were crafted in Italy in the 18th century. The tops are inlaid with a variety of marble types, cut into diamond-shaped block...

A Louis XVI period ormolu-mounted writing table with a drawer on one end and a writing slide on the other, raised on tapered legs with ormolu sabots.

A fine George III Chippendale period mahogany side table with superb parquetry top, the frieze carved with blind fret, good original color and condition.

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 ...

An exceptional Italian 18th century Tuscan st. Walnut, patinated wood and onyx side table. The oval table is raised by a beautiful X shaped base with fine patinated ball feet, concav...

A fine George III mahogany three-tier side table, circa 1760. With finely figured top above a frieze drawer, scroll brackets, and two concave galleried under-tiers on square chamf...

A stunning and very high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period Mahogany, flamed Mahogany and ormolu vanity/side table. The two drawer vanity table is raised by delicate topie ...

A charming French 18th century Louis XV period painted side table. The beautiful table is raised by elegant tapered cabriole legs decorated with fine painted fillets which leads up each leg and along the most decorative scalloped shaped apron. The apron is decorated with charming finely detailed hand painted floral designs while each side displays a single drawer with richly chased pierced foliate ormolu handles and additional lovely floral designs. The top displays a most charming and wonderfully executed central hand painted woven basket with a beautiful luxuriant array of flowers, one lovebird at the center and another flying above and holding the basket in its talons. At the border is a fine foliate gold tooled band...

A Fine Louis XVI Mahogany Leather Top Table Attributed to Canabas Joseph Canabas maitre 1766 Height 28 in. Width 27 in. Depth 17 in. Tab84

18th century George III mahogany silver table, the moulded dish top over shaped frieze centred with carved shell supported on cabriole...

A George III Mahogany Tilt-Top Table 18th Century. Great color and patination. Height 26 x diameter of top 21 1/2 inches.

An elegant and high-quality 18th century circa. 1760 French Louis XV period side table/desk. The table in tulipwood and kingwood is raised b...

A fine 18th century satinwood pier table of superb colour and patination with cross banding, standing on elegant square tapering legs.

Hepplewhite side table with burled wood top. Two drawers. One with key. 21.5″W x 17.25″D x 28″H

A most attractive French 18th century Directoire period mahogany and Brèche marble tilt top side table. The table is raised by three elegantly scrolled legs with their original caste...

18th century Austrian Occasional Table with Hand Beaded Rectangular Top with Cut Corners. The Beading is in Emerald Green, Indigo Blue, Sky Blue and White.

Antique Massive Wooden Mill Wheels from China, on handmade round Iron Bases

18th century George III mahogany book/side table, the moulded shaped top above single shelf raised over single line inlaid drawer supported over Marlborough leg...

A late Adam period work table depicting Venus and Neptune The slender gilt and white gesso decorated legs supporting a lockable oval tilt-top fitted with a mahogany-lined compartmentalised interior. The glazed top displaying a gouache of the Roman gods...

A very handsome 17th century Side Table from the Catalan region of Spain. Handsomely constructed from beautiful walnut with a solid board top, 2 drawers ...

A very beautiful 18th century Side Table from Bologna, Italy. Soundly constructed from stunning walnut with a solid board top, single drawer and nicely turned legs. Gorgeous patina -...

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;...

A Highly Important and Handsomly Drawn Pair of Late George II Mahogany Side Tables with the Original Egyptian ‘Aswan’ Granite Tops in the Manner of Sir William Chambers. The tables ...

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...