Spanish Double Drawer Rustic Table in Off-White Patina

Antique spanish rustic raised-panel window as coffee table, Spain, 1930s. A 19th century solid wood traditional Spanish window pane with two panels and carved raised panel work. This old window...

Wooden Stool, Spain, 1930s-1940s. Made from recycled materials. Handcrafted stool made with parts of shell oil company wood barrels. To be used as stool, stand or side table. Nice ad...

Rustic wooden high stool with a three-legged base and round seat. Spain, 1920s-1930s. From the northern part of Spain this rustic stool has a primitive construction, great shape and...

Unmatching pair of spanish rustic wood stools, 1940s. From the northen part of Spain these thick and solid rustic stools have an sturdy constructio...

Industrial Desk and Stool, Oak, Spain, 1930s A lovely set composed by an industrial desk with Art Deco accents patinated in Jade green-blue color with the top in oakwood. The small s...

Folk Art Carved Wood Farmer Stool, Spain, 1930s-1940s. From Catalonia, Spain this tripod stool show Primitive carvings on the legs and a nice top with fo...

This lovely little table has many stains and cracks, which gives it an incredible charm. The colors are very rich and warm. It has a drawer, and can be used as a small desk or as a s...

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 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...

Crafted of northern elmwood in China's Shanxi province, this early 19th-century altar table was once used to display an ancestral shrine in a provinci...

A very handsome 19th century Console Table - Side Table from the Catalan region of Spain. Wonderfully constructed from richly stained pine and hand forged stretchers. Terrific pati...

A very lovely 19th century Spanish Writing Table - Side Table soundly constructed from walnut and hand forged iron stretchers. Handsome carvings on the classical lyre shaped legs. Th...