Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
In 1880, polymath designer William Morris declared: “If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” His words encapsulated the Aesthetic Movement, which prized beauty above all and blurred the lines between fine art and the decorative arts, particularly through lavishly crafted furniture pieces.
The Aesthetic Movement, whose major proponents included author Oscar Wilde, flourished from the 1860s to the 1880s and was mostly popular in England and the United States. Design expositions like the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia, as well as the publishing of how-to books for interior design, helped disseminate Aesthetic Movement bedroom furniture, serveware, coffee tables and other items, especially to the middle class.
The establishment of new art museums, art clubs and a rising passion for collecting at the time contributed to a growing appreciation for art. Morris’s founding of Morris & Co. in 1862 and the commercializing of this “cult of beauty” by the Liberty store in London, starting in the late 19th century, further disseminated the idea of a domestic space that was thoughtfully and floridly designed.
Leading Aesthetic Movement furniture designers included E.W. Godwin, who drew on Japanese influences and whose work reflected a wider enthusiasm for imported East Asian art. British designer Christopher Dresser created textiles, ceramics and more that were also inspired by Japanese decorative art but were representative of additional diverse design sources that ranged from Egypt to Mexico.
The Aesthetic Movement’s eclecticism resulted in dazzling interiors. Japanese fans were positioned on Renaissance-inspired cabinets with brass hardware, while mantels made of rich walnut or finely carved ebonized wood and adorned with painted Minton tiles mingled with cast-iron chairs against a backdrop of floral wallpaper. In 1881, in New York City, stenciled checkerboard motifs and painted floral murals could be found under an opalescent glass chandelier in a luxurious dressing room designed by German émigré cabinetmaker-decorator George Alfred Schastey. Amid the rise of the industrial age, the style’s promotion of art in everyday life would inform the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau.
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Style: Aesthetic Movement
Early 20th century inlaid birch octagonal occasional table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century inlaid birch octagonal occasional table circa 1910.
Fine quality side table, that would also function well in the hall or as a lamp table.
Inlaid and strung bord...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Birch, Elm
19th-C. French Pine Faux Bamboo Marble Top Stand / Pedestal / Side Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a late 19th century French pine faux bamboo two tier marble top wash stand. This would make a lovely side table or pedestal as well. It a single drawer over single door. The ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Marble
19th Century Mahogany Side Table with Barley Twist Legs
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
19th century square walnut side table raised on four exquisite barley twist legs. Detailed, carved stretchers with urn-shaped carved finial and brass ball and claw...
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19th Century American Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Brass
Circa 1870s English Square Bamboo Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870s square bamboo table, English. The original surface now artisan decoupaged with fish. The lower architectural shelf provides an attractive spot for magazines or large book...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Bamboo
Victorian Glass Ball and Claw Black Ebonized Oak Table, circa 1870s
Located in Hastings, GB
Victorian glass ball and claw ebonised table
C'1870's
Beautiful ebonised side table with turned bobbin legs. There are 4 brass eagle claws holding ...
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1870s British Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Oak
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century English Aesthetic Movement side table made of oak with decorative stick and ball design. Square wood body with curved and rounded bentwood trim and brass accents. Stur...
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19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Brass
English Aesthetic Movement Bamboo Side Table W/ Shell Transferware Mosaic Top
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an English burnt bamboo side table with a mosaic top comprised of 19th century transwferware. It has a shell motif. The second shelf is grasscloth. It is in very good antique...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Pottery, Grasscloth, Bamboo
An Aesthetic Movement ebonized walnut two tier side table with a pierced gallery
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement Walnut ebonized two-tier side table with turned legs, the lower shelf with raised pierced circular details.
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Round Table Turned Legs, Mid 20th Century.Spain
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
This table is raised on a base composed of six bobbin turned Legs and a optogonal star stretcher, also turned.
Oval antique wine or side table of the 19th century. Wood with bobbin ...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Beech
Early 20th Century Side Serving Drinks Tea Twig Table Smoked Glass Top Wood
Located in Tilburg, NL
Beautifully crafted occasional twig table related to the aesthetic movement in the late 19th century. Early 20th century, most probably English.
Made out of twigs and finished wi...
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Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Twig, Smoked Glass
Aesthetic Movement side table with sunflower & curved & straight side stretchers
Located in London, GB
A rare Aesthetic Movement walnut side table with two curved upper stretchers that unite to a central sunflower and a lower straight sided H stretcher that unites to the bottom of the...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Walnut
Circa 1880 Large 2-Tier English Square Bamboo Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 large 2-tier square bamboo table, English. The original surfaces now artisan decoupaged with colorful butterflies on gilt ground. Architectural & decorative struts add uni...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Bamboo
Fine Aesthetic Movement Ormolu Porcelain Tiered Étagères, End Tables
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of fine gilt bronze ormolu mounted porcelain tiered étagères. Decedent French Aesthetic Movement styling, circa 1890, brilliant bronze doré suppo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Bronze
Marsh Jones and Cribb. A superb pair of side tables
Located in London, GB
A superb pair of side tables by Marsh Jones and Cribb with circular top and shaped aprons below and fabulous shaped legs united by a shaped lower shelf on little pad feet.
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Early 1900s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Mahogany
An Aesthetic Movement 'Gypsy' Side Table
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement ebonized and gilded 'Gypsy' side table, with a circular top, retaining the original green baize top and shallow tassels below. The three upright supports and th...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Aesthetic Movement Walnut Octagonal Centre Table with Turned and Fluted Legs
Located in London, GB
Gillows of Lancaster, attributed.
An Aesthetic Movement walnut octagonal centre table with turned and fluted legs united by a lower square shelf with a turned gallery around, and la...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
An Aesthetic Movement side table with scroll supports stood on ring turned legs
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement side table with scroll supports stood on ring turned legs united by a turned cross stretcher with an object or plant pot stand to the centre.
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Jack for Morris and Co. A high Aesthetic Movement circular side table
Located in London, GB
George Jack for Morris and Co. A high Aesthetic Movement circular side table with a shaped top and shaped upper apron standing on six beautifully shaped legs, each with fine carved f...
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1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Aesthetic Movement Tiger Maple Occasional Table English, 19th Century
Located in Lomita, CA
The beaded lunettes on this oval maple table are reminiscent of Moorish architecture; which the appraiser says was an influence of Aesthetic Movement furniture in England, which is w...
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19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Maple
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Aesthetic Movement side table with Jeddo pattern plate by Brown Westhead & Moore
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement faux bamboo two tier ebonized side table, each tier inset with a Jeddo pattern plate made by Brown Westhead and Moore potteries featuring a Japanese fan with da...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo
E W Godwin attributed. An Aesthetic Movement Walnut octagonal centre table
Located in London, GB
E W Godwin attributed. An Aesthetic Movement Walnut octagonal center table with tramline molded edges with fine turnings to the legs united by a high stretcher and standing on Thebes...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Aesthetic Movement Japanned Bamboo Side Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Aesthetic Movement, Japanned bamboo side table. Japanning or Japonisme. Rough hewn and torched bamboo frame with “Japanned” top and panels. Single lower shelf decorative table. The w...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Bamboo
$1,304 Sale Price
20% Off
Jas Shoolbred, an Aesthetic Movement Side Table with Angular Turned Supports
Located in London, GB
Jas Shoolbred. An Aesthetic Movement ebonized side table with a galleried lower shelf and angular turned supports.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Aesthetic Movement Walnut centre table with incised circular details to the legs
Located in London, GB
Collinson and Lock, attributed. An Aesthetic Movement Walnut centre table with incised circular details to the legs, united by double cross stretchers.
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
E W Godwin Attri. Aesthetic Movement Circular Wine or Side Table with Five Legs.
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (attributed), an aesthetic movement circular wine table, the five turned legs united by a circular under tier.
The legs of this table are identical to those of ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
E W Godwin An Aesthetic Movement six leg walnut circular centre table
Located in London, GB
E W Godwin attributed. Made by Collinson & Lock. An Aesthetic Movement six leg walnut circular centre table with shaped radiating under supports and subtle shaped details to the ends...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Walnut
Lejambre Aesthetic Movement Japanese Ebonized Etagere, Philadelphia, circa 1880
Located in Sharon, CT
Important side table illustrated in Artistic Houses in the Japanese library of the Edward H. Williams house, Philadelphia PA.
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1870s American Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Wood
A Victorian Aesthetic Movement marble topped table
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
A Victorian Aesthetic Movement marble topped table
The Rosso Bilbao red marble top with square cut corners and chamfered edge. The oak base of typical Aesthetic styling, the frieze ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Marble
Aesthetic Movement Amboyna Burl Ebonised & Gilt Metal Side Table
Located in Norwich, GB
An Aesthetic Movement period amboyna burl, ebonised and gilt metal side table. English. Circa 1870.
The table having decorative veneered amboyna burl to the top and tier - the name ...
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19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Giltwood, Burl, Amboyna
Ebonised Aesthetic Movement Octagonal Side Table with Red Baize Top
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A 19th century Victorian Aesthetic Movement centre table in the manner of E.W. Godwin. Ebonised finish with gilt enhancements.
Newly, professionally upholstered red baize octagonal ...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Baize, Mahogany
$946 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19Th. C. Tortoiseshell Bamboo Table With Red Tooled Leather Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in, this great looking French 19Th. C. Tortoiseshell Bamboo two tier Table with Red Tooled Leather Top.
The tortoiseshell effect is stunni...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Leather, Bamboo
Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Table
Located in Petworth, GB
Aesthetic Movement ebonised Mahogany side table, rectangular top with moulded edge, under tier shelf with turned incised legs and turned supports. In the style of E.W. Godwin possibl...
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1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Aesthetic Movement Amboyna Ebonised & Brass Dumbwaiter Two Tier Table
Located in King's Lynn, GB
A Victorian Aesthetic Movement Burr Amboyna, & Brass Dumbwaiter Two Tier Table. Two tiers, inlaid, gilt detailed legs and brass edged top to bottom. Finished off with a glass top. W...
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19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Brass
VM-Martini Table
Located in BOGOTÁ, CO
Beatiful and delicate Martini side table, hammered solid black metal oiled finished 8"dia x 26"H
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21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Metal
$1,524
Pair of side tables, marble top, 20th century
Located in Nice, FR
These two tables feature a modern and elegant design, combining wood and stone. Each table has a square top made of dark stone (marble, pierre bleue de Belgique ), with a rough finis...
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1970s Vintage Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Marble
$4,231 / set
English Arts & Crafts Wooden Carved Wood Side Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Great Arts & Craft period carved wood octagonal side table with Celtic style design. Bearing label under top: Bowman Brothers, Camden town, London , NW 1.
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Early 1900s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Aesthetic Movement Walnut & Brass Mounted Hall Stick Stand Attr James Shoolbred
Located in Norwich, GB
A superb Aesthetic Movement walnut and brass mount hall stand attributed to James Shoolbred - London. Kite registration stamps - Dated 1883.
James Shoolbred & Co were a firm of ...
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1880s British Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,994 Sale Price
20% Off
Unique Piece, Table, Palm Trunk, XXth
Located in Nice, FR
Realization of a table from a palm tree trunk. The legs of the table are carved in the mass.
To obtain the hardness of the wood, it is soaked in salt water and then dried in the sun...
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20th Century Maghreb Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Palmwood
Gillows attr An Aesthetic Movement ebonized & fold over floral inlaid card table
Located in London, GB
Gillows attributed. An Aesthetic Movement ebonized fold over and swivel top card table with the original red baize to the playing area. The recta...
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1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Walnut
Side table Alessia, Constellation 1, Lunar Blue/gold
By EJE Design
Located in VALENCE, FR
With Alessia, the house of Eje-Design explores the boundary between art and design. A true contemporary sculpture, this abstract creation embodies a sensitive and daring vision of de...
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2010s French Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Gold Plate
$4,605 / item
Antique French Gilt Bronze Occasional Side Table
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique French gilt bronze occasional side table. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1930’s.
The quality is outstanding, this has many fine and intricate ...
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1930s French Vintage Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
E W Godwin attr, for Collinson & Lock. An Aesthetic Movement mahogany side table
Located in London, GB
E W Godwin, attributed, made by Collinson & Lock. An Aesthetic movement mahogany side table with spiral-turned legs on out swept feet.With the original lock and key to the drawer.Col...
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1880s Indian Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Aesthetic Movement Walnut side table wot-not-stand with half triangle shelves.
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement Walnut tall side table wot-not-stand with a molded square top and a further full shelf below followed by staggered tri-angular shelves, from to bottom with fine...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Walnut
Rare 19th Century Pair of Black Lacquered Aesthetic Movement Étagère Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of black lacquered Étagères
In the early aesthetic Manner
The circular tables having lacquered surfaces with a striking sheen, highlig...
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19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Wood
c. 1860 Swedish Travel or Lap Desk on Custom Made Side Table Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1860 travel or lap desk on custom made side table stand, Swedish. Marquetry panel top decoration of a sleigh pulled by one man, pushed by another. Marquetry leaves & flowers wi...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Walnut
Aesthetic Movement Side Table after a design by E.W. Godwin
Located in Petworth, GB
Aesthetic Movement side table in ebonised beech, square top with under tier shelf, turned legs with ring incised detailing with connecting turned and angled struts.
After a design b...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Beech
An Aesthetic Movement walnut two-tier side table with canted corners
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement walnut two-tier side table with canted corners on fine ring turned legs
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Aesthetic Movement oak oblong side table with ring turned legs, and splayed feet
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement oak oblong side table with staggered ring turnings to the legs and stood on splayed-out feet united by a fine ring-turned centr...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Oak
Jas Shoolbred and Co (attributed) An octagonal oak side table with central shelf
Located in London, GB
Jas Shoolbred attributed An octagonal oak side table with central shelf, carved circular details to the legs, united by lower cross stretchers.
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Oak
Aesthetic Movement ebonized side table with hand painted floral tile to the Top
Located in London, GB
Aesthetic movement style floral tile-top ebonised side table. The tile has a fine crack running through it.
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Late 19th Century Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Beech
Gillows attr, An Aesthetic Movement octagonal walnut eight leg centre table
By Henry William Batley, Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
Gillows attributed, in the style of H W Batley. An Aesthetic Movement octagonal Mahogany eight leg centre table with shaped supports below the top and four ...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Aesthetic Style Carved Hoof Table with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
One of a kind aesthetic style ebonized table with black marble top and turned spindled finial sphere base supported by four hand carved hooved legs.
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Late 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Jas Shoolbred attributed. An Aesthetic Movement octagonal Mahogany side table
Located in London, GB
Jas Shoolbred attributed An octagonal Mahogany side table with central shelf, carved circular details to the legs, united by lower cross ...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Gillows of Lancaster An Aesthetic Movement ebonized circular side table
Located in London, GB
Gillows attributed. An Aesthetic Movement ebonized circular side table with carved sunflower floret to the top with three turned, carved and incised gilt decoration to the legs and t...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Walnut
An Aesthetic Movement rosewood two tier side table inlaid with floral decoration
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement Rosewood two tier side table inlaid with floral decoration to the centres and parallel line inlay to edges of top and bottom shelf, stood on turned legs united ...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Rosewood
A. & H. Lejambre American Aesthetic Movement Tiered Square Table
Located in Sharon, CT
Crafted by A. & H. Lejambre in Philadelphia, circa 1880. The top is mahogany bordered with ebony and brass trim, and is inlaid with an Egyptian scarab and a bee in exotic woods. Cons...
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1880s American Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Diminutive American Aesthetic Movement Peacock Motif Pedestal of Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Diminutive American Aesthetic Movement peacock Motif pedestal of side table
of hexagonal form with a stylized Greek key border, with penwork decorated cube-work center. Supported on...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Birch, Poplar, Satinwood
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Dr C. Dresser, Style of, Aesthetic Movement Carved, Gilded & Ebonized Side Table
Located in London, GB
Dr C. Dresser, in the style of.
An Aesthetic Movement three-tier ebonized and incised parcel gilt oblong library or side table. With gilded line detail to the edge of the top, styli...
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1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Lambs of Manchester An Aesthetic Movement ebonized Walnut eight leg centre table
Located in London, GB
Lambs of Manchester. A rare Aesthetic Movement ebonized walnut octagonal eight-leg centre table with a veneered macassar ebony top and a molded edge and shaped aprons below united by...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Walnut, Macassar
Bruce Talbert, Style of, Probably by Gillows, an Aesthetic Movement Side Table
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert style of, probably made by Gillows of Lancaster.
A rare and unusual Aesthetic Movement ebonized side table with parcel gilt incised details, an Onyx top and matching u...
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1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Side Tables
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Onyx
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Find a broad range of unique Aesthetic Movement side tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage side tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, more furniture and collectibles, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Aesthetic Movement side tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original side tables, popular names associated with this style include Collinson & Lock, A. & H. Lejambre, Jas Shoolbred & Co., and Morris & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for side tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $442 and tops out at $37,500 while the average work can sell for $2,846.
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