Directoire Side Tables
DIRECTOIRE STYLE
Formed in the wake of the Jacobin Reign of Terror’s bloody guillotine, the Directoire was established to lead France into order through the leadership of a five-member council of directors. It was brief, lasting only from 1795 to 1799, ending with Napoléon Bonaparte’s coup d’état, and was economically tumultuous. Yet it was an essential bridge between the era of Louis XVI and the elaborate Empire style that followed, with Directoire furniture and decorative arts shaped by a royal passion for classical design and an enthusiasm for postrevolutionary France.
Much of the country’s furniture production had halted during the French Revolution when the furniture guilds system was abolished, but during the Directoire period, the cabinetmakers restarted their businesses, such as François-Honoré-Georges and Jacob-Desmalter who established a new workshop called Jacob-Frères. Pieces made in walnut, elm, mahogany and other inexpensive materials incorporated influences ranging from Egypt to Pompeii, with popular forms including the curule armchair based on an ancient Roman design. The aesthetics of the transitional style were more austere than during the monarchy, with court cabinetmaker Jean-Baptiste Sené, for instance, reimagining his workshop’s neoclassical-style furniture with ungilded surfaces and a reduction of ornamentation.
Symbols referencing the revolutionary tenets of liberty, equality and fraternity were frequently carved into Directoire furnishings, such as the Phrygian cap, clasped hands and the fasces, which is an image of a bound bundle of sticks adopted from the Roman Republic, where it was seen as an emblem of strength through unity.
Elements of the French Directoire style continued through Empire style. Designers Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine are credited today as major proponents of both movements. The classically inspired furniture design is represented in pieces such as the boat-shaped daybed and the klismos chair, which endured in French interiors as well as in styles abroad, including American Directoire.
Find a collection of antique Directoire chairs, tables, daybeds, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Directoire
Directoire Style Brass & Black Marble 2-Tier Side Table, Style of Maison Jansen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Directoire Style Brass & Black Marble Two-Tier Side Table, in the Manner of Maison Jansen
Dimensions: 20.5" H to finials x 19" W x 15" D
Removable Black Marble/Stone Shelf dimensio...
Category
20th Century Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Modern Iron And Travertine Table Inspired By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Houston, TX
French Modern Iron And Travertine Table Inspired By Gilbert Poillerat.
Offered is a handsome French mid century triangular hand hammered iron table with a polished travertine top.
Th...
Category
1960s French Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Travertine, Iron
Pair of French Curule Directoire Side Tables
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of side tables from France made with a solid wood construction, primarily cherry wood. Each table is finished with a lustrous French polish of museum quality. The tables showcas...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Cherry
$3,150 / set
Directoire Console Table, France, circa 1800, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
Directoire console table, France, circa 1800.
This Classic Directoire French console table has a beautiful mahogany veneer. The brass fittings are original. The marble top is framed ...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Maison Jansen Style Brass Ram's Head Gueridon or Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Brass ram's head Maison Jansen style two-tier side table, smoked glass top.
Category
1950s French Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Directoire Style French Mahogany and Marble Top Stand Circa 1910
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This Louis XVI Directoire style French mahogany and marble top stand, circa 1910, is a refined example of early 20th-century craftsmanship rooted in classical tradition. Designed wit...
Category
1910s European Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Of Fine Directoire Style Mahogany Marble Top Stands
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Elegant designs, the marble tops with cookie corners in front and carved edges. The cabinets with reeded front column supports and reeded pilaster back supports. The double drawers w...
Category
20th Century Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Directoire Red Marble Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This fruitwood occasional table is topped with an inset piece of stunning red Rosso Francia marble and surrounded by a 3/4th gallery over an apron with a single drawer. The drawer co...
Category
19th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Louis XVI Walnut Rafraichissoir or Wine Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming late 18th century/early 19th century Rafraichissoir or wine/champagne coolert that has retained its original surface and basins. The table is in good overall condi...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
$1,185 Sale Price
40% Off
Marble Top Gilt And Ebonized Table
Located in Norwood, NJ
Gilt and ebonized marble top side table. Unusual black, gold and white merle top. Tapered and fluted carved legs with an X- form stretcher.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Elegant Antique Italian Directoire Fruitwood Side Table with Octagonal Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Superb antique Italian fruitwood side table having 3 tiers including an elongated octagonal top, two oval shelves below and a very elegant refined silouette.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
French 18th Century Directoire Period Mahogany and Marble Tilt Top Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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...
Category
18th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century French Directoire Mahogany Wine Table with Gray Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A French Directoire wine tasting table in mahogany with a gray marble top and brass inserts to hold wine bottles. This table dates from the late 18th century and is still very funct...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Directoire Bronze Marble Top End Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Directoire-style (20th Century) dark bronze brazier design square shaped gueridon end table with rouge marble top and cross leg supports
Category
20th Century French Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Directoire Side Table
Located in Austin, TX
Side table from France in the Directoire style. This piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily cherry wood. It has been finished with a lustrous French polish of museum qua...
Category
1880s French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,150
Rare Pair Maison Style Cylindrical Metal Brass Glass Two Tier End Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This rare pair of cylindrical metal and brass two-tier end tables reflects a refined Maison-style design that seamlessly combines elegance and modernity. Each table is crafted with a...
Category
1950s European Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
$2,316 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Directoire Style Ebonized Tables with Gold Gilt Glass Tops, circa 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of Directoire style ebonized tables with gold gilt glass tops and supported by four round tapering legs ending in brass casters, circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Directoire Style Bronze Tables with Pietra Dura Marble Top, French
Located in El Monte, CA
Outstanding pair of French Directoire style bronze round tables with semi precious gemstone (malachite, lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate, etc.) inlaid ...
Category
Late 20th Century Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Gilded Iron Corner Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French gilded iron corner tables. Two-tiered glass tops.
Category
1950s French Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Iron
$7,650 / set
French Directoire Style 1880s Guéridon Table of Ebonized Wood with Swan Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French ebonized wood Directoire style guéridon side table with grey marble top and swan motifs from the late 19th century. This French table features a round variegated grey marble...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Early 19th c French Marble Topped Directoire Sewing Table With Isle of Man Feet
Located in valatie, NY
Early 19th c French Marble Topped Directoire Sewing Table With Isle of Man Feet, c1800. The octangular inset marble topped shelf has a conforming wooden surround and gallery surround...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Directoire Marble Top Mahogany Two-Tier Bouillotte Table
Located in Dallas, TX
This petite and tall antique two-tier table was crafted in France circa 1880. Standing on three tapered and fluted legs decorated with brass rings and ending twisted feet over a triangle form stretcher, the round bouillotte table is decorated with brass mounts, over the legs and around the apron; the table features a central shelf with marquetry decor and brass gallery, supported with curved legs, and embellished with floral rosette medallions. The upper shelf decorated with intricate foliage brass mounts around the the apron, is dressed with a circular variegated green marble top embellished with a decorative pierced brass gallery rim. The feminine étagère is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use, and adorns a rich walnut patina, and delicate polished brass mounts. Versatile and practical, use this petite gueridon...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Side Table, French Directoire Marble-Top Circa 1800
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A French Directoire Marble-Top Walnut Side Table Circa 1800, Height 28 1/4 x width 16 1/2 x depth 12 inches.
Category
19th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
1920s pair of Danish marble & brass gallery painted tables
Located in London, GB
A handsome pair of circa 1920s Scandinavian painted side tables with marble tops banded with reeded brass with fretwork gallery surround.
In a striking mottled grey green marble they...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Antique Painted Petite Side Table
Located in Austin, TX
Side table, French, made of cherry wood with a hand painted “Trianon” gray finish and black hand painted trim. Three dovetailed drawers have brass hardware rings. The tapered legs ar...
Category
1890s French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
French Bronze and Onyx Side Table
Located in New York, NY
French bronze and onyx side table. The table has an ornate frame with an onyx top.
Category
1940s Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Pair of Round Faux Iron Accent Tables
Located in Hudson, NY
The pair of vintage French gueridon-style iron pedestal base tables, shown here, are distinguished by their faux tortoise ringed surface finish. Sized for use as end tables or occas...
Category
19th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Iron
$3,600 / set
A French Gilt Brass Mirrored Top Table, in the manner of Maison Jansen, C. 1950.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Of good scale and proportion, the table features two inset mottled mirrored shelves supported within a gilt brass frame. The design is restrained yet elegant, reflecting the neoclass...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Unusual Directoire Style Cast Iron, Aluminum and Stone Top Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and elegant Directoire style round coffee table. The table is raised on tapered cast aluminum legs with ring detail. The cast iron apron is adorned with X-shape and star motifs and has traces of original paint. Grey stone top. Unique piece. One of the earliest examples of cast aluminum furniture.
Category
20th Century French Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum
French Writing Table on Casters, Pull-Out Gilt-Tooled Leather Top
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French writing table on casters, pull-out gilt-tooled leather top above a drawer, two storage shelves. Versatile in its design and size, beautiful golden colour with black leather wr...
Category
20th Century French Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Directoire Period Side Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A French Directoire period side table made of mahogany. The tabletop is finished with a beveled edge and has a protective glass cover. Below, a single drawer is hand dovetailed and o...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Mahogany
French Louis XVI Directoire Style Bedside Table in Solid Oak, 1 Drawer
Located in Landivy, FR
This night stand is a handmade and modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century.
This period is remarkable with its straight, classical a...
Category
2010s French Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Cherry, Oak
French Directoire Style Night Stand in Solid Cherry with 1 Drawer
Located in Landivy, FR
This night stand is a handmade and modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century.
This period is remarkable with its straight, classical a...
Category
2010s French Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Cherry, Oak
Vintage Directoire Style Painted Accent Table with Slide
By Drexel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Directoire-style accent table, by Drexel, having an ivory painted finish showing natural wear. Its round top over an apron containing a slide, raised on a trio of sabre legs....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Brass and Steel Glass Top Maison Jansen Style Directoire End Table, circa 1960
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This brass and steel glass top Maison Jansen style Directoire end table, circa 1960, embodies the refined elegance and timeless appeal for which Maison Jansen is celebrated. Crafted ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XVI Directoire Inlaid Satinwood Marquetry and Bronze End Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This French Louis XVI Directoire inlaid satinwood marquetry and bronze end table is a refined example of 18th-century inspired craftsmanship, blending neoclassical elegance with exce...
Category
1930s French Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Directoire Style Onyx and Bronze Guéridon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning onyx and bronze Directoire style guéridon with paw feet. Lower onyx shelf and central finial.
Category
20th Century Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
French Directoire Period Side Table, oval shaped, around 1800
Located in Belmont, MA
This elegant oval side table, dating from the Directoire period around 1800, is crafted from solid walnut and features a beautiful marble top with a brass railing. In good original c...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Two Story Mahogany Side Table
By Loyzaga
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
This two story side table is made from mahogany wood with border inlays in a lighter colored wood.
The inspiration for this piece comes from Directorie Style, a 15 year period in la...
Category
2010s Mexican Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Table Game Directoire 19th French Mahogany Brass Leather Top France
Located in New York, NY
Table game Directoire 19th century French mahogany brass leather top, France. A game table made during the 19th century in France. Demi lune opens up to a round table. Channeled and ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Table Tier English Mahogany Brass Marble 19th Century England
Located in New York, NY
Table tier English mahogany brass marble, 19th century England. A side table made during the end of 18th century / beginning of 19th century in England. Tiers from white marble trimmed with a brass edge. Tripod with the shapes of human legs...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
$2,100 Sale Price
40% Off
rare Olivewood side table with decorative hardware.
Located in Bronx, NY
This wonderful french side table is wonderfully craffed with details and moulures to add class and elegance. The bale is made of rare olive wood with an impressive patern on the top....
Category
1940s French Vintage Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Tripod Table with Verdigris Stone Top
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fine Karelian wood tri-pod table with brass mounts in the Directoire taste with polished verdigris stone top.
Category
20th Century Directoire Side Tables
French 18th Century Directoire Period Mahogany, Ormolu and Brass Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant French 18th century Directoire period mahogany, ormolu and brass side table. The table is raised by three lightly scrolled legs with fine ormolu mounts with beau...
Category
18th Century French Antique Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Directoire side tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Directoire side tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, 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 and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Directoire side tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original side tables, popular names associated with this style include Century Furniture, and Maison Baguès. 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 $1,116 and tops out at $15,800 while the average work can sell for $2,998.
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