Empire Side Tables
EMPIRE STYLE
From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.
Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.
Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.
Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.
Find a collection of antique Empire tables, lighting, seating and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Empire
19th Century Italian Empire Walnut Side Table with Brass Gallery
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century Italian Empire style walnut side table with brass gallery. A quality piece with a beautiful finish. Perfect for the...
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19th Century Italian Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Circular Gilded Table
Located in Lincoln, GB
Late 19th century satinwood Empire influenced circular occasional table. Inlaid with flowers and fruitwoods, olivewoods and mother-of-pearl. The brass Roman style columns would have ...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
French 1870s Empire Style Round Table with Marble Top, Brass Gallery and Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style round side table from the late 19th century, with red marble top, single drawer and brass accents. Born in France during the third quarter of the 19th century, ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Empire Figural Bronzed Metal & Glass Center Table with Ram's Heads 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Empire figural center table offers glass top over cast and bronzed base in triangular form having reeded legs with rams head capitals and hoof feet, stretchers with crossed ...
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20th Century Empire Side Tables
Materials
Metal
Pair of French Midcentury Steel and Glass Side Tables
Located in London, GB
A good pair of steel and glass side tables, made in France in the 1960s.
Made with an empire design, with pine cone finials and flower details.
Simple, elegant, mid century cra...
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1960s French Vintage Empire Side Tables
Materials
Steel
19th Century French Empire Period Walnut Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 19th century French Empire period side table or nightstand made of solid walnut and veneer of walnut and finished on all four sides. Book matched veneers with beautiful swirli...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Empire Side Table, France, 1810
Located in Belmont, MA
Empire side table, France 1810, mahogany veneer.
Beautiful side table with an exquisitely designed base. The table is in good original condition.
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1810s French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Style End Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A vintage, French Empire style mahogany end table by "Weiman Heirloom" featuring a French pen pillard case with long elegant tapered legs. This table h...
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20th Century American Empire Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early American Classical Empire Period Flame Mahogany Sewing Stand Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare fine quality Federal period American Empire flame mahogany sewing stand work table from the early 19th century.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in the northeastern United States, most likely Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1820, having a hinged top, opening to reveal contrasting Birdseye maple marquetry oval cartouche inlay, a fitted maple divided compartment interior, the front having two nicely shaped curved drawer fronts, consisting of a faux drawer front over a single dovetailed ogee drawer, above a vasiform pedestal standard, molded stepped platform base, rising on bracket feet, resting on casters.
Attractive highly figured crotch cut swirl mahogany with striking grain patterns, rich and deep antique wood color...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
Nancy Corzine Empire Style Nightstand or Occasional Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Empire or Neoclassical style nightstand, occasional side table, or tea table
By Nancy Corzine, "Palladian" Collection
USA, Circa Late 20th Century
Bleached walnut...
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Late 20th Century American Empire Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Empire Round Top Side Table with Bronze Mounts and Low Shelf
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire side table from the 19th century, with bronze accents and lower shelf. Created in France during the politically dynamic 19th century, this Empire side table features ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Fully Restored Historicist Bedside Tables, 1910, Austria
Located in Prague 8, CZ
A pair of the bedside tables in the historicist style, made in the Austria-Hungary empire around 1910.
It´s made of beech wood.
Marble panel on the top. The stands are in excellent...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Empire Style 1940s Ebonized Side Tables with Marble Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Empire style ebonized side tables from the mid 20th century, with marble tops and gilded accents. Created in France during the first half of the 20th century, each o...
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Side table blue scagliola top metal base handmade in Italy by Cupioli available
Located in Rimini, IT
This table can be used as tea table, side table, lamp table it has multiple uses.
The top is manufactured in scagliola art inlay, same technique of the "Paliotto" of the 16th century...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Empire Side Tables
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Mahogany Empire-Style Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An outstanding French Empire-style mahogany accent table with a unique basket wrapped around the pedestal. A circular wood top with raised trim rests on an apron housing two small dr...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Vtg French Empire Mahogany Pedestal Base Round Accent Center Table Brass Gallery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire mahogany pedestal base round accent center table with brass gallery. Item features pierced brass gallery, pedestal base,...
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Mid-20th Century North American Empire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Style Mahogany and Ebonized Side Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful and restored Empire-style Mahogany side table. Round Mahogany top and base with new polish, three ebonized legs with dual ring gilt-wood accent det...
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20th Century French Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood, Wood
Pair of 19th Century Italian Empire Style Walnut Side Tables
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome pair of 19th century Italian Empire style walnut side tables. Beautiful marble tops with pretty star pattern. Creates a very stylish look!!
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19th Century Italian Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Marble Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, ormolu, and Opera Fantastico marble side table. The table is raised by three elegant lightly curved square tapered legs with hands...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Square Side Table with Emperador Dark Marble Top by Modenese Gastone Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Enjoy the real Made in Italy luxury life style with this hand-decorated square side table. Emperador Dark marble top, solid empire-style wooden s...
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2010s Italian Empire Side Tables
Materials
Griotte Marble, Marble, Gold Leaf
Rectangular Coffee Table with Inlaid Top + Gold Leaf Finish, Made in Italy
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Modenese Gastone is specialized in providing the highest quality standards to its VIP clients. This low coffee table features a hand-inlaid top surface that expresses the finesse of the brand's skilled artisans. Such a piece is most suitable in classic living rooms...
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2010s Italian Empire Side Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
Square Side Table with Crema Valencia Marble Top by Modenese Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Bespoke square Honey Onyx marble side table. Its elegant and linear empire-style legs make this piece an unique piece of luxury furniture to keep your sofas company in your spacious ...
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2010s Italian Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
French Empire Mahogany Bijouterie Curio Table
Located in New York, US
Our exceptional curio table in the French Empire style is crafted from mahogany with engine-turned gilt bronze mounts. Measures: 32 by 23 by 15 inches.
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Small Restored Empire Era Table, Made in 1810s Austria, Ash
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Austrian Empire small table
Period: 1810-1819
Material: Ash.
Category
1810s Austrian Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Lacquer
Late 19th Century Empire Style Side Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Late 19th century Empire style jewelry side table.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of French Mid-19th Century Empire Style Ormolu and Mahogany Side Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Empire st. ormolu mounted mahogany circular side tables. Each table is raised by a beautiful bottom tier with mottled feet...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Mid-19th Century Empire St. Circular Mahogany Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive Italian 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, polychrome, and white carrara marble side table. The circular table is raised by three elegant square tapered legs with ha...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Empire Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 19th century French Empire marble-top side table made of mahogany veneer with solid oak as a secondary wood. Three dovetailed drawers with original bronze hardware. No key. Or...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Sofa Table by Johan Oman
By Johan Öman
Located in Essex, MA
Period early 19th century Swedish mahogany sofa table by Johan Oman. Stylized double headed axe, a Swedish motif, original ormolu mounts and gilded winged feet...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Fir
Russian Empire Brass Microfusion Side Table Real Gold 23 3/4 Plated, Inlayed Top
Located in Barlassina, IT
Brass side table inspired by Russian Empire style ( Golden Age period), was proposed by Belloni for the first time in 1988 and and it's still in production.
The frame is made in bra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Side Tables
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
19th Century Marble-Top French Side Table with Brass Gallery
Located in Toronto, CA
This 19th century French walnut side table with a lovely patina developed with age. The off white marble top is framed on three side with a brass gallery. The table has one drawer an...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
19th C. Napoleonic Royal Vienna Giltwood Side Table w/ Inlaid Porcelain Plaques
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous 19th century Louis XVI style giltwood napoleonic side table with hand-painted inlaid Royal Vienna Porcelain plaques. Gorgeously finished in 24K, this exquisite side table ...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Table Tilt Top Swedish Chess Game Pedestal Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Table Tilt Top Swedish Chess Game Pedestal Sweden. A Swedish tilt top table made during the later part of 19th Century. Painted chess game on the top. Ornate base.
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Walnut Empire Style French Opening Side Table Called "Somno"
Located in LEGNY, FR
19th century walnut Empire style French side table called "Somno".
Beautiful green marble top. Opening door with one shelf.
Nice quality.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French Neoclassical Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Side Tables
Located in London, GB
Pair of French neoclassical style malachite and gilt bronze side tables
French, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 85cm, diameter 50cm
These striking octagonal guéridons are crafte...
Category
20th Century French Empire Side Tables
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Pair of French Empire Corinthian Column Glass Top Hexagon Small Side Tables
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of vintage French empire black gold Corinthian column glass top hexagon small side tables.
Listing includes black glass tops, Corinthian column-form supports, hexagonal top, gr...
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Side Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique 19th Century Dutch Empire Oak and Gold Leaf Trumeau or Sideboard
Located in Casteren, NL
This elegant Empire sideboard was made in the Netherlands in the early 1800s and is also known as trumeau.
It was made in the finest quality watered oak an...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique French Empire Bronze Figural Swans Paw Feet Pedestal Base Low Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire bronze figural swans paw feet pedestal base round low side table. Item features ornate bronze pedestal base with swans and paw feet, beautiful wood grain, very ...
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Mid-20th Century European Empire Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Continental Empire Style Burl Wood and Ebonized Side Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome early 20th century Continental Empire style burl wood side table. Very fine finish on this piece with ebonized details and pretty hardware. An elegant piece!
Category
Early 20th Century Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century Empire France Lyra-Shaped Curly-Legs Side Tables, circa 1815
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on solid wood and partly boned. Round leaf with black-and-white interspersed marble, over simple frame and lyra-shaped curly legs on three-sided retracted base plate and dis...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century Empire Mahogany Architects Table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An elegant and attractive early 19th century Empire mahogany architects table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864). The double ratcheted hinged rectangular top lined with dark green oi...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Empire Style Parcel-Gilt Metal Console Tables
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of Empire style parcel-gilt metal console tables,
late 19th-early 20th century
in the Egyptian Revival taste, each with a rectangular stone top.
Measures: Height 35 1/4 x...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Side Tables
Materials
Metal
French Empire Mahogany Console Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular original marble top over a frieze with drawer, all supported by parcel gilt columns joining a shelf, block feet.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Period Gueridon
Located in Dublin, GB
A stylish figured mahogany French gueridon, the original fossil limestone top resting on an Ormolu mounted frieze, above a smart cylindrical column, to a plate-form base with a circu...
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1830s French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Limestone, Ormolu
French Empire Cuban Mahogany "Somno" Side Table, circa 1805
Located in London, GB
A beautiful "Somno" side table made of high quality Cuban mahogany with a grey marble top.
This French Empire piece dates from the early 19th century, circa 1805.
Meaning sleep in ...
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Early 1800s French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Gueridon with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
19th century beech gueridon with 3 legs on wheels. Legs are detailed with black lacquer at the top and at the base of each column.
Category
1880s French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Elegant Polladio of Italy Sculpted Iron Mirror with Wall Console Table
By Palladio
Located in Las Vegas, NV
1960s signed "Palladio" of Italy wall-mounted Carrara marble console table with mirror. Elegant piece sculpted of iron with gold gilded paint.
Fabulous foyer piece.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Empire Side Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
Empire Console Table, France, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Original Empire console table, France, 1820, mahogany veneer with original brass fittings. The elegant columns with their brass capitals and bases stand on a rectangular base. The ba...
Category
1820s French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Period Dore Bronze Mounted Center Table/Library Table
By Thomas Hope
Located in New York, NY
A marvelous French empire period dore bronze-mounted center table with X-form stretcher on either side, most probably from a Thomas Hope design. This beautifully hand carved center t...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian 1820s Empire Walnut Guéridon Table with Three Drawers and Rams' Heads
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Empire walnut guéridon table from the early 19th century, with three pop-out drawers and gilt rams' heads. Born in Italy during the first quarter of the 19th century, this...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Empire Period 19th Century Rosewood Card Table English
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant English mid-19th Century well figured card table of serpentine form having carved decoration.
A very good quality table that can be used in any space. The rectangular top wi...
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19th Century English Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
French Empire Bronze Lion End Tables
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style bronze end table with 4 legs ending in lion heads holding rings with a round inset black marble top and shelf.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Unusual Early 19th Century Swedish Carved Giltwood Console Table
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very decorative and unusual Swedish giltwood and ebonized console table with a white marble top supported by two sculptural griffins (part eagle, part sea creature).
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Table Game Table Swedish Karl Johan, 19th Century, Light Mahogany Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Game table made during the Karl Johan period 1810-1830 in Sweden. Made from light mahogany and decorated with brass hardware. Tapered legs. Felt interior with backgammon and chess ga...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Two Neoclassical Style Wooden Guéridons with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in London, GB
These wonderful guéridons are designed in the Empire style—named as such because it flourished in the period when Napoleon I was Emperor of France. The style employed Imperial Roman ...
Category
20th Century French Empire Side Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 1870s Empire Style Walnut Table with Vitrine Top and Corinthian Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style walnut gueridon table from the late 19th century, with vitrine top, corinthian columns, ebonized and gilt accents. Born in France dur...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Walnut
Original antique Empire Table circa 1860 - 1880 Mahogany veneer bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Empire table circa 1860-1870 from an Empire room.
The table stands on 3 feet of each foot 1 empire head cast in bronze.
Top condition.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Guéridon and Marble Table
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze guéridon table on triple swan leg platform with stretcher, gallery, and green marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Empire side tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Empire 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 and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire side tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Netherlands pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original side tables, popular names associated with this style include and Jonathan Sainsbury. 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 $1,495 and tops out at $5,700 while the average work can sell for $2,821.
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