William IV Side Tables
WILLIAM IV STYLE
It was unexpected that, at the age of 64, William IV was crowned king of England. He had two older brothers, yet the death of Prince Frederick put him in line for the British throne when George IV died in 1830. His reign was brief, as he died on June 20, 1837, but it was a pivotal time of change, with parliamentary reform leading to the present-day constitutional monarchy. Antique William IV–style furniture reflects this period of transition, with forms that bridged the neoclassicism of the preceding Regency style and the more extravagant Victorian style that would follow.
Inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, William IV designs were often more imposing than Regency furniture and featured decorative attributes. There were sofas balanced on lion’s feet and tables with brass fittings. But furnishings of this period were largely marked by straight lines and subdued ornamentation compared to those of the George IV era. William IV had an unassuming way about him and was much more formal, whereas the ruler who preceded him was a king of extravagance. George IV had an affinity for French decor and was heavily invested in overhauling the private residences at Windsor Castle.
Carvings on William IV four-poster beds and cabinets included scrolling shapes, lotus leaves and acanthus, while popular pieces like tilt-top tables and upholstered seating on caster legs provided flexible interiors. Richly toned woods like mahogany and rosewood were used for sideboards, bedposts boasting reeded details and dining chairs with intricate chair backs and turned front legs.
William IV left no legitimate heirs, so his young niece, Victoria, became queen. She would lead an era of taste in which the innovations of the Industrial Revolution allowed for manufacturing showier furniture to fill elaborate interiors. With its comparatively refined forms and restrained designs, William IV style was a pause before a time of radical aesthetic change.
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Style: William IV
Danish 19th century flame mahogany side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Danish 19th century flame mahogany side/sewing table circa 1870.
Good quality piece of danish furniture very much in the earlier William IV taste.
Rectangular top with canted corne...
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Late 19th Century Danish Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Rosewood Side Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
William IV rosewood occaisonal table, with tapered, octagonal column ending in a triped base resting on bun feet.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William IV 19th century palisander flip top side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
William iv 19th century palisander work table, circa 1830.
Made from stunning palisander with a rectangular top that rotates and flips open to form a bigger surface. Single silk lin...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Period English Sewing Stand Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce nearly 200 year old English William IV Period rosewood and mahogany sewing stand work table with beautifully aged warm rustic patina. circa 1830s
Combining sophisticated e...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Mahogany, Rosewood
Antique William IV Occasional Side Table
Located in London, GB
A fantastic original antique William IV period occasional table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1830-1840 period.
It is of amazing quality, with a very strong an...
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1830s British Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of English Oval Satinwood & Ebony Inlay Flower Basket Console Tables C 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English oval pie shaped satinwood and ebony string inlaid console tables with central inlaid flower baskets and resting on the original tapered l...
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1840s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair of Fine Goncalo Alves Tea Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of William IV tea tables, with book matched veneered tops in the rare Goncalo Alves, or Brazilian tiger wood, the mirror image of the other. The folding tops are mounted on sw...
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Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Wood
English Painted Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th C English one drawer painted lamp table. 1830.
Dimensions
29.5 inches (75 cms) Wide
18 inches (46 cms) Deep
29 inches (74 cms) High.
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century William IV Mahogany Library Table
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A very high quality 19th Century William IV Mahogany Library Table with two drawers on the front and dummy drawers on the back. Raised on turned supports and carving to feet.
Circ...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique William IV Quality Figured Mahogany Tea Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William IV quality figured mahogany tea table having a quality figured mahogany fold over top opening to reveal a polished figured mahogany inside, carved mahogany frieze sup...
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1840s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Other
William Iv-Period Specimen Chess Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
A luxurious array of rare marbles and hard stones are inset into the playing surface of this William IV-period chess table. The visually appealing arrangement incorporates specimens ...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Griotte Marble, Siena Marble
Early 19C British Colonial Specimen Wood Side Table
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS, UNIQUE and INTRIGUING Early 19C British Colonial Specimen Wood Side Table from circa 1830, the reign of William IV.
Rosewood veneered top inlaid with various ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Rosewood, Elm
A William IV coramandel side table
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
A William IV coramandel side table
The rectangular top above a pair of drawers on turned and tapering lotus carved legs, brass cappings and castors, 103cm wide, 50cm deep, 79cm high
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Zebra Wood
Quality Antique William IV Rosewood Work Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique William IV rosewood work box having a quality rosewood lift up top opening to reveal a storage compartment, shaped frieze and raised on a shaped pedestal column standing on a platform base with quality carved rosewood scrolled...
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Mahogany & Burled Walnut Side Table
Located in Wilson, NC
The top of this side table is solid mahogany. The corners curve out to meet the carved support columns. The drawer front and apron extend all the way around to the back. It was made ...
Category
1840s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique William IV 1830 Hardwood Side Table + Grand Tour Cameo Display Case Top
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime William IV Hardwood occasional side table with display case top featuring Grand Tour Cameo’s
A ver...
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1830s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Glass
William IV Mahogany Teapoy
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The sarcophagus-shaped top section has a hinged lid and is richly carved throughout in high relief. The everted sides have fleshy palmettes and paired acanthus leaves, while the top has four pairs of leaves which are joined by a carved rib in the centre and scroll outwards to up-curled edges. It is raised on a gadrooned and turned pedestal set on a quatrefoil base with reeded bun feet disguising the original castors. The interior, without fittings, is relined in crushed blue velvet. English, circa 1835.
Susan Stuart, in Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, (ibid), p.110, pl.658, (above) illustrates a rosewood teapoy...
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1830s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
William IV / Early Victorian Mahogany Drop Leaf Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
M01 elegant mahogany work or lamp table with figured mahogany top above a frieze drawers with four turned finials, raised on flat faceted column terminating in quatrefoil base with d...
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1840s European Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Welsh Pine Cricket Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good early 19th C Welsh pine cricket table. Good colour. 1830.
Dimensions
30 inches (76 cms) High
28 inches (71 cms) Diameter.
Category
Early 19th Century Welsh Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Pine
English Mid-19th Century Steel Milner's of Liverpool Firesafe on Custom Stand
Located in Wells, ME
English mid-19th century firesafe in steel with brass plaques and key by Milner's of Liverpool. This early patented firesafe is a rarity. It has its original brass Milner's coat of arms on the front as well as a plaque declaring its date and safety. It presently sits in a custom made painted stand. There is a dent in the brass coat of arms...
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1840s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
A George IV rosewood and scagliola occasional table attributed to Gillows c.1825
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The rectangular top of this table tilts up to display a scagliola landscape scene showing the ruins of the Roman Forum, the Temples of Vespasian and Saturn, the Column of Phocas and ...
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1820s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Scagliola, Rosewood
Sublime Antique William IV circa 1830 Flamed Hardwood Single Drawer Side Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique William IV circa 1830 flamed mahogany single drawer side table with fluted pedestal base
In the world of fine furniture this...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Hardwood
English Marble-Top Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small round marble topped painted oak lamp table, 1840.
Dimensions:
29 inches (74 cms) high
25 inches (64 cms) diameter.
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Marble
William iv Mahogany Occasional Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K0071, fine quality mahogany lamp or occasional table, having tooled leather circular top raised on slander turned and carved column terminating in circular moulded base and 3 shaped...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Pair of Stunning Original 1830 William IV Hardwood Mirrored Top Side Lamp Tables
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original William IV circa 1830 hardwood mirrored top side tables
A very fine and rare pair of tables, the timber patina is...
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1830s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Set of Antique English Rosewood Side Tables
Located in London, GB
These side tables come as a set of four: their sizes allow for them to be stacked on top of each other as well as used separately. They are crafted from rosewood and date from early ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Mahogany Occasional Table circa 1830 with George III Mahogany Tray
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A William IV mahogany
occasional table
circa 1830
together with
George III mahogany
oval tray
The table with flame mahogany
rectangular top on a
round tapering column
and ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Sutherland Drop-Leaf Table in Walnut and Kingwood Veneer
Located in Dallas, TX
A small scale 19th century English Sutherland table with lovely walnut and kingwood veneer, two drop leaves, supported by turned shaped column ends, turned swing out leg, original ca...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Walnut, Kingwood
William IV Mahogany Occasional Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4541, stylish William IV wine table, having flamed mahogany top and vase shaped column terminating in lotus carved collar and 3 carved legs. This antique table is ready to place at...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Georgian period mahogany and crossbanded Pembroke table. Crossbanded and string inlaid top and rounded twin flaps above a single drawer with crossbandin...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mahogany Pembroke Table on Turned Legs
Located in Woodbury, CT
Tightly gathered turnings delineate the legs and attract the eye, but once that original flirtation is over, it is the delicate boxwood string inlay that entices. The top has a reede...
Category
19th Century British Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Mahogany
William IV Period Rosewood Table with Scagliola 'Marble' Top
By Gillows of Lancaster & London, Della Valle Brothers
Located in London, GB
A William IV Period occasional table
Attributed to Gillows
The top almost certainly by Pietro Della Valle
Constructed from rosewood, the incurved quadripartite platform base sup...
Category
19th Century European Antique William IV Side Tables
Materials
Scagliola, Rosewood
William Iv side tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique William IV side tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 19th 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 and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used William IV side tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. 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 $886 and tops out at $34,500 while the average work can sell for $2,811.
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