Chinoiserie Tables
CHINOISERIE STYLE
Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.
The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.
Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.
As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.
Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.
Find a collection of chinoiserie bedroom furniture, cabinets, decorative objects and more on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinoiserie
Chinese Red Lacquer & Brass Side Table Removable Ice Chest Style Hoof Foot Base
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Chinese red lacquer and brass ice chest, planter, accent table with galvanized insert and lid on hoof foot style removable base. This piece is in wonderful vintage condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Chinoiserie Side Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
19th century French chinoiserie side table.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Chinoiserie Style Mahogany Table Attributed Gabriel Viardot
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent 19th century French hand-carved chinoiserie style mahogany center-table with mother-of-pearl inlaid marquetry top attributed to Gabriel Viardot. This magnificent mahogany table has been hand-carved with Chinese chinoiserie decor depicting chinoiserie figures holding umbrellas and other Chinese motif inlaid. Around the edges of the rectangular table is magnificently detailed and adorned open wood work, which gives the piece a different dimension of class and elegance. The top of the table is beautifully designed with a mother-of-pearl inlaid marquetry. Tinted wood table with rectangular tray with Asian decor inlaid with mother-of-pearl depicting peaches and beauties holding umbrellas. The carved openwork crosses of Chinese motifs rests on four magnificently carved curved legs with lions feet holding up the table. Found at the top of each leg are beautifully chased doré bronze mounts depicting foo dog masks. France, circa 1890.
Gabriel Viardot is a famous Parisian cabinetmaker who inherited the family factory in around 1860. He manufactured carved wood furniture...
Category
1890s French Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A French red lacquered chinoiserie table with gilt decoration. the surface is decorated with a figure and garden scene with stairs. This table ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lacquered and Burled Wood Console Table
Located in Norwood, NJ
Painted and Burled Wood Console Table. Chinoiserie console table. Painted in two tones of eggshell. Beautiful finished burl wood top
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Mid-Century Chinoiserie Mirrored Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian (1940s) square coffee table with reverse painted mirrored top featuring Chinoiserie figures and floral decoration.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Mirror, Paint
Chinoiserie Decorated End Table by South Hampton Furniture
Located in Stamford, CT
A chinoiserie decorated end table with one oak secondary drawer by South Hampton furniture company.
Category
1960s Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Bronze and Silver Low Table by Philip La Verne, American, New York
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional coffee table by famed furniture designer Phillip & Kelvin LaVerne, American, New York, signed. The complex chinoiserie design features highly detail views of Imperial ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Bronze, Silver Leaf
Midcentury Asian Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Midcentury Asian coffee table, Asian, circa 1950s. Beautiful graining to the wood.
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinoiserie Table w/ Painted Landscape Scenes over Black Lacquered Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Black-lacquered chinoiserie work table with polychrome painted scenes on trestle base with hinged lift-top exposing lidded compartments and open cubbies, with original key plate in t...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Continental Dutch Satinwood Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Continental Dutch-style (18/19th Century) satinwood and inlaid trimmed drop front desk with chinoiserie decorated lacquered panels and brass gallery
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Chinese Carved Rosewood Table or Candle Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare chinese carved rosewood table or candle stand with an ebonized finish. The top features an inserted porcelain plaque in the Chinese Export m...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Burmese Orchestra Hsian Wain Drum/Percussion Circle Carved Panel Table
Located in Topeka, KS
Phenomenal Antique Burmese orchestral Hsian wain drum circle table. Comprised of a rectangular glass top, eight hand carved and bejeweled panels, & 27 orig...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood, Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
1960s French Work, Chinese Style Coffee Table in Lacquered and Giltwood
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1960s French work, Chinese style coffee table in lacquered and giltwood. Labelling NF MEUBLE.
Category
1960s French Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Three-Legged Hand-Carved Chinese Console
Located in Miami, FL
Chinoiserie Hand-Carved Console Table with three legs from the 19th century.
Handmade carved Wood with Gold Leaf Finish.
In good vintage condition with some normal scuffs and marks.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Hekman Chinoiserie Burl Top Faux Bamboo Oval Coffee Table
Located in Harlingen, TX
A vintage Hollywood Regency faux bamboo coffee or cocktail table by Hekman Furniture of the 1970's Bambu Regency collection. It features an oval patchwork burl wood top surface with ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Wood, Burl
Lacquered Chinese Inspired Split Pencil Reed Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This likely Italian Chinese inspired split reed coffee table is lacquered in a Venetian red and buffed with finishing wax to a subtle shine. The detachable glass top sits in the fram...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Reed, Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Drexel Heritage Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Red Chest on Stand
By Drexel
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie chest on stand or occasional side table
By Drexel Heritage
USA, Late 20th Century
Red lacquered mahogany, with carved mahogany base, and h...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Brass
Gold Gilt Metal Faux Bamboo and Mirror Side Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Gold bamboo style side table or end table. Metal faux bamboo table with hand painted gold gilt finish with red undertones. New antique style mirrored glass top.
Category
1980s American Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Metal
Chinoiserie Console Table Altar Hand Painted
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Category
1960s Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Wood
Antique French Style Chinoiserie Gilt Decorated Ebonized Low Tea Table C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
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An antique French style low tea table offers ebonized finish with Chinoiserie gilt countryside vil...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Chinoiserie Paint Decorated Faux Bamboo Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Paint decorated. Gilt accents. 29 3/8" h x 60" w x 29 7/8" d.
Condition
Light surface scratches. Minor finish loss. Missing knob on drawer.
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid 20th Century Carved Rosewood Finish Asian Style Console Sofa Table
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian style console sofa table, unbranded. Unknown wood type with a rosewood finish, banded top with miter edge, decoratively carved floral & branches apron, curved legs, stretche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Hand Painted Asian Nesting Tables
Located in Malibu, CA
Large table; hand painted floral motif in shades of gold over cinnabar.
20"H
15"W
12.25"D
Small table
17.5"H
12.5"W
10.5"D
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Antique Chinese Chinoiserie Table c1890
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
ANTIQUE CHINOISERIE TABLE
This exquisite Chinese altar table embodies the classic beauty of its design and hails from Shanxi. Its slender f...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Lacquer
MAITLAND SMITH Chinoiserie Painted Coffee Cocktail Table
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian Chinoiserie style cocktail table by Maitland Smith. Solid hardwood, unique curvature design, hand painted throughout with Chinoiserie scenes in shades of black, red & gold, low gallery edge to top, rounded flair to apron, cabriole legs, and pad feet. Hand made in the Philippines...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Circa 1830 English Tole Tray on Steel Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A large c.1830 English Tole Tray - the gilt chinoiserie decoration on black ground in fine unrestored condition. Now on an interesting steel stand of cerrule form made in the 1930's....
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel
Chinoiserie Imperial Red English Writing Partners Desk / Library Table, 19th C
Located in Charleston, SC
This Elegant English Chinoiserie Partners Writing Desk / Library Table with Exotic Scenes is Japanned in Imperial Red Lacquer. The Chinoiserie Library...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Lacquer
CENTURY Chin Hua by Raymond Sobota Asian Chinoiserie 76 Inch Dining Table
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian style dining table by high-quality furniture maker century, from their ""Chin Hua"" line designed by Raymond K Sobota. Rectangular in...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Maple, Burl, Lacquer
Antique Regency Style Black Chinoiserie Bamboo Mulit Drop Leaf Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Regency style black chinoiserie bamboo mulit drop leaf table. It features hand painted chinoiserie decoration with four folding drop leaves. The fully extended width is 36".
...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Bamboo
Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Square Coffee Tables
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing pair of black lacquered coffee tables made in Hong Kong. Stunning depictions of birds and nature hand painted onto each table.
Additional information:
Material: Lacquer, Woo...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Hand Paint Decorated Rolling Serving Cart
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Antique early 20th century chinoiserie hand paint decorated rolling serving cart. Hand painted illustrations garden pond and reflection hut area. Original black and gold gilt accente...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Lacquered Chinoiserie Cake Stand
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and rare antique lacquered chinoiserie cake stand. This was made in England, it dates from the 1900-1920 period.
The quality is excellent, the decorations are beautifull...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Set of Four Chinese Export Lacquer Nesting Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine set of four antique, ebonized Chinese export nesting tables produced in the mid-19th century. Graduated in size, each lacquered wood table is masterfully gilt-painted in tradi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century English Chinoiserie Lacquered Side Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Stylish 19th century English lacquered side table with hand painted Chinoiserie designs. A very fine accent piece for a beautiful home! L...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Chinese Green Lacquered Coffee Table, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Green lacquered coffee table in the Chinese style standing on four legs finishing with cubes. Openwork apron supporting a tray decorated wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Lacquer
American Chalkware Seated Asian Infant Figure Side Table
Located in New York, NY
American chalk ware figures depicting gold painted seated Asian infants holding chopsticks, turned into a pair of side tables with square cut glass tops.
Category
19th Century American Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Glass, Plaster
Large Chinese Console in Red Lacquered Bamboo, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Chinese console in red lacquered bamboo standing on two rectangular shaped legs constituted by vertical sticks linked together. Apron and l...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Chinoiserie Tole Tray Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Tole painted Chinese chinoiserie style metal detachable tray table on metal stand. Can be used as coffee table, side table or serving table.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Metal
Jansen Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Classic Jansen chinoiserie coffee table decorated with gold gilt scenes of Asian landscapes and figures on an oxblood colored field. Shaped apron with lower tier on slender cabriole ...
Category
1940s Vintage Chinoiserie Tables
Materials
Wood
Chinoiserie tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie 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 tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, asian art and furniture, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie tables made in a specific country, there are Asia, Europe, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Century Furniture, Henredon, and Drexel. 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 tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $250 and tops out at $110,000 while the average work can sell for $2,181.
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