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Empire 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 French Empire Small Marble-Topped Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This period Empire table was made in France, circa 1815, is crafted from imported mahogany and done in the Antique taste. This small-scale example is made of bookmatched mahogany ven...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble

Side Table Scagliola Inlaid Top Iron 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 Tables

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Iron

Antique 19th Century Dutch Empire Round Mahogany Table on a Hexagonal Base
Located in Casteren, NL
A very rare Dutch Empire round table in exquisite flamed mahogany. The tabletop is made from two sheets of mahogany in a symmetrical open book...
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Empire Tables

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Mahogany, Oak

19th Century French Gilt Bronze And Marble Gueridon Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th Century French Gilt Bronze And Marble Gueridon Table. This striking table features bronze decorative trim as well as gilt bronze legs decorated with eagles ring handles an...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Empire Style Walnut Side Table or Nightstand
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 19th century French Empire style side table or nightstand made of solid walnut and veneer of walnut and finished on all four sides. Expertly crafted tambour door made of preci...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble, Brass

19th Century Swedish Empire Desk
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Swedish Empire desk. With one single drawer and two doors opening to use full storage. Dry scraped to secondary paint. Knee hole size: 58cm high drawer to floor 43cm wide
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19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables

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Wood

Early 19th Century French Empire Period Mahogany Gueridon Side Table, Marble Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This early nineteenth century French Empire period side table features a mahogany base supported by three columns finished with bronze banding at their bases and capitals. The bronze...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H.
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Tables

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Wood

19th Century French Empire Marble Top Mahogany Console Table with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1870 and built of mahogany wood, the elegant antique cabinet stands on front rounded columnar supports embellished with decorative bronze mounted rings at the...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble

Pair of Italian Pietra Doré Specimen Marble Plaques/Tops with Porphyry, Jasper
Located in New York, NY
An early antique pair of Italian pietra doré specimen marble plaques or table tops, Italian Grand Tour, each plaques of exquisite quality with rare types o...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables

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Marble

Empire Work Table with Griffin Decoration, Vienna, early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Rectangular Viennese work table with one drawer and fine bronze fittings. The unusual partly blackened, partly gold-patinated frame features carved griffins above gold-patinated lion...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Empire Tables

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Bronze

Empire Side Table, France 1810-15, Mahogany
Located in Leimen, DE
Empire Side Table – France, 1810, Mahogany Veneer with Elegant Base Design This stunning Empire side table, crafted in France circa 1810, showcases timeless sophistication. Made wit...
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1810s French Antique Empire Tables

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Mahogany

French 19th Century Mahogany Empire Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Fabulous extendible bureau plat, or writing desk from the late 19th century in the French Empire style, made of mahogany among other luxurious materials. Rich, caramel-colored leathe...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Brass, Bronze

Italian Empire Period Walnut and Ebonized Demilune Console Tables with Mirrors
Located in Firenze, IT
These beautiful antique Italian Empire demilune console tables with mirrors date back to early 19th Century. We can assume they were made in Florence, Italy and they come from a vill...
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19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables

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Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Walnut, Giltwood

French 19th century Empire st. flame Mahogany, Ormolu and Leather desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and most elegant French 19th century Empire st. flame Mahogany, Ormolu and Leather desk. This exceptional desk is raised by eight Mahogany legs with superbly detailed Orm...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Ormolu

Empire Stellar Dining Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Empire style round dining table with beech and quartered walnut veneer and a stellar parquetry inlaid top with a molded edge on a tapered octagonal column base and quatrefoil concave...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Tables

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Wood

French Empire Napoleon III Style Mahogany & Bronze Figural Pier Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
An exquisite French Empire / Napoleon III style mirrored Pier Table, circa 1980s. Made from mahogany and bronze ormolu with a green marble top. The table showcases two figural swan...
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1980s Vintage Empire Tables

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Italian Console Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
19th century Italian gilded and painted console table from the Empire period in it's original condition. Ca 1810, Italy.
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables

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Wood

A French Empire Style Center Table with Swans and Marble Top, 19th C.
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… Hand-carved in the Empire style, this French mahogany center table dates to the 1800s. A thin marble tops a circular platter that is supported by a he...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Stone, Marble

19th C. Hand Carved Wood Round Table & Marble, Top Center Entrance Hall Gueridon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th C. Hand Carved Wood Round Table & Marble, Top Center Entrance Hall Gueridon Elegant French Circa 1830-1848 King Louis Philippe with Hand Sculpted Saint Anne marble-top center ta...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble, Brass

George Jacob Desmalter Empire Gueridon Round center Table Estampille 19th C. LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
George Jacob Desmalter Empire Gueridon Round center Table Estampille 19th C. LA . Rare Exquisite Early 19th century Empire Gueridon with classic...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Metal, Bronze

Antique French Empire Marble & Ormolu Occasional Table c.1830
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Empire circular centre table with ornate ormolu decoration typical of the Empire period and a beautiful inset white "Marmo di Carrara" marble top, ...
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1830s Antique Empire Tables

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Ormolu

Neoclassical Empire Marble Top Pedestal Table
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful black table with gilt accent details on the tripod base as feet. Versitile as it can be in a center hall, game table or an intimate dining table. Wonderful detailed car...
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20th Century Unknown Empire Tables

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Marble

Empire Corner Étagère, Berlin circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
An exceptional corner étagère made of mahogany, resting on three gold-patinated paw feet. The segment-shaped structure is supported by three stylized palm-form columns, featuring gol...
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Early 1800s German Antique Empire Tables

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Glass, Mahogany, Giltwood

Pair of Empire-Style Marble Top Gold Gilt & Painted Pedestals
Located in Southampton, NJ
Pair of Italian Empire-style gilt and painted pedestals topped with Kastoria Red Marble from Greece, circa 1960. In very good vintage condition having polished marble and solid frame...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Tables

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Marble

Empire Marble Pedestal Stand Column Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful French Empire style marble pedestal stand column Great for displaying decorative pieces such as busts or vases Also great for the garden The bronze statue showed not includ...
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Early 1900s Antique Empire Tables

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Bronze

19th Century French Empire Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Paw Feet Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century French Empire Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Paw Feet Console Hall Table. Finely cast bronze ormolu, paw feet, gold gilt accents, bronze inlay,...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Empire Style Walnut Dining Table with Leaf
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Empire Style Walnut Dining Table with Leaf will bring understated elegance to your dining experience! Hand-crafted from sumptuous walnut, it features six tapered legs...
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Tables

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Brass

Early 19th Century Ebonized Empire Console Table with White Marble Top, 1808
Located in Berlin, DE
This striking console table, crafted in France circa 1808, embodies the grandeur of the Empire style. Its ebonized wood frame, finished to a deep, lustrous black, provides a dramatic...
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Early 1800s French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble

An Ebonized Dining Table, Attributed to Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
This elegant ebonized mahogany dining table, attributed to Maison Jansen, features intricate rosettes and classic and contemporary elements, making it a versatile addition to various...
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1940s French Vintage Empire Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century Empire Period Marble Top Gueridon
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant guéridon is a fine example of Empire-period craftsmanship, dating back to the early 19th century. Its refined design and high-quality materials reflect the timeless eleg...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble

Baker, Knapp & Tubbs Empire Style Cocktail Table with Italian Portoro Marble
Located in Miami, FL
Baker, Knapp & Tubbs Empire Style Cocktail Table with Italian Portoro Marble Offered for sale is an elegant Baker, Knapp & Tubbs Empire-style coffee table. The table is created wit...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Empire Tables

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Marble, Brass

19th Century French Mahogany Table Empire style with Louis Philippe four Chairs
Located in Vigonza, Padua
French mahogany dining table from the early 19th century, Empire style, with four elegant hand-carved Louis Philippe mahogany chairs of the same age, still usable. Elegant table with...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Mahogany

French 19th Century Gueridon Table with Marble Top
Located in Edenbridge, GB
French 19th Century marble-topped centre table in the true Empire style. This table has been bleached to give it a unique look, showing off the flamed Mahogany graining. Together wi...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble

19th Century French Empire Period Ebonized Gueridon Table with Carrara Marble
Located in Birmingham, AL
An exquisite early 19th-century French Empire period gueridon table with a striking ebonized lacquer finish, circa 1810. This refined center table boasts its original Carrara marble ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century French Empire Period Walnut Side Table with Doric Column Legs
Located in Birmingham, AL
This exquisite French Empire period side table is a superb example of early 19th century craftsmanship. Handcrafted from rich walnut by skilled artisans near Lyon, circa 1810, it sho...
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1810s French Antique Empire Tables

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Walnut

Lovely Pair of French Style Black Lacquer Side Tables
Located in London, GB
A Striking Pair of French Style Side Tables with Black Lacquer Finish and Floral Decoration Lovely Detail Dated C20th
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20th Century Unknown Empire Tables

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Lacquer

French 19th Century Mahogany & Marble Gueridon
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A 19th century French marble top gueridon from the Restauration period that would be stunning in a foyer as a center table or as a large end table in a living room. A circular piece ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble

Empire table, France, ca. 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Empire table, France, ca. 1860. Very good condition. H 76.5 cm D 79 cm
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Tables

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Walnut

Coffee table from the 1920s, France.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique coffee table from the early 20th century, France. Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: height 73 cm / width 78 cm / depth 49 cm
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Early 20th Century French Empire Tables

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Walnut

Antique Dutch Empire Burl Wood veneered desk or sofa table
By Chapuis
Located in Den Haag, NL
Superb Dutch Empire Burl Wood -veneered sofa table ,On Iron casters On four shaped scroll feet joined by a baluster turned beech stretcher, the top ...
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1820s Dutch Antique Empire Tables

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Burl

19th Century French Empire Console Table
Located in Ongar, GB
A nice quality 19th century French Empire console table made from flamed Cuban mahogany. With a Belgian bluestone top and original ormolu ...
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1810s French Antique Empire Tables

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Mahogany

Pair of “return from Egypt” torch holders , attributed to Agostino Fantastici
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Pair of Egyptian style Torchères with hermes and female busts on the stems, on flared griffon feet, attributed to Agostino Fantastici. The plates are supported by finely worked palmettes. Mahogany, partly black lacquered and gilded. Attr. Agostino Fantastici, Siena circa 1820 Born in 1782 to Bernardino and Margherita Boddi. He learned his first notions of architecture from his father, a professor of mathematics at the University of Siena and a hydraulic engineer. He trained first in Siena, then in Rome, and was active both during the French occupation and, above all, during the Restoration period. His work was very wide-ranging and included numerous projects, mainly in Senegal. The first years of activity included the prison in the former convent of Santa Marta (1811), the conversion of the convent of Sant'Agostino to the Liceo (1811), the church of San Salvatore (1812-1832), work on Palazzo Griffoli in Lucignano (1815-1818), the new tribune for the church of the Madonna (1812-1832) ; the new tribune for the church of the bishopric of Santa Maria della Scala (1815-1818); the Duomo of Montalcino (1817-1832), his masterpiece as a sacred building, and the façade of the Duomo of Colle di Val d'Elsa; the portico and scaffolding of the Council of Tolome in Sant'Agostino (1818, with Francesco Paccagnini). In Siena he also worked at the Teatro dei Rinnovati (1832), the Teatro dei Rozzi and the Duomo, as well as creating ponti, dighe, steccati and pescaie ; in the fifth century of the Ottocento, he worked on the church of San Giuseppe, where a new chapel was created, on the church of San Leonardo, on the altar of the church of Saints Peter and Paul, on the chapel of the Holy Sepulchre and on the slates of the church of Santa Maria in Provenzano, and on the church of San Pietro alla Magione. Among his works of residential architecture, he designed the façade of Palazzo Pozzesi (1823), the refurbishment of Palazzo Puccioni, Palazzo Staderini, Palazzo Brancadori (1828) and the Borghesi Casino (1825), the gardens of Villa di Scorgiano and Casa Malavolti, the extension and interior stage of Villa Spannocchi, Villa Il Pavone...
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19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables

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Wood, Mahogany

Pair of Antique Swedish Neoclassical Late Empire Pedestals
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of antique Empire Neoclassical Swedish pedestals painted ebony with gold accents.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables

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Wood

Neoclassical Empire Marble Top Ormolu Mounted Gray and Gilt Console Tables, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Neoclassical or Empire style console tables featuring winged sphinx and Egyptian ormolu figures USA, Circa Late 20th Century Painted wood in a lovely gray color,...
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Late 20th Century American Empire Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Mid Century French Empire Style Oak & Brass Round Gueridon Side End Table 25"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid Century French inspired round two tier side table. Made from oak with brass tapered posts. Dimensions: 23. 1/2" x 24 3/4"h
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Mid-20th Century Empire Tables

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Brass

Antique Italian Biedermeier French Empire Small Marble Top Drinks Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Biedermeier French Empire Small Round Marble Top Drinks Gueridon Side Table with Bronze Ormolu. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 24" H x 16" Diameter.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Tables

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Marble

French Empire Ebonized Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Desk from France in the French Empire style and made of solid mahogany construction. This piece features four column legs that are enhanced with finely cast bronzes. Five dovetailed ...
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1880s French Antique Empire Tables

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Brass

20th Century French Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An early 20th Century French Bureau Plat or desk with drawers and leather inset. In addition the desk has a slide either side which can be extended for additional work space and hid...
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1920s French Vintage Empire Tables

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Mahogany, Leather

French Style Mahogany Refectory Console Table Having Turned Pedestals
Located in Southampton, NJ
An elegant refectory library console table in solid mahogany having turned spindle pedestal legs by Kiel Furniture circa 1930. In excellent refinished ...
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Early 20th Century American Empire Tables

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Steel

Antique French Empire Mahogany Ormolu Marble top Demi-Lune Cabinet Commode 1810
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique French Empire flame mahogany, marble top and ormolu mounted demi lune cabinet, circa 1810. The cabinet is fitted with the original mottled black marble top, the demi l...
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1810s French Antique Empire Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

French Empire Style Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very fine quality French Empire style writing table in kingwood, boxwood and other inlays, mounted with ormolu fittings and with a single frieze drawer. France circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Empire Tables

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Ormolu

Pair of Athenian Pedestal Tables Empire Style, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Athenian pedestal tables, Empire style, early 20th century. A pair of Empire style Athenian pedestal tables, early 20th century, in wood and gilt bronze ornamentation, the t...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Tables

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Bronze

Antique French Leather Top Desk / Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique French leather top desk / writing table, dating from around the 1930’s. The quality is outstanding, this has a gorgeous...
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1930s French Vintage Empire Tables

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Ormolu

Pair of consolles -table-Bolognese walnut 1850s in patina
By A. Manzoni
Located in Villa Verucchio, Emilia-Romagna
"Pair of Bolognese walnut consolles from 1850 in patina." Timeless Elegance: Pair of Bolognese Consolles in 1850s Walnut A harmonious combination of style, history and craftsmanship,...
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1850s Italian Antique Empire Tables

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Walnut

Pair of walnut Empire Consolles from the 1820s
By A. Manzoni
Located in Villa Verucchio, Emilia-Romagna
Timeless elegance: Pair of walnut Empire Consolles from the 1820s Furnish your home with class and exclusivity thanks to this stunning pair of walnut consolles from the 1820s, Empire...
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1820s Italian Antique Empire Tables

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Nutwood

Pine Turned Leg Writing Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
This small one drawer writing table would be perfect for doing homework in a child’s bedroom or home office or could fit nicely in a hallway or even use as an extra surface in the ki...
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Empire Tables

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Pine

Empire Style Gueridon Side Table
Located in Austin, TX
Gueridon side table from France in the Empire style. This piece has three column legs each adorned with brass detailing at the top and bottom. The base has been ebonized and finished...
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1920s French Vintage Empire Tables

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Marble, Brass

Empire tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Empire 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, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, 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 Maitland Smith, Baker Furniture Company, and Grosfeld House. 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 $595 and tops out at $26,000 while the average work can sell for $2,675.

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