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.
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.
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Style: Empire
Neoclassical Style Console Table, Refinished, Bronze, Celebrity Provenance
Located in Stamford, CT
Neoclassical style console table, Refinished, bronze, Celebrity provenance
A walnut and parcel bronze and iron two-legged console table with a pink and gray marble top in the Neo...
Category
1890s Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal
Fine French Gilt Bronze and Marble Gueridon
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very fine early 20th century French Empire style gueridon table of gilt bronze and marble. A circular tabletop of black marble with white veining is held by a decorative ribbed bandi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage French Marble and Ormolu Gueridon Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vintage French black marble gueridon table having ormolu serpent ring handles.
Category
20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Empire Gueridon, France, Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Three-legged table on casters with carved eagle heads and hooves as well as amphora decoration on the trefoil strutting. This, like the frame, is inlaid with brass threads. A low gal...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany Center Table inthe Manner of Jacob-Desmal
By Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Empire style gilt bronze mahogany gueridon or centre table
With a verde antico marble top.
In the manner of Jacob-Desmalter,
circa 1880
Height 31 1/4 Diameter 35 in.
A...
Category
1880s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
Swedish Giltwood Early 19th Century Empire Console Table
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A fine, giltwood Swedish console table, possibly by the Stockholm master cabinet maker Lundelius (1778-1823). The wooden top in faux marble painted, the base plinth is painted black....
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Giltwood
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
French Empire Style 'Tete de Belier' Ormolu & Black Marble Gueridon Table
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style ormolu gilt bronze and black marble Guéridon "Tête de Belier," two tiered with ram's heads and cabriole legs terminating in hoof feet. 27.5" H x 29" diameter. Pro...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Empire Style Made In France Side Table Turned Oak Wood & Marble Top, 1950
Located in Miami, FL
We offer an Empire style side table made in France.
Turned oak wood pedestal stand with Marble Top from the late 1950s.
Stamped underneath, Made in France.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
French Late Empire Period Marble Top Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Console Table
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This fine French Empire figured mahogany console table features a rectangular marble top above a frieze with one long drawer with gilt bronze laurel wreath escutcheon flanked by lyre...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze and Marble Empire Pedestal, Table
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant, polished bronze and black lacquer empire style pedestal-table with marble top.
Category
1920s Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Empire-Style Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A spectacular Belgium limestone topped, mahogany console from 19th century France. Just beneath the top is a hidden compartment accessed only when the stone top is removed. The apron...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Style Trumeau Mirror with Matching Console Table
Located in Den Haag, NL
What a beautiful set, still together after 200 years. Console table with mirror and marble top
and the matching mirror. Wood and bronze ornaments.
Category
1820s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Table, Germany 1810-20
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique and very elegant Empire table dates back to around 1810-20. It comes from Germany. It was probably made in the northern part of Germany or possibly in Berlin. The table s...
Category
1810s German Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Tray Table with Greek Key Gallery Trim
Located in Stamford, CT
Decorative tray table for drinks or coffee detailed with Greek Key trim as seen on the inside gallery of the tabletop. The table is supported by faux bamboo legs and an x-shaped cros...
Category
20th Century Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Empire Antique Mahogany Marble Top Pier Console Table
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A good 19th century pier table with a gray marble top situated over a squared apron with flamed mahogany veneers raised over sienna marble columns capped with exquisitely chiseled or...
Category
19th Century Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Elegant and Decorative French Empire Mahogany Center Table
Located in Nordhavn, DK
Elegant and decorative empire salon / center table. Mahogany with original gilded bronze mounting. Legs ornamented with gilt leaves on animal-paw feet. Gray marble top with profile. ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
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 of marbles such as purple an...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Vintage Round Pedestal Dining or Conference Table
Located in Great Barrington, MA
The vintage round mahogany dining or conference table with carved border has a centre pedestal base with four splayed feet. The pedestal is in the shape of an octagonal urn. The apro...
Category
Early 20th Century American Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Empire Architect Table, Table á Tronchin, France, Early 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Antique architect table
France
mahogany, leather
Empire around 1810
Dimensions: H x W x D: 78 x 89 x 55 cm
Description:
Architect's or draftsman's table standing on point...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Restored Antique English Empire Rosewood Partner Desk, Circa 1820s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique English Empire or Neoclassical executive partner's desk,
England, Circa 1820s
Rosewood, with inlaid walnut and satinwood starburst marquetry, ebonized le...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Coffee Table 19th Century Desk Small Red Leather Tapered Foot
Located in Sant'Arsenio, Campania
Desk small table
Made in the second half of the nineteenth century, this coffee table with very simple and composed lines adapts to any environment.
New burgundy leather top. t...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Rare Large Centre Table, Late Empire, Provinens "Sperlingholm Castle, Sweden
Located in Nordhavn, DK
Rare large mahogany late Empire centre table from Säby Castel, before Sperlingholm Castel, Sweden. Round top, apron with bronze knobs. Gilded delfins.
Category
1830s Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire Gueridon
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An exceptional 19th century Empire round mahogany table with charcoal and white fossil marble top. The top is supported by a large single column pedestal that showcases the rich veno...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble
French Empire Style Midcentury Walnut Drinks Table with Ebonized Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style walnut drinks table from the mid 20th century, with ebonized columns and bronze mounts. Created in France during the Midcentury period, this walnut Empire style...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
Blue side Table Decorative Scagliola Art Inlay top metal base Rusty Yellow color
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 centur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Empire Tables
Materials
Iron
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 Tables
Materials
Marble
Square Coffee Table with Green Onyx Top and Walnut Finish by Modenese Luxury
Located in PADOVA, Italy
A decorative complementary item that will make the difference, this square coffee table is not for everyone. Green beveled marble top, eight empire-style legs and walnut finish with ...
Category
2010s Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Onyx, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Empire Style Round Side Table, Cerused Finish
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Empire-style neoclassic wooden round side table in a rustic walnut stain finish, with a dish top, four tapered column legs and an X-stretcher base.
Dimensions: 30" W x 30" D x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Marble Gueridon
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine 19th century French gilt bronze and marble gueridon with gilt bronze eagles heads and pawed feet.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Empire Gueridon or Center Table With Black Marble Top With Gilt Bronze Mounts.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A very nice mahogany empire gueridon or center table with gilt bronze mounts and a black marble top. The marble top sculptured with a raised outer rim. The top frame is hold up by th...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Small Empire Bedside Table in Mahogany
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A fine 19th century Empire style bedside table in mahogany
Beautiful piece that can be used as a bedside table or as occasional table
Small well-proportioned piece in superb condit...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Empire Centre Console Table
Located in Helsingborg, SE
Fine and unusual 19th century Swedish Empire centre console table with Italian pink Calacatta marble top, Ca 1830.
Category
19th Century European Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
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 manner. The table has a solid mahogany ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Antique 18th Century Empire or Louis XVI Mahogany Dutch Side Table
Located in Casteren, NL
This elegant side table was made in The Netherlands around 1780. It has a beautiful mahogany top made of two symmetrical planks, also known as “livre ouvert”. The two pieces of timbe...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire Desk with Four Drawers and a New Leather Top
Located in Santa Monica, CA
French 19th Century Empire Desk with Four Drawers and a New Leather Top
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire Black Lacquered Center Table with Specimen Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous French Empire style black lacquered center table with a specimen marble top. There are also touches of gold gilt on the base of the table. A very elegant piece for a fine home!
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Empire Style Round Side Table, Country Finish
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Empire-style Neo Classic wooden round side table in a rustic country finish, with a dish top, four tapered column legs and an X stretcher base.
Dimensions: 30" W x 30" D x 27....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Baker Furniture Empire Burled Walnut Lazy Susan Drum Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Empire or Neoclassical style drum side table or tea table with unique rotating Lazy Susan interior
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1980s
Walnut, with burled walnut ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Early French 19th Century Empire Mahogany And Marble Gueridon
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Empire period marble topped gueridon with a flamed mahogany base, finished with a lustrous French polish. The foot have a finely cast brass ring for decoration.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Empire Mahogany Centre Table with Bronze Dore Mounts, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century Empire mahogany center table with grey dish marble top, ormolu mounts and paw feet.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Mahogany Empire Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A classic and resolute French Empire console. Topped in Belgian granite, this beautiful table is finished in sensational bookmatched mahogany that is in wonderful antique condition. ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Round Coffee Table with Azul Marble Top and Luxury Gold Leaf by Modenese
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Modenese artisans kwoledge of gold leaf applications goes beyond imagination. The true essence of their work is shown through this magnificent round coffee table, that catches the ey...
Category
2010s Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Oval 19th Century Birch Empire Center Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Oval 19th century birch empire center table circa 1860.
Beautiful swedish birch center table. Oval top surface with matched birch veneers and striking grain. Deep freize with sing...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Birch
Danish Empire Yellow Metal Tray Table, Denmark Early 19th Century
Located in Nordhavn, DK
Large Danish empire tray table.
Tray in yellow-painted metal with silver-plated carrying handles.
On later mahogany base with tapered legs ending in brass feet and casters.
Orig...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Baker Furniture Italian Empire Maple Pedestal Breakfast Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian Empire or Neoclassical style round pedestal breakfast table, game table, or center table
By Baker Furniture, "Milling Road" Collection
Italy, Circa 1990s
...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Maple
French Empire-Style Marble-Top Console Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A vintage French Empire-style mahogany console, the two simple columns with brass capitals and bases and raised on a plinth base, the simple geometric top with gilt mounts and a marb...
Category
1950s French Vintage Empire Tables
Oval Empire Style Table
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oval Empire style table
Onix marble top with some small chips
Origin France Circa 1870
Very good condition.
Category
1870s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Antique Empire Lacquer Round Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary round antique empire side table beautifully crafted out of mahogany wood completely restored and refinished by our expert professional craftsmen team, This 1900s end...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Lacquer, Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood
19th Century American Empire Mahogany Green Marble Top Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century American empire mahogany green marble top console table. Item features green marble top, serpentine column supports, art print scene in glass, beautiful wood grain, very...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
French Empire Style Marble Top Pedestal Table
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant tall side table made of mahogany with black marble top. It
Is well made with exceptional bronze dore gilt mounts in the empire
Style with a tapered leg ending in bronze dore ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Center Table
Located in Boston, MA
Attributed to Chapuis. The later circular black marble top above a frieze mounted with stylized laurel branches centered by flowerheads, raised on three square tapering legs surmount...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Mid-20th Century Tiered Mahogany Lamp Tables
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality pair of occasional tables, circa 1950.
Made in mahogany and very much in the Empire taste. Circular tops with brass beading detail to the frieze. Standing on 4 sabre ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Maison Jansen Gueridon Occasional Table Verre Églomisé Glass Inset Circular Top
Located in Stamford, CT
French Empire style mahogany and parcel-gilt gueridon occasional table, the circular top with verre Églomisé glass inset, atop a single pedestal supported by squared block base. By M...
Category
1940s Argentine Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
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...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Empire Style Extending Dining Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Empire style beech and knotty walnut extending dining table with a circular top extending with two additional leaves, a plain frieze on turned legs with acorn feet with triple end le...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century Empire-Style Vanity Unit with Columns by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Luxurious empire-style vanity unit from Modenese Luxury Interiors, Italian furniture producer. Made of solid wood with white laquered finish, plus empire-style wood carved columns, s...
Category
2010s Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
