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.
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Style: Empire
19th Century Swedish Mahogany Empire Center Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine 19th century Swedish mahogany Empire center table with one-drawer and brass details, circa 1830.
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Empire Splendid French Saloon Table, Bronze Gilt
Located in Berlin, DE
Finely chased and gilded bronze in wax casting. Three curly legs connected with gutter. Medium with garland-shaped decoration. The legs are in the form of three winged, fully plastic...
Category
20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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 Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
19th Century French Mahogany Gueridon Table
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century French mahogany gueridon table having circular moulded grey marble top raised on reeded turned tapering column and scrolled leaf-carved tripod base ending on bo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Cylinder Burl Walnut Pedestal Cabinet, Copenhagen, 1830-1840
Located in Kastrup, DK
Cylinder burl walnut pedestal cabinet. Late empire. Oak beautifully veneered with walnut. A large front door that opens to reveal a set of four shelve...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
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
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan leather writing surface, an interior...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire 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...
Category
1830s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Limestone, Ormolu
Neoclassical Style Cream Faux Marbre Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully faux painted in a cream marble faux finish, the rectangular top raised on two volute form supports terminating in sunflower heads and enriched with foliate decoration.
Category
20th Century Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Superb Gilt Bronze Center Table with Lapis Lazuli Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A superb gilt bronze table featuring a lapis lazuli top. The striking contrast between the fire gilding with its mustard yellow and the deep blue of the lapis is something to see. Th...
Category
1880s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Ebonised French Gueridon
Located in Houston, TX
Ebonised French Gueridon with Fossil marble top on 3 oblong bun feet. Metal detail on each of the three columns along the top and the bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century European Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Empire Style Centre Table with Marble Top after Jacob-Desmalter, French
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Empire style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany centre table with a Vert de Mer marble top, in the manner of Jacob-Desmalter.
The rectangular Verde Antico marble top sits above ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Russian Baltic Brass Bound Marble Top Empire Style Center Occasional Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
1870s Russian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Maison Forest.
Paris, circa 1900.
Bearing two labels to the underside: 'FOREST/TAPISSERIE/EBENISTERIE/31 RUE CAMBACERES.PARIS...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
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 Tables
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
An Exceptional French Empire Period Mahogany Pedestal / Centre Table, Circa 1815
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The original fossilized black marble circular top over a conforming frieze of richly figured crotch mahogany, mounted upon a stunning flame-mahogany tri-corner base accented with thr...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Antique English Empire Console Writing Side Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful small antique English Empire Gonçalo Alves console with integral writing slide and pen drawer, circa 1820 in date.
This dual purpose table has a drawer above a p...
Category
1820s English Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Original Rare British Dinning Room Set with 12 Chairs, Satin Wood
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Individual items are not for sale separately.
A very popular supplier and manufacturer of furniture, Maple & Co.
It is a perfect example of the English aristocracy and is still in great demand.
The whole set is remarkable in that it has been kept intact this entire time, including the original 12 chairs at the table.
The table has a rare unfolding system with two double action screw table expanders. One person alone can easily unfold the table by turning the handle.
The system is patented by the company Joseph Fitter...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Satinwood, Lacquer
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 Tables
Materials
Bronze
Specimen Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Center Table
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Specimen Pietra Dura inlaid marble center table on a carved Empire style wood base.
Inlaid with Lapis and other semi precious stones.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Empire Style Green Marble-Top Console Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Burl veneered case with green marble or verde-antico. Large buffet in the Italian taste, having an inset top, single frieze drawer with ormolu mounts, supported by marble columns, th...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Dining table round scagliola art top wooden base gold details handmade in Italy
Located in Rimini, IT
Verbena round dining or center table
This table with scagliola art inlay takes inspiration from the classical paliotto with a frame of cornucopias but the choice of colors, Siena ye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Scagliola, Wood
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 Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
French Empire Style 19th Century Ebonized Mahogany Writing Table Desk
By Jacob-Desmalter
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) ebonized mahogany writing table desk with a leather top & claw feet resting on a platform base. (after JACOB DESMALTER at Fonteainbleau Palace).
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Square French Empire Brass Swans and Wrought Iron Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
French Empire style coffee table with inset beveled glass top on metal base with swans.
Category
20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Metal
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. Item features finely cast bronze Ormolu, paw feet, gold gilt accents,...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Style Trumeau Mirror with Matching Console Table
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century French Empire style trumeau mirror with matching console table, featuring a decorative mythological "Verre Églomisé" reverse paint...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
19th Century English Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Empire Influenced Centre Table, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century Empire influenced marble topped guéridon, having a brass gallery, gilded ormolu mounts of flowers, leaves, berries and plaques. Raised on four square tape...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
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 Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality, 18th century Louis XV Escritoire. The Escritoire has a drawer at the top with ornate mounts, above a fall front opening...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
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 Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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 ...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Pietra Dura Empire Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pietra Dura Empire table. Malachite, amethyst, lapis lazuli, citrine and sienna marble inlaid in white marble. Wood is Tineo.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
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 Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Empire Style Round Mahogany Tilt-Top Table with Bronze Ormolu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century, French Empire style Round mahogany tilt-top table with bronze ormolu. Item features ornate cast bronze ormolu, brass casters, carved central column, beautiful wood grai...
Category
19th Century European Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
Empire Early 19th Century Amboyna Center Table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A rare and very elegant early 19th century Empire Gueridon, stamped seven times by the Belgium cabinetmaker Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864). Very Fine and decorative amboyna veneer, ...
Category
Early 19th Century Belgian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
King Louis Philippe Period Marble-Top Center hall entrance Table Gueridon 19th
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Elegant French Louis Philippe marble-top center table mid-19th century. A fantastic marble top mahogany center Hall table. Superb quality shown in the bulbous and reed carved column,...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire 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 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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Walnut
Midcentury Decorative Pair of Pedestals Walnut with Brass
Located in Weiningen, CH
Midcentury decorative pair of pedestals walnut with brass.
Category
1950s French Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut
Empire style console leg. Resin. 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Figure located on a rectangular base with fine moldings. A claw gives way to an oval shape from which emerge two wings with the tips rolled forward (with some lines of Persian air) a...
Category
20th Century European Empire Tables
Materials
Other
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan lea...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Center Table with Bronze Ormolu Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
A French 19th Century Empire mahogany center table with bronze doré mounts and a marble top. This handsome table features beautifully executed bronze pieces mounted throughout the a...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Ormolu Bronze Malachite and White Marble Gueridon Table, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
A French Ormolu bronze malachite and white marble Gueridon table, in the Empire style,
circa 1870
The circular top supported on three bronze winged female...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Malachite, Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Designer, Side Table, Mahogany, Marble, Bronze, France, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
A small Maison Jansen style claw foot and bronze mounted marble-top circular end or side table.
Mahogany, Bronze, Marble
France, 1940s
Category
Mid-20th Century European Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Empire Center Table in Mahogany with Bronze Mounts White Marble Top, 19 th c
Located in Houston, TX
Empire table with Egyptian style bronze mounts at all
Corners including the sides having white marble with
Gray veining throughout.
Mahogany apron and legs decorated with bronze d...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Pier Table with Grey Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A mahogany pier table with carved swans, mirrored back and grey marble top (not original to the piece) early 19th century France (marble top replaced).
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire 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...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Burl Wood Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful burl wood set against ebonized legs and trim. Desk has a single compartmentalized drawer with key and elegantly curved legs.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Burl
Early 19th Century Empire Flame Mahogany and Marble Console Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Empire flame mahogany and marble console table, the statuary white marble top of rectangular form raised over plain frieze...
Category
1810s Irish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Circular Marble-Top Table on Pedestal Base
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a decorative circular table with an inlaid marble top framed by a pierced brass gallery and supported by a silver-gilt baluster pedestal situated on a tripartite marble plint...
Category
20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Empire Black Lacquer Pedestals
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Empire black lacquer column pedestals with bronze dore festoon trim.
Category
19th Century Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Gueridon in the Manner of Jacob-Desmalter, circa 1880
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Empire style gilt-bronze and mahogany gueridon, with a Verde antico marble top, in the manner of Jacob-Desmalter.
French, circa 1880.
The circular Verde antico marble ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Unique Austrian Empire Secretary/Writing Desk, Material Mahogany, Wien 1820-1829
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Empire secretary or writing desk, (Cylinder)
Material: Mahogany.
Completely restored, Shellac polish.
Period: 1820-1829
Source: Austria, Wien.
We guarantee safe a the cheapest air ...
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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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