Gustavian Tables
GUSTAVIAN STYLE
With clean lines and muted colors, antique Gustavian furniture is understated and elegant. It represents a more restrained version of the transition from Rococo to neoclassicism that was happening in France under Louis XVI. The style developed under Swedish King Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 until his assassination in 1792, and his son Gustav IV, who ruled until 1809. Although Gustavian furniture is mostly used to refer to pale painted cabinets, commodes, armchairs and other items, it involved a range of influences.
Gustavian-style furniture was inspired by discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the grandeur of European palaces like Versailles, with local softwoods such as pine and birch. There was also an emphasis on natural light; crystal chandeliers and large mirrors played a role in radiating the fleeting daylight of winter, giving it a distinctive aesthetic.
Where earlier furniture was curvy and florid, this new era was more architectural, with tapered and fluted legs and rectangular and oval shapes. Luminous gilt contrasted with the palette of soft blues on upholstery and painted surfaces. Leading furniture builders included Gottlieb Iwersson, Louis Masreliez and Erik Öhrmark. The latter, a French-born Swedish decorator, designed the Sulla chair, a seat that was demonstrative of technical skill and precise craftsmanship and drew on Greek klismos chairs. Masreliez’s Sulla chair was made by Öhrmark and featured decorative ornamentation produced by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez, Louis’s younger brother.
While the wealthy had furniture carved with neoclassical details like scallops and rosettes, more affordable options were adorned with faux finishes that mimicked marble and stenciled patterns. The simple elegance of Gustavian furniture would have a long impact on Swedish design, informing the 20th-century appreciation for function and form. In the 1950s, IKEA mass-produced copies of a Gustavian commode designed by cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, who created pieces for the Royal Palace, making the furniture a fixture of everyday Swedish life.
Find a collection of antique Gustavian seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Gustavian
Console Table Swedish Gustavian Style
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is an Incredible Swedish Gustavian Style 1 Drawer console table. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desk with Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Umea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden.
Nice Gustavian desk scraped to its originalpaint.
Reeded sides.
...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demilunes or Center Table
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is a beautiful pair of 19th century Swedish Gustavian demilune tables with carved detail above each leg. These are perfect to flank a f...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Demi Lune Console Tables
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant pair of 19th-century Swedish demi-lune console tables embodies the timeless sophistication of Gustavian design. Crafted from pine wood, the tables feature gracefully curved half-moon tops and delicately tapered legs, showcasing the understated elegance characteristic of Swedish neoclassical furniture...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Light-Grey Swedish Gustavian Antique Oval Pine Dining Room Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique 19th century Swedish Gustavian oval wooden dining table, in good condition. The Scandinavian painted Pinewood center table has a grey waxed p...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish antique Gustavian Table with Untouched Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian table from Piteå Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Small neat Gustavian table with untouched originalpa...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Small Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Console Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A small highly carved early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian period console table.
In original paint with a Carrara marble top.
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Swedish painted drop-leaf table. Table features two large leaves that drop down when not needed, making this usable as a dining, sofa or hall table. When a dining table ...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style 4 Leg Demi Lune Tables
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique set of 2 Swedish Gustavian style Console Tables. They have just been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
$3,790 / set
Swedish Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian Style Console Table. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster Grey.
Category
Early 2000s Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Demi Lune Console Tables A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of 20th Century Swedish Demi Lune Console Tables. Tables feature straight, slender legs, slightly tapered at ends and painted in a soft white. Historically, console tables like ...
Category
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,650 / set
Pair of Swedish Gustavian marble top pier tables, c. 1790
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of unusually small pair of carved & painted Gustavian hardwood console tables with original gray and white Saint Anne marble tops. The marble tops rest on a guilloché carved apr...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble
20th Century Swedish Pine Carpentry Bench - Antique Scandinavian Work Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 20th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian style carpentry bench made of hand crafted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian work table is composed with a heavy rectangu...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal
$4,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish 19th century hand painted pine occasional table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century hand painted pine occasional table circa 1890.
Good quality table with many possible uses and with a knee height of 23.5 inches it could function as a small desk.
Bare...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
C1900s Gustavian style mahogany side tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of nice mahogany veneer side tables in the gustavian taste.
Round with pieced brass edge and four tapered legs, with cross stretcher below. These smart and useful tables woul...
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1890s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Freestanding Pinewood Tray Top Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-green, antique Swedish Gustavian freestanding tray top table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, designed by an unknown master, carpenter in ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish White Gustavian Extendable Dining Table C. 1940 8 10 Seat
Located in Lewes, England
Swedish Gustavian white extendable dining table which extends from a round 110 cm approximately to 245 cm long with three leaves. It has ...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Birch
$6,567 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Swedish Console Table Circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century Swedish console table, circa 1880, captures the refined simplicity of Gustavian design. Constructed from pine, it features a painted faux-marble finish on the table...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Swedish Gustavian White Painted Drop Leaf Antique Dining Table
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A VERY GOOD GUSTAVIAN DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE IN EARLY WHITE PAINT
Sweden, circa 1st half of the 19th century
29 1/2" H x 22 1/8" D x 78 1/4" W (opened)
This very attractive origin...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish Gustavian Writing Desk, Late 18th Century, Late 1700s
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish late Gustavian writing desk, late 18th century in excellent antique condition.
Key included.
Restored with additions. Slight damages, wear and repairs due to age and as sh...
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Late 18th Century Scandinavian Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Turquoise Swedish Gustavian Tray Table - Antique Pine Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian tray table in old paint and gilded colored Acanthus leaves on all sides with removable tray. The black-turquoise Scandinavian side table is made of hand ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desk with Marble Imitaition Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Sundsvall Medelpad, Northern Sweden.
A stunning desk with fantastic patina.
Scraped and washed to its well Preserved Originalpaint.
Lovely...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desk with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Lulea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A beautiful desk with nice propotion & fine condition.
Untouched base, the top is scraped and washed to it...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
20th Century Swedish Folding Table Circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant early 20th-century Swedish folding table is a perfect blend of simplicity, functionality, and timeless design, reflecting the refin...
Category
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal
Gustavian / Louis XVI Table in Pine with Original Coral Painted
Located in Kastrup, DK
Beautiful and refined Gustavian / Louis XVI table in pine, carefully scraped to reveal its original coral-colored paint with an attractive patina.
The tabletop has a profiled edge a...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Late Gustavian Demilune Tables with Leaf
Located in Huntington, NY
A pair of Swedish Gustavian demilune tables featuring decorative hand carved Guilloché scrolling. Rosettes sit atop hand carved tapered legs. This piece has been tastefully hand pain...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish mid 19th century alder root occasional table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish mid 19th century alder root occasional table circa 1850.
Elegant piece of mid 19th century furniture from sweden. Over sailing top with alder root outer edge and alder cros...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Birch
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Pinewood Coffee Table - Antique Sofa Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian coffee, sofa table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian side table is composed with one large drawer, consisting a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Burl Birch Tilt-Top Square Table on Pedestal Base
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptional 18th century Swedish Gustavian tilt-top table with a patchwork birch, burl rootwood top over a turned birch column that rests on a tripod pedestal base with cabriole l...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Birch, Burl
Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Center Hall Table, Side or End Table, Restored
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Swedish pedestal center hall table, or could be used as an end table or side table. We believe the restoration most likely occurred in Sweden, before being imported to the st...
Category
1910s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
$2,880 Sale Price / item
40% Off
Swedish Gustavian Style Pine Farm Table or Console
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming late 19th century Swedish pine farmhouse table or console table. Constructed from pine having a two-board plank top with a natural or stripped finish on the pine. The Gustavian trestle...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian Style Console Table. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish 1900s Gustavian Style Painted Console Table with Two Drawers and Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood console table from the early 20th century with faux marble top, two drawers, brass rosettes, two shelves and curving feet. Created in Sweden du...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
Demi-lune Console Table in Gustavian Style, Sweden
Located in Kastrup, DK
Demi-lune table in Gustavian style featuring a black-painted top and a light gray-painted base. The apron includes two drawers with fluted fronts and elegant brass knobs.
The legs a...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
Gustavian Style Side Tables
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique set of 2 Gustavian style side tables with drawers. They have just been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,330 / set
Swedish Gustavian Style 1850s Painted Desk with Single Drawer and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style desk from circa 1850 with tan painted finish, single drawer, fluted tapering legs and carved oval medallions on ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desk with Marble Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish desk from Skelleftea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden.
Untouched originalpaint with fantastic Marble paint on table top.
Made in painted Pine.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Exceptional 18th Century Gustavian Architects Desk
Located in Bozeman, MT
Exceptional and rare 18th century Gustavian centre architects desk in it's original colour with great patination to the surface. The desk is carved on all four sides (works as a cent...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Pine Console Table - Scandinavian End Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian console table with a painted faux marble top, made of hand crafted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian wood end table is standing fou...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Gilded Pinewood Console Table by Jonas Frisk
By Jonas Frisk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, antique Swedish Gustavian freestanding console table made of hand crafted gilded Pinewood with a white-grey painted marble top, designed and produced most likely by Jonas Frisk in good condition. The edges, borders of the Scandinavian side table are enhanced by detailed tablecloths and palmettes carvings and porphyry-imitating sides, supported by four round twisted tapered legs, collar and ball, standing on a rectangular wooden base. Minor fading, scratches due to age. Circa 1810 - 1820, Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia.
Jonas Frist was a Swedish artist and designer, born in 1787, in Stockholm, Sweden and passed away in 1849. In 1805, Frist received the rights to design and produce mirrors and console tables by the Kommerskollegium. From 1810 - 1814, his studio was located on the street Storkyrkobrinken and from 1814 - 1824, he moved to the public square Riddarhustorget, in Gamla stan...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
20th Century Swedish Pedestal Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant 20th-century Swedish pedestal table embodies the timeless simplicity and craftsmanship of Scandinavian design. The table features a beautifully carved pine base with a d...
Category
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demilune Tables
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century Swedish Gustavian demilune tables with carved detail above each leg and a carved detail around the apron.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
White Gustavian Side Table with Cabriolet Legs, Sweden circa 1800-20
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish Gustavian side table with cabriolet legs and large scalloped skirt.
Restored, later professionally painted in layered shades o...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Swedish Genuine Gustavian Neoclassic Small Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish gustavian table from around 1810. The table is gustavian, also known as neoclassic, and made in solid Swedish pine. The table has the original paint with a rustic cha...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish 19th century alder root tilt top side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century alder root tilt top side table circa 1860.
Fine quality square top table made from alder root. Top when down is secured by peg and latch and provides a stable ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Birch, Pine
Antique Northern Swedish Genuine Gustavian Light Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique drop-leaf table in Gustavian style, dating from around 1820 to 1840. This table is an authentic piece of country house furniture from northern Sweden, featuring double leaves...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Vintage Swedish Pine Carpentry Table
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian style carpentry bench made of hand crafted Pinewood. Circa 1910 - 1930, Sweden, Scandinavia. The Scandinavian work table is composed wit...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Maple Tripod Center/Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century maple tripod table. A round top sits on a tripod base with the original tilting mechanism. The table does not tilt at this point, but the detail is great. The table is s...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Maple
Large Round Swedish Black Dining Table, Reproduction
Located in Round Top, TX
Round dining table, 6' diameter with the look of the Gustavian style.
This size table did not exist in the Gustavian period; this new table mirrors the Swedish style in a larger size suited for today's modern home.
Lovely tapered fluted legs, applied carved diamond/garland accents.
Professionally applied layered antique black painted finish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century Swedish antique rustic Gustavian Desk with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th century Swedish Gustavian antique rustic desk from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Nice Gustavian Desk Scraped by hand to its origi...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style 2 Drawer Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian Style 2 Drawer Console Table, its just been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Side Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming 19th-century Swedish side table embodies the rustic elegance of Gustavian design. Crafted from solid wood, likely pine, it features a distressed painted finish in a sof...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Blue Gustavian Side Table Tea Table with Tray Top, circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
The elongated cabriolet legs add a charming touch to this side table that originally served as a tea table in Sweden.
Restored, later professionally painted in layered shades of blue...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Wood, Paint
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Round Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Swedish Gustavian style round table.
With decorative carved detailing around the around the table.
Re-painted in soft grey. Circa 1860.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Rococo Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a wall mount Rococo style console table. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1910s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,295
Pair of Swedish Pillar Console Tables, Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of Narrow Scraped Two Pillar Console Tables, Sweden, circa 1830.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Oak
Country Swedish Gustavian Center Table Painted by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming 19th century country Swedish center table or rent table finished in the Gustavian taste. The round drum form pedestal table features a painted case decorated with a bust of ...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Unusual Swedish Blue Country Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual Swedish country table in gustavian style. The table is a country house furniture from the early 1800s made in gustavian style. The period...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Trestle Table
Located in Bozeman, MT
Fantastic and unusually large and robust 18th century Swedish provincial trestle table from the Gustavian period in Its original finish. Ca 1790 Sweden.
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Northern Swedish Gustavian Country Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish country table in the gustavian style from Hälsingland. The table is from the years around 1820 to 1830 and in untouched original...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Gustavian 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, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, pine and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gustavian tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Jonas Frisk, Svenska Möbler, Dos Gallos Studio, and Ira Yeager. 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 $599 and tops out at $49,000 while the average work can sell for $4,050.
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