Italian Tables

Mid-Century Modern Italian dining or center table with aluminum base and wooden top.

A Swedish Gustavian period painted wood console table from the early 19th century, with carved apron and fluted tapering legs. Created in Sweden during the early years of the 19th century, this console table showcases the stylistic characteristics of the Gustavian era. It features a rectangular top sitting above a beautifully carved apron accented with arched motifs in its lower section. The table is painted in a soft color typical of the Swedish taste for light palettes aiming at brightening the rooms during the long and dark winters of Scandinavia. The ensemble is raised on four slender fluted tapering legs. The Gustavian style takes its roots in the Louis XVI era. Swedish King...

This old table hails from pre-1890 rural Denmark, commonly found in kitchens with foldable side extensions for added space. A distinct piece, it carries the charm of a work of art. ...

This round dining table has a remarkable wooden structure and a tabletop of white-grey marble from the Carrara region of Italy. It is very well preserved over the years and the color...

Vittorio Introini (1935 - 2023) A striking geometric dining table by Milanese architect and designer Vittorio Introini, for Saporiti. With a thick round top resting on a dramatic py...

Rare pair of North Swedish Gustavian demilune tables hand decorated in delicious faux wood grain in the Classic Kurbits Folk Art trad...

16th Century Italian round table made of burl walnut wood. A column and three legs made of the same type of wood is holding the top, which is cut into pie shapes.  

Beautifully aged large solid walnut round drop leaf table. The gate legs that support the leaves may possibly be old replacements, otherwise in...

Handcrafted and impressive Mid-Century wooden center table. This round table is beautifully decorated with a rich variety of carved elements and the top is inlaid with stunning burr...

Beautifully time-worn, antique, Southern European, chestnut wood end or side table. This relatively small size antique table is a joy to look at and the history of this kind of table makes it very interesting as well. Pay tables or paying tables were initially used by tax collectors and later in time (in the latter part of the middle ages), when most cities started to have their own currency, came the need for 'money exchangers'. A lot of the first money exchangers in 'early Netherlands' came from the Italian region of Lombardy and their name for these paying tables was 'banco'. Yes, it is this where also the English word 'bank' originates from. Pretty soon these money exchangers, who mainly serviced businessmen and travelers, also started 'safekeeping' and lending money. These tables therefor are at the very root of banking and just like some banks in this day and age, some of these earliest 'bankers' did not keep enough cash in their tables to be able to pay out when clients needed their money. This sometimes would lead to a lynching whereby the table of that particular money lender would be broken into pieces. The Italian word for such a broken table...

Antique Victorian Eastlake parlor table, circa 1880s. Made from walnut with an oval white marble top. Base features a turned center sup...

At over six feet wide and three feet tall, this walnut console table has a commanding presence. Hand-carved in France during the late 1800s, the wood has been bleached more recently,...