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.
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Style: Gustavian
19th Century Swedish antique genuine small Gustavian table original paint
Located in Boden, SE
A fantastically pretty & elegant
Gustavian table. It is easy to place & fits in any room.
The Gustavian table comes from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
It has been in an old V...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Gustavian table from 1800, made in Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
A gustavian table made in Sweden about 1800. The secondary color has been removed by hand and the rest is original color.
The iron urns are a pair ...
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1790s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood, Birch
Antique Swedish Early 19th Century Gustavian Console Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Swedish early 19th century Gustavian side table or console table.
Featuring a black-painted tabletop with profiled edge, on a gray-painted base with a drawer adorned with fluting....
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
20th Century Norwegian Gustavian Style Tile Table
Located in Huntington, NY
A Gustavian style table with Dutch tile top. Single drawer with original brass pull. Frame has diamond corner details. Legs are tapered and fluted. In original blue paint.
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Early 20th Century Norwegian Gustavian Tables
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Brass
Swedish Antique Gustavian Console Table Desk Grey White Carved Detail 1850-1870
Located in LONDON, GB
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Rare Antique Gustavian console...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Swedish Gustavian Antique Table Desk Grey White Carved Detail, C.1860-1870
Located in LONDON, GB
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Beautif...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Antique Gustavian Pine Table with Green Paint, Sweden, Late 18th Century
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Sweden, Late 18th Century
Antique genuine gustavian table from Sweden made around 1790. Painted in green.
H 77 x W 117 x D 81 cm
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine, Wood
19th Century Swedish table in transition between Rococo & Gustavian
Located in Boden, SE
Pretty little desk with nicely curved edge. It's in transition between Rococo and Gustavian.
It is more recently painted with wear where you can see the pine shining through.
It has ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Swedish antique rustic genuine Gustavian Table with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish antique Rustic Gustavian Provincial table from Skellefteå Västerbotten,Northern Sweden.
The table has untouched original paint.
The table has a drawer on ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Small Side Table With Drawer
Located in Round Top, TX
This delightful country Gustavian table will make a lovely side table or nightstand. The table has a newer, professionally applied layered white painted finish which has been gently ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood, Paint
Gustavian Swedish Extendable Dining Table Mahogany, Early 20th Century
Located in LONDON, GB
Unusual early 1900s Gustavian extendable dining table with top grade quilted mahogany veneers,
Lovely pyramid fluted legs with a rosette detailing ...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
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Birch
Swedish Gustavian Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian table with a drawer. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
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1890s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood
Swedish Late Gustavian Period Small Console W/Marble Top & Lower Shelf
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish late Gustavian petite console table, with stunning marble top and secondary platform shelf, from the late 18th to early 19th century. This smaller-sized antique table from Sweden has a particularly beautiful marble top, rectangular in shape, in a goldenrod color. The marble top rests upon an apron with scrolling foliate motif carved about three sides and framed within petite bead trim. Each corner is embellished with a large carved sunflower head just above the legs. The table is presented upon four round and fluted legs, with profiled knees, which taper gently towards their feet. A lower display platform (with a green faux marble hand-painted finish) shelf is positioned at underside of the table, braced just above the feet. Note that the table height varies as it is 31" at back and 30.5" towards the front. This late Gustavian period Swedish marble-top table, with smaller footprint of (approximately) 2.5 foot width, would make for a fabulous little entry table, an accent table for a hall/stair landing...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Marble
Swedish Gustavian Period 1800s Painted Wood Console Table with Carved Apron
Located in Atlanta, GA
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...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood
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...
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1910s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
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Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pine Wall Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish country wall table or console table in gustavian style from Northern Sweden. Made around 1810 to 1820 in painted pine. Unusual profiled edge on the front and short sides. The...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Console table with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish antique Rustic Gustavian Provincial table from Skellefteå Västerbotten,Northern Sweden.
The table has untouched original paint.
The table is easy to place...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Antique Swedish Empire Tilt-Top Table, 1810 - 1820
Located in Kastrup, DK
Swedish Empire (Gustavian) Tilt-Top Table
"Alrod" veneered table top in black polished base with natural patina.
Carved wood columns with rocailles and foliage, legs carved with foli...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood, Birch
Swedish Gustavian Style 1900s Painted Wood Console Table with Carved Apron
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood console table from the early 20th century, with carved frieze, rosettes, fluted legs and X-Form cross stretcher. Created in Sweden at the Turn ...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
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Wood
19th Century Antique Provincial Swedish Gustavian Table
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century antique provincial Gustavian table from Skellefteå Västerbotten,Northern Sweden.
It has original condition with original untouched paint.
Fine color combination with g...
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1840s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Small 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Folk art country house table in gustavian style from Northern Sweden. The table has a simple and solid construction with good proportions and a charm...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Swedish Period Gustavian Occasional Table with Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish period Gustavian painted wood table from the early 19th century. This antique table from Sweden has been designed in simple, clean lines, featuring an over-hung rectangular...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style 1850s Painted Console Table with Carved Guilloche Frieze
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood console table from the mid 19th century with carved guilloche motifs, tapered legs and distressed patina. Created in Sweden during the 1850s, t...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood
Swedish Gustavian Faux Marble Painted Console Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A light grey painted Gustavian painted with faux marble original imitation painting on the top. The Swedish console table with brass hardware on the front is from around 1800-1820 an...
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Early 1800s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Bronze
Swedish Gustavian Antique Table White Gold Carved Detail, 1800s
Located in LONDON, GB
Very rare Swedish antique gustavian table from Skabersjö Castle in Sweden.
It is later 1800s in age and has terrific detail to it with decora...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Swedish 1900 Gustavian Style Dining Table with Carved Apron and Fluted Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood dining table from the early 20th century with carved apron (measuring 25.25"H) and fluted legs. Create...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
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Wood
19th Century Gustavian Carved and Painted Occasional Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine 19th century Gustavian carved occasional table. Featuring a beautifully carved base and claw feet. Makes an elegant statement!
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Table with Originalpaint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Gustavian table from Boden Norrbotten,Northern Sweden.
Nice little neat table scraped by hand to its origina...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Gustavian Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Gustavian Provincial table from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Nice little neat table scraped by hand to ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Swedish Gustavian Demilune Tables 1800s Faux Wood Grain Folk Art Gustavian
Located in LONDON, GB
Rare pair of North Swedish Gustavian demilune tables hand decorated in delicious faux wood grain in the Classic Kurbits Folk Art trad...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Metal and Mahogany Tray Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Gustavian metal tray table.
Original oval metal tray decorated with a finely hand painted allegorical scene. Standing rim with pierced handle ...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Metal, Brass
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...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style 1880s Painted Wood Table with Carved Rosettes and Beads
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood table from the late 19th century, with carved rosettes and tapered legs. Created in Sweden during the last quarter of the 19th century, this painted table features a rectangular top sitting above an apron carved with rosettes and petite beads. Painted in a soft color typical of the Scandinavian taste for light palettes, the table is raised on four tapered legs with beaded design on the knees. Boasting a nicely weathered patina, this Swedish Gustavian style table...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pedestal Table with Original Paint Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pedestal table from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A charming classic early 19th Century Swedish Pedestal table with turned base supported b...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
19th Century Swedish antique rustic Gustavian Table with Original paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish antique rustic Gustavian table from Burea Vasterbotten, North of Sweden.
Scraped by hand to its original color. Made in painted ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
1900s Scandinavian Wooden Table
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden table from Scandinavia, produced circa 1900. A graceful side table featuring a sliding drawer with original lock and key. Looking like it sprang from a Hans Christen Anderse...
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Early 1900s Scandinavian Antique Gustavian Tables
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Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Long Table Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Gustavian long table from Tornedalen, North of Sweden.
A magnificent long Gustavian table from Tornedalen, in Northern Sweden.( 30...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Swedish 19th Century Painted Wood Table with Faux Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish painted wood table with faux-marble top from the 19th century. This antique Gustavian table from Sweden features a hand painted faux-...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal
Unusual Northern Swedish Gustavian Country Pine Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish country pine table in gustavian style. The table is a rare example and has a large centered drawer and straight tapered legs with flutes. Hand made and in genuine un...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Late 18th Century Swedish Pine Gustavian Country Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish gustavian table in the authentic country style made durning the late 1700s. The table is an unusual model with two floating drawers in the rim. The drawers are originally wit...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
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 ...
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Late 18th Century Scandinavian Antique Gustavian Tables
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Brass
Table Swedish Gustavian 18th Century Original Paint Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Table Swedish Gustavian 18th century original paint Sweden. A side table made during the 18th century in Sweden. Original reddish finish and paint. Tape...
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1790s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk Swedish 18th Century Green Original Paint Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish 18th Century Green Original Paint Sweden. A writing desk Swedish made during the 18th century in Sweden. Original paint in dark green. Interior with shelving, drawers an...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Bentwood
1780s Exceptional Gustavian Original Painted Center Table, Stockholm
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
An exceptional 1780s-1790s original painted Gustavian center table, richly carved, probably made in Stockholm. It's in a stunning original red color and faux painted marble top.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Gustavian Console Table
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Gustavian Console Table. Tall Gustavian Console Table with Faux painted Marble top having a marvelous speckled apron detail. Tall fluted turned narrow legs set to Pi...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Pine
Early 19th Century Gustavian Delft Tile-Top Table
Located in Copenhagen, K
Gustavian table with one-drawer. Tabletop with inlaid with polychrome colored delft tiles.
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
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Delft, Wood
Antique Gustavian White Painted Side Table Small Writing Table, Sweden circa 180
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish Gustavian style side table, may also be used as a small desk.
Lovely turned and carved legs with elongated leaf motif and carved skirt with scallops add to the romantic gra...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
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 Early 20th Century, 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. 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 $1,320 and tops out at $13,800 while the average work can sell for $3,425.
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