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Japanese Export Lacquer and Abalone Inlaid Tilt-Top Stand, Nagasaki, circa 1840
Japanese Export Lacquer and Abalone Inlaid Tilt-Top Stand, Nagasaki, circa 1840

Japanese Export Lacquer and Abalone Inlaid Tilt-Top Stand, Nagasaki, circa 1840

Located in Kinderhook, NY

An exquisite circa 1840 Japanese export tilt-top table or stand of Nagasaki manufacture having allover abalone inlay in black lacquer, the top with with male and female 'Japanese gre...

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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Mother of Pearl Mosaic Tilt Top Table in the Damascus Style, Circa 1920s
Antique Mother of Pearl Mosaic Tilt Top Table in the Damascus Style, Circa 1920s

Antique Mother of Pearl Mosaic Tilt Top Table in the Damascus Style, Circa 1920s

Located in Peabody, MA

An antique tilt top table with mother-of-pearl mosaic inlay in the "Damascus" style, unmarked, circa 1920s. Measures 26.5" high, 24.5" x 24.5" when open. 37.5" high x 12.25" deep, 2...

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1920s Neoclassical Revival Vintage Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Brass

English Ebonized Tilt-Top Tea Table
English Ebonized Tilt-Top Tea Table

English Ebonized Tilt-Top Tea Table

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

This impressive 19th century English ebonized and inlaid tilt-top tea table will make a statement in any interior that welcomes the unique and hand-crafted. An ebonized finish brings...

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19th Century English Victorian Antique Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Paper, Paint, Mother-of-Pearl

19th century papier mache and painted mother of pearl inlaid tilt-top table
19th century papier mache and painted mother of pearl inlaid tilt-top table

19th century papier mache and painted mother of pearl inlaid tilt-top table

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Superb quality table very much in the manner of Jennings and Bettridge Features a scene and is inscribed 'Babelsberg the residence of Frederic Willian' Babelsberg palace is the lar...

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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

English Regency Chinoiserie Gilt Figural & Mother of Pearl Inlaid Table, C. 1815
English Regency Chinoiserie Gilt Figural & Mother of Pearl Inlaid Table, C. 1815

English Regency Chinoiserie Gilt Figural & Mother of Pearl Inlaid Table, C. 1815

Located in Charleston, SC

English Regency Chinoiserie ebonized paper mache tilt top tea table with decorative gilt figural, garden, birds, and foliage motif, interior circular mother of pearl inlays, scallope...

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1810s English Regency Antique Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Brass

Victorian Sycamore Wood Mother of Pearl Inlay Round Tilt-Top Occasional Table
Victorian Sycamore Wood Mother of Pearl Inlay Round Tilt-Top Occasional Table

Victorian Sycamore Wood Mother of Pearl Inlay Round Tilt-Top Occasional Table

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime Victorian Sycamore wood with mother of pearl inlay round tilt-top occasional table A very good looking and collectable table, sycam...

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19th Century English Victorian Antique Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Sycamore

Vintage Mother of Pearl Inlay Tilt Top Table
Vintage Mother of Pearl Inlay Tilt Top Table

Vintage Mother of Pearl Inlay Tilt Top Table

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This exquisite antique Victorian-era tilt-top table is a masterclass in ornamental craftsmanship. Resting on a graceful tripod pedestal base with scrolling feet, the circular tableto...

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Late 20th Century British Victorian Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Giltwood, Lacquer

Antique English Papier-Mache Tilt-Top Table
Antique English Papier-Mache Tilt-Top Table

Antique English Papier-Mache Tilt-Top Table

Located in Belper, Derbyshire

A beautiful Papier-Mache tilt top occasional table, hand-painted with flowers and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Gilt decoration has faded gently with age. Please note - due to the mo...

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19th Century English Victorian Antique Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

19th Century English Papier Mâché Tilt Top Table
19th Century English Papier Mâché Tilt Top Table

19th Century English Papier Mâché Tilt Top Table

Located in Water Mill, NY

Papier mâché hand-painted and mother of pearl tilt top table

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Late 19th Century English Antique Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Iron

Rare 19th Century Pont Du Gard Aqueduct Grand Tour Mother of Pearl Tripod Table
Rare 19th Century Pont Du Gard Aqueduct Grand Tour Mother of Pearl Tripod Table

Rare 19th Century Pont Du Gard Aqueduct Grand Tour Mother of Pearl Tripod Table

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare 19th century Grand Tour tilt top table hand painted with a scene of the Pon Du Gard Aqueduct in the south of France This table is pure art furniture, it is sublime from every angle, its based on a normal Victorian tilt top tripod table, the frame is ebonized, hand painted, the top is paper mâché, again hand painted with lots of mother or pearl inlay The scene depicts what looks like workers or fisherman, these seem to be Chinese so perhaps visiting France! We have cleaned waxed and polished it from top to bottom, it is in very good order throughout Pont du Gard...

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19th Century French Victorian Antique Shell Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

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