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Tray Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
French Japonisme Bamboo Double Tray Table, C.1870-1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in, this 19th century French Japonisme Aesthetic Movement Double Tray side table with intricate Bamboo frame and a marquetry inlaid rosewood tray on the top and a Lacquer bottom...
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Antique Victorian Quality Oval Satinwood Inlaid Tray
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality oval satinwood inlaid tray having a superb quality satinwood inlaid oval tea table with a shaped gallery edge and brass carryi...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Jennings & Bettridge Tilt Top Tray Table, 1830
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Rectangular paper mache tea tray table with a flat rim and rounded corners. The tray has a hand painted scroll work & floral border decoration and is mounted to a Jennings & Bettridge swivel brace ebonized wood stand...
Category
1830s English Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Paper, Wood, Paint
Late 19th/Early 20th Century French Louis XV Carved Oak Tray Top Tea Table
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely French Louis XV style hand carved oak two-tier tea / dessert server table with beautifully aged warm patina. circa 1900
Born in France at the turn of the late 19th / early ...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Oak
18th Century Painted Rococo Side Table with Brass Tray
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautiful Danish blue and white decorated Rococo table with a heavy brass tabletop tray.
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Tiger Oak Butler's Tray Table
Located in Louisville, KY
This rare tiger oak Butler's Tray with folding base, leather stand-straps and iron corners is a stunning example of smart functionality and beautiful design. This sturdy and uniquely...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Iron
Georgian Mahogany Circular Dumbwaiter
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality mid-18th century chippendale period mahogany dumbwaiter having two well figured revolving circular tiers with moulded edge raised on elegant gun barrel turned central stem terminating on tripod legs with original concealed brass castors.
Antique dumb waiters...
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Tray-Top Side Table
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique French fruitwood server / drinks table with beautifully aged warm patina.
Born in France in the 19th century, hand-crafted...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Jennings & Bettridge attributed tray on hinged tilt top stand, c. 1830
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Shaped paper mache tray mounted on a butterfly hinged tilt top support, based on the French Vendange table mechanism. The black tray has a double...
Category
1830s English Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Other
19th century Swedish painted pine garden room tray table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th Century rustic painted pine garden room tray table circa 1880.
Scandinavian rustic table made from pine presented in original condition. The table surface could be cleaned to ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Moorish Round Brass Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish (19/20th Century) round brass tray with scalloped edge.
Category
19th Century Unknown Moorish Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Hand Painted Oval Tole Tray with Landscape Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table with this elegant and beautiful antique tray. Crafted in France, circa 1870 and oval in shape, the colorful tray, dressed with side handles, features a hand p...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Tôle
Chinoiserie Papier-Mâché Tray and Faux Bamboo Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
19th century English serving tray crafted in papier-mâché and lacquer in classic form and hand decorated in scenes of chinoiserie wi...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Butlers Tray Table
Located in Pomona, CA
A mid-19th century English mahogany butlers tray on the stand features a rectangular tray with a surrounding gallery. On a folding X-frame stand with woven straps to accommodate the ...
Category
1840s English Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Tole Tray Table with Flower Basket Design, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French tole tray with center painted flower basket design and gilt foliage detail on boarder. The tray on later wood stand with gilt detail and X-fo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Metal
Early 19th Century Mahogany Tricoteuse Occasional Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Elegant Early 19th Century, French Empire Period, Mahogany Tricoteuse Type Occasional Table, Having Extremely Well Figured Rectangular Galleried Top, Over One Drawer To ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Solid Walnut Paw Foot Fixed Tray Table
Located in West Chester, PA
An unusual solid walnut fixed tray table on slender cabriole legs with carved knees and carved paw feet. Usable flat space inside tray measures roughly 23.25” x 14.5”. The tray is fi...
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Late 19th Century American Georgian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Victorian Silver Plate Footed Tray
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian silver plate rectangular etched tray on small feet with floral edge and scroll handles.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Silver
19th Century Biedermeier Étagère Walnut, circa 1830
Located in Epfach, DE
A rare furniture which is perfect for presenting collectibles like porcelain.
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rosewood Regency Occasional Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality Late Regency Period rosewood circular occasional table of unusual design, possibly originally designed for storage of wool, having two well figured circular tiers...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Rosewood
English Oval Paper Mache Tray Table on Custom Sabre Leg Stand, c. 1835
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Oval black paper mache tray top coffee table with gold leaf border decoration, mounted on a custom sabre leg stand with conforming apron.
...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
English Chippendale shaped polished tin tea tray, c. 1830
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chippendale shaped tole tea tray.
England, c. 1830
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Tin
Mahogany Butler Tray From The 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb butler tray from the first part of the 19th century in solid mahogany with its four foldable sides which is unusual
Very beautiful set which can be used as a bar or decoative...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Country Gustavian Tray Table
Located in Forney, TX
Pale, elegant simplicity and classic design, is how we would describe this large, subtly beautiful, hand carved and painted pine antique tray style table.
Handcrafted in Sweden in the late 1800s, decorated in a muted gray-blue paint color, typical of traditional Nordic Swedish County home interiors; pale, light and airy atmospheres, which counteract the low levels of natural light, especially during Scandinavian winters.
This substantially sized rustic table blends a comfortable warmth with a clean-lined minimalism—uniting in a way that is functional, unfussy, and timeless. The perfect choice for bridging contemporary and traditional styles.
Versatile. Ideal for use as an interesting side or center table, accent table, standing writing desk, work table, wine tasting stand or dry bar drinks table...
Category
19th Century Gustavian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Henry Clay Papier Mâché Lacquered Tray and Base
By Henry Clay
Located in Downingtown, PA
Burgundy papier mâché lacquered tray and base,
Impressed "Clay" for Henry Clay,
circa 1815
The burgundy-ground "papier mâché" lacquered tray...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Other
French 19th Century Walnut, Cherry and Mahogany Tray Top Table with Marquetry
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French walnut, mahogany and cherry tray top table from the 19th century with diamond marquetry and trestle base. Created in France during the 19th century, this exquisite small tra...
Category
19th Century French Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Cherry, Mahogany, Walnut
Moorish Round Brass Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish (19/20th Century) round brass tray with scalloped edge.
Category
19th Century Unknown Moorish Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Black and Gilt Papier Mache Lacquer Tray with Later Stand, 19th Century
By Henry Clay
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Chinoiserie decorated black and gilt rectangular tray stamped on the reverse "Clay, King St. Covent Garden.”.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century English Tray on Stand Mahogany Side Table with X-Form Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English tray on stand mahogany side table from the 19th century. This elegant English mahogany side table from the 19th century features a versatile removable tray top, combining ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Papier Mache Tray Table
Located in Essex, MA
Scalloped shape reddish brown tray with vibrant floral design, later faux bamboo base. Provenance; Estate of John Volk. Noted Palm Beach architect.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Queen Anne Style Tray Table Lacquered by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Weathered 19th century mahogany tray table or tea serving table lacquer painted by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). Made in the Queen Anne tas...
Category
19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Hand Painted Tole Tray with Flowers and Foliage
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique tray was created in Normandy, France, circa 1870, round in shape, the colorful tray features hand painted flowers and leaves in the white an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Tôle
Antique English Ebonised Lacquered Papier Mache Tray On Stand Serving Table
Located in London, GB
Antique English Ebonised Lacquered Papier Mache Tray On Stand Serving Table
With Mother of pearl inlay.
Victorian, C.1850
In very good condition, with expected signs of wear commensu...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Carved Hardwood Scholar's Tray, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A sophisticated Chinese carved and pierced hardwood scholar's tray, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, China.
The tray of rectangular form with high sides and rounded corners. The sides...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Signed B. Walton & Co. Papier-Mâché Tray on Tilting Stand, c1840
Located in valatie, NY
This exceptional tray table was hand crafted by the renowned B. Walton Company, premier English craftsmen of paper-mâché. The sizable green tray has beautifully gilt and scalloped ri...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Wood, Paper
18th Century Swedish Rococo Tray Table
Located in Huntington, NY
A provincial Swedish Rococo tray table in original pale green-blue paint. Simple inlay detail on base atop cabriolet legs.
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Red Paper Mache Tray on Custom Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Early paper mâché tray with custom made wood stand all in a desirable deep red or ox blood color, having four faux bamboo legs and cross stretchers. Tray decorated in well worn gilt,...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Paper
Fine 19th Century Papier-Mâché Tray by Jennings & Bettridge, London Royal Makers
Located in Benington, Herts
A superb large hand painted papier-mâché shaped tray impressed to verso by the Royal Makers Jennens & Bettridge, London.
English, circa 1830.
Beautifully hand painted and gilt ...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Mahogany Serving Tray
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century mahogany serving tray
Hand made serving tray from solid mahogany with brass hardware.
The oval tray has four handles along four drop-down sides.
The tray sits a...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th century Walnut Adjustable Reading Table, 1890s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful walnut lectern table dating from the end of the 19th century.
The patented system allows the writing surface to be moved from left to right or vice versa, to raise or ...
Category
1890s French Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Walnut
Medieval Egyptian Mamluk Brass Tray Stand with Silver Inlay
Located in London, GB
This exceptionally beautiful and rare silver-inlaid brass tray stand dates from the medieval period, when the Mamluks ruled Egypt and Syria (1250-1517). The Mamluks originated as slave-soldiers, who served the Muslim caliphs and Ottoman Empire. With time, the Mamluks became a powerful military caste, and they managed to take control and establish themselves as rulers of certain areas within the Abbasid caliphate. The Mamluk dynasty commissioned great works of art and architecture, particularly in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, which was described in the 14th Century as ‘the centre of the universe and garden of the world’ (Ibn Khaldun, 1382).
This tray stand is of biconical form, with a raised central band and flared base and rim. It is decorated with scrolling vines, overlaid with Thuluth inscriptions and roundels. On the lower body, the roundels contain floral motifs, and in the upper, stylised depictions of birds. The Thuluth inscriptions praise the patron, referring to him as ‘The High authority, the Lordly, the Possessor’, and ‘the learned’. The underside of the rim is engraved with a heraldic medallion, possibly the patron’s symbol.
In the middle ages, when this piece was made, this item would have stood in a grand interior, supporting a tray full of fruit and fine food. The owner of this lavish piece which still bears traces of its original silver inlay would likely have been an Amir (prince) or some other important figure who was close to the Sultan in the Mamluk court.
Mamluk tray...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Islamic Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Brass, Silver
Georgian Mahogany Oval Tray On Stand, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An excellent quality George III Period late 18th - early 19th century mahogany oval butlers tray on later custom made base.
Having original finish and patina, and original brass hard...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Brass
English Hand Painted Lacquered Papier Mâché Tray Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique English tray table with a lacquered paper mâché tray painted with a landscape depicting a shepherd and his flock in the countryside ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo
English Tole Red Serving Tray on a Later Stand
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Pheromonal antique tomato red chinoiserie tray on a later painted tray.
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Metal
Oval antique silver gallery tray
Located in London, GB
Lovely antique silver gallery tray with a boat-shaped and hand pierced gallery, decorated with intricate stylised scrolling foliage and flowers. The border features a pretty applied ...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Sterling Silver
Handsome English George III Style Oval Inlaid Tray on Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
The large mahogany oval tray centering an impressive satinwood shell motif surrounded by rosewood banding; raised on a later stand. (the tray itself measures 24.5" x 18.75")
Category
Late 19th Century English George III Antique Tray Tables
19th Century Jamaican Regency Yucca Tray Table with Exotic Specimen Compass
Located in Charleston, SC
A solid 19th century Jamaican Regency yucca tray table with matching stand, circa 1840, featuring a tray top with compass shaped exotic wood specimen inlay and finely turned spooled ...
Category
19th Century Jamaican Regency Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Wood
Chippendale Tray
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Chippendale design mahogany tray of shaped rectangular form with shaped spindle gallery surround and open carrying handles to each side.
Bespoke sizing, design adaptations and f...
Category
18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Painted Tole Tray
Located in Essex, MA
Oval with red ground and gilt leaf tip outer border, beautifully painted central pastural scene.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Tin
Antique English 19th Century Sheraton Revival Mahogany Tray Table
Located in London, GB
Antique English 19th century Sheraton Revival Mahogany Tray Table.
circa 1890.
In very good condition commensurate with age.
Category
19th Century English Sheraton Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Brass
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 ...
Category
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Victorian Mahogany, Over Bed Reading Stand Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian mahogany, over bed reading stand table,
This is a very beautiful and versatile piece, the table has an easily adjustable height, so will sit over...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Chippendale Mahogany Diminutive Tray Table with Scrolled Handles, C 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany diminutive tray table with flanking carved scrolled side handles and resting on the original chamfered block legs, Late 18th Century.
Category
1770s English Chippendale Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Hand Painted & Gilt Tole Tray with Harbor Scene Vernet Style
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table with this elegant and beautiful antique tray. Crafted in France, circa 1870 and round in shape, the colorful tray features a hand painted center medallion dep...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Tôle
An English Regency Style Hand-Painted Wooden Hunting Tray on Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
decorated with a scenic reserve centering a hunter on horseback beside a pair of dogs all on a black lacquered ground with gilt foliate decoration; impr...
Category
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Norwegian Rococo Tray Table, Origin: Norway, circa 1760
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Norwegian Rococo tray table, with beautiful, animated, Rococo carving all in original paint, origin: Norway, circa 1760 - 1785.
Category
18th Century Norwegian Rococo Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Mahogany Inlaid Three-Tier Dumbwaiter / Dessert Stand
Located in Manhasset, NY
19th Century Mahogany Inlaid Three-Tier Dumbwaiter / Dessert Stand, Collapsible
A fine English dumbwaiter or desert stand. The tripod base on caster...
Category
Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Decorated Black Lacquer Tray on Stand Coffee Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Victorian gilt decorated black lacquer tray on later stand. Dates from circa 1880.
Would make a great coffee table. Solid, no loose joints.
A great quality tray.
Very attract...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Tray Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Antique and Vintage Tray Tables
The popularity of antique and vintage tray tables owes mostly to the 1950s, when the first TV dinners made their way into the freezers of American kitchens.
At a time when televisions were increasingly becoming fixtures in the living rooms of most homes in the United States, the tray table was impossibly convenient. With a deft merging of function and style, the table, positioned in front of your sofa or plush armchair, was a place to rest your Swanson-brand TV dinner, a compartmentalized supper issued on a disposable tray that required minimal preparation. The technological advances of the mid-century kitchen included programmable ovens, so TV dinners were quick and easy, particularly when home-cooked meals were out of the question.
When one had finished the last bite of this square meal, which was packed into sections that assumed various geometric shapes in their own partitioned aluminum tray, the tray table could be easily folded up and tucked away until needed again.
Eventually, designers took to exploring iterations of the widely loved tray table that would better suit household needs. Once a simple, foldable furnishing that was confined to use at mealtime, tray tables are now somewhat of a budget-friendly design staple for many households. Today, tray tables are as versatile as ever, and such a wide range has been manufactured over the years that you’re likely to find a good fit no matter what your furniture style preferences might be.
Tray tables are used as side tables, nightstands, a bar tray when your space won’t accommodate that handsome vintage bar cart you’ve been looking for and desks, particularly as many of us are working from home and especially when a modest-sized apartment won’t allow for larger tables.
Tray tables vary in style, shape and size. When looking for a tray table, you should measure accordingly and ensure that wherever it will land in your space there will be room around the table to allow for easy movement.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique and vintage tray tables that includes mid-century modern tray tables, Art Deco versions and more.