19th Century Chess Tables
Antique Mid-19th Century British Georgian Game Tables
Oak
Antique 19th Century English Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Game Tables
Wood
Antique 19th Century English Game Tables
Satinwood
Antique Mid-19th Century English Game Tables
Antique 19th Century English End Tables
Rosewood, Mahogany, Maple
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency End Tables
Antique Late 19th Century English Game Tables
Antique 19th Century English Game Tables
Rosewood, Ebony, Boxwood
Antique 19th Century Indian End Tables
Rosewood, Ivory, Ebony
Antique 19th Century British Game Tables
Antique Late 19th Century British Game Tables
Ebony
Antique 19th Century French Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Side Tables
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Antique Mid-19th Century English Game Tables
Rosewood, Satinwood
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique 19th Century Danish Game Tables
Satinwood, Mahogany, Birch
Antique 19th Century Italian Regency Games
Antique Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Game Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique 19th Century English Regency Side Tables
Leather, Rosewood, Satinwood
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Satinwood
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Game Tables
Metal
Antique Mid-19th Century European Biedermeier Game Tables
Burl
Antique 19th Century English George III Game Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Virgin Islands British Colonial Game Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Game Tables
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Bring drama and duels of dexterity into your home with vintage, new and antique game tables for every kind of game.
Who doesn’t love a little competition? Historians estimate that early versions of games such as backgammon were played by members of ancient civilizations at least as far back as 3,000 B.C. Chess, which likely originated in India as a game called chaturanga, is a timeworn test of skills and strategy as well, and the modern era’s iteration of the game was enjoyed by nobles at least as early as the 16th century.
While the upper classes in Europe were among the only chess players who could afford the game’s decoratively carved ivory pieces, the game eventually became accessible to the general public. In the late 19th century, the game’s first official chess championships took place, a realm that eventually produced celebrated players such as avowed Eames Executive chair enthusiast Bobby Fischer. Today, antique chessboards have seen an uptick in demand owing to a successful Netflix series in 2020 called The Queen’s Gambit, which chronicles the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon.
Modern versions of chess boards and other home game tables may have evolved to accommodate the variety of games for which they’re used but are still versatile pieces of furniture. Not every card table with chairs is the ideal dining table, but you certainly don’t have to limit a game table to recreational use.
Antique trictrac tables, for example, were products of 18th-century France, wherein furniture makers created what looked like multipurpose neoclassical writing desks and card tables that when their tops were removed revealed trictrac, chess and checkers surfaces. Other game tables, in a complete commitment to fun, merely support good old-fashioned competition. Contemporary Ping-Pong (or table tennis) tables, which have origins in 1880s Victorian England, can be quite sophisticated in form and are made from a variety of materials today. A billiards table is an iconic piece for any game room or living room, but your pool table is really going to be used for only one thing, right?
Antique or new Regency-style game tables, mid-century modern tables or Art Deco–style card tables, perhaps fashioned from rosewood or mahogany, might be equipped with convertible tabletops to shift from meals to game time in a snap. If you prefer poker or opt for a card table topped with a checkerboard, convenient drawers and other compartments can be found in new and vintage game tables that fit poker chips or other types of game pieces perfectly.
Find a range of top-quality vintage and antique game tables on 1stDibs that can help you introduce a bit of class to every competition at home.
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