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Pair of Unusual Louis XVI Style Console Tables with Three Drawers, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. Mahogany
. Louis XVi style
. Desserte consoles
. Demi-lune
. Grey marble top surrounded by
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Console Tables
Materials
Marble
A Rare
Unusual Italian Giltwood Console, Early 19th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare & Unusual Italian Giltwood Console
Early 19th Century
The faux marble top resting on a
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Console Tables
Most Unusual Doubles Shaped Console in Faux Painted Goatskin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A most unusually shaped console or table with two attached s shaped one atop the other. They are
Category
20th Century Unknown Console Tables
Unusual French 1940s Cerused Oak Leather-Top Console/Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
An unusual cerused oak console with leather top. The console consists of three central drawers, two
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
An Unusual Pair of Cerused Oak Consoles with Chevron Pattern
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual Pair of Cerused Oak Consoles with Chevron Pattern
Continental
Circa 1950's
Category
20th Century Unknown Console Tables
A Fine
Unusual English Pickled Finish Console With Lion Figures
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine & Unusual English Pickled Finish Console
With Lion Figures
19th Century
The shaped
Category
Antique 19th Century British Console Tables
Elegant Vintage Italian Silver Glass Consoles With Unusual Slanted Design
Located in New York, NY
Late 1970s pair of custom-made Italian consoles with a stunning unusual design, the legs with an
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Console Tables
Materials
Gold, Bronze
An Unusual Pair of Sculptural Custom Consoles on ebonized supports
Located in New York, NY
An Unsual Pair of Sculptural Custom Consoles on ebonized supports
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Console Tables
1960 Unusual Italian BLUE Glass Sideboard/Console with Star Motif
Located in New York, NY
A very rare 6-drawers console/sideboard hand made in Venice, Italy, with very elegant lines: bowed
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Console Tables
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Console Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual 19th century painted pine console table, 1880.
Dimensions:
80 inches (203 cms) wide
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Console Tables
Materials
Pine
$3,688
Hanging Console Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very unusual hanging console table in carved wood with a faux marble top. 1880.
Dimensions
54
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Console Tables
Materials
Pine
$4,372
An Unusual 2nd Quarter 19th c. French Ashwood and Oak Console
Located in Atlanta, GA
having an oak rectangular top with rounded front edges, the side supports of curved x-form and covered in ashwood veneer, connecting a conforming oak and ash base, on compressed squa...
Category
Antique 19th Century Console Tables
Materials
Oak
Metal Top Console Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Unusual metal top console or sofa table on cast iron base and carved wood decoration.
Category
20th Century American Console Tables
Materials
Iron
$2,900
Painted Italian Console Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual 19th c painted Italian console table/desk. 1860.
Dimensions
37 inches (94 cms) Wide
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Console Tables
Materials
Pine
Painted Gothic Console Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th c unusual painted pine Gothic console table/ Island unit, 1860.
Dimensions:
63.5 inches
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Console Tables
Materials
Pine
18th century console table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Most unusual carved and gessoed console table with satyr carved knees and hoof feet, highly carved
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Modern Cubist Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An unusual modern cubist form console table with crown oak veneer in a dark cappuccino finish, with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
$4,530 / item
Unusual Industrial Steel Table with Patinated Copper Top
Located in Middleburg, VA
Unusual Industrial steel table with patinated copper top. Made of steel with a geared and fly
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Console Tables
Materials
Steel, Copper
Stylish Ebonized Italian Console Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A stylish Italian midcentury console table of unusual design. In ebonized and polished wood with a
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Stylish Ebonized Italian Console Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A stylish Italian midcentury console table of unusual design. In ebonized and polished wood with a
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Large 1950s Italian Console Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A large Italian console table of unusual design, ebonised with maple wood detailing. Comprising
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Console Tables
Original Painted Italian Console Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual 19th C Italian console table with washed out original paint. 1820.
Dimensions
72 inches
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Console Tables
Materials
Oak
18th c. Irish console table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Most unusual carved and gessoed console table with satyr carved knees and hoof feet, and highly
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Irish Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Stylish Console Table by Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Kent, Dover
An unusual and stylish console table by Borsani in walnut, sapele and fruitwood. With a serpentine
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Beech
C.1900 French Shop Table with Unusual Architectural "X"
Located in Dallas, TX
C.1900 French Shop Table with Unusual Architectural "X" Support Design, Original paint patina
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Industrial Console Tables
20th Century Hunt Table or Console
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Unusual Console or hunt table, with exceptional ironwork. sits well as a small console table with
Category
Mid-20th Century French Console Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Gilt Console Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Unusual 18th century gilt console table.
This console table is beautifully designed and stands on
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Country Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Rare and Unusual Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Shaped Metamorphic Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Rare and unusual large antique regency quality mahogany D shaped metamorphic table having a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Console Tables
Materials
Other
French Painted Dresser Base Console Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual painted dresser base console table, 1880.
Dimensions:
97.5 inches (248 cms) wide
19
Category
Antique 19th Century French Console Tables
Materials
Pine
Metropolitan Egyptian Relief Walnut Console Table
By Metropolitan
Located in Berkeley, CA
This rare and unusual walnut console table was crafted by Metropolitan Furniture in the 1960s. Four
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Metal Draped Console Table with Legs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A most unusual metal draped console table with legs. A magnet sticks to the top so it may be some
Category
20th Century American Console Tables
Unusual Limited Edition Robert Lemariey
Located in New York, NY
An unusual limited edition Robert Lemariey,
parchment console covered with a layer of
beveled
Category
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Parchment Paper
Modernist Kagan-Esque Two-Tier Console Table
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very unusual two-tier console table, great design, manner of Vladimir Kagan. Solid walnut finish
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Rare Neoclassical Style Bronze
Onyx Console Table.
Located in Bellport, NY
Remarkable neoclassical form bronze and black onyx console table. Unusual tapering legs,and
Category
20th Century Console Tables
Materials
Bronze
Demi-lune Wood And Gesso Console Table
Located in New York, NY
An unusual and striking wood console table finished in gesso. The apron is carved in a Greek key
Category
20th Century American Console Tables
Antique Chinese Solid Elm Console / Side Table
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and unusual antique console table in solid Elm. This was made in China & I would date
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Elm
19th Century French Console Table with Iron Base
Located in Charleston, SC
19th Century French unusual shape console/serving/display table with thick oak top and wrought iron
Category
Antique 19th Century French Console Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Unique Mid-Century Carved Demi-Lune Console Table
Located in London, GB
A unique and most unusual carved plywood half-moon console table.
France, late 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Plywood
Martz Tile Top Console Table for Marshall Studios
By Gordon
Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Unusual tile top console table in walnut with bright ceramic tiles by Jane & Gordon Martz for
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Rare, Neoclassical Style Bronze
Black Onyx Console Table
Located in Bellport, NY
Remarkable neoclassical style, bronze and black onyx console table.Unusual tapering legs
Category
20th Century Console Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Fruitwood Double Sided Planter Bowed Console Table
Located in West Hartford, CT
Unusual French bowed console table with planters on each side. The metal planters are removable for
Category
Mid-20th Century French Console Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century Pair of Italian Cherrywood Console Tables
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Unusual pair of Italian empire console tables retaining the original Carrara marble tops.
Each
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Stainless Steele and Glass Console Table.
Located in Bellport, NY
Unusual stainless steel and glass console table.The top has a black three inch trim around the
Category
20th Century American Console Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Art-Deco Stainless Steel and Glass Console Table
Located in Bellport, NY
Unusual stainless steel and glass console table.The glass top has a black three inch trim around
Category
Vintage 1930s American Console Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
French Antique Carpenter
s Work Bench
Located in Austin, TX
. Very nice proportion for this most unusual console table.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Chestnut
Modernist Wedge-shape Console Table..manner of Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern Console Table,, Unusual design, pie /wedge shape trapezoidal top.. Stylized
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
19th Century Northern Italian Grand-Scale Mahogany Console Table
Located in Benington, Herts
Rare bleached mahogany Northern Italian console table with a black Belgium marble top in the French
Category
Antique 1840s Italian Louis Philippe Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Grosfeld House Shell Console Table In Oil Drop Lacquer
Located in Chicago, IL
This very elegant and unusual oil drop lacquered console table comes from Grosfeld House, with nods
Category
20th Century American Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Lacquer
Art Deco 1920s Birch and Mahogany Inlaid Shaped Console Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Unusual inlaid shaped console table circa 1920.
Using contrasting mahogany and birch veneers, this
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Birch
Faux Goatskin Console Table in the manner of Karl Springer
Located in Amarillo, TX
Unusual form. Console table in lacquered wood painted to resemble goatskin. Three graduated "U
Category
Vintage 1970s American Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Burmese Japanese Style Bamboo Console Table with Negora Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
unusual Japanese style negora lacquer console table features a rectangular top with striped inset
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Console Tables
Materials
Bamboo
Adams Paint Decorated English Foliding Card Console Table, circa 1890
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is unusual Adams paint decorated console table that while does have wear and tear, still has
Category
Antique 1890s English Adam Style Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Faux Plaster Rock Console Table after Sirmos
By Sirmos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An unusual and contemporary console or sofa table in the manner Sirmos. It features an off-white
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Console Tables
Materials
Plaster, Resin
Stylish Springer Style Metal Mounted Resin Tusk Console Table, circa 1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Very stylish and unusual novelty console table, with clear acrylic base and back and gilt metal
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Resin
Neo Classic Marble Console
Located in Westwood, NJ
An unusual carved marble serpentine console table. With Rouge stone and carrara inlaid top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Console Tables
Contemporary Black Granite Console
Located in Norwalk, CT
This unusual contemporary console table, circa 1980s, features rough cut black granite juxtaposed
Category
Vintage 1980s Console Tables
Materials
Granite
Faux Bamboo Demilune Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unusual wall mounting demilune console table, having a faux painted top, on faux bamboo base, three
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Console Tables
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Unusual Console Table For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the unusual console table you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and glass, every unusual console table was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer unusual console table, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. An unusual console table made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. A well-made unusual console table has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Lane Acclaim, Baker Furniture Company and Paul Frankl are consistently popular.
How Much is a Unusual Console Table?
The average selling price for an unusual console table at 1stDibs is $4,200, while they’re typically $3 on the low end and $145,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Console-tables for You
Few pieces of furniture are celebrated for their functionality as much as their decorative attributes in the way that console tables are. While these furnishings are not as common in today’s interiors as their coffee-table and side-table counterparts, console tables are stylish home accents and have become more prevalent over the years.
The popularity of wood console tables took shape during the 17th and 18th centuries in French and Italian culture, and were exclusively featured in the palatial homes of the upper class. The era’s outwardly sculptural examples of these small structures were paired with mirrors or matching stools and had tabletops of marble. They were most often half-moon-shaped and stood on two scrolled giltwood legs, and because they weren’t wholly supported on their two legs rather than the traditional four, their flat-backed supports were intended to hug the wall behind them and were commonly joined by an ornate stretcher. The legs were affixed or bolted to the wall with architectural brackets called console brackets — hence, the name we know them by today — which gave the impression that they were freestanding furnishings. While console tables introduced a dose of drama in the foyer of any given aristocrat — an embodiment of Rococo-style furniture — the table actually occupied minimal floor space (an attractive feature in home furniture). As demand grew and console tables made their way to other countries, they gained recognition as versatile additions to any home.
Contemporary console tables comprise many different materials and are characterized today by varying shapes and design styles. It is typical to find them made of marble, walnut or oak and metal. While modern console tables commonly feature four legs, you can still find the two-legged variety, which is ideal for nestling behind the sofa. A narrow console table is a practical option if you need to save space — having outgrown their origins as purely ornamental, today’s console tables are home to treasured decorative objects, help fill empty foyers and, outfitted with drawers or a shelf, can provide a modest amount of storage as needed.
The rich collection of antique, new and vintage console tables on 1stDibs includes everything from 19th-century gems designed in the Empire style to unique rattan pieces and more.
Questions About Unusual Console Table
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024Why it is called a console table comes down to the history of this type of furnishing. The very first consoles produced in France during the 16th and 17th centuries were not freestanding. Instead, owners anchored them to walls. This anchoring method strengthened the console top, allowing it to support heavy loads. The name “console” comes from the French word "consolide," which means to reinforce or strengthen. It was likely chosen because of the anchoring system that lends strength to and reinforces consoles. Shop a diverse assortment of console tables on 1stDibs.
- Why are console tables so low?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023Console tables are not low. Typically, consoles are about the height of a desk but are much narrower. As a result, they work well against walls and can be used to hold lamps and decorative objects. While modern console tables commonly feature four legs, you can still find the two-legged variety, which is ideal for nestling behind the sofa. Some also feature shelves for display and storage space or cabinet doors and drawers for hiding clutter. Find vintage console tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Console tables serve a variety of functions. They can be used as buffets, storage units and display tables. Because they vary in size, you can use them for just about anything.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 20, 2024The difference between a buffet table and a console table comes down to size and storage features. Console tables are usually less deep than buffet tables, so they take up less space behind sofas and along walls. In addition, consoles are less likely to have cabinets and drawers than buffet tables, which are designed to store dinnerware and serveware in dining rooms. On 1stDibs, explore a wide variety of buffets and console tables.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between a coffee table and a console table is in the design. A coffee table is a low table that comes in many shapes, such as surfaces that are rectangles, squares, ovals or circles. Console tables are taller and usually have elongated shapes, such as ovals, rectangles or semicircles. Placement is another differentiator between the two types of tables. Coffee tables usually go in front of sofas and loveseats, while console tables may be placed behind a sofa or loveseat or along a wall. Find a large collection of coffee tables and console tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024The difference between a sideboard and a console table comes down to usage and storage features. Sideboards are usually found in dining rooms and have shelving concealed behind cabinet doors for storing dinnerware, glassware and serveware. Normally positioned in entryways, hallways and living rooms, console tables may have no storage features or include drawers, open shelves or cabinet doors, depending on their design. Find a large selection of console tables and sideboards on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019
The main difference between a console and a sofa table is that a console can be placed anywhere in the home (against a wall in a hallway or under a television in the living room) and a sofa table is limited to being behind a sofa.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023In an entryway, a console table should typically be around 10 to 16 inches wide. Tables of this width should still allow plenty of clearance so people can easily walk by the table. You may see manufacturers refer to the width of consoles as depth. On 1stDibs, shop a range of console tables.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019
A console table should not be taller than a couch. Much like a sofa table, a console table is placed against the back of a sofa and should be the same height as the sofa.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024
A lamp for a console table should be between 25 and 32 inches tall. The table lamp’s shade shouldn’t exceed half the width of the console table.
You’ll find that when it comes to arranging wall art, a decorator might suggest that the space on the wall above a console table is a great place for a large painting or a wall sculpture. In that case, you may wish to use a taller lamp for the table. If your table is smaller in scale or if you have a small mirror hanging on the wall above the console, you may wish to opt for a shorter lamp.
Find vintage table lamps for sale on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Because of their variety of sizes and range in function, console tables can easily work as a desk. Given their size and ease of mobility, a console table can be used in almost any sort of room.
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