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Card Tables and Tea Tables For Sale
Antique Victorian Mahogany Marquetry Folding Card Console Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Victorian 19th century fine quality mahogany marquetry folding card table 19th century, that would also make a charming console table.
This is a lovely table, that is full...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,899 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Original Hepplewhite Outstanding Quality Carved Mahogany Card Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III original Hepplewhite outstanding quality carved mahogany card table having a lovely figured mahogany serpentine shaped hinged top opening to reveal a green baize i...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Other
Vintage Boho Tessellated Stone and Brass Inlay Game Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This distinctive side or dining table is a prime example of high-style Postmodern design from the 1980s, characterized by the striking use of tessellated stone. The substantial, wate...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Hollywood Regency Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Stone, Brass
Restored Czech Round Oak Bauhaus Table by Mücke
Melder, Chrome, 1930s
By Mücke
Melder
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Bauhaus chrome table
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1930-1939.
Material: Oak and chrome
Source: Czechia.
Maker: Mücke & Melder.
Category
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
Pie Crust Tilt-Top Tea Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant tea table with an unusually shaped top, having a raised and scalloped carved edge, resting on a baluster column carved with foliate design and supported by three cabriole leg...
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19th Century British Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
19th Century Antique Giltwood Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A handsome antique giltwood table. Cabriole legs and animal hoof feet. Diamond pattern and floral carvings on the side. Floral features on the sides. Beautiful dark gilding on the si...
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19th Century Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Giltwood
Excellent Late 19th Century Bronze Mounted Tea Table Attributed to Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Excellent Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Two Tier Tea Table Attributed to Paul Sormani
Attributed to Paul Sormani
The oval upper tier surmounted by a bron...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Bevan Funnell Oxblood Leather Side End Table Extending Top Great Games Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Bevan Funnell vintage Mahogany side table with extending oxblood leather top and single draw...
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20th Century English Regency Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
American Federal Center Pedestal Games Table, circa 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An exceptionally handsome and very well crafted classical Philadelphia Federal games table in premium mahogany with turned and finely carved pedes...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Butlers Serving Tray on Stand Hardwood Victorian, 19th Century
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Lovely Antique Butler Mahogany Table.
Please carefully examine the pictures to see the condition before purc...
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20th Century British Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hardwood
20th Century Restored Chrome Small Bauhaus Table, Hynek Gottwald, 1940s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Bauhaus chrome table. Original, preserved in good condition.
Style: Bauhaus.
Maker: Hynek Gottwald
Period: 1940-1949.
Material: Lacquered plywood and chrome-plated steel
Source:...
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Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
Early 20th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Round Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Round Tripod Tea Table with ball claw feet.Measures 26" in width, 26" in depth and 27" in height
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany
1930s Regency Style Mahogany Tiered Tea Table with Ball Claw Feet
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1930s Regency Style Mahogany Tiered Tea Table with Ball Claw Feet and a combination of bobbing, rope twisted and reedled legs. Measures 27" in width,...
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Early 20th Century American Regency Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Ebonized Folding Card Table with Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Marquetry card table, the rectangular top centered with an inlaid cartouche and musical instruments, within swept foliate inlay, the top opening to a baize lined playing...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Style Mahogany Card, Dressing, and Writing Table
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style mahogany card, dressing, and writing table
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 75cm, width 70cm, depth 45cm
This charming table is an ingenious piece of des...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$8,093 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Modern Karl Springer Attributed Rattan Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vintage modern woven rattan table attributed to Karl Springer. In great condition.
Category
20th Century American Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rattan
Exhibition Antique Kingwood Marquetry Inlaid Ormolu Mounted Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Exhibition quality antique Victorian French kingwood marquetry inlaid ormolu mounted card/side table by French cabinet maker Henry Dasson having an outstanding quality kingwood marqu...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Other
Antique 19th Century Pine Kitchen or Writing Table with Drawer – Fine Quality
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Pine Kitchen or Writing Table with Drawer – Fine Quality
A charming 19th-century pine kitchen or writing table with attractive age, colour, and patina. This rar...
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19th Century British Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,614 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Restored William IV circa 1830 Coromandel Occasional Games Cards Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite, fully restored, hand made in England William IV circa 1830 Coromandel & Giltwood occasiona...
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1830s English William IV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,298 Sale Price
20% Off
Late Regency Games Table by T.G Seddon
Located in Stamford, CT
A late Regency burl wood and giltwood games table produced by T.G Seddon (cabinet maker for the queen).
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Giltwood, Burl
Antique Fold Over Parlour Card Table, English, Games, Side, William IV, C.1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fold-over parlour card table. An English, mahogany games or side table, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Appealing William IV craftsmanship to this fi...
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1830s British William IV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Bar Cart in Wood
Glass
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This bar cart is a charming representation of mid-20th-century design, a period that witnessed a remarkable evolution in furniture aesthetics, merging functionalism with the emerging...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Antique 19th Century Hardwood Tea Table Decorated With Etched Brass Tray
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Brass And Hardwood Tea Table Decorated With Decorative Engraving from the Middle East. Tray Can Be Lifted Off The Frame, And Used Separately.
With Repetitive Geometric...
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Mid-19th Century Moroccan Moorish Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Gambling Table in Mahogany Inlaid on Briar, England, 1800s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Regency gaming table, inlaid top on selected briarwood. Original condition including period crafted hardware and screws, ceramic wheels. The finely carved base is mahogany. England second half of the 19th century. All in excellent condition and ready to use.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crates or boxes) for US and International Shipping...
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1890s English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric, Mahogany, Burl
Console with Hand-Laid Mother-of-Pearl Legs
2 Organic-Shaped Massive Oak Tops
Located in Cairo, EG
Console with Hand-Laid Mother-of-Pearl/ Nacre Legs & 2 Organic-Shaped Oak Tops
Contrasting lines and materials are what make our OPPOSITES ATTRACT console so special. The double cu...
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2010s Egyptian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
French Court Galleries By Tonk Carved Mahogany and Marquetry Center Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A French Court Galleries by Tonk Louis XVI Style Marquetry and Carved Mahogany Center Table with protective Glass Top. Richly detailed Inlaid veneer top ...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Marble Top
Rhythm
Game Table by Lane
Located in Chino Hills, CA
Now available is an marble x walnut base by Lane' Rhythm series c1960s. Perfect for large rooms, this piece brings a bit of every era we're currently experien...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Marble
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Mahogany
Inlaid Card Games Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Victorian mahogany, satinwood and marquetry games table in the manner of Edwards & Roberts, circa 1860 in date.
It is made of beautiful flame mahogany and satinwood with elegant satinwood inlaid and penwork floral and foliate decoration of ribbons, bellfowers and garlands..
The shaped hinged top opens to reveal a fabulous green baize lined gaming interior for playing cards, above a frieze fitted with a drawer and decorated by a beautiful classical urn. The table is raised on elegant square tapering legs terminating in spade feet.
It is an elegant piece which will enhance a special room in your home.
THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THAT THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY RESTRICTED MATERIALS.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and polished in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 74 x Width 89 x Depth 48
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 2 foot, 11 inches x Depth 1 foot, 7 inches
Marquetry
is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers.
The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique.
Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet-makers (ébénistes) and gave his name to a technique of marquetry employing brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs.
Edwards & Roberts
The firm Edwards & Roberts was one of the best English antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the eighteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 and by 1854 was trading as ‘Edwards & Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Pair Amboyna Card Console Tables With Porcelain Plaques 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning pair of antique French amboyna and ebonised card tables, circa 1860 in date.
The tables are made from striking and rare ambo...
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1860s French Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Envelope Game Table by François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A wonderful late 19th century gilt bronze mounted parquetry envelope game table by François Linke
François Linke – Index no. 523
The revolving top wi...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Parquetry Inlaid Card Table, circa 1890 Linke Style
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century Parquetry inlaid fold over card table, having gilded ormolu mouldings and mounts. The top hinging open to reveal a baize covered card playing su...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Pitch Pine Desk / Writing Table – Side or Dressing Occasion
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Pitch Pine Desk / Writing Table – Side or Dressing Occasional Table
Full of authentic charm and character, this rare decorative find would make a wonderful stat...
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19th Century British Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,708 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Regency Rosewood Brass Inlaid Card Tables
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Regency period Rosewood, brass inlaid card tables. with central turned pedestal, raised on four splay ormolu mounted legs, terminating in the original brass cl...
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1820s English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$20,404 / set
American Mahogany Game Table. Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany flip top game table with hand stenciled centered lyre pedestal, resting on saber legs with stenciled acanthus motif and original brass casters.
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Christian VIII Empire Oval Pedestal Tea Table in Mahogany, Denmark, circa 1835
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A handsome Christian VIII neoclassical-style tea or breakfast table in mahogany with oval top on foliate-carved baluster-turned column resting on quatre-form pedestal base with carve...
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1830s Danish Empire Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Bucks County Two-Tier Provincial Solid Cherry Gueridon Accent Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Bucks Country tripod two tier Gueridon / Center table in solid cherry in good vintage condition.
Measures 28" in diameter and stand 19" tall. Lower tier is 18.5" high.
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Late 20th Century American Country Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Cherry
Everlast Folding Aluminium Tray
By Mary Wright
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual serving tray with folding legs. Manufactured by Everlast, circa 1940s with "Fallen Leaves" design by Mary Wright. A Hollywood Regency and Art Deco or Industrial style.
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1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
1800s Georgian Solid Mahogany Accent Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique solid mahogany occasional table with waved legs and unique top shape.
We noticed that a leg has been repaired at some point, but apparently not noticeable to our opinion.
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Mid-19th Century American British Colonial Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century Restored Czech Oak Bauhaus Table by Vichr a Spol, Chrome, 1940s
By Vichr
Spol
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Table
Style: Bauhaus.
Period: 1940-1949.
Material: Oak and chrome
Source: Czechia.
Category
1940s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
Jahangir II Side Table in Black Marble by Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegard
Located in New York, NY
Shown here in Katni stone. Inspired by the elegant architectural element, namely the mehrabs, he saw in the palaces of Mughal India, the renowned designer Paul Mathieu has created th...
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2010s Indian Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Marble
Victorian Mahogany Card Table, Games Tables, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany Card Table.
circa 1860
This piece is of a high Victorian Design with carved shaped legs a bulbous fluted column, ca...
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1860s Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Organically Hand-Carved Massive Oak Console with Hanging Brass Shelf
Located in Cairo, EG
Organically Hand-Carved Massive Oak Wood Console with Hanging Brass Shelf.
There’s beauty in matching the unexpected. With our Opposites Attract c...
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2010s Egyptian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,505 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Baker Furniture Chippendale Carved Mahogany Pembroke Tea Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Chippendale or Georgian style carved mahogany pembroke drop-leaf occasional side table or tea table
By Baker Furniture, "Historic Charleston" Collection
USA, Cir...
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Late 20th Century American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Chess Set and Table
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Vintage Italian enameled chess set and table. Italfama Renaissance complete chess set made of solid metal painted by hand. Colors on chess pieces a...
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Late 20th Century European Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal
Refinished Mid-Century Mahogany Single Drawer QuadPod Pedestal Drum Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautifully refinished Mahogany Single Drawer quadpod pedestal drum table. Great condition.
Measures 28" in width" 28" in depth and stands 28" tall.
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Mid-20th Century American George III Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
A Very Fine C19th Ormolu Mounted Envelope Card Table
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Kingwood ormolu Mounted Envelope Table
This Table Dates C1870s
Had A very Gentle Repolish
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$8,093 Sale Price
30% Off
A Very Rare Early 19th Century Irish Turn Over Leaf Games Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare early 19th Century Irish well figured mahogany turn over leaf gateleg action card table. This exceptional piece is finely hand carved with beautifully rich patination an...
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Early 19th Century Irish Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Hand Painted Mirror Top Side Table
Located in Redding, CT
Italian hand painted mirror top side table. Scalloped edges and hand painted design make this table very special. Use in any room , even a ...
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1950s Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
$420 Sale Price
53% Off
Baker Furniture Chippendale Carved Mahogany Pembroke Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Chippendale or Georgian style carved mahogany pembroke drop-leaf occasional side table or tea table
By Baker Furniture, "Historic Charleston" Collection
USA, circa ...
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1980s American Chippendale Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Jahangir II Side Table in White Marble by Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegard
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the elegant architectural element, namely the mehrabs, he saw in the palaces of Mughal India, the renowned designer Paul Mathieu has created this unique hand-carved side ...
Category
2010s Indian Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Marble
Satinwood 18th Century George III Demi Lune Tea Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality George III, Sheraton Period, Satinwood Demi Lune Shaped Tea Table Having Exceptionally Well Figured Folding Top, With Wide Crossbanded Decoration, Over Inlaid F...
Category
Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Fine Louis XVI Brass Mounted Ebony
Acajou Games Table by Godefroy Dester
By Godefroy Dester
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Louis XVI brass-mounted
Ebony & Acajou Mouchete games table
18th century
Stamped Godefroy Dester
Godefroy Dester maitre, 1774
Measures: Height 30 in., width 43 in., d...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Georgian Style Mahogany Carved Galleried Tilt Top Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Georgian Style Mahogany Carved hardwood Galleried Tilt Top Tea Table I'm great vintage condition. Measures 29.5" in width, 29.5" in depth and 29.5" in height flat and 44" in height...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
William Birch. Arts
Crafts oak card or game table with a swivel
fold out top
Located in London, GB
William Birch. An Arts and Crafts oak side, card or games table with a swivel and fold out top. The top with large mitered corner joints, stood on tapering legs united by a H stretch...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Oak
A Rare Example 19th Century, Empire, Regency Card Table, With Reversible Top
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Rare Example 19th Century, Empire, Regency Card Table, With A Reversible Top Featuring An Embossed Brass Banding
Brass Dice Bowls
With A Reversible Table Top Featuring An Em...
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19th Century Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$1,197 Sale Price
20% Off
Edwardian Satinwood Inlaid Card Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Edwardian period Satinwood envelope card table, having classical inlaid decoration to the top, frieze and legs. It has a single frieze drawer, raised on square taperin...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century Card Table
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a wall piece of furniture in the form of a console table with a double-sided extendable top. The whole is supported on bent legs.
The top is composed of two section w...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Baize, Wood
$2,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco dining table
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Art Deco Extending Table
Attributed to the cabinetmaker “Jules Leleu.”
France, circa 1930.
Amboyna wood veneer with nickel-plated fittings and black lacquer. Dining table from the...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood
$14,026
American Sheraton, Mahogany, Tulipwood, Serpentine Inlaid Card Table, USA, 1810
Located in Manhasset, NY
John and Thomas Seymour Attribution, American Sheraton, Serpentine Inlaid Card Table, Boston, 1810
American Sheraton mahogany hinged top serpentine card table with figured cross ban...
Category
Early 19th Century American Sheraton Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
Queen Anne Style Cherry Tea Table with Pull-out Trays
Located in Germantown, MD
A Queen Anne Style Cherry Tea Table with Pull-out Trays from the mid 20th Century
Measures 29" in width , 17" on depth, 27.5" in height. Pull out tray...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique and Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Today, the phrase “card tables” might evoke the image of common plastic tables covered in felt, but historically these tables were statement pieces that invited merriment and were made of mahogany, walnut or other fine woods. Today, antique and vintage card tables and tea tables can enliven a space and encourage spirited competition in your home.
Card tables originated in England in the late 17th century, and during this time, as well as the 18th century, game tables in general became quite popular. We refer to early versions of card tables as antique Regency card tables because the Prince of Wales ruled England during the period and his official title was Regent. Back then, these furnishings were typically small, rectangular tables outfitted with hinged tops so that they could be opened to reveal a playing surface. Ornamental flourishes of the era might have included an integration of fine velvet or needlepoint as lining for the table’s surface. For furniture makers, wide adoption of a dense woven green material called baize for table covering — similar to felt but stronger — occurred during the early 1700s.
Tea became widely affordable during the early 1800s in England, and tea time exploded in popularity and involved large tea sets — especially during the Victorian era — as well as small, well-crafted tea tables. Your beverage was paired with petite baked goods, and the tea table would be home to teacups, saucers, a milk pot and other items. While tea tables are similar in design to card tables, the focus is more on presentation. Georgian card tables and tea tables — furniture made during the reign of England’s three Georges — were especially ornate. Some featured intricately carved design elements on each side and stood on elegantly curved legs. After all, tea time became a sacred ritual that society women dressed up for. It was a time to pause, reflect and sip a comforting beverage.
When no guests were visiting to enjoy tea or play games, owners could fold down both card tables and tea tables to their smaller size and tuck them away into a corner of the room.
Antique and vintage card tables and tea tables can make a lovely addition to any living room, entertainment room or game room. Find yours on 1stDibs.
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