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Hand Carved Stone Antique Garden Outdoor Indoor Side Center Coffee Farm Table CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Stone Antique Garden Outdoor Indoor Side Center Coffee Farm Table CA . late 17th Early 18th century and later elements Hand carved small stone antique garden patio coffee outdoor indoor table for two . It will be the perfect touch by an outdoor fireplace or on the patio next to your bedroom to have the morning coffee and welcome a beautiful day . This table has a lot of charm and character. It can work in a Mid-Century Modern or an old charm rustic Provençal design or a farmhouse rustic farm . For an interior or exterior handsome design , for garden landscaping it's a beautiful architectural element to complement your garden furniture or the interior of living room or as a small kitchen side table for 2...
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18th Century French Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Stone, Limestone

Rehbeintisch Bistro Table by GEBRÜDER THONET
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Rehbeintisch collection designed by Gebruder Thonet in 1888, this table combines a sense of lightness and movement in the elegant intersection of its slightly curved legs...
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2010s Italian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Wood

Louis 15 Style Mahogany Console Game Table Napoleon 3 Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful mahogany flip top card table forming a console when folded. The board in playing position is covered with a green felt finished with a braid and rests on an elegant Louis X...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

19th Century Walnut / Burr Walnut English Game / Card Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a game table made in England, circa 1870. The table is made of walnut and burr walnut. The top has a fabulous quality cut of the finest burr walnut. The 4 sides of the top ar...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Walnut, Burl

Louise Art Deco Card Tables and Tea Tables Square Drink Table in Smooth Brass
Located in New York, NY
Alison Spear designed this elegant and minimal table for Stephanie Odegard during their trip together to Rajasthan, India. The craftsmen create patterns using different types of hamm...
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2010s American Other Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Game Card Fold over Side Table or Tea Table with Hidden Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
20th century game card fold over side table or tea table with hidden drawer in style of George II.   Measure opened: 30.90in.
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Early 20th Century English George II Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Walnut

Antique George II Style Chippendale Mahogany Flip Top Claw Foot Card Game Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 19th Century English George II Style Card / Game Table. Features a retangular form with recessed centers over a hand dovetailed frieze drawer with ornate scaled brass bale pull....
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Mid-19th Century George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Brass

Midcentury Wood Brass and Enameled Metal Serving Bar Cart and Bottle Holder 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury wood bar cart in with a stunning black metal structure with brass finishes and three chromed metal bottle holders. This fantast...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Metal, Brass

Original 1899 Adolf Loos Cafe Museum Jugendstil Marble and Bentwood Table
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare Thonet side-table from the famous Viennese Cafe Museum, designed by Adolf Loos in 1899, already featured in the Thonet Catalogue from 1888 on page 17 as Nr 8 and Nr 9 - s...
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1890s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Marble

Antique Victorian c.1860 Mahogany Twin Pedestal Writing Desk – Quality Furniture
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Victorian c.1860 Mahogany Twin Pedestal Writing Desk – Quality Furniture An attractive Victorian c.1860 mahogany twin pedestal writing desk full of charm and character. With...
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1860s British Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Wood

Jour Jali Square Table in White Marble by Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegar
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the elegant pierced marble “jali” screens and windows he saw in the palaces of Mughal India, the renowned designer Paul Mathieu has crea...
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2010s American Other Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Marble

Diego Giacometti Style Large Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Amazing 1980's cast aluminum base with bronze plated large coffee table in the style of Diego Giacometti, in vintage original condition with a few light scratches to the bronze finis...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Aluminum, Bronze

Oak Art Deco Amsterdamse School Tea Table by Jac. van den Bosch, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Amsterdamse school tea table or serving table. The design is attributed to Jac. van den Bosch. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak ...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Oak

Baker Furniture Queen Anne Walnut Petite Drop Leaf Tea Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne style solid walnut drop leaf tea table or occasional side table By Baker Furniture USA, circa 1980s Measures: 26.13"...
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Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Walnut

Antique Fold Over Card Table, English Walnut, Games, Georgian Revival, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fold-over card table. An English, burr walnut games table in Georgian revival taste, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Graceful side table, folding ou...
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Early 20th Century British Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Walnut

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

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Ormolu

French Louis XV Center Table with Drawer, c. 1760
Located in Chicago, IL
This refined Louis XV side table has an airy, lightweight design defined by slightly curving legs that taper dramatically to delicate, pointed feet. Crafted in France in the 18th cen...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Oak

Midcentury Brass Smoked Glass Nesting Tables, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of 3 coffee tables made of brass and smokey glass. All parts are original vintage condition (see photo). Brass is in bad condition new Glass Tables is 39/33/28 46/37/30 42/30/30
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1970s Italian Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Brass

Square Coffee Table with Green Murano Glass and Brass Bands, Available
Located in Guazzora, IT
This square coffee table features green Murano glass of different shades and elegant brass bands, embodying the Mid-Century Modern style. Handcrafted in Italy, this coffee table co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Brass

Fine Antique Rosewood Aesthetic Style Table by Edwards And Roberts/ London
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Edwards and Roberts produced furniture starting in 1845 in London, England. Their name became synonymous with expert craftsmanship, style and quality. This superb and rare Rosewood table bears a partial paper label identifying the esteemed furniture house attached to the underside. This fine Aesthetic Style table...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Rosewood

English George III Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Games Table with Inset Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality English George III period mahogany inlaid satinwood fold over top tea and games table with a replaced green gilt-tooled leather interior lining. The flip-top is suppor...
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1780s English Hepplewhite Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Leather, Mahogany, Satinwood, Boxwood

Maitland-Smith Tessellated Stone With Brass Inlay Game or Dining Table
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Maitland-Smith game or dining table made with tessellated stone and brass inlay circa 1970s. The tessellated stone is over a wood frame and the legs have brass protector ...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Stone, Brass

Silver-Gilt Exhibition Tea Table by Maison Aucoc
Located in New Orleans, LA
Silver-Gilt Tea Table Maison Aucoc Circa 1904 The turn of the century was the golden age of the great international exhibitions, the venues at which artisans from across the globe w...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Vermeil

Antique 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Writing, Dressing Table or Desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Writing, Dressing Table or Desk – Fine Quality A fine-quality 19th-century inlaid mahogany writing or dressing table that is full of charm and ch...
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19th Century British Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Wood

Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Card Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality mahogany card table having a quality figured mahogany crossbanded swivel top opening to reveal a green baize mahogany frieze with a moulded edge supported by ...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Other

Swedish Mid-Century Expandable Adjustable Height Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
MCM Swedish table in Teak, 1960s. This clever coffee table converts to a game/dining table with an easy-to-use expandable function. Leaves can be pulled out both at coffee table and ...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Teak

Edwardian Walnut Occasional Table with Book Matched Top , circa 1930s"
Located in Germantown, MD
Edwardian Walnut Occasional Table with Book matched Top. Made in the 1930. Very good vintage condition. Has been refinished in the past years. Very sturdy. Measures 27.75" in dia...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Walnut

Diminutive Leather Top Desk with Pull-Out Sides and Bronze Mounts Stamped Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
An early Louis XVI style leather top desk with pull-out sides and bronze mounts with a single centre drawer stamped Jansen. Pull outs measure 15.5 x 9 inches each.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Wood

18th century Dutch walnut marquetry games table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century Dutch walnut flip top games table circa 1800. Shaped top in a reverse serpentine form, beautifully inlaid with a central urn, scrolling acanthus, surrounded by flowers ...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Walnut

Antique Sheraton Mahogany Card Table C1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Sheraton Mahogany Card Table C1830 Unfolded - 28.75"H x 36"W x 35.5"D Folded - 28.75"H x 36"W x 17.75"D This antique card table, dating to circa 1830, is crafted in the Shera...
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19th Century Sheraton Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

Baker Furniture French Empire Cherry Wood, Brass, and Ebonized Center Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An elegant French Empire or Neoclassical tea table or center table By Baker Furniture USA, Late 20th Century Cherry wood base, with mo...
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Late 20th Century American Empire Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Brass

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Card Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 18th century Dutch marquetry inlaid card table. Having wonderful floral decoration around an urn, with cherubs and birds to the t...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

Jacques Adnet Cart Bar Trolley Tea Table
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
This magnificent Jacques Adnet bar cart comes from a Chateau in the Medoc near Bordeaux in the South West of France where it has been since the 1950s The glass of the tray sti...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Metal, Aluminum

Metal Spider Web Table, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incredibly unique welded metal table in the design of a massive spider web.Great attention to detail with bends of each metal bar lining up perfectly around the whole table. Base is ...
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1980s American Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Metal

Late 19th Century Occasional Table with Bone Chinoiserie Inlay
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A late 19th century two tiered hardwood occasional table. Decorated with intricate landscape and chinoiserie bone inlay
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Bone, Hardwood

American cherry Chippendale tilt top tea table, 1775-1800
Located in Kenilworth, IL
American Chippendale tilt top tea table with a two board cherry wood top. The top rests on a baluster turned pedestal which is supported...
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Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Cherry

Coffee table, 1950s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Coffee table, 1950s, Made in Italy. Very elegant coffee table made of wood and glass. Condition is excellent, may show slight signs of time due to age and use. The price of shipping...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Glass, Wood

French Art Deco Card Table, 1940
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Elegant Art Deco card table in walnut, the top has inlays and opens like a book, insides in maple with an inlaid wind rose.
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Maple, Walnut

French Art Deco Card Table, 1940
French Art Deco Card Table, 1940
$2,135 Sale Price
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Chinoiserie Low Square Wood Chess or Checkers Game Table
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A low square chess or checkers game table. A beautiful piece created from wood. The top features a light and dark brown alternating square veneer w...
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20th Century Southeast Asian Chinoiserie Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Bernhard Rohne Mastercraft Acid Etched Drinks Coffee Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this Mid-Century Modern Bernhard Rohne for Mastercraft Acid Etched drinks coffee table A good looking well made and de...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Brass

Baker Furniture Hollywood Regency Mahogany Tea Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Hollywood Regency style dark mahogany occasional side table or tea table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1990s Measures: 25.5" W x 25.5" D x 26.25" H. Newly refi...
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Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

Federal Mahogany Card Table
Located in Essex, MA
Likely made in Philadelphia and likely by Haines and Connelly. In great condition with hinged top and shaped top with reeded edge. Conforming frieze with paterae and raised on circul...
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1820s American Federal Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

Leather and Chromed Steel Italian Game Table attributed to Zanotta, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Large midcentury leather and chromed steel game table. This card table was produced in Italy during 1960s and it is attributed to Zanotta. The top is in new green fabric, black le...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Original Vienna Secession 20th Century 1908 Jugendstil Coffee Table
Located in Vienna, AT
Round coffee-table with fluted stem. Typical Viennese works from circa 1908.  
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Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Glass, Wood

Antique Fold Over Tea Table, English, Card, Chippendale Manner, Georgian, C.1750
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Our Stock # 24868 This is an antique fold over tea table. An English, mahogany occasional or card table in the Chippendale manner, dating to the mid Georgian period, circa 1750. Be...
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Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Wood

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

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Mahogany, Satinwood

18th c. Piecrust Tea Table with Spiral Fluted Shaft
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century Irish Georgian mahogany tea table with piecrust carved top and tilt top mechanism on spiral fluted shaft, standing on carved knee triform cabriole legs with carved sl...
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1770s Irish Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

1967 Thomasville Furniture Queen Anne Cherry Side Tea Table Pull Out Trays Vtg
Located in Dayton, OH
1967 Thomasville Tray Table. Made from solid cherry in Queen Anne Styling. Features a rectangular form with rectangular inset top over a serpentine apron with pull out drink trays. T...
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1960s Queen Anne Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Cherry

19th Century Hand Carved Stone Antique Garden Coffee Outdoor Indoor Table Farm
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th Century Hand Carved Stone Antique Garden Coffee Outdoor Indoor Table Farm . 18th-early 19th Century elements Of Hand carved stone Elements creating a Charming garden patio coffe...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Stone, Limestone

Antique Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Serpentine Card Console Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique mahogany serpentine fold-over card table, circa 1880 in date. This splendid card table is made of the finest quality mahogany and features a hinged foldover shaped top with a demi-lune motif of fanned satinwood & green stained hare-wood surrounded by radial spurs of bell-flowers between swagged bands, bordered with satinwood cross-banding outlined with stringing. The frieze inlaid with fluting and having a bow front drawer to the centre adorned with swagged bell-flower chains, with further pendant garlands leading down the square tapering legs on spade feet. The quality and attention to detail throughout are second to none. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THAT THIS CARD TABLE IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops and the baize relined, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 78 x Width 92 x Depth 47 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 3 foot x Depth 1 foot, 6 inches Satinwood is a hard and durable wood with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry. It comes from two tropical trees of the family Rutaceae (rue family). East Indian or Ceylon satinwood is the yellowish or dark-brown heartwood of Chloroxylon swietenia. The lustrous, fine-grained, usually figured wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, veneers, and backs of brushes. West Indian satinwood, sometimes called yellow wood, is considered superior. It is the golden yellow, lustrous, even-grained wood found in the Florida Keys...
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1880s Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany, Satinwood

George 11 Mahogany Card Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very nice George 11 Mahogany card table in its original surface. Cabriole legs ending in nicely carved trifid feet. This piece has an early Spillman & Company label that was applie...
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Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

Irish Georgian Mahogany Tea Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Irish 18th century mahogany tea table, the well figured single plank top with dished edge over deeply scalloped apron and standing on graceful cabriole legs ending in well-forme...
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1740s Irish George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

18thc Georgian Mahogany Tilt Top Table
Located in Water Mill, NY
Georgian 18thc Tilt Top Breakfast/Game Table Top Made of one Solid Piece of Mahogany.-very good vintage patina
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

English Chippendale Burl Walnut Constantine Action Ball Claw Game Table C 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale Burl Walnut Constantine action game table with the original decorative linen playing surface, flanking outset corners, inte...
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1760s English Chippendale Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Brass

Antique fine quality Georgian revival burr walnut folding card or tea table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Fine Quality Georgian Revival Burr Walnut Folding Card or Tea Table, dating from around 1920 with a beautiful colour and patina. This rare and high-quality table is in very ...
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1920s Georgian Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Walnut

George II Mahogany Games Table
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular hinged top with turret corners opening to a conforming felt lined playing surface with wells for game pieces. Fitted with a drawer with cabriole legs and pad feet.
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1750s English George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

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...
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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

Georgian Mahogany Card Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice early Georgian Mahogany swing leg Tea or Card Table of diminutive proportions with carved knee cabriole legs ending in a pad foot. Ribbon and blossom carved edge around ...
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18th Century George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Mahogany

William IV Rosewood Card Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
William IV Rosewood Folding Swivel Top Pedestal Card Table with octagonal baluster column leading to splayed base supported on scroll feet with brass blind castors , circa 1835 - 36"...
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1830s English William IV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Rosewood

Italian modern coffee table Sesann by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern coffee table Sesann by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina, 1970s Square coffee table mod. Sesann. The structure is in chromed...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Steel

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 tablesfurniture 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.