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Card Tables and Tea Tables For Sale
Leather Basket Weave Wicker Style Square Dining Room Table 4 Chairs Glass Top
By McGuire, Ficks Reed
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Leather basket weave wicker style square dining room table 4 chairs glass top set.
All new beige wool upholstery.
Table measures 42 x 42 x ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Leather
George III Mahogany Bookmatched Pedestal Quadfeet Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
George III Mahogany Bookmatched Pedestal Quad snake feet Tea Table. Measures 24" in with, 24" in depth and 25.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century American George III Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century George III Mahogany Card Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century George III mahogany fold-over card table, the shaped and moulded top raised over frieze with carved gadroon motif supported on cabriole leg with foliate motif on k...
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Early 19th Century Irish George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Chic
Diagramme
Travertine Drinks Tables by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of chic 'Diagramme' travertine drinks tables by Design Frères.
Slender powder-coated frames fitted with unfilled Italian travertine top ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Travertine, Steel
Chinoiserie Lacquer Games Side Table
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
18th Century Period Games Table
Made in walnut and decorated in this blue lacquer with detailed chinoiserie raised gesso figures, the piece folds out in two ways, one to reveal the ...
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18th Century English George II Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
$2,992 Sale Price
64% Off
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
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Bernhard Rohne Mastercraft Acid Etched Drinks Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
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
Materials
Brass
$4,897 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Bespoke Italian 1980s Carved Elm
Red Leather Card Table Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A truly distinctive and masterfully conceived bespoke Italian card table set from the 1980s, this collection combines hand-carved elm with bold red leather upholstery. Comprising a striking drum-shaped table and six accompanying chairs, it embodies an expressive approach to design from the era.
The six chairs are a surrealistic marvel, featuring thick, undulating, totem-like back posts adorned with curved, carved branches that evoke a whimsical, forest-like quality. Each is hand-carved with a primitive style and fitted with matching red leather seating...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
George III Period Mahogany and Satinwood Card Table
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th century Sheraton period mahogany and fiddle-back mahogany card table having boxwood and ebony strung and satinwood crossbanded D-shaped top above boxwood strung pane...
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18th Century English George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Moissonnier Reversible Games or Card Table, France, 20th Century
By Moissonnier
Located in Skanninge, SE
A wonderful card or games table by the French firm Moissonnier.
Fully stamped with manufacturer mark, see images.
The top is reversible, with a red leather top and also a black pai...
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Early 2000s French Louis XV Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional 19th Century Kingwood and Ormolu Tray Top Table by François Linke
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Louis XV Style
Two-Tier Table à Thé
By François Linke. Index no. 610
The serpentine dual-handled upper-tier with removable glazed tray suppo...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Bauhaus Rectangular Tubular Steel Table, Chromed Metal, Lacquered Wood, C. 1935
By Mücke
Melder
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus rectangular table model Tn 132, manufactured by Mücke-Melder, circa. 1935. Chrome plated tubular steel, black lacquered wood.
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Early 19th Century Mahogany Game Tables
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of wonderful early 19th century mahogany game tables from England.
This is a gorgeous pair of game tables that can be used as ...
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19th Century English Sheraton Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$12,500 / set
English Mahogany One Board Tilt-Top Pedestal Tea Table Desert Table, Circa 1760s
Located in Germantown, MD
English mahogany one board tilt top tea table, dessert table. Come with its original banjo locking mechanism. Pedestal with turned ringed spiral and terminating on tripod legs with s...
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Mid-18th Century George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Iron
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
Materials
Cherry
$1,450 Sale Price
50% Off
Contemporary Teak Slice End Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique end table crafted from a collection of circular tree trunk slices. Its natural wood texture and sculptural design make it a striking accent piece for any living room or side s...
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Late 20th Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Materials
Brass
American Federal Relief Carved Mahogany Card Table, New York, circa 1810
Located in Stockton, NJ
American Federal relief carved mahogany card table. The double-elliptical crotch mahogany book-matched veneered hinged top above a central pedestal with foliate and swag carved detail terminating on four fluted cabriole legs and brass lion paw cups on casters.
This card table is illustrated in "Four Centuries of American Furniture" Oscar P. Fitzgerald, pp.93
" The richly grained mahogany top takes a double-elliptic shape. The top rotates to rest on the skirt, which encloses a storage space for game equipment...
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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
Edwardian Satinwood Hand-Painted Metamorphic Game Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This magnificent Circa 1910 Edwardian Satinwood hand-painted game table displays signs of fine craftsmanship and ingenuity. From the 17th to the 19th Century, card and board games were means to socialize and gamble large sums of money among the wealthy. Game tables are an example of specialized furniture beautifully crafted by a skilled cabinetmaker for such clients. When not in use, the envelope top has such an elegant hand-painted floral design and fine maple inlay that makes it too lovely to conceal by placing anything on top. Closed, it can decorate any hallway or entryway. On casters, the table can be easily moved from room to room, which makes it very versatile. The maple inlay detail continues the sides and drawers, showing no detail of elegance was spared. Once you swivel the top, it opens to a flat green felt surface for playing cards. It has a rosewood and satinwood parquetry chessboard and cribbage board that pulls out in the front with brass knobs. The interior is a mahogany drawer with compartments for the storage of play pieces. The chess pieces are ivory. The right side opens to a hidden compartment with a built-in tantalus accompanied by three fine crystal decanters, perfect for pouring a drink before a game. The left side is a dummy drawer to symmetrically continue the aesthetics of the design to its entirety. As a commissioned piece of work, this museum-quality piece is perfect for any collector or connoisseur of rare, one-of-a-kind antiques.
Comes with three crystal decanters and game pieces shown are included: a complete ivory chess set...
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1910s English Edwardian Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Antique Fine Quality C1800 Inlaid Mahogany Folding Card or Tea Table - Side
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Fine Quality circa 1800 Inlaid Mahogany Folding Card or Tea Table - Side Occasional Furniture, showcasing a classical Georgian design. Recently restored, the finishes are in ...
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Early 1800s Georgian Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
$1,423 Sale Price
30% Off
Baker Furniture Georgian Carved Mahogany Tea Table with Removable Copper Tray
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Regency style tea cart
By Baker Furniture
USA, mid-20th century
Carved mahogany, with original copper pull-out tray. Could also be used as a planter...
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Mid-20th Century American Georgian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Copper
Italian modern oval coffee tables with red laminate tops, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern oval coffee tables with red laminate tops, 1980s
Pair of coffee tables with oval top. The wooden top is covered in red laminate, as is its thickness. They feature a c...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal
Walnut Slatted Tea Cart by Mel Smilow
By Mel Smilow
Located in New York, NY
Originally designed by Mel Smilow in 1950 and reintroduced in 2022, the Slatted Tea Cart is a two-level rolling cart built with our signature walnut slats and fine joinery details. T...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,420 / item
Irish Mahogany Game Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This handsome 18th century Irish flip top game table on cabriole legs features a swooping acanthus carving on the knees of the front legs which end in foliate carved pad feet. The ba...
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18th Century Irish George III Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Hand Carved Rosewood Console / Games Table C.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century hand carved rosewood console / games table c.1880
Handsome hand carved rosewood console that pivots and flips into a games table
A newer faux leather games table s...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood Refectory Extending Dining Dinette Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Swedish Mid-Century Modern burl wood refectory extending dining dinette table.
Exceptional burl wood pattern. Table extends to 81''.
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20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Acrylic glass and brass coffee table, 1970s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Acrylic glass and brass coffee table, Made in Italy, 1970s.
The frame and legs are made of acrylic glass with a glass top. This coffee table is very elegant because of its unique d...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$1,141 Sale Price
20% Off
George 111 Mahogany Card Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very good quality Hepplewhite 18th century Mahogany card table. Several inlay patterns across the frieze and double string inlay on the edges of the solid Mahogany tops. Very goo...
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Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Wonderful antique Regency quality rosewood card table
Located in Ipswich, GB
Wonderful antique Regency quality rosewood card table, having a quality rosewood fold over top with a carved edge opening to reveal a baize interior, supported by a reeded carved sol...
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Early 19th Century Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Beautiful Blue Coffee Table by Charly Bounan
Located in Geneve, CH
Dimensions:
Height 40 cm.
Width 140 cm (tabletop 120 cm).
Depth 60 cm.
Material: Plexiglass
Charly Bounan, is a Parisian designer renowned for its refined creative style and the im...
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2010s French Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Altuglas
$18,043 / item
Mid Century Tea or Bar Card or Trolley with Wood and Brass, France 1950
s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
An elegant 1950s bar cart, or drinks serving trolley.
In the iconic style of the renowned Parisian interior decorating firm Maison Jansen.
This eye-catching cart, with its duo of p...
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1950s French Romantic Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
English Mahogany One Board Parquetry Tilt-Top Tea Table Desert Table, C. 1860s
Located in Germantown, MD
19th century Victorian mahogany antique tripod tea table, occasional table. Excellent parquetry work from center to edge mahogany triangles and scallop parquetry edges. Top seems to ...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Iron
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
Materials
Wood
$450 Sale Price
25% Off
Unusual Regency Mahogany Tea Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 19th Century, Regency Period Mahogany Tea Table, Having Superbly Figured Foldover Top With Banded Decoration And Well Figured Interior Retaining Good Surface And Patina, Above Elegantly Figured Frieze With Matchstick Fluted Decoration, Raised On Rare Extravagant Turned Sabre Legs With Carved Scrolling Decoration To Feet.
As suggested by the name, tea tables were made to serve tea from. Often part of a pair, with an identical matching card table, or even a wider suite of furniture they would simply stand to one side in a room and be pulled out, then opened up when required to allow for the placement of trays containing all that is required to serve tea from.
Now of course aside from its original purpose this table suits a whole variety of different spaces around the home. It could be used as a console table, a pier table, a simple side table or even as a card games table.
Constructed from well figured, high grade mahogany which would have been expensive to purchase in the late 18th century it is incredibly elegant and very good quality. Clearly a lot of effort has gone into the overall look of the table and the cabinet making has been well executed.
The legs are quite spectacular, a design which we have actually never come across before. They are certainly something very special and, dare we say it, possibly even a unique feature, which will no doubt be a talking point once the table is standing proudly in position.
As with all items which we offer for sale it has been through our workshops, where our highly skilled, traditional antique furniture...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Oriental Asian Hardwood Tea Table with Set of Four Seats
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Oriental Asian hardwood tea table with four seats.
We have lightly restored this by cleaning it, hand ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Hardwood
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
Materials
Oak
$2,805 Sale Price
20% Off
A Very Rare Pair of Early 19th Century Regency Inlaid Card Tables
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare pair of early 19th Century Regency rosewood card tables with satinwood inlay throughout. This fabulous pair are of exceptional quality, finely hand carved with rich pati...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Baize, Rosewood, Satinwood
Pair Of Early 19th Century Irish Regency Turnover Card/Games Tables
Located in Dublin, IE
A pair of Irish Regency mahogany card tables, the rectangular top with rounded corners and a swivel-hinged top, enclosing a green baize inset playing surface, each frieze with a rect...
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Early 19th Century Irish Regency Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine French Art Deco Game / Occasional Table by Rinck
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rinck - established in 1841 and directed by Maurice Rinck in the Art Deco / mid-century period.
A fine game / tea table in elm with a reversible top (wood on one side and felt on the other) with four tapered legs and chrome cup...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Chrome
George III Style Open-Fretted Tea Table — From the Iris Apfel Collection
Located in Morristown, NJ
Elegant George III-style open-fretted mahogany tea table, circa 1910–1930, with pierced gallery and X-form stretchers, richly patinated and finely detailed. From the Iris Apfel Colle...
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Early 20th Century English George III Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th century Swedish burr birch tea table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Swedish burr birch tea table circa 1880.
Beautiful quality burr birch occasional table, made to showcase the stunning grain on all surfaces.
D end shaped top, which ro...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Revival Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Birch
RARE Vintage Rosewood 3 Piece Tea Table Set, Eagle, Koi Fish
Located in Oakwood, GA
What a cool find! You don’t see this everywhere! Solid Rosewood, The table has a magnificent carved eagle holding a koi fish in his talons, a smaller flat surface next to sculpture f...
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Late 20th Century North American Other Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Rosewood
A 19th Century French Envelope Card Table by Sormani Paris, circa 1880
By Sormani
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A fine 19th Century French ormolu-mounted envelope card table by Sormani Paris.
The revolving fold out top enclosing a gilt tooled baize lined interior above a frieze drawer ;
The r...
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Parson
s Style Backgammon Table
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Parson's style backgammon table newly produced in walnut and refinished in ebony. The game board features hand inlaid mahogany and beech wood. Playing surface flips to reveal a solid...
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2010s American Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
$9,500 / item
Modern Coffee Table in Purple Murano Glass with Brass Trim and Legs Available
Located in Guazzora, IT
This modern purple Murano glass coffee table with brass trim is a striking piece that embodies Italian craftsmanship.
The purple glass top features several shades of the same color...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,279 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Svenskt Tenn Serving Trolley in Green Lacquered Metal
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Svenskt Tenn, bar cart or serving trolley, brass, lacquered metal, Sweden, 1950s
Practical and modern bar cart by Swedish manufacturer Svenskt Tenn, made in the 1950s. This design i...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Glass Folding Tea / Bistro Tables, Set of 2
Located in Denver, CO
Unattributed. Believed to be Mid Century Modern
Thin, Solid metal frames in matte black. Bases have a central pin hinge-point allowing them to fold flat. The textured glass tops are...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Steel
Alfonso Marina Wrought Iron and Parquetry Wood Top Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Beautifully crafted wrought iron and parquetry wood top side table in great condition.
Variety of wood species parquetry work. Measures 30.25 inc...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Mahogany Envelope Card Table by Antoine Lampre, Paris.
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine quality late 19th Century / early 20th Century envelope card table with ormolu mounts by Lampre of Paris
French Paris Circa 1900.
Of envelope form this card table is twiste...
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Early 20th Century French Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Baker Furniture Stately Homes Regency Carved Mahogany Marble Top Center Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Regency or Empire style tea table or center table
By Baker Furniture, "Stately Homes" Collection
USA, Circa Late 20th Century
Gorgeous carved mahogany, with b...
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Late 20th Century American Regency Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Danish Modern Tea Cart with Cane Shelf
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
Beautiful Danish modern tea cart with teak top, oak legs and handles and a woven cane shelf. Probably designed by Johannes Andersen, this modest...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Cane, Oak, Teak
Antique Walnut Tier Rectangular Tea Table Side Table on Wheels, Circa 1910s
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique walnut tier tea table side table on wheels, Circa 1910s.
Good vintage condition.
Measures 28.25" W x 20"D x 30.5"H.
Lower tier is 11.5" high.
...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
Wood
$2,375 Sale Price
30% Off
English Queen Anne Mahogany Dish Top Tea Table, Circa 1740
By Queen Anne
Located in Charleston, SC
English Queen Anne mahogany tea table with dish top, carved skirt, shell knee, and terminating on stocking feet. Early 18th Century
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18th Century and Earlier British Queen Anne Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
1930s Hand Crafted Mahogany Large Pie Crust Tilt-Top Table with Ball
Claw Feet
Located in Germantown, MD
Exquisite antique tilt top pie crust pedestal mahogany tea table / center table in very good vintage condition from the 1930s. Large pie crust top over a hand carved pedestal support...
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Early 20th Century American George III Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
John Widdicomb English Chippendale Carved Mahogany Pedestal Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous English Chippendale style carved mahogany pedestal tea table or occasional side table
By John Widdicomb
USA, Late 20th Century
M...
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Late 20th Century American Chippendale Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Bamboo Art Nouveau Tea Table, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Nouveau tea table.
Striking Dutch design from the 1900s.
Original bamboo frame with solid padouk top.
This wonderful Art Nouveau tea table is in very good co...
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Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Padouk
$1,093 Sale Price
20% Off
Novecento brass round coffee table
Located in Firenze, FI
Coffee table from the Novecento line that evokes the rich atmosphere of 1920s American nightclubs; with its elegant slim brass stem and Carrara marble top, it is perfect as a coffee ...
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2010s Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
$1,164 / item
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
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze
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
Materials
Walnut
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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