1880s Card Tables and Tea Tables

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...

Antique c.1880 Victorian Mahogany & Burr Walnut Card Table – Fine Quality 19th Century Games Table An antique c.1880 Victorian card table crafted from mahogany and burr walnut, full ...

Jugendstil floding card table by Thonet in very nice original condition, repolished.

Gabriel Viardot, style of. An Aesthetic Movement tea trolley with Japanese style fretwork gallery and raised animal heads to each upper corner with a river scene depicting Herons to ...

Antique Victorian C1880 hand decorated papier mache tea supper wine table with a tilt top. This is a lovely table, that is full of age, charm and character. Rare and attractive...

Important French game table from the 19th century. French game table made by a 19th century cabinetmaker - signed. the table has a mechanism that allows the lid to turn and open. It...

Antique 19th Century Oak Writing Desk / Table – Fine Quality Furniture A rare decorative find featuring tapered octagonal legs on large period brass castors and a later fabricated to...

19thC Italian Parcel Gilt Marquetry Inlaid Ebonised Card Table - of Demi-Lune form and foldover top with tripod base - 42"w x 21"d x 31"h closed - 42" diam x 30"h open

English lacquered table made of tiger bamboo in the Chinoiserie style. The wooden top features a hand painted colorful lacquered floral motif with a rather abstract bird, the bottom ...

Late 19thC Burr Walnut Card Table - in Louis XVI taste, amaranth and marquetry inlaid and raised on tapered stop fluted legs all with ormalu decorations - 34"w x 18.5"d x 30.5"h (34 ...

The tilting scalloped and dished top with brass inlays raised on a turned support joining three cabriole legs with brass inlays. Pad feet. This table is in the style of John Channon ...

A fabulous Louis XVI style 19th century French ormolu-mounted mahogany two-tier tea table, attributed to Paul Sormani. The ovoid upper tier with origi...

This unique card or tea table dates back to around 1880-1900 and comes from Vienna. It has an elegant mahogany veneer and gorgeous bronze fittings. The small table has a fold out top...

- Stunning Queen Anne card table in mahogany - Classic pad foot feet and curved Queen Anne legs - Table opens out to reveal blue beize material games playing surface - Bought from...