William IV Center Tables
WILLIAM IV STYLE
It was unexpected that, at the age of 64, William IV was crowned king of England. He had two older brothers, yet the death of Prince Frederick put him in line for the British throne when George IV died in 1830. His reign was brief, as he died on June 20, 1837, but it was a pivotal time of change, with parliamentary reform leading to the present-day constitutional monarchy. Antique William IV–style furniture reflects this period of transition, with forms that bridged the neoclassicism of the preceding Regency style and the more extravagant Victorian style that would follow.
Inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, William IV designs were often more imposing than Regency furniture and featured decorative attributes. There were sofas balanced on lion’s feet and tables with brass fittings. But furnishings of this period were largely marked by straight lines and subdued ornamentation compared to those of the George IV era. William IV had an unassuming way about him and was much more formal, whereas the ruler who preceded him was a king of extravagance. George IV had an affinity for French decor and was heavily invested in overhauling the private residences at Windsor Castle.
Carvings on William IV four-poster beds and cabinets included scrolling shapes, lotus leaves and acanthus, while popular pieces like tilt-top tables and upholstered seating on caster legs provided flexible interiors. Richly toned woods like mahogany and rosewood were used for sideboards, bedposts boasting reeded details and dining chairs with intricate chair backs and turned front legs.
William IV left no legitimate heirs, so his young niece, Victoria, became queen. She would lead an era of taste in which the innovations of the Industrial Revolution allowed for manufacturing showier furniture to fill elaborate interiors. With its comparatively refined forms and restrained designs, William IV style was a pause before a time of radical aesthetic change.
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Style: William IV
English William IV Circular Mahogany Veneer Center / Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
English William IV (19th Century) mahogany veneer dining / center table with a circular top resting on a turned pedestal base with three scroll carved legs.
Some top surface wear, l...
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19th Century British Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Wiliam IV Center Table
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
19th Century English Wiliam IV Center Table
England, 1830
This is an elegant and rare English antique William IV centre / breakfast table, circa 1830 in date.
The table with stunnin...
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1830s English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Mahogany Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
Circular with conforming apron. Shaped octagonal tapered support ending on a tripartite base with scroll feet.
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1820s English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Important Antique 1830 William iv Pietra Dura Specimen Marble Centre Table
By PIETRA DURA
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this important William Iv Circa 1830 Flamed Mahogany Spiral Column base centre table with stunning Pietra Dura Speciamin...
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1830s Italian Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Circa 1835 William IV English Center Table or Loo Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1835 William IV period center table or loo table, English. Vasi-form pedestal standard ending in voluminous flared lapet carved plinth over round base following the top design ...
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1830s English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Wood
William IV Mahogany and Gilt Center Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
George IV mahogany center table with ebony banding and reeded edge. Parcel gilt foliate design on triform base resting on carved feet featuring gilt and ebonzied dolphins.
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
William IV Rosewood and Gilt Center Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine William IV period rosewood, faux rosewood and giltwood center/library table with leather top, the top having gadrooned edge, black gilt tooled leather top having Greek key patte...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Maple Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
Circular hinged top with subtle gilded gadrooned edge on a circular tapered support and tripartite base with giltwood scrolled feet.
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1830s English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
19th Century English William IV Mahogany Table
Located in Richmond, VA
Great 19th century English mahogany table on a pedestal base with three carved feet.
At 54" this table is great for a breakfast...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Irish Table with Marble-Inlaid Top having Aristocratic Coat of Arms
Located in London, GB
The Specimen Pietra Dura Marble Armorial Top
By Joseph Darmanin of Malta
The shaped circular top finely inlaid with the arms of General Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton (1773-1854), masterfully executed in pietra dura and specimen marbles upon a fossil-rich yellow marble ground. The inlaid work is of exceptional delicacy, having all the hallmarks of the greatest heraldic tops by the famous makers, including the use of delicate shaded marbles.
The richly carved base, unmistakably Irish in conception and executed in dense, darkly patinated mahogany, is by Strahan of Dublin, one of the foremost cabinetmakers of his day. The double C-scrolled tripartite base enriched with carved flowers leading to the acanthus clasped pedestal support, on brass hidden castors.
The frame stamped 'Strahan' and retaining its original paper label from Strahan's Henry Street workshop. The underside of the marble top equally bearing its original trade label of 'J. Darmanin & Sons […] Malt.'
The base, Irish, circa 1835
The top, Maltese, circa 1830
Provenance
Commissioned by General Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton
Originally housed in the Billiard Room at Rockingham House, Co. Roscommon
By descent through the King-Harman family
Lady Dunn
Thence by descent
Private Collection, UK
Dimensions: H: 29 in / 74 cm Dia: 38 in / 97 cm
This table was most likely acquired by Lord Lorton on one of his Grand Tours-either in 1825 or 1836-aligning with Darmanin's transition to "& Sons." The Irish base, dated slightly later, suggests the top was mounted upon return, a common practice for souvenirs of elite European travel. The table remained at Rockingham House until its mid-20th-century demolition, a rare survivor from what was once considered John Nash's finest classical house in Ireland.
J. Darmanin & Sons of Malta
The renowned 'Marble Workers Darmanin' were Malta's leading marble craftsmen in the 19th century. They excelled in creating 'Monumental and Mosaic Slabs and other Decorative Artworks,' notably mosaic table tops...
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19th Century Irish Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Outstanding Quality Antique William IV Circular Rosewood Centre Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique William IV circular rosewood centre table having a superior quality rosewood circular top boasting the most fabulous colour supported by a magnificent sha...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Other
Antique English William IV Rosewood Tilt Top Table, Circa 1840.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English William IV Rosewood Tilt Top Table, Circa 1840.
This table has an exceptional wood finish and beautiful carving on the ped...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Centre Table Octagaonal Inlay Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William IV Rosewood Centre Table.
Circa 19th Century
This Table Stands Upon a Quatrefoil Base with Carved Feet and a Shaped Column.
The Top of the Table Being of an Octagonal Form an...
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19th Century Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Rosewood
William IV Center Tilt-top Table
Located in New York, NY
This elegant William IV center tilt-top table is crafted from finely grained mahogany, showcasing the refined simplicity and understated sophistication characteristic of early 19th-c...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century William IV Period Mahogany Centre Table Attributed to Gillows
Located in London, GB
A William IV Period Mahogany Centre Table
Attributed to Gillows
Constructed from a flamed Honduras Mahogany, book-matched with great effect on the top; the table supported on an inc...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Mahogany Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
Circular with conforming apron. Shaped triangular support with tripartite base with scroll feet. Has a tilting mechanism.
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century William IV Period Goncalo Alves Centre Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
This unusual 19th-century centre table is crafted from Goncalo Alves, a type of rosewood, and features a circular tilt-top along with a turned baluster stem. The table is elegantly s...
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Early 19th Century British Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Wood
English William IV Period Burr Elm Parcel-Gilt Centre Table Attributed to Seddon
Located in London, GB
A William IV Period Parcel Gilt Burr Elm Centre Table
Attributed to Thomas & George Seddon
The circular table veneered throughout with finely figured burr elm and relieved with parc...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Elm
William IV circa 1830 Antique Hardwood Lions Hairy Paw Centre Occasional Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite antique circa 1830 William IV Rosewood centre table
A very good looking and well made antique centre table. This piece is as good and honest as they come, it has the original finish hence some light marks to the top, I can have it restored by my French polisher for the cost price, I have left it as it is because some like to see antiques in their original state first
The feet are ornately carved Lion...
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1830s English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Hardwood
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE GRAND TOUR PIETRA DURA BIRDS SPECiMEN MARBLE CENTRE TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important William IV Circa 1830 fully restored, Flamed Mahogany centre table with stunning Pietra Dura ...
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1830s European Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Marble
William IV Octagonal Rent / Drum Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
In a departure from the circular norm, this octagonal table has a rotating top with four functioning drawers and four dummy drawers, each with wood pulls. The three splay legs to the...
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19th Century British Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English William IV Style Tilt Top Walnut Center Table for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine English William IV style center table veneered in honeyed brown walnut with striking figuring at the center of a circular tilt top with a beveled edge. Raised on an elegantly ...
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Early 19th Century Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
A Stunning Early 19th Century William IV Lamp or Side or Centre Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning early 19th Century William IV mahogany lamp, side or centre table, finely hand carved and of exceptional quality with rich patination and grain. The well figured moulded ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Brass
William IV Mahogany Occasional Table
Located in High Peak, GB
P071, fine quality mahogany lamp or occasional table, having tooled leather circular top raised on slander turned and carved column terminating in circular moulded base and three sha...
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Superb quality antique William IV large freestanding library centre table
Located in Ipswich, GB
Superb quality antique William IV large freestanding library centre table having a large figured mahogany top with a crossbanded edge, carved mahogany freestanding shaped frieze, one...
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Early 19th Century Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Satinwood Marquetry Centre Table
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine William IV satinwood centre table with attractive marquetry inlay to the top and base.
Category
1830s English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Satinwood
W1V Period Mahogany End Support Table
By Thomas King
Located in Dereham, GB
W1V Period Mahogany End Support Table,
Plain Mahogany top,
Inset Frieze with 4 turned finials,
End Supports with carved mounts,
Turned Mahogany Cross Stretcher,
Sitting on Ar...
Category
1830s British Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$712 Sale Price
20% Off
William IV Yew Wood Centre Table, Carved Design, England, Circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large William IV 'Antiquarian' Yew Wood Centre Table.
The impressive centre table is of large proportions. The circular top is veneered in radiating segments with ebony and boxwo...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Yew
Fine English William IV Carved Birdseye Maple and Rosewood Centre Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine English William IV
Carved bird's-eye maple and rosewood centre table,
circa 1835
Fitted with a inlaid scagliola top.
measure: Height 29 in x diameter 42 in.
Prov...
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1830s Great Britain (UK) Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century William IV Maple Centre Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful 19th century Birdseye maple centre table.
The whole is supported by two decorative pedestal bases and scroll feet.
Beautiful colour and aged patina, in good condition!
Category
19th Century English Antique William IV Center Tables
Materials
Maple
William Iv center tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique William IV center tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 19th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage center tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used William IV center tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original center tables, popular names associated with this style include and PIETRA DURA . It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for center tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $838 and tops out at $52,500 while the average work can sell for $6,214.
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