Aesthetic Movement Tables
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
In 1880, polymath designer William Morris declared: “If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” His words encapsulated the Aesthetic Movement, which prized beauty above all and blurred the lines between fine art and the decorative arts, particularly through lavishly crafted furniture pieces.
The Aesthetic Movement, whose major proponents included author Oscar Wilde, flourished from the 1860s to the 1880s and was mostly popular in England and the United States. Design expositions like the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia, as well as the publishing of how-to books for interior design, helped disseminate Aesthetic Movement bedroom furniture, serveware, coffee tables and other items, especially to the middle class.
The establishment of new art museums, art clubs and a rising passion for collecting at the time contributed to a growing appreciation for art. Morris’s founding of Morris Co. in 1862 and the commercializing of this “cult of beauty” by the Liberty store in London, starting in the late 19th century, further disseminated the idea of a domestic space that was thoughtfully and floridly designed.
Leading Aesthetic Movement furniture designers included E.W. Godwin, who drew on Japanese influences and whose work reflected a wider enthusiasm for imported East Asian art. British designer Christopher Dresser created textiles, ceramics and more that were also inspired by Japanese decorative art but were representative of additional diverse design sources that ranged from Egypt to Mexico.
The Aesthetic Movement’s eclecticism resulted in dazzling interiors. Japanese fans were positioned on Renaissance-inspired cabinets with brass hardware, while mantels made of rich walnut or finely carved ebonized wood and adorned with painted Minton tiles mingled with cast-iron chairs against a backdrop of floral wallpaper. In 1881, in New York City, stenciled checkerboard motifs and painted floral murals could be found under an opalescent glass chandelier in a luxurious dressing room designed by German émigré cabinetmaker-decorator George Alfred Schastey. Amid the rise of the industrial age, the style’s promotion of art in everyday life would inform the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau.
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Style: Aesthetic Movement
Gillows attri An Aesthetic Movement oblong ebonized
Gilded walnut centre table
Located in London, GB
Gillows attributed. An Aesthetic Movement oblong ebonized walnut center table with canted corners and incised gilded decoration throughout. The top with a molded edge and quadrant su...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Collectible Maple or Walnut Hand-Carved Table with Scalloped Rim
Located in Lomita, CA
The absolute attraction of this table is the intricate carving on the top, which includes a centerpiece portrait of a gentleman wearing a period hat, and his image is surrounded by h...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut, Maple
An Aesthetic Movement side table with scroll supports stood on ring turned legs
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement side table with scroll supports stood on ring turned legs united by a turned cross stretcher with an object or plant pot stand to the centre.
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
An Aesthetic Movement ebonized side table with a marquetry octagonal top
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement ebonized side table with a marquetry octagonal top decorated with conch shells and a central star detail in various fruit woods, with ebonized string and cheque...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Aesthetic Movement Japanned Bamboo Side Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Aesthetic Movement, Japanned bamboo side table. Japanning or Japonisme. Rough hewn and torched bamboo frame with “Japanned” top and panels. Single lower shelf decorative table. The w...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Bamboo
$1,304 Sale Price
20% Off
Howard and Sons. A high art Aesthetic Movement Walnut centre tea table
Located in London, GB
Howard and Sons. A high art Aesthetic Movement walnut centre tea table with an unusual raised upper shelf to the centre of the main top on arched and turned supports. The top with sh...
Category
1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Aesthetic Movement 2 Tier Side Table After A Design By E W Godwin
Located in Petworth, GB
Aesthetic Movement 2 side table in ebonised beech.
Square top with under tier shelf, turned legs with ring incised detailing with connecting turned and angled struts.
After a desi...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Beech
Aesthetic Movement Scissor Action Drop Leaf Side Table Made from Hungarian Ash
Located in London, GB
A Continental Aesthetic Movement scissor action drop leaf side table with a wild grain Hungarian Ash top. A secret drawer that has a button underneath to...
Category
1890s European Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Ash
An Aesthetic Movement walnut two-tier side table with canted corners
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement walnut two-tier side table with canted corners on fine ring turned legs
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Heals attributed. An Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement three tier ebonized stand
By Heal
s
Located in London, GB
Heals attributed. An Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement three tier ebonized stand with fretwork decoration to the top and a raised and turned gallery to each of the lower tiers, with ...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Wood
Aesthetic Style Carved Hoof Table with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
One of a kind aesthetic style ebonized table with black marble top and turned spindled finial sphere base supported by four hand carved hooved legs.
Category
Late 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Marble
E W Godwin for Collinson
Lock An ebonised
parcel gilt side table chess table
Located in London, GB
E.W. Godwin attributed for Collinson & Lock. An ebonized and parcel gilt side table chess table with hand painted scenes on silk under an octagonal glass top. The silk has a little w...
Category
1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
EXQUISITE ANTiQUE EXTRA LARGE FOSSIL TOP CHESSBOARD TABLE TOP IN MARBLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique extra large, Fossil
Marble Chessboard table top
Please note the delivery fee list...
Category
Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Marble
Bevan. Marsh Jones
Cribb. An Aesthetic Movement walnut ebonized card table
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan, made by Marsh Jones and Cribb. An Aesthetic Movement Walnut ebonized card table with fold over top retaining the original red baize on turned legs united by a double w...
Category
1860s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Aesthetic Mouvement Bamboo Slant Desk, 1880-1910
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a charming example of the Aesthetic Period in Colonial England at the end of the 19Th, century.
This Bamboo Slant Desk, is C.1880-1910, is simple ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Aesthetic Movement ebonized side table with hand painted floral tile to the Top
Located in London, GB
Aesthetic movement style floral tile-top ebonised side table. The tile has a fine crack running through it.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Beech
Decorative Small Floral Painted Ebonised Victorian Stool
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A delightful small Victorian hand painted stool.
Beautiful hand painted floral decoration, a great decorative piece.
In good sound condition.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Lejambre Style French Japonesque Aesthetic Movement Butterfly Inlaid Oak Eterget
Located in Sharon, CT
A Japonesque Eterget made of oak with four large wood inlays of insects. Measuring in metric suggests a French Manufacture, or a French Cabinetmaker in America ( Lejambre, Philadelphia ). Purchased from the collection of the NYC and Washington Ct...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Oak
Aesthetic Movement oak oblong side table with ring turned legs, and splayed feet
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement oak oblong side table with staggered ring turnings to the legs and stood on splayed-out feet united by a fine ring-turned centr...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Oak
Liberty
Co An Aesthetic Movement Walnut side table with a touch of Art Nouveau
By Liberty
Co.
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co, attributed. An Aesthetic Movement Walnut side or occasional table with a square top and wavy Art Nouveau uprights on opposing sides flowing do...
Category
1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Diminutive American Aesthetic Movement Peacock Motif Pedestal of Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Diminutive American Aesthetic Movement peacock Motif pedestal of side table
of hexagonal form with a stylized Greek key border, with penwork decorated cube-work center. Supported on...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Birch, Poplar, Satinwood
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Bruce Talbert, Style of, Probably by Gillows, an Aesthetic Movement Side Table
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert style of, probably made by Gillows of Lancaster.
A rare and unusual Aesthetic Movement ebonized side table with parcel gilt incised details, an Onyx top and matching u...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Onyx
Dr C. Dresser, Style of, Aesthetic Movement Carved, Gilded
Ebonized Side Table
Located in London, GB
Dr C. Dresser, in the style of.
An Aesthetic Movement three-tier ebonized and incised parcel gilt oblong library or side table. With gilded line detail to the edge of the top, styli...
Category
1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bruce Talbert, Style of a Fine Aesthetic Movement Walnut Two-Tier Side Table
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert style of possibly made by Collier & Plunkett.
A fine quality aesthetic movement walnut side table with chip carved 45 degree details to the under side of the top and v...
Category
1870s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Lambs of Manchester. Alfred Waterhouse Attri, An Aesthetic Movement Oak Étagère
Located in London, GB
Lambs of Manchester. (Stamped to drawer). Attributed to Alfred Waterhouse
An Aesthetic Movement oak étagère, buffet or hall table.
The central stylis...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Oak
Jas Shoolbred, an Aesthetic Movement Side Table with Angular Turned Supports
Located in London, GB
Jas Shoolbred. An Aesthetic Movement ebonized side table with a galleried lower shelf and angular turned supports.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Charles Bevan, Marsh, Jones
Cribb An Aesthetic Movement D End Centre Table
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan attributed, made by Marsh, Jones and Cribb.
An Aesthetic Movement walnut centre table with ebony line inlaid details.
The rectangular top with D ends, turned legs wit...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
English Aesthetic Movement Refectory Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Aesthetic Movement oak refectory dining table with plank top on 8 octagonal columnar legs joined by a stretcher (attributed to WILLI...
Category
19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Oak
Vintage French Natural Tortoiseshell Color Bamboo End Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in, this charming Antique French Natural Tortoiseshell Color Bamboo two tier End Table.
Very good vintage condition, consistent with age and use.
Category
1960s French Vintage Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Bamboo
Aesthetic Tilt Top Center or Gaming Table with Molded Leather Lined Pedestal
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Aesthetic Period tilt top square center table in its original dark finish, with inlaid border top, carved corner decorations, supported by a molded leather...
Category
19th Century American Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
American Victorian Inlaid Circular Carved Wooden Plant Stand / Side Table
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian wooden plant stand / side table with circular top featuring a central inlaid medallion design, resting on a pedestal base with a ...
Category
1870s Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Aesthetic Movement square Turned Leg style table
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Aesthetic Movement square turned leg table.
It has 3 tiers, the upper one being of nicely crafted fretwork.
The edges are scrolled.
H-29
L-24
W- 24
Category
Late 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$568 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Aesthetic Movement Eastlake Style Oak Two Tier Parlor Table
Located in Seattle, WA
The table is a small, square, two-tiered wooden piece with a rich oak finish. It features intricately carved legs with turned spindles and bulbous details, supporting a scalloped low...
Category
1930s Vintage Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Oak
American Aesthetic Mahogany and Mother of Pearl Table by A&H Lejambre
Located in Essex, MA
Square top with brass edge and top decorated with two bands of brass stringing and inset mother of pearl and brass spider spinning a pewter web with copper center, a bee constructed of copper and mother of pearl approaches the web. Conforming lower shelf with pierced brass corners and stick spindle gallery, raised on circular ring turned tapered legs with curved brass feet. A rare museum quality piece.
Category
1870s American Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Side table Alessia, Constellation 1, Lunar Blue/gold
By EJE Design
Located in VALENCE, FR
With Alessia, the house of Eje-Design explores the boundary between art and design. A true contemporary sculpture, this abstract creation embodies a sensitive and daring vision of de...
Category
2010s French Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Gold Plate
$4,518 / item
20th Century Asthetic Movement Style Bamboo Hall Stand
Located in LYON, FR
Bamboo and brass Hall stand with mirror in the style of the asthetic movement.
The tiger cane bamboo has been stripped and refinished. the shelves have bee...
Category
Mid-20th Century Australian Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Embossed Leather Top Nest of Tables
Located in London, GB
A very interesting antique embossed leather top nest of tables, made in England & dating from around the 1910 period.
The leather tops depict Aztec or possibly Inca gods, they have ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Gypsy Table, Occasional / Side Table, Tripod Legs, circa 1860-1870
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Antique gypsy table, occasional / side table. Tripod legs, circa 1860-1870
A beautiful mahogany tripod base with twisted fluted legs, with cent...
Category
1870s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Chinese Rustic "Root" Table
Located in San Marino, CA
19th century Chinese rustic root table, made from natural tree timbers. Sturdy and appealing country styling is obvious in this table from the Qing period,...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,880 Sale Price
41% Off
Collinson
Lock. Aesthetic Movement octogonal two tier table on ring turn legs.
Located in London, GB
Collinson & Lock attributed. An Aesthetic Movement Walnut octogonal two tier side table on splayed and fine ring turn legs, reminiscent of some of the legs Godwin chased around.
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bruce Talbert An Aesthetic Movement Gothic Revival oak needlework table and box
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert attributed. An Aesthetic Movement/Gothic Revival oak needlework table and box with carved lunettes, florets and incised turned details to the legs united with turnings ...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Oak
English Aesthetic Mahogany Table Attributed To Godwin
Located in Essex, MA
Square solid mahogany top over spindle sides supporting a conforming shelf. Circular ring turned legs joined by an X form stretcher with central ball turning.
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Aesthetic Movement Mahogany Inlaid Occasional/Side Table
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
This table is primarily fashioned after the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century (roughly 1870-1900). Defined by its simple geometric structure, the piece highlights quality c...
Category
Early 20th Century British Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Aesthetic Movement mahogany occasional tables
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Good pair of Aesthetic Movement mahogany occasional tables dating to around 1880, the tables have crisply ring turned legs and are in good useable condition.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Geometric 19th Century Wood Occasional Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These ebonized wood tables or stools from the English Aesthetic Movement showcase spare, geometric designs adorned with traces of gilt. The craftsmanship emphasizes the movement's fa...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Wood
Aesthetic Movement table attributed to Collinson
Lock
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Aesthetic Movement pale soft wood occasional table with five finely turned legs attributed to Collinson & Lock circa 1880. This particular form of table is more usually found in rose...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Softwood
Aesthetic Movement ebonised table with parquetry top
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Aesthetic Movement ebonised table with decorative parquetry top in contrasting woods. This table dates to around 1880 the maker is unknown but it is good quality, it could possibly ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Portuguese Pedestal Table -19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant Portuguese oak pedestal table from the 19th century
Very beautiful center table which with its rustic side stands out from the usual pedestal tables
Very beautiful one-piece...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Oak
Round Table, Bamboo Base, Large Glass Top, 1970
Located in Nice, FR
Round table, bamboo base, large glass top.
Category
20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo
A Victorian Painted And Tiled Aesthetic Movement Washstand
Located in London, GB
This exquisite washstand hails from the charming Aesthetic Movement period, dating back to the late 19th century (Circa 1880/1890). Sourced as barn find in the quaint Sussex countrys...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Oak side table attributed to Dr Christopher Dresser
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Rare 19th Century oak side table attributed to Dr Christopher Dresser, or his studio, for the cabinet maker Thomas Knight of Bath. The strecther arrange...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Oak
Aesthetic Movement Gueridon, England, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
A Japanese style lacquered table consisting of a circular top adorned with a gold nuagé lacquered decor and with red exotic flowers and scrolled foliage. The top is supported by four...
Category
1860s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Fine Antique Victorian Aesthetic Movement Hardwood Revolving Bookcase Book Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very well made English mahogany circa 1880-1900 Aesthetic Movement revolving bookcase table with nicely carved cabriolet legs and fret work pa...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Hardwood
$2,018 Sale Price
20% Off
Side table Alessia, Constellation 1, Porcelain Skin/gold
By EJE Design
Located in VALENCE, FR
With Alessia, the house of Eje-Design explores the boundary between art and design. A true contemporary sculpture, this abstract creation embodies a sensitive and daring vision of de...
Category
2010s French Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Gold Plate
Side table Alessia, Constellation 1, Umbrian Red/gold
By EJE Design
Located in VALENCE, FR
With Alessia, the house of Eje-Design explores the boundary between art and design. A true contemporary sculpture, this abstract creation embodies a sensitive and daring vision of de...
Category
2010s French Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Gold Plate
Side table Alessia, Constellation 1, Arctic White/gold
By EJE Design
Located in VALENCE, FR
With Alessia, the house of Eje-Design explores the boundary between art and design. A true contemporary sculpture, this abstract creation embodies a sensitive and daring vision of de...
Category
2010s French Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Gold Plate
Side table Alessia, Constellation 1, Black Diamond/gold
By EJE Design
Located in VALENCE, FR
With Alessia, the house of Eje-Design explores the boundary between art and design. A true contemporary sculpture, this abstract creation embodies a sensitive and daring vision of de...
Category
2010s French Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Gold Plate
French Repousse Silver Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A French rectangular table with repousse silver plaques and inlay. Primary woods is walnut with ebonized wood trim and pewter legs.
Category
19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Pewter
$14,900
Glass and mirror pedestal table, asymmetrical, Fontana Arte style, 1970
Located in Nice, FR
Round glass and mirror pedestal table with asymmetrical glass legs, mirrored top in the style of Fontana Arte from the 70s
Italian work, design
This pedestal table can be placed at t...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Aesthetic Movement Tables
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Aesthetic Movement tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Aesthetic Movement tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Aesthetic Movement 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 tables, popular names associated with this style include Collinson
Lock, A.
H. Lejambre, Gillows of Lancaster
London, and Jas Shoolbred
Co.. 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 tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $442 and tops out at $44,595 while the average work can sell for $3,049.
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