Empire Tables
EMPIRE STYLE
From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.
Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.
Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.
Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.
Find a collection of antique Empire tables, lighting, seating and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Empire
Northern Italian Neoclassic Walnut
Ebonized Stenciled Leather Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with 3/4 gallery edge and a stenciled leather writing surface, with two side drawers, the top supported by four Ebonized columns atop a base with a concave f...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Marble Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, ormolu, and Opera Fantastico marble side table. The table is raised by three elegant lightly curved square tapered legs with hands...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Empire St. Burl Walnut, Ormolu, and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale French 19th century Empire st. burl walnut, ormolu and white Carrara marble console. The console is raised by elegant circular mottled supports below a mos...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French Blue Painted Bedside Nightstand End Table with Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This classically styled side table features three drawers with original brass hardware. The table has been hand painted in a Gustavian shade of blue and has been constructed from sol...
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Early 20th Century European Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
A fine 19th century French Empire marble top and gilt bronze gueridon
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Empire gilt bronze and marble top gueridon table . Fine quality gilt bronze details
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Sofa Table by Johan Oman
By Johan Öman
Located in Essex, MA
Period early 19th century Swedish mahogany sofa table by Johan Oman. Stylized double headed axe, a Swedish motif, original ormolu mounts and gilded winged feet...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Fir
Pair of Italian Mid-19th Century Empire Style Mahogany Consoles from Naples
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational pair of Italian mid 19th century Empire st. freestanding flamed mahogany consoles from Naples, Italy. The consoles are raised by double mottled rectangular bases with b...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Empire Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mahogany construction with rectangular leather writing surface with gilt brass medallion pulls. Back has gilt metal chariot and horse plaque. Top sits on ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style Gilt Metal Alabaster Pedestal
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Gilt Metal, Mahogany, and Onyx Tripod Pedestal, early 20th century. 44" H x 20" W x 20" D.
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Style Round End Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Early 19th-century French design, anchored by a quartz top with a refined moulded surround, this table balances classical elegance with luxurious materials. Its bold brass frame feat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Tables
Materials
Quartz, Brass
$8,487 / item
Antique Victorian Carved Oak Console Table
Located in London, GB
A large and very impressive antique Victorian carved oak console table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1840-1860 period.
It is of extremely fine quality, with a ...
Category
1840s British Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Oak
Empire Splendid French Saloon Table, Bronze Gilt
Located in Berlin, DE
Finely chased and gilded bronze in wax casting. Three curly legs connected with gutter. Medium with garland-shaped decoration. The legs are in the form of three winged, fully plastic...
Category
20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Continental Austrian Ebonized Egyptian Figural Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Austrian Empire-style (circa 1800) ebonized & gilt trimmed console table with 4 gilt carved classical Egyptian figural front supports on a ...
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Early 1800s Austrian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Ebony
French 19th century Empire st. Belle Époque period Mahogany, Ormolu side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most attractive French 19th century Empire st. Belle Époque period Mahogany, Ormolu and Verde Antico marble side table. This beautiful single drawer table is raised by...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th C. Hand Carved Wood Round Table
Marble, Top Center Entrance Hall Gueridon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th C. Hand Carved Wood Round Table
Marble, Top Center Entrance Hall Gueridon Elegant French Circa 1830-1848 King Louis Philippe with Hand Sculpted Saint Anne marble-top cente...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Christian VIII Empire Oval Pedestal Tea Table in Mahogany, Denmark, circa 1835
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A handsome Christian VIII neoclassical-style tea or breakfast table in mahogany with oval top on foliate-carved baluster-turned column resting on quatre-form pedestal base with carve...
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1830s Danish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Mahogany Magazine Stand/Side Table
By Company of Master Craftsmen
Located in Hudson, NY
Circa 1960 by The Company Master Craftsman. Although designed for magazines, this exquisitely crafted mahogany table could serve a number functions from holding remotes, keys and col...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite French mahogany Empire console with its original marble top. A single drawer is housed in the apron over a pair of column form front legs with neoclassical style brass capit...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome 19th century, Circa. 1880, French Empire style, crouch Mahogany and Satinwood inlaid console. The solid Mahogany paw shaped carved supports are joined by a bottom tier pla...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
French Bronze Sculptural Side Table by Jules Moigniez - 1 of 2
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
French Bronze Sculptural Side Table by Jules Moigniez - 1 of 2 Available.
Category
1980s American Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Style Ebonized Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) ebonized mahogany writing table desk with a leather top & claw feet resting on a platform base. (after JACOB DESMALTER at Fonteainbleau Palace).
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Leather
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan lea...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$23,972 Sale Price
20% Off
Baker Furniture French Empire Cherry and Burl Side Tables, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of French Empire style two-tier end tables or nightstands
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved cherry wood, with burl wood banding and satinwood string...
Category
1960s American Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Cherry, Satinwood, Burl
19th Century Italian Empire Walnut Side Table with Brass Gallery
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century Italian Empire style walnut side table with brass gallery. A quality piece with a beautiful finish. Perfect for the...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
IMPORTANT PAiR OF ANTIQUE FRENCH EMPIRE BRASS BRONZE
MARBLE GUERIDON TABLES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Stunning pair of Circa 1890-1910 Gilt Brass, Bronze and Marble Gueridon tables
A very rare pair, the tops are desirable being a light salmon colour heavily grained marble. The frame...
Category
1890s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Empire Console Tables
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A large pair of 19th Century Empire console tables with green marble tops and large scale ormolu mounts.
With symmetrical eagle motifs on the legs and in the bottom centre, the style...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
$30,270 / set
19th Century French Empire Marble Top Oval Side Table, Circa 1800
Located in NICE, FR
Presenting you this Empire gueridon in mahogany from the Napoleon I period.
Boasting a veined black marble top resting on four spindle legs ending in gilded bronze claws, this guer...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Leather and Gris St. Anne marble table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Leather and Gris St. Anne marble side/center/games table. This wonderful table is raised by Brass casters below t...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu And Marble Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most unique French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble side table. The table is raised by handsome ormolu paw feet below a fine r...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Pedestals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Strong and sturdy. Gilt and paint possibly not original. They have been waxed and look beautiful.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$6,950 / set
19th Century Empire Period Marble Top Gueridon
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant guéridon is a fine example of Empire-period craftsmanship, dating back to the early 19th century. Its refined design and high-quality materials reflect the timeless eleg...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
$2,528 Sale Price
36% Off
French early 19th century Mahogany and Ormolu center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive French early 19th century Empire st. flame Mahogany and Ormolu center table, circa 1815. This high quality circular table is raised on ball supports which conceal t...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Swedish antique rustic genuine Empire table country original paint
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish antique Rustic Empire Provincial table from Skellefteå Västerbotten,Northern Sweden.
The table is scraped by hand to its well preserved original color.
The...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century French Consulate Empire Console
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Early 19th Century French Consulate Empire Console with Eagles
Gorgeous piece purchased in France
Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos.
Message us with questions.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Empire Walnut Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French empire style walnut side table, or nightstand, with three dovetailed drawers, with brass knobs, straight sturdy legs and curved lower shelf. Finished on all fou...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
Black Dining Table Eco-shagreen top and brass legs handcrafted by Cupioli
Located in Rimini, IT
Black Dining Table Eco-shagreen top and brass legs Handcrafted by Cupioli.
Dining Table black scagliola shagreen top casted brass legs handmade in Italy
This is a sophisticated dini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
$9,205 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Empire Escritoire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality, 18th century Louis XV Escritoire. The Escritoire has a drawer at the top with ornate mounts, above a fall front opening...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Italian 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Ormolu and Scagliola center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scale Italian 19th century Empire st. Flamed Mahogany, Ormolu and Scagliola center table. This very impressive circular table is raised on three squared cabri...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Superb 19th Century French Empire Neoclassical Mahogany Dressing Table Vanity
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This exceptional French 19th century Empire mahogany dressing table is complete with its original mercury glass mirror and white Carrara marble top. The oval mirror is framed with be...
Category
1940s French Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Empire St. Crouch Mahogany Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most handsome French 19th century Empire st. crouch mahogany, ormolu, and Coquillier de Bilbao marble center table. The circular table is raised by three elegant square tapered leg...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Paw Feet Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century French Empire Marble Top Bronze Ormolu Paw Feet Console Hall Table. Finely cast bronze ormolu, paw feet, gold gilt accents, bronze inlay,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Empire 19th Century Round Pedestal Table France
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Here is an original round tripod center table from the early 1800's about when Napoleon roamed Europe. This table has been given a professional complete but "soft" restoration to sav...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Slate, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Style Trumeau Wall Mirror with Matching Console Table
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century French Empire style trumeau mirror with matching console table, featuring a decorative mythological "Verre Églomisé" reverse paint...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Centre Table with Marble Top after Jacob-Desmalter, French
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Empire style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany centre table with a Vert de Mer marble top, in the manner of Jacob-Desmalter.
The rectangular Verde Antico marble top sits above ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Bleached Cherry Side Table
Located in Carmine, TX
Empire side table hand-made in France in the early 1800s using cherry wood. The table is very elegant in lines featuring very straight edges couple with soft, curved legs and hand-tu...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Cherry
Neoclassical Style Marble and Porcelain Pedestal
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style marble and porcelain pedestal
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 108cm, width 30cm, depth 30cm
This Fine column-form pedestal is crafted in the Neocla...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Empire st. Lemon and patinated wood center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A finely detailed French 19th century Empire st. Lemon and patinated wood center table. This very unique oval table is raised by four statement making legs displaying large scale paw...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany Center Table inthe Manner of Jacob-Desmal
By Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Empire style gilt bronze mahogany gueridon or centre table
With a verde antico marble top.
In the manner of Jacob-Desmalter,
circa 1880
Height 31 1/4 Diameter 35 in.
A very fine Empire style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany guéridon after a model by Jacob-Desmalter, the circular verde antico marble top above a mahogany frieze mounted with laurel leaf banding in between rosettes and anthemions, supported of the heads of three finely cast gilt bronze female caryatids, each facing outward with hair in plaits, bare feet and arms crossed, wearing arm bands and a low cut diaphanous dress gathered up toward her breast, the stretcher centred by a chased covered urn flanked by three elegant crouching winged sphinxes wearing Nemes headdresses and plaits tied at the front.
The design for this superb guéridon is based on a famous table-console or ‘console double face’ by the celebrated firm of Paris ébénistes Jacob-Desmalter which was itself based on designs by Napoleon’s chief architects and ornamentalistes Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine...
Category
1880s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
Tavolino veneto a tre gambe in noce, piano intarsiato a spicchi – Inizio XIX sec
Located in Vicenza, IT
Elegante tavolino da centro di area veneta, probabilmente vicentina, databile ai primissimi anni dell’Ottocento.Il mobile presenta un raffinato piano rotondo in noce con intarsio rad...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut, Fir
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany and Ormolu Center/Library Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most impressive French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany and ormolu center/library table. The large scale circular table is raised by three most exceptional scrolled ta...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Empire st. Burl Walnut, Ormolu, and marble side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality French 19th century Empire st. Burl Walnut, Ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble side table. This impressive circular side table is raised by a three Ormol...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Original antique Empire Table circa 1860 - 1880 Mahogany veneer bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Empire table circa 1860-1870 from an Empire room.
The table stands on 3 feet of each foot 1 empire head cast in bronze.
Top condition.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Style Marble Top Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed round center table with inlaid marble top supported on a pedestal base.
Category
20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Side Table of Mahogany with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome French Empire period side or end table or nightstand of flame-cut mahogany with figured black marble top, featuring a frieze of one fitted drawer with decorative ormolu es...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Tavolino Ferro Battuto e Piano Marmo Bianco Intarsiato a mano in Italia Cupioli
Located in Rimini, IT
Tavolino da salotto realizzato con la tecnica decorativa dell' intarsio in scagliola su piano in marmo bianco Carrara, che appoggia su di un basamento in ferro battuto decorato in fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
Tilt Top Table Swedish Empire in Birch Burl
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Swedish Empire tilt top table, circa 1810–1820.
The tabletop is veneered with birch burl (masur birch), creating a beautiful and highly decorative surface.
The base is made of solid birch with a finely turned central column, resting on a gracefully shaped tripod.
The tilting mechanism allows the table to be folded upright, making it both practical and decorative.
Measurements H: 73 / 110 W: 71,5 D: 71.5 cm
A fine and well-preserved example of Swedish Empire furniture...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Birch
French Empire Style Burr Walnut and Ormolu Games Table, Chess and Backgammon
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Empire Style Burr Walnut and Ormolu Games Table, Chess and Backgammon
This is a charming piece, the table stands on bombe style cabriole legs and has ormolu decoration in the...
Category
19th Century Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Empire Round Mahogany Side Table - Antique Marble Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A round, antique French Empire side table made of hand crafted shellac polished, partly veneered Honduran Mahogany in good condition. The detailed small center table is composed with a black marble top, standing on three arched legs, supported by a wooden base, resisting on three round feet. The Parisian table is enhanced by detailed gilded wood carvings...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
French Empire Gueridon
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This amazing large Gueridon tripod is made of flamed mahogany with gilt claw feet and inlay.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$8,180
Antique 19th C Empire Mahogany Gilt-Wood Marble Top Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 19th C Empire Mahogany Gilt-Wood Marble Top Table
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
$3,600 Sale Price
25% Off
Empire tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Empire 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 and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, mahogany and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Maitland Smith, Baker Furniture Company, and Grosfeld House. 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 $595 and tops out at $26,000 while the average work can sell for $2,675.
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