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.
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Style: Empire
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
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
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
20th Century Wood with Onyx Top French Empire Style Dressing Table, 1920s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French dressing table from the first half of the 20th century. Carved and veneered mahogany in the Empire style. Console richly adorned with gilded and chiseled bronze and brass. Dre...
Category
1920s French Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Onyx
Antique Empire Style Painted Marble Top Console Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Empire Style painted marble top console table, circa 1900. The paint is later. With a rectangular marble top, a frieze drawer, two columns with gilt highlights, resting on a ...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Italian Empire Period Serving Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian Empire Period Serving Table. Neapolitan Empire period mahogany serving cart / trolley with broad recessed serving area for food service or bar with ormolu decorative carnival...
Category
1820s Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Baker Furniture Neoclassical Burled Walnut Tea Table, Circa 1960s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Neoclassical or Empire style tea table or occasional side table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Gorgeous burled walnut, with ebonized and gold gilt column legs....
Category
1960s American Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood, Burl
Folding game table, Western Europe, around 1890. Antique. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique game table from the end of the 19th century.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 68 cm / width 57 cm / depth 57 cm
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid 19th century Swedish burr birch work table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century Swedish burr birch work table circa 1850.
Beautiful sewing table which could now function as a lamp/side table. Made from stunning burr birch. Lid top opens to re...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Birch
19th Century Swedish inlaid burr birch oval occasional table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century inlaid burr birch oval occasional table circa 1870.
Good quality swedish burr birch center table that could be used for multiple purposes around the home. Oval shape w...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Birch
American Empire Expanding Rectangular Wood Side Table with Mahogany Veneer
Located in Queens, NY
American Empire folding rectangular side table with a sliding table top and extendable hinged leaf, resting on a baluster pedestal base ending in 4 flattened scroll legs with casters...
Category
19th Century Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Anthony Querville Drop Leaf Mahogany Table w/Acanthus Leaf Carving Circa 1845
By Anthony Quervelle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely crafted mahogany drop leaf table attributed to renowned cabinetmaker Anthony Querville, circa 1845. Features the distinctive proportions and refined joinery characteristi...
Category
Mid-19th Century North American Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Baker Furniture Empire Banded Mahogany Drum Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Empire or Georgian style drum side table or tea table
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1980s
Beautiful flame mahogany, with satinwood banding.
Measures: 24"W x 24...
Category
Late 20th Century American Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
French Empire Gueridon Side Table with Tripod Columns Brass and Marble Top
Located in Carimate, Como
A beautiful French Empire style gueridon table from 19th century. Beautiful black fossil marble over a mahogany body. A simple apron showcases the deep toned wood. Three columnar leg...
Category
20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Empire table, France, ca. 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Empire table, France, ca. 1860.
Very good condition.
H 76.5 cm D 79 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut
Vintage French Empire Style Painted Console Table Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful vintage French Empire style painted gilded and ormolu mounted console table, Mid 20th century in date.
The rectangular faux marble top with an ormolu plaque to t...
Category
1950s French Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Cube Side Table with Tempered Glass Top, Engraved Square Block Center Side Table
Located in St Petersburg, US
Seljuk-inspired engraved travertine cube side table, meticulously designed by Haand’s renowned designer Barakli. Measuring 40x40 cm (16x16 inches), this stunning piece combines histo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Stone, Travertine
French Empire Desk work table, wood , ormolu , Bureau Plat
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and Amazing Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed black leather top, bronze dore mounts, column legs, and five .drawers.
Spectacular French wor...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$6,621 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 18th Century Empire or Louis XVI Mahogany Dutch Side Table
Located in Casteren, NL
This elegant side table was made in The Netherlands around 1780. It has a beautiful mahogany top made of two symmetrical planks, also known as “livre ouvert”. The two pieces of timber are cut and folded open like a book. (livre ouvert is French for open book” The top is surrounded by a slightly raised and molded trim. The table features one dovetailed central drawer with two Dutch ajour cut brass pulls. The drawer has its original lock and key. The interior of the drawer is made in the best quality thin watered oak...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Style Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Early 19th-century French design anchored by a sleek quartz top with a refined moulded surround and elegant canted corners, this table blends architectural grace with timeless luxury...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Tables
Materials
Quartz, Brass
$10,827 / item
A large, oval conference table.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Large conference table.
Dimensions: height 75 cm / length 299 cm / depth 180 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Marble Gueridon Table With Turned Wood Column
Brass Paw Feet
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful French 19th Century Marble
Mahogany Gueridon Pedestal Table With Turned Wood Column Over a Tripod Base Terminating With Brass Paw Feet.
Would make for an excellent...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
19th C. Empire Style Mahogany Console with Bronze Caryatid and Mirrored Back
Located in Kent, CT
A 19th Century blackened mahogany console in the Empire style. Bronze caryatid supports, paw feet, and lion keyhole. The key is lost in time but the drawer does open. Console has ...
Category
19th Century Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
1820s Rare and Elegant Empire Walnut Sicilian Console
Located in Catania, Sicilia
An original conditions Walnut console hand-crafted in Sicily in 1820s. The elegance of saber feet it's typical of the Empire period as the gilded friezes...
Category
Early 19th Century Sicilian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Provencal Early 19th Century Empire Extendable Table Solid Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
French Provencal early 19th century empire extendable table solid walnut
This extendable Empire table from the early 19th century enhances the the...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
19th Century Empire Console Italy 1810 Marble Top Bronze Fittings
Located in Epfach, DE
19th Century Empire Console Tuscany Italy 1820 Marble Top Bronze Fittings
This extraordinary Empire console from Italy around 1820 combines elegance, master craftsmanship and histori...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Corner Console Table, France 1800, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
This elegant little Empire corner console table is embellished with mahogany veneer and pretty brass decorations.
It is in very good, professio...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Gueridon, Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Empire gueridon in walnut, standing on three tall columnar legs with a trefoil base and central plinth. The sides are adorned with star-shaped bronze mounts, while the circular top f...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Monumental French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1870 in date.
The rectangular top has an inset gold-tooled green leather writing surface with a very...
Category
1870s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Empire Mahogany Double Pedestal Dining ~ Conference Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Empire Mahogany Double Pedestal Dining ~ Conference Table will make an impressive statement in any room of the home or office! Crafted from exotic imported mahogany, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
Large French Neoclassical Roll-Top Desk
Located in Troy, NY
French Mahogany Empire Desk of stately proportions, with a roll top, revealing a double row of total six drawers under an open shelf, as well as a sliding writing surface with inset ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Pearwood
French Empire Style Carved Figural Marble Top Center Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: Height: 27 in Width: 40 in Depth: 40 in
This vintage French Empire style carved figural marble top coffee table/center table is of the highest quality! If you look at th...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Empire Corner Étagère, Berlin circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
An exceptional corner étagère made of mahogany, resting on three gold-patinated paw feet. The segment-shaped structure is supported by three stylized palm-form columns, featuring gol...
Category
Early 1800s German Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Giltwood
French mid 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Ormolu and Griotte marble console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality French mid 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble console. This wonderful freestanding console is raised by a square flame Maho...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A Fine French Early 20th Century Gilt-Bronze Center Table Attr. Francois Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French early 20th century Empire style ormolu and figural patinated bronze-mounted amboyna and veined Verde d'Alps marble top "Gueridon" attributed to François Linke (185...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Italian Empire Painted and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
The boldly proportioned painted and parcel gilt desk. Having 2 large drawers with fine carving details and finished on all sides. Condition is original, but can be "cleaned up" for a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Napoleon III pedestal with clock
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Napoleon III pedestal with clock
Onyx marble column and champleve enamel with golden bonce
The watch has very fine machinery and is stamped Vincenti y Cia 1855
The machinery works
Ci...
Category
1870s French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Empire French Mahogany Console Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Second Empire French Mahogany and parcel gilt console table with varigated marble top and single drawer.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Late Empire Column Table Made In Mahogany From 1840s
Located in Lejre, DK
The late Empire column table from the 1840s is a magnificent example of furniture craftsmanship from that era. Crafted from rich mahogany, this table exudes elegance and sophisticati...
Category
1840s Danish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique coffee table container style imperio
900 Italy
Located in Cantù, IT
Imperial style antique container coffee table '900 Italy - Private Collection Domenico Rugiano
Category
20th Century Italian Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Empire Style Gilt Pedestal Table with Rojo Marble
Located in Houston, TX
Embrace the allure of vintage luxury with the Empire Style Gilt Pedestal Table. Its Rojo Marble top and ivory lacquered finished base portray sophistication, while gilt accents eleva...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
French Empire Mahogany and Mirrored Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) mahogany & bronze trimmed console table with scroll form sides and a drawer over a mirrored door with a grey marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century Mahogany Tricoteuse Occasional Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Elegant Early 19th Century, French Empire Period, Mahogany Tricoteuse Type Occasional Table, Having Extremely Well Figured Rectangular Galleried Top, Over One Drawer To ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Gilt Sphinx Carved Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire gilt sphinx carved triangular console table with black painted top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Giltwood
Mid-Century Empire Style Pacel Gilt and Mahogany Coffee Table
Located in Germantown, MD
An impressive mid-century Empire Style parcel gilt and carved Mahogany coffee / cocktail Table.
Measures 46" in width, 27.75" in depth and standing 17.5" tall.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood
Antique French Empire Neoclassical Round Marble Top Eagle Carved Center Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire Neoclassical Round Marble Top Eagle Carved Center Table. Item features a round marble top with raised edge, gold gilt eagle heads, lower shelf, ebonized finish,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Baker Furniture Empire Burl and Cherry Wood Coffee Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Empire or neoclassical style coffee table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1980s
Cherry wood, with burl wood banding and satinwood string inlay.
Measures: 38" W x...
Category
Late 20th Century American Empire Tables
Materials
Cherry, Satinwood, Burl
Center/Entry Table in Brass and Wood by La Barge
By La Barge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful center or entry table designed and manufactured in the Philippines by La Barge.
The table has beautiful carved frame and solid brass accents with a glass top that allows t...
Category
1990s Philippine Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
Outstanding Pair of 19th Century Italian Empire Console Tables
Located in Houston, TX
Outstanding Pair Of 19th Century Italian Empire Console Tables.
This beautiful pair of free standing antique early 19th century Italian period ...
Category
1810s Italian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Marble Gueridon Table With Turned Wood Column
Brass Paw Feet
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful French 19th Century Marble & Mahogany Gueridon Pedestal Table With Turned Wood Column Over a Tripod Base Terminating With Brass Paw Feet.
Would make for an excellent hal...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Marble
Maitland Smith Tooled Leather Burled Walnut Library Center Table 50" Round
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Maitland Smith Tooled Leather Burled Walnut Library Center Table 50" Round
Dimensions : 50" Round X 29" Tall
This gorgeous table was made by Maitland Smith and is the larger versi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Empire Tables
Materials
Burl
Antique Empire Russia St. Petersburg Mahogany Games Console Table Brass Banding
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant Russian games and console table was made in st Petersburg circa 1810. It has ben crafted out of mahogany and is decorated with fine brass banding.The table is convertibl...
Category
1810s Russian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Brass
French 1870s Empire Style Walnut Table with Vitrine Top and Corinthian Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style walnut gueridon table from the late 19th century, with vitrine top, corinthian columns, ebonized and gilt accents. Born in France dur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood, Glass, Wood
Painted Empire Demilune Pier Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Demilune console, with top of Carrara marble, on painted base, having two round columns supporting its ormolu embellished apron and conforming platform, with a back of distressed mir...
Category
1920s French Vintage Empire Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
$3,750 / set
Empire Period 19th Century Rosewood Card Table English
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant English mid-19th Century well figured card table of serpentine form having carved decoration.
A very good quality table that can be used in any space. The rectangular top wi...
Category
19th Century English Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Rosewood
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Incredible Russian Gilt Bronze Gueridon with a Granite Top, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An Incredible Russian gilt bronze Gueridon with a granite top, 19th century.
The circular black painted top within a turned wood border frieze painted with laurel leaves and pink ri...
Category
Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Granite, Bronze
George Jacob Desmalter Empire Gueridon Round center Table Estampille 19th C. LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
George Jacob Desmalter Empire Gueridon Round center Table Estampille 19th C. LA . Rare Exquisite Early 19th century Empire Gueridon with classic...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$45,000 Sale Price
22% Off
Elegant Italian Empire Consoles Tables with White Marble Top, 1815
Located in Rome, IT
Empire mahogany and finely carved gilt-wood consoles tables with the rectangular Carrara white marble top.
Timeless elegance for your interior.
Measures: Height cm 102 width cm 124, ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$11,485 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Tilt Top Swedish Chess Game Pedestal Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Table Tilt Top Swedish Chess Game Pedestal Sweden. A Swedish tilt top table made during the later part of 19th Century. Painted chess game on the top. Ornate base.
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Empire Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,500 Sale Price
57% 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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