Gustavian Tables
GUSTAVIAN STYLE
With clean lines and muted colors, antique Gustavian furniture is understated and elegant. It represents a more restrained version of the transition from Rococo to neoclassicism that was happening in France under Louis XVI. The style developed under Swedish King Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 until his assassination in 1792, and his son Gustav IV, who ruled until 1809. Although Gustavian furniture is mostly used to refer to pale painted cabinets, commodes, armchairs and other items, it involved a range of influences.
Gustavian-style furniture was inspired by discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the grandeur of European palaces like Versailles, with local softwoods such as pine and birch. There was also an emphasis on natural light; crystal chandeliers and large mirrors played a role in radiating the fleeting daylight of winter, giving it a distinctive aesthetic.
Where earlier furniture was curvy and florid, this new era was more architectural, with tapered and fluted legs and rectangular and oval shapes. Luminous gilt contrasted with the palette of soft blues on upholstery and painted surfaces. Leading furniture builders included Gottlieb Iwersson, Louis Masreliez and Erik Öhrmark. The latter, a French-born Swedish decorator, designed the Sulla chair, a seat that was demonstrative of technical skill and precise craftsmanship and drew on Greek klismos chairs. Masreliez’s Sulla chair was made by Öhrmark and featured decorative ornamentation produced by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez, Louis’s younger brother.
While the wealthy had furniture carved with neoclassical details like scallops and rosettes, more affordable options were adorned with faux finishes that mimicked marble and stenciled patterns. The simple elegance of Gustavian furniture would have a long impact on Swedish design, informing the 20th-century appreciation for function and form. In the 1950s, IKEA mass-produced copies of a Gustavian commode designed by cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, who created pieces for the Royal Palace, making the furniture a fixture of everyday Swedish life.
Find a collection of antique Gustavian seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Gustavian
20th Century French Gustavian Wood Patinated Side Table
Located in High Point, NC
This 20th Century French Gustavian wood patinated side table reflects the soft elegance and classical restraint characteristic of the Gustavian aesthetic. Its tapered, fluted legs an...
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20th Century French Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish antique Gustavian Table with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Gustavian table from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
The table is handscraped to its original color.
Hardware is original to the piece.
Made in painted pine.
...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of Swedish Pillar Console Tables, Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of Narrow Scraped Two Pillar Console Tables, Sweden, circa 1830.
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted Console Table
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish Gustavian style console table with tapered legs. Applied carved embellishments top the legs and a lion medallion in the center of skirt each add to the romantic appeal of thi...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pine Bureau, Scandinavian Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th - 19th Century, dark-grey antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau with a writing flap made of hand crafted painted pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian secretaire i...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Pine Demilune Consoles
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dreamy pair of late 19th/early 20th century Swedish painted pine demilune console tables or round center table. Crafted in the Gustavian taste with whimsical carved rings on the legs...
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20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Neoclassical Carved Giltwood Console Table With Marble Top
Located in Bradenton, FL
Neoclassical Giltwood Console Table With Marble Top, probably Late Gustavian. Table features hand chisled Rouge marble top over ornate carved giltwood apron and base. Marble top res...
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Late 18th Century European Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century Gustavian Console Table
Located in Allerum, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian console table in Egyptian taste with Porphyry marble top. ca 1810 Sweden.
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Porphyry
18th Century Gustavian Blue Painted Library Table with Drawers
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare and powerful Gustavian library/ console table from Sweden, circa 1780–1790.
Made in pine with its apron scraped back to reveal the original blue paint, contrasted by the unto...
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Late 18th Century Danish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pine Wall Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish country wall table or console table in gustavian style from Northern Sweden. Made around 1810 to 1820 in painted pine. Unusual profiled edge on the front and short sides. The...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pedestal table with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian pedestal table from Skelleftea, Northern Sweden.
A charming classic 19th century Swedish round Pedestal table...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
A Fine Carved and Gilt Gustavian Console Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
This carved and gilt console table is a fine example of Swedish neoclassical design. A honed slab of Statuary marble sits elegantly atop the spiral-turned painted and gilt legs. The ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble
Gustavian Painted Dining Table Circa 1810
Located in Houston, TX
Gustavian painted dining table circa 1810. Racetrack shaped top Swedish dining table in light gray and white painted finish.
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1810s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish antique rustic genuine Gustavian Table with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish antique Rustic Gustavian Provincial table from Skellefteå Västerbotten,Northern Sweden.
The table has untouched original paint.
The table has a drawer on ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
1860s Gustavian Style Swedish Painted Demi-Lune Tables with Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Swedish demi-lune console tables circa 1860 in Gustavian style light paint. This pair of Swedish demi-lune console tables, circa 1860, is a testament to the restrained elegan...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Demi Lune Console Table Circa 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century Swedish demi-lune console table, circa 1860, is a beautiful example of classic Scandinavian design. Crafted from solid pine wood, it features a half-moon-shaped top...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Burl Birch Tilt-Top Square Table on Pedestal Base
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An exceptional 18th century Swedish Gustavian tilt-top table with a patchwork birch, burl rootwood top over a turned birch column that rests on a tripod pedestal base with cabriole l...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Birch, Burl
Swedish Gustavian Extendable Dining Table Swedish, White Later 20th C 112-180cm
Located in Lewes, England
Swedish vintage Gustavian extendable dining table which extends from 112 cm approximate in the round to 180cm long with 2 leaves.
It has the Classic Gustavian fluted legs and roset...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Birch
$2,721 Sale Price
33% Off
18th Century Swedish Gustavian, Antique Scandinavian Pine Drop-Leaf Dining Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian drop-leaf table with one drawer, made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, particularized in the Neoclassical Greek style, in good condition. The...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Pedestal Tables
Located in Charleston, SC
A pair of charming pedestal tables with oval tops and turned bases supported by intricately carved scrolling legs in Gustavian style.
Värmland, Sweden, circa 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
$3,900 / set
19th Century Swedish antique rustic black Gustavian table
Located in Boden, SE
A decorative Antique Swedish gustavian desk from the gustavian period. Easy to place in any room. Made by hand in northern Sweden around 1800- 1820 with a frame in solid pine. Str...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Large Round Swedish Black Dining Table, Reproduction
Located in Round Top, TX
Round dining table, 6' diameter with the look of the Gustavian style.
This size table did not exist in the Gustavian period; this new table mirrors the Swedish style in a larger size suited for today's modern home.
Lovely tapered fluted legs, applied carved diamond/garland accents.
Professionally applied layered antique black painted finish...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Swedish antique rustic genuine Game Table for Playing games
Located in Boden, SE
A lovely Swedish Gustavian Game table from the early 1800s.
The table is from Örnsköldsvik , Northern Sweden.
The table is scraped by hand to its charming original English red`color....
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Small Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Console Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A small highly carved early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian period console table.
In original paint with a Carrara marble top.
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Swedish Console Table Circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century Swedish console table, circa 1880, captures the refined simplicity of Gustavian design. Constructed from pine, it features a painted faux-marble finish on the table...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Console Table Gustavian from Northern Sweden
Located in Kastrup, DK
Gustavian console table / behind sofa table from northern Sweden, circa 1800.
Crafted in pine with a two-plank top that shows a beautifully pronoun...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish antique rustic Gustavian Table with Original paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish antique rustic Gustavian table from Burea Vasterbotten, North of Sweden.
Scraped by hand to its original color. Made in painted ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Painted Swedish Gustavian Style Drop Leaf Gate Leg Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Drop Leaf Table. This table is a marvel of ingenuity. Hand-crafted, it features two huge leaves that drop down out of the way when not needed, making ...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Gustavian Tables
Materials
Paint, Wood
$2,240 Sale Price
50% Off
Swedish Gustavian Stye Round Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Very unique heavily carved Swedish style round table. at one time it must of had a leaf because the top pulls open to fit a leaf. was purchased with No leaf.
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1910s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Blue Country Table in Gustavian Style, Drawer and Genuine Patina
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish country table in gustavian style from northern Sweden. The table is a genuine country house furniture from around 1840. Made by hand in solid pine and in genuine and ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian style console table, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Side Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming 19th-century Swedish side table embodies the rustic elegance of Gustavian design. Crafted from solid wood, likely pine, it features a distressed painted finish in a sof...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Demi Lunes Circa 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of 19th-century Swedish demi-lunes, circa 1800, perfectly captures the elegance and simplicity of Neoclassical design. Crafted from pine and finished in a sleek black patin...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Swedish Gustavian style console table.
Decorative carved Greek key design all around and on the top of the legs. Re-painted in soft grey.
Circa 1860.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
20th Century Swedish painted sidetable in Gustavian Style
Located in Kvidinge, SE
A Swedish side table with one drawer made in Gustavian style around 1910-1920
Restored and painted in a light gray on a red ground, distress surface for an authentic antique feel.
He...
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1910s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th - 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Farm, Kitchen Folding Pinewood Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 19th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian rectangular farm table with one drawer, consisting a round pull, made of hand crafted Pinewood in good condition. The rustic Scandinavian kitchen table...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal
$4,720 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pinewood, Porphyry Console Table by Jonas Frisk
By Jonas Frisk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, antique Swedish Gustavian freestanding console table made of hand crafted gilded, painted Pinewood in the Egyptian style with a crystal red porphyry top, designed and produced most likely by Jonas Frisk in good condition. The edges, borders of the tall Scandinavian side table are enhanced by detailed wood carvings, supported by four round, straight golden wooden legs particularized with Egyptian figures. The end table is standing on a gilded, painted base. Minor fading due to age. Wear consistent with age and use. circa 1810 - 1830, Sweden, Scandinavia, Scandinavia.
Jonas Frist was a Swedish artist and designer, born in 1787, in Stockholm, Sweden and passed away in 1849. In 1805, Frist received the rights to design and produce mirrors and console tables by the Kommerskollegium. From 1810 - 1814, his studio was located on the street Storkyrkobrinken and from 1814 - 1824, he moved to the public square Riddarhustorget, in Gamla stan, in Stockholm. Frist's personal history remains lost in history.
Kommerskollegium (The National Board of Trade...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
19th Century Light-Grey Swedish Gustavian Antique Oval Pine Dining Room Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique 19th century Swedish Gustavian oval wooden dining table, in good condition. The Scandinavian painted Pinewood center table has a grey waxed p...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Swedish Rustic Gustavian Pedestal Table with Distressed Original Paint
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique pedestal table from the early 1800s in gustavian style. The table has a square table top on a pedestal with three elongated legs. Made in solid pine in northern Swede...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desk with Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Umea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden.
Nice Gustavian desk scraped to its originalpaint.
Reeded sides.
...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish antique rustic Country Gustavian table
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish antique Rustic Gustavian Provincial table from Skellefteå Västerbotten,Northern Sweden.
The table is scraped by hand to its original paint.
The table is ea...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
White Painted Swedish Gustavian 19th Century Side Table Console
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish Gustavian style side table, may also be used as a small desk.
Lovely tapered fluted legs with applied carved embellishments along the skirt add to the romantic grace of this...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Tilt Top Table / Pedestal Table Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century swedish Gustavian Tilt top table from Kalix Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A beautiful table in good condition & stable in construction.
The table is originalpainted.
Tur...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Faux Marble Painted Console Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A light grey painted Gustavian painted with faux marble original imitation painting on the top. The Swedish console table with brass hardware on the front is from around 1800-1820 an...
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Early 1800s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Bronze
$1,500 Sale Price
20% Off
Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian Style Console Table. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Pine Demilune Consoles
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dreamy pair of late 19th/early 20th century Swedish painted pine demilune console tables or round center table. Crafted in the Gustavian taste with whimsical trompe l'oeil carved tas...
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20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Custom Large Bar Height Farmhouse Modern Round Dining Table by Paradigm
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent custom made hand carved distressed painted cream rustic modern farm house chic round high-top dining table (bar counter height / pub height) by American maker Paradigm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Side Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite Swedish Gustavian side table made during the mid 1800’s. This table has a worn painted blue frame featuring a plank top with pink painted flowers over a splayed pedestal bas...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Gustavian Style Painted Tables, Repainted in Light Gray
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and elegant pair of Gustavian style tables, repainted in a soft light gray that enhances their timeless neoclassical form. Finding such tables as a matched pair is unusual, ma...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Small Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Side Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A charming turn of the century, 19th Century Swedish table.
With small drawer and scalloped detail, the shaped legs end with carved hoof feet. Later repainted.
Circa 1800.
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century Northern Swedish Gustavian Country Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish country table in the gustavian style from Hälsingland. The table is from the years around 1820 to 1830 and in untouched original...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Pine Console Table - Scandinavian End Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian console table with a painted faux marble top, made of hand crafted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian wood end table is standing fou...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Rare Swedish Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare antique console table in Gustavian Style from Sweden. The table is from the first years of the 19th century, around 1800 to 1810. The table is made by hand in solid pine with a ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
18th Century Grey Danish Oak Pedestal Attributed to Caspar Frederik Harsdorff
By Caspar Frederik Harsdorff
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 18th Century, single antique Danish Gustavian pedestal cabinet made of hand crafted painted Oakwood designed and produced most likely by Caspar...
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Mid-18th Century Danish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Swedish Gustavian Egyptian-Style Gilded Console - Attributed to Jonas Frisk
By Jonas Frisk
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exceptional 19th century Gustavian console table attributed to Jonas Frisk, blending neoclassical Swedish elegance with Egyptian Revival motifs, featuring caryatid-inspired legs, ...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Chess Game Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian game table from Sweden made during the late 18th century, around 1790. The table is painted pine with the original light coloured paint. The paint has notable distress which causes the pine underneath to shine trough causing the unmistakable antique patina. The underside of the table top is painted like a chess board. They would flip the table top when playing and the pieces would comfortably fit in the space underneath.
The table also has extendable light...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Vintage French Walnut Side Table with Black Marbled Tabletop, 1880s
Located in Miami, FL
Round sidetable or lamptable with black marbled tabletop in the style of Gustavian from around the year 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian White Country Drop Leaf Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish gustavian country console table. The table is a Swedish country house furniture from the early 19th century, 1810 to 1820, and it’s an unusual model. The table top h...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demilunes or Center Table
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is a beautiful pair of 19th century Swedish Gustavian demilune tables with carved detail above each leg. These are perfect to flank a f...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
19th Century Swedish Center Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant 19th-century Swedish center table is a beautiful example of Gustavian design, showcasing refined craftsmanship and timeless appeal. The table features a round top with c...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Gustavian 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, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, pine and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gustavian tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Jonas Frisk, Svenska Möbler, Dos Gallos Studio, and Ira Yeager. 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 $599 and tops out at $49,000 while the average work can sell for $4,050.
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