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
Hand Carved Early 19th Century Swedish Trestle Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
This hand carved pine trestle table is a wonderful example of Swedish folk furniture from the Gustavian era. Most remarkably, it includes a rack built to hold the wooden spoons of ea...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Louis XVI Style Console or Card Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Set against a wall as a console or lamp table, the top unfolds and the back legs slide to fully support the unfolded half of a square card table, sea...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Birch
$3,358 Sale Price
30% Off
Swedish Writing Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Original painted Swedish 3 drawer writing table. Nicely decorated with fluted legs and swag carving. Carved on all sides so can be a free standi...
Category
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
$2,049
Table Swedish Gustavian 18th Century Original Paint Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Table Swedish Gustavian 18th century original paint Sweden. A side table made during the 18th century in Sweden. Original reddish finish and paint. Tape...
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1790s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine 19th Century Swedish Tilt-Top Table
Located in Bozeman, MT
Fine 19th century Swedish tilt-top table in alder root from the Gustavian period. Ca 1810 Sweden.
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Antique Genuine Country Home Gustavian Table in Untouched Condition
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique genuine table. This gustavian country home table is made around 1820 to 1830 in northern Sweden in Hälsingland. It has a classic gustavian shape with straight tapered...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Rustic Farmhouse Painted Folk Art Side Table
Located in OOSTERHOUT, NL
This antique Swedish console table was made around 1820. It features bobbin-shaped legs and the original hand-painted finish in a soft light blue. This blue contrasts beautifully wit...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
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...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Swedish Genuine Country House Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique country console table in Gustavian style. All four sides are the same, making it suitable as a freestanding table as well. Handma...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Gustavian Side Table with Distressed Grey-Blue Lime-Washed Finish
Located in Leesburg, VA
Antique Gustavian Side Table with Distressed Grey-Blue Lime-Washed Finish
Approximate size: 28”H x 16.5”W x 13.75”D
This exquisite antique Gustavian side table captivates with its ...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Gustavian Carved and Painted Occasional Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine 19th century Gustavian carved occasional table. Featuring a beautifully carved base and claw feet. Makes an elegant statement!
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Tilt Top Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Gustavian tilt top table from Halsingland, Northern Sweden.
A fantastically beautiful Tilt Top Table with beautiful carv...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Century Furniture VillaDomain Gustavian Swedish Style White End Tables
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Century Furniture VillaDomain Gustavian Swedish Style White End Tables
Dimensions : 29" Wide X 29" Deep X 25" Tall
This pair of end tables were made by Century furniture for their ...
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1980s American Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Extending Gustavian Style Painted Wood Dining Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Extending Gustavian style painted wood dining table with faux marble Antico Verde top finish resting on tapered legs. When fully extended 120...
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Early 1900s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish 19th century Gustavian st. Giltwood and faux Porphyry console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and most handsome Swedish 19th century Gustavian st. Giltwood, Faux Painted Porphyry, patinated Wood and Iron console, attributed to Jonas Frisk. This most decorative co...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
Swedish Gustavian Centre Mirror Carved Dressing Table Early 20th Century White
Located in Lewes, England
Antique Swedish Gustavian single mirror carved dressing table in later white paint with 2 pedestal cabinets with carved motifs.
It has the original l glass in the large mirror with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
$3,246 Sale Price
40% Off
Swedish Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Large 19th century Swedish lamp table, 1890
Dimensions:
36.5 inches (93 cms) wide
24 inches (61 cms) deep
29.5 inches (75 cms) high.
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
$1,507
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Table in Original Paint
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Gustavian table from from Umea, Vasterbotten, Sweden.
With decorative carved detailing and original soft grey white paint.
Circa 1820.
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Working Table - Antique Carpenter Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian working bench made of hand crafted painted Pinewood in a pale grey finish, in good condition. The detailed Scandinavian carpenter bench is composed with its original wooden screw...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century Swedish antique rustic Tilt top table
Located in Boden, SE
A Swedish Gustavian tilt-top table with its original paint from the 18th century. This antique table from Sweden features a rectangular-shaped tilt top which rests upon a delicately ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Gustavian Drop Leaf Table Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
Small, pretty, easily placed antique Drop leaf table from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Nice untouched original paint in beautiful Englis...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Blue-Grey Swedish Gustavian Side Table - Scandinavian Kitchen Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A blue-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian single center, kitchen table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian side table is composed with one drawer,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th Century Swedish Demilune Console Side Table with Harp Base
Located in Round Top, TX
19th-century Swedish pine console table in a demilune, or half-circle form with a harp-shaped base. The table retains an antique white painted finish (while old, not original to the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Drop Leaf Table - Antique Kitchen Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 19th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian drop leaf table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The small kitchen table is standing one four tapered, blue-gr...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish antique Gustavian Table with Untouched Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian table from Piteå Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Small neat Gustavian table with untouched originalpa...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish 19th Century Rectangular Occasional Table w/Deep Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish smaller-sized wooden table, with single drawer, from the 19th century. This antique table from Sweden has a simple, unassuming design of straight lines, making it easy to b...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Dos Gallos Custom Coffee Table in Driftwood Finish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom coffee table with fluted apron and carved legs. Can be made in oak, teak, walnut or mahogany in a variety of sizes and finishes. Shown here in teak, with a grey driftwood and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak, Walnut
$14,280 / item
Mid-19th century Gustavian Corner Table
Located in Leesburg, VA
Mid-19th century Gustavian Corner Table
Anonymous
Scandinavia; mid-19th century
Wood
Approximate size: 28.5 (h) x 41.5 (w) x 26.5 (d) in.
A mid-19th century Gustavian corner table...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
$5,295 / item
19th Century Swedish Tilt Top Table / Pillar Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish tilt top table / dessert table from Skellefteå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Scraped by hand to its original paint.
Turned base supported by beautifully carve...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pine Slagbord - Antique Drop-Leaf Dining Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian Slagbord, drop-leaf table with one drawer, made of hand crafted Pinewood in good condition. The Scandinavian dining room table is supported by four round...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique Rustic Swedish Farm House Table With Chalk Blue Patina Circa 1860
Located in London, Park Royal
An antique Swedish farm house table, Circa 1860. Hand made in solid, European pine, wood. It has a naturally, age-textured, blond -wood top on an elegant cross frame which has a love...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Pinewood Coffee Table - Antique Sofa Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian coffee, sofa table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian side table is composed with one large drawer, consisting a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian Swedish Extendable Dining Table Golden Birch, Early 20th C seats 8
Located in Lewes, England
Unusual early 1900s Gustavian extendable dining table with top grade quilted golden birch veneers in a deep mahoagany colour polish
Lovely pyramid fluted legs with a rosette detaili...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Birch
$5,301 Sale Price
35% Off
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Console Table - Antique End Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian console table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The freestanding Scandinavian end table is composed with a white recta...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop Leaf Table Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish drop leaf table from Skelleftea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden.
Measurements H. 77cm W. 181cm D. 114cm
T...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
18th Century Danish Gustavian Single Antique Fruitwood Console, End Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-brown, antique Danish Gustavian freestanding console table made of hand crafted Fruitwood, in good condition. The Scandinavian corner tables...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desk with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Lulea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A beautiful desk with nice propotion & fine condition.
Untouched base, the top is scraped and washed to it...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pedestal Table with Original Paint Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pedestal table from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A charming classic early 19th Century Swedish Pedestal table with turned base supported b...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Writing Desk, Late 18th Century, Late 1700s
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish late Gustavian writing desk, late 18th century in excellent antique condition.
Key included.
Restored with additions. Slight damages, wear and repairs due to age and as sh...
Category
Late 18th Century Scandinavian Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
Late Gustavian Early 19th Century Giltwood Eagle Console Table and Mirror
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Very attractive early 19th century giltwood console table with a fully carved eagle supporting the white marble top. A matching mi...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble
19th century Swedish birch lyre shaped occasional table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century swedish birch lyre shaped occasional table circa 1890.
Rectangular top with canted corners. Hinged lid opens to reveal a fitted interior of compartments arranged aroun...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demi Lune Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian demi lune table from Ranea Lulea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Untouched originalpaint.
All original...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
20th Century Swedish Pine Carpentry Bench - Antique Scandinavian Work Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 20th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian style carpentry bench made of hand crafted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian work table is composed with a heavy rectangu...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal
Inlaid Swedish Satinwood Console
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine Swedish 19th Century gilt bronze mounted center table in the manner of George Haupt. In mixed woods, the top with marquetry basket of flowers withing an oval on a satin bir...
Category
1850s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Bronze
Mid 19th Century Swedish Black Painted Writing Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
Mid 19th-century Swedish writing desk in pine with elongated cabriole legs and delicate carved detail around the sitting area. Newer black painted finish is lightly distressed, revea...
Category
19th Century Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Gustavian Style Console Occasional Table with Drawer
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Painted Hand Carved Entry Hall Console Table With The Original Brass Hardware. Hand painted and hand distressed in muted Scandinavian colors. The clean lines and elegance of this pie...
Category
1810s Scandinavian Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish Gustavian Style 1890s Light Gray Painted Console Table with Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood console table from circa 1890 with fluted drawer, tapered legs and carved motifs. Born in Sweden around 1890, thi...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Hideaway House Beverly Hills Marble Top Nightstand End or Side Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Hideaway House Beverly hills marble top nightstand end or side table
Additional information:
Materials: Marble, Wood
Color: Antique White
Period: 19th century
Styles:...
Category
19th Century Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Swedish Tilt Top Table with Original Paint from Northern Sweden
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish tilt top table from Degerbyn Skelleftea Vasterbotten ,Northern Sweden.
A fantastically beautiful tilt top table with fine proportions & fine wood imitation pain...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Console Tables
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of Swedish grain painted demilune side tables, the D-shaped tops painted in imitation of marble, the bases painted in imitation of flame birch.
Ex collection Bill Blass.
...
Category
1830s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
$14,500 / set
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Extendable Antique Pinewood Dining Room Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian extendable dining room table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. This Scandinavian round pull-out table features four ex...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Antique Swedish Blue and White Genuine Country Gustavian Style Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Blue antique country table in Gustavian Style. The table has a very unusual and charming original paint in blue and white, which are rare colours...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century, Swedish Gustavian Tilt Top Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Gustavian tilt top table / pedestal table from Skellefteå Västerbotten Northern Sweden.
Beautiful table scraped by hand ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Country Swedish Gustavian Center Table Painted by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming 19th century country Swedish center table or rent table finished in the Gustavian taste. The round drum form pedestal table features a painted case decorated with a bust of ...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Swedish Provincial Gustavian Side Table in Untouched Original Condition
Located in Kramfors, SE
19th century provincial Gustavian table from northern Sweden. The table has straight tapered legs decorated with cannelures and is in untouched condition with original untouched pain...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Antique Swedish Gustavian Writing Table / Desk Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
A high-class & beautiful desk with wood-cut details & beautiful tapered legs.
The beautifully cut leave...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Tilt Top Table with Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Tilt Top Table from Umea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden.
A nice Tilt Top Table with a beautiful hand carved fo...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Gustavian Painted Demilune Console Tables, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Rare Early 19th Century Pair of Gustavian Painted Half-Round Console tables. Tables having a timeless appeal that merges classical grace with rustic charm. Tables rest on three ele...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Antique Provincial Swedish Gustavian Table
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century antique provincial Gustavian table from Skellefteå Västerbotten,Northern Sweden.
It has original condition with original untouched paint.
Fine color combination with g...
Category
1840s 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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