Napoleon III Tables
NAPOLEON III STYLE
Under Napoleon III’s rule, Paris underwent a great rebuilding overseen by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, which created grand avenues and lavish landmarks like the Paris Opera. Antique Napoleon III–style furniture was flamboyant and eclectic. It was also known as Second Empire style since it followed and referenced the Empire style of his uncle Napoleon I.
Developing from 1852–70, Napoleon III furniture was plush and ornate, matching the fashion for masked balls and socializing in salons. It borrowed freely from earlier French styles including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI as well as aesthetics from around the world, from antiquity to Asian art. As writer Gustave Claudin remarked in 1867, the country’s architects worked in “a style which one would be tempted to call neo-Greco-Gothico-Pompadour-Pompeian.”
Napoleon III chairs were completely covered with velvet and lined with tassels; pouf footstools invited people to put up their feet. Sofas were upholstered with tapestries, and beds were adorned with gilt bronze and theatrical canopies. The addition of conservatories to homes led to new indoor-outdoor furniture, while the spirit of hygiene promoted by Baron Haussmann inspired bright, floral motifs.
Although the most ostentatious designs were for the elite, as seen in the Napoleon III apartments preserved in the Louvre, where red velvet, gilding and chandeliers create a cacophony of luxury, these trends influenced homes across classes as manufacturing made design increasingly accessible. Papier-mâché furniture allowed for elaborate shapes that would have been difficult to carve in wood. The malleable material was painted with chinoiserie patterns and decorative designs. It was mass-produced by factories such as Jennens and Bettridge with varnishing and mother-of-pearl inlays creating an effect reminiscent of Asian lacquer. (Surfaces that had been “japanned” — a specialty of Jennens and Bettridge — were intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia.)
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Style: Napoleon III
French 19th Century Tilt-Top Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 19th century tilt-top table.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
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Mahogany
Napoleon III Style Parcel-Gilt Burl Coffee Table Eagle
s Head, 20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Napoleon III Style Parcel-Gilt Burl Walnut Coffee Table with carved eagle's head supports
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Gueridon Table
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A fine French Louis XVI style 'Bouillotte' table, in wood veneer and marquetry, with an inlaid beige veined marble top surrounded by an openwork brass gallery. The gambling card game...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Napoleon III Style French Sail Table In Papier Machè and Solid Wood
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful french sailing table in Papier Machè.The upper part is formed by an octagonal top, made in papier machè, on which has been admirably hand painted a detailed and colorful fl...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large French Empire Style Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Surtout-de-table Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French Empire style Napoleon III gilt bronze Surtout-de-table, now a coffee table with later gilt bronze legs with paw-feet, ...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Grand Oval Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Grand Oval Center Table is large enough to serve as an intimate dining table! Hand-crafted from dense, old-growth oak to literally last for c...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Oak
Vintage French Figured Wood Games Table for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
For Restoration. Provenance: Ganz estate, Tuxedo Park, NY. A handsome games table in triangular hinged form with ebonized detailed figured wood frame. Fr...
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Late 19th Century Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Felt, Wood
Napoleon III Style French Inlaid Brass Bronze Boulle Turtle Top Center Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Napoleon III Style French Inlaid Brass Bronze Boulle Turtle Top Center Table. Item features breathtaking brass/bronze boulle work inlay throughout including the stunning top, sides, ...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French 1870s Napoleon III Walnut Bedside Table with Stone Top and Tambour Door
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoleon III period walnut bedside table from the late 19th century, with tambour door, single drawer and stone top. Created in France during the third quarter of the 19th century, this walnut side table features a rectangular stone top sitting above a tambour door adorned with ebonized accents, followed by a single drawer. This upper section is raised on four legs, the front ones being thin columns with entasis and the hind ones being straight, securing a low shelf. Highlighted with thin gilt frames on the side panels, this French walnut Napoleon III bedside table...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble, Stone
Small 19th Century Rosewood End Table on Carved Tripod Base with Marquetry
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A small and graceful sewing or work table on carved tripod base with octagonal top in rosewood with satinwood floral inlays. Lift-top opens to lidded compartments with access to plea...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Satinwood
French Napoleon III Black Centre Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
A French Napoleon III serpentine console table or salon table in ebonized wood with elaborate and fine ormolu details.
Four cabriolet legs, each leg decorated with an ormolu mount of...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
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Ormolu
19C French Second Empire Style 2 Tier Console
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely stunning 19C French second empire style 2 tier console from circa 1860-80.
This Console/Breakfast Buffet is of the HIGHEST...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Brass
20th Century Inlaid Wood French Napoleon III Style Side Table, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French side table from the mid-20th century. Nicely inlaid furniture with floral and geometric motifs in walnut, rosewood, maple and fruitwood. Side table with a drawer of good capac...
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1950s French Vintage Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Wooden Carved and Gilded Console Table by Maison Janiaud
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique French Napoleon III console table.
The table has beautiful carvings and is gilded with gold leaf.
The marble top has a profiled edge and curved shapes. This is Carrara marble, a very white type of marble.
The wooden base has an antique label...
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Napoleon III Bronze Mounted And Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Antique French Bronze mounted writing table with particularly fine form dating to the late 19th Century. The table features all over Bronze mounts including Caryatid figures o...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Bronze
Oval table in gilded and carved wood, 19th century
Located in NICE, FR
A delightful oval salon table in stuccoed, gilded and carved wood, resting on a base with arched legs connected by a cane brace, the top is in veined white marble.
A classic, elega...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble
Pair of Eglomise Side Tables W/Napoleon III Style Bases
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful pair of side tables with octagonal shaped eglomise tops and sides with heavy black lacquered Napoleon III style bases.
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Early 20th Century Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
French Napoleon III Black Lacquer Guéridon Table, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This charming French black lacquer refinish guéridon table from the Napoleon III period exudes sophistication. The classic kidney shape and rich combination of wood and brass make it...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,566 Sale Price
57% Off
Vintage French Napoleon III Style Ebonized Lacquered Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage French Napoleon III Style Ebonized Lacquered "Bonheur Du Jour" Writing Desk
Elegant French Ebonized Writing Desk, commonly called in France "Bonheur du jour." Composed of a ...
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Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Metal
French lacquered Work table Side table Worker Accordion Sewing Cabinet, 19th C
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This Asian-inspired lacquered wooden work table is a beautiful expandable sewing box covered with lacquer on all sides. On the upper part, intended to receive the sewing material, th...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Lacquer
$807 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of French Victorian Iron Floral Console Tables
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Victorian (Napoleon III, 19th Century) iron console table with scroll form design and applied gold painted floral trim with a stretcher and a Breche d'Alep marble base...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
$62,500 / set
French Empire Style Solid Black and Beige Marble Pedestal
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19/20th Century) solid marble pedestal with a tapered black marble center section and a square top and base of beige marble.
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Napoleon III Inlaid Card Table
Located in Seaford, GB
Antique French Napoleon III Inlaid Card Table
📜 Provenance – Napoleon III Period Inlaid Card Table, France, circa 1860
Sourced from a private collection in Lyon, this exceptional F...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
$3,176 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul SORMANI (1817-1877) Bonheur de Jour in Marqueterie Stampigliato
By Paul Sormani
Located in Pistoia, IT
Uno scrittoio di superba fattura proveniente dai rinomati laboratori parigini di Paul Sormani. Realizzato con legni esotici locali e d'importazione, presenta intricati intarsi geome...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Bronze
Breccia and gilt bronze bamboo-like tripod by Maison Baguès
Located in PARIS, FR
Breccia and gilt bronze bamboo-like tripod by Maison Baguès.
Tabletop in breccia, gilt bronze.
France.
1950s.
91 cm x 73 cm.
The breccia tabletop rests on four curved gilt bronze le...
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1950s French Vintage Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble, Brass
19th Century French Octagonal Side Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak side table from France with an octagonal shaped top. The top has a carved decorated band inside a beveled and carved decorated edge. The top follows down to a lovely...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Oak
Napoleon III Black Lacquer Desk with Bronze, Early 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Napoleon III early 20th Century black lacquer writing desk with stamped bronze
Height: 90 cm ≈ 35.43 inches
Length: 65 cm ≈ 25.59 inches
Width: 39.5 cm ≈ 15.55 inches
Width with op...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$7,222 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Napoleon III Three-Tier Marquetry Étagère, France, circa 1860
Located in Cagliari, IT
Quality antique French marquetry étagère, with lovely marquetry inlaid shaped top, two shaped under-tiers with marquetry inlay, standing on four ebon...
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1660s French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,639 Sale Price
40% Off
Late 19th Century Napoleon III Painted Porcelain Pedestal Circular Table, France
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th century Napoleon III painted porcelain circular pedestal table with floral motifs made in France
By: unknown
Material: bronze, copper, ceramic, porcelain, paint, enamel, m...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper, Enamel
Charming 19th Century French Side Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Charming 19th century French side table. The wood is made of burl of walnut, circa 1870. It can be used as a jewelry table.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood, Elm
Center Table Attributed To Gabriel Viardot
Located in BARSAC, FR
Beautiful center table in solid mahogany richly carved on the belt of scrolls and bats, top with scalloped corners surmounted by an ogee acroterion decorated with a beaded frieze.
F...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Napoleon III Oval Marble Top Side Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
French 19th Century Napoleon III Oval Marble Top Side Table. Table has an oval form with a three quarter brass gallery surround over a white...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Brass
Rococo Style Silver Plated Sideboard Mirror Tray, Wine Tray
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Rococo Style Silver Plated Sideboard Mirror Tray, Wine Tray
This is a delightful piece, the tray has an irregular oval shaped frame with feet and handles, it is heavy for its size, ...
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19th Century Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century French Writing Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak writing table from France with a beveled edge around the top, following down to paneled sides and hand carved and scalloped aprons. The front of the table contains t...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Mahogany Table with Marble Top and Carved Giltwood Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoléon III period mahogany center table from the mid 19th century with colorful marble top, pedestal base and carved giltwood lion paw feet on casters. Created in France during the reign of France's last Emperor...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble
Antique French Napoleon III Bronze D
Ore Mounted Mahogany Dining Table Ca 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Napoleon III Bronze D' Ore Mounted Mahogany Dining Table That Converts to a Center Table, Circa 1860-1870.
Photographed with the leaves in it at 11 feet 1 inch
Breaks ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 1860s Walnut Side Table with Tambour Door, Marble Top and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French walnut tambour door side table from the mid-19th century, with variegated grey marble top and tapered legs. Born during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, this French walnut...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble
Napoleon III Off White Lacquer Guéridon Pedestal Table, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This Napoleon III 19th century black lacquer guéridon pedestal table embodies the elegance and opulence of the era.
Featuring a fluted wooden base, a captivating marble top, and in...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Napoleon III Off White Lacquer Guéridon Table, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This charming French off white lacquer refinish guéridon table from the Napoleon III period exudes sophistication. The classic kidney shape and rich combination of wood and brass mak...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Napoleon III French Ebonized Side Table with Delft Tile Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a den, library, or wine cellar with this elegant 19th-century occasional table. Crafted in France circa 1870, the antique side table stands on turned, fluted legs joined by ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Faience, Walnut
Boulle-styled panelled desk Napoleon IIV, late 1800s in bronze
Located in Milano, IT
Behold the exquisite beauty of an antique Boulle-style desk from the late 1800s, a true masterpiece that once graced the era of Napoleon III. This desk is not just a piece of furnitu...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Bronze, Brass
$6,177 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Carved Marble "Selette" Pedestal Table
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant continental multi-color marble "Selette" was crafted in France, circa 1980. The Napoleon III style pedestal sits on a thick sturdy square plinth embellished with a bronz...
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Late 20th Century French Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French 1860s Napoleon III Period Walnut Console Tables with Marble Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Napoleon III period walnut console tables from the mid-19th century, with grey marble tops and bronze motifs. This elegant pair of French Napoleon III walnut console...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Distress Paint Decorated Swedish Napoleonic Style Center Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This striking Swedish Napoleonic style center table is a fine example of early 19th-century inspired craftsmanship, boasting a rich patina and distressed paint finish that enhances i...
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20th Century Swedish Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Black Wooden Working Table with Brass Decoration
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century work table in blackened wood inlaid with brass fillet, the lid reveals a tray with three compartments and a niche, it opens with a belt pocket. Curved legs, trim
brass ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,613 Sale Price
20% Off
French Napoléon III Period 1860s Walnut Console Table with Original Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoléon III period walnut console table from circa 1860 with original marble top and carved gilt accents. This French Napoléon III period console table, dating back to arou...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble
1800
s Antique French Napoleon III Period, Burlwood, Leather, Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous Antique Desk, Writing, French Napoleon III Period, Burlwood, Leather Lining, 1800s, 19th Century!
French Napoleon III period writing desk, mid to late 19th c., superstructure with two drawers, over shaped drop-front writing surface, opening to leather lining, with two additional drawers, lower case fitted with single frieze drawer, on cabriole legs, approx 42"h, 31.5"w, 20.5"d
Wear and imperfections commensurate with being moved, age and use.
212t20
The top priority of Napoleon III style furniture was comfort. However, the furniture remained highly decorative. This attention to form, as well as function, can be seen in intricately upholstered chairs...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood
French trompe l
oeil book side table, Napoleon III, wood, inlaid and leather
By Napoléon III
Located in Valladolid, ES
A delightful wooden side table with inlay and trompe-l'oeil bookend decoration on the lower drawer, in the Napoleon III style.
The tabletop features an excellent inlay figure with f...
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1890s French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$1,292 Sale Price
27% Off
19th Century, Dining Table by Horrix with Original Carved Leaf
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century dining table by Horrix with original carved leaf is yet another example of the superlative craftsmanship exhibited by the storied maker during the period. Set upon an un...
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1870s Dutch Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Console in Giltwood, Late 1800-Early 1900
Located in Milano, IT
Antique Consolle in wood gilded end 1800 beginning 1900. The particularity of the console and its top covered with original velvet of the time of dark orange color. the wood of the c...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Velvet, Wood
$3,326 Sale Price
20% Off
French Napoleon III 1870s Walnut Guéridon Side Table with Lyre Base and Tray Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoleon III period walnut guéridon side table from the third quarter of the 19th century, with circular tray top, single drawer and lyre-shaped base. Born in France at the ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry Centre Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 19th century French marquetry centre table, the top vneered and profusely inlayed with burr walnut, burr yew, ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Painted Round Tilt-Top Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The tilt-top painted with faux marble design in the center surrounded by a vine and leaf pattern.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Paint
Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt and Painted Gueridon Table, France, circa 1860
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Exquisite neoclassical Napoleon III period French parcel-gilt and painted solid oak gueridon or occasional table having breakfront circular top with raised central plinth surmounting...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Oak, Paint, Giltwood
French Napoleon III Shopkeepers Desk C.1840
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This French shopkeepers desk, crafted during the reign of Napoleon III period (mid-19th century), is a fine example of the era’s elegant and functional design. Made from ebonized woo...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood
Marble Pedestal Table with Marquetry Top, XIXth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Marble pedestal table with baluster base, and surmounted by a marble marquetry top, with a multicolored checkerboard pattern.
Good general condit...
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19th Century Italian Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Napoleon III Carved Marble and Bronze Selette Pedestal Table
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique "Selette" was crafted in France, circa 1860. Carved of variegated beige marble with orange veins, the tall pedestal sits on a thick square plinth embellished wi...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Victorian Ebony Inlaid Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian (19/20th Century) ebony and bronze rectangular center table with 8 swirl design legs connected with an open geometric design stretcher and a top inlaid with pearl & ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Napoléon III 1850s Walnut Side Table with Single Drawer and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoléon III period walnut side table from the mid-19th century, with single drawer, tapered legs and brass feet. Created in France at the beginning of Emperor Napoléon III'...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Napoleon III Style Tulipwood and Mahogany Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A round decorative French Napoleon III occasional pedestal table in mahogany with an inlaid tulipwood and mahogany bordered top with gilt bronze banding. The apron has decorative gil...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon Iii tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Napoleon III 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, building and garden elements, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Napoleon III tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Alexandre Chevrié, Paris, Alphonse Tahan, Baker Furniture Company, and Charles-Guillaume Diehl. 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 $225 and tops out at $395,000 while the average work can sell for $3,780.
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