William and Mary Period Carved Wood Table - A George I Period Table - A Virginian Walnut Table
Another walnut card table, c.1720, of the early eighteenth century with graceful cabriole legs decorated with shell motif on the knee and ending in ball and claw feet. The shaping for candle stands at the corners is
clearly [...]
A Queen Anne period dressing table - A George III mahogany dressing table - country dressing table in walnut and fruitwood
Towards the end of the seventeenth century the small tables in walnut and oak or country woods specifically designed as dressing tables made their appearance. Before that it seems to have been the practice to [...]
Tripod Table of Mid-Eighteenth Century - A Georgian Mahogany Dumb Waiter - A Papier-Mache Tea Table - Early Nineteenth Century Tripod Table
The tripod table is not strictly speaking derived from the candle stand in our illustration above, but it is possible to trace the influences derived from it. This stand, c.1670, is of walnut, [...]
Antique Work Table - A Regency Work Table in Mahogany - A Victorian Walnut Work Table
Work tables for use by ladies, with space for needlework materials in a well below were a later 18th century phenomenon and were made in a variety of forms. We have illustrated some typical examples and have
included a number without [...]
Antique Mahogany Tripod Table - Tripod Tea Table - Regency Rosewood Library Table
The principle role of tripod tables has been as wine or occasional tables for social use. As a piece of furniture a tripod table of small size is decorative and useful in this respect but easilyknocked over and liable to damage. Many of [...]
Georgian side table - George I mahogany card table - George III mahogany gate-leg table
A George I mahogany card table, showing the candle stands and cups for counters similar to the walnut tables of an earlier period. The bold cabriole legs end in ball and claw feet and the shaped frieze has an echo [...]
Mid-17th Century Oak Table with Column Turned Legs - Oak Side Table with Two Drawers
The earliest form of table for dining use was a simple trestle type, usually make of oak, with top of elm. Later, more solid constructions appeared, developing into the draw and refectory tables of the 16th century. The early forms of [...]
17th century oak gate-leg table - William and Mary period side table - Walnut side table - William and Mary period carved wood table
One of the chief innovations of the Stuart and Commonwealth period (1603-60) was the gate-leg table. It appeared in Jacobean times but was perhaps not fully developed until after 1650. The turned [...]
TABLES occasional, centre
A walnut centre table inlaid with a marquetry panel and with ormolu mounts. Very similar to the writing table 582 and, again, made in a French Louis XVth style of perennial popularity. Not as high quality as 582 but
nevertheless still a well-made and very decorative piece. 1860-1890
A centre table of Reformed Gothic character [...]
TABLES centre pedestal
Not all the tables in this section started out life as dining tables by any means. Many were intended as centre tables or for occasional use, but the modern collector, with more modest space and size of household, is
happy to adopt them for dining. Indeed, many of the large extending tables used in [...]