Table Photos

Antique tables in the collections of various museums & museum houses.

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Early Table Designs Elizabethan oak table in organ room at Vanderbilt Mansion. Centerport, NY Oak trestle table in room with 15thC fireplace & objects at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France Main room at John Ward House of Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, MA
Inlaid Stone & Painted Tables Painted wooden table with donkey under blanket from northern Germany at Cluny Museum. Paris, France Pietra dura marble table top in Reception Hall at Lauriston Castle. Edinburgh, Scotland Center table painted with American scenes attrib. Noyes & Hutton of Troy, NY at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY
Chair Tables Bench table where table top moves to become backrest of bench in crypt at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland Chair with fold down table top in kitchen at Johnston Farm. Piqua, OH Fireplace & hutch table at Hyland House. Guilford, CT
Tilt Top Tables Oval lacquer folding table with oriental scene from Holland at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany Tilt top table with scenes of bursting of "Mississippi Bubble" at Cabildo Museum. New Orleans, LA Chinese lacquered tilt top table in California period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC
Gateleg Tables Gateleg table at Rothe House. Kilkenny, Ireland Gateleg table at Medieval Museum of Treasures. Waterford, Ireland Gateleg table holding bowl & wooden spoons at The Study. Culross, Scotland
Drop Leaf Tables Parlor set for coffee & tea service in John Marshall House. Richmond, VA Drop-leaf table in Counsel room once used by William Henry Harrison in his Ohio home, not here at Vincennes at Grouseland. Vincennes, IN Corner drop-leaf table prob. from Boston or Salem, MA at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT
Parlor Tables (round) Round table with inserted circular sections divided by carved ginkgo leaves at Manderston House. Duns, Scotland Mahogany center table with gilded bronze railing by Gambier from Breteuil Hotel in Boudoir Louis XVI at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Base of Loo table with carved Irish symbols at Derrynane House. Ireland
Parlor Tables (not round) Octagonal table with sphinx base & chairs by Augustus Pugin at Blois Chateau. Blois, France Table with inlaid spider design in Garfield Presidential Library at Garfield home. Mentor, OH Center table by Herter Brothers of New York at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH
Writing Tables Writing tables & chair at Balzac House. Paris, France Writing set atop lion-legged table at Maison de Victor Hugo. Paris, France Writing desk which slides out from small table at Bishop's Palace. Waterford, Ireland
Three-Leg Pedestal Tables Round table with chairs & porcelain objects at Joseph Webb House. Wethersfield, CT Tripod table at Mayflower Society House. Plymouth, MA Pedestal table attrib. Pierre-Philippe Thomire in grand salon at Nissim de Camondo Museum. Paris, France
Four-Leg Pedestal Tables Side table with tea service in office at Tudor Place. Washington, DC Settee & table in Chambers Home at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. Colorado Springs, CO Victorian art under glass on marble-topped carved center table in Yates House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX
Multilevel Tables Round stack of tables with silver serving vessels at Hill of Tarvit Mansion. Cupar, Scotland Glassware on round table in dining room at Brodie Castle. Brodie, Scotland Multistage serving table at Neill-Cochran House Museum. Austin, TX
Stacking Tables Stacking small tables in parlour at Georgian House museum. Edinburgh, Scotland Nesting tables by Eliel Saarinen, et al at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Nesting pedestal tables by Eugène Gaillard of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France
Tea Tables Mahogany tea table with scalloped projections to hold teacups from Boston, MA at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX Side chair & tea table both from Boston, MA with silver tea service pieces at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA Tea table & chairs at Orchard House at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. Colorado Springs, CO
Side Tables Side table with cutlery chests & table clock in dining room at Lauriston Castle. Edinburgh, Scotland Mother of pearl side chair of by Johann Tanzwohl of Austria & semi round table in Doris Duke's bedroom at Rough Point. Newport, RI Table with inlaid oriental fan by Gabriel Viardot of France at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA
Console Tables Sheraton console table said to be from mansion of John Hancock, signer of Declaration of Independence, at Nichols House Museum. Boston, MA Console table with dolphin support at Rienzi house museum. Houston, TX Pier table with Sphinx monopod from France at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI
Card Tables Card table from Boston, MA with English silver candlesticks at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA Folding card table in billiard room at Thirlestane Castle. Scotland Card table with carved face at Castletown House. Ireland
Dining Chairs & Tables Dining room at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT State Dining Room designed by James Gillespie Graham at Hopetoun House. Queensferry, Scotland Round dining table with chairs covered of striped woven upholstery by Wenzel Hablik at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany
More Dining Tables & Chairs Breakfast room at Rienzi house museum. Houston, TX Dining room at Chepstow. Newport, RI Dining room with table & chairs by Stickley Brothers in Corbett House at Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ
Ceramic-Top Tea Tables Faience side table top made in Schleswig at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany Tea table with faience top by Jan Hillerström of Rörstrand at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany Tea table with faience top Stralsund at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany
Service Table Tray Tables Portable tray with legs at Strokestown Park. Vesnoy, Ireland Tea trolley with silver coffee service at Vaile Mansion. Independence, MO Breakfast tray at Chepstow. Newport, RI
Kitchen Tables Kitchen table & fireplace at Hyland House. Guilford, CT Kitchen table with cabinet at John F. Kennedy NHS. Boston, MA Chrome kitchen table & refridge of post-war Truman era at Truman Museum. Independence, MO
Kitchen Work Tables Work table in kitchen at Tudor Place. Washington, DC Rotating portable rack in kitchen at The Elms. Newport, RI Kitchen work table with meat grinders & cooking tools at Hill of Tarvit Mansion. Cupar, Scotland
Kitchen Flour Bin Tables Kitchen cabinet with built-in flour bin at Sauer-Beckmann Farmstead. Stonewall, TX Coal burning cook stove beside baking table with built-in flour bins at Red Barn Museum. San Andreas, CA Combination flour bin & sifter with local brand in Fassel-Roeder House at Pioneer Museum. Fredericksburg, TX
Dressing & Vanity Tables Crystal toilette table & chair by L'Escalier de Cristal of Paris under Marie-Jeanne-Rosalie Desarnaud-Charpentier at Louvre Museum. Paris, France Mahogany veneer dressing table from New York in Jan Martense Schenck House at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Dressing table by Joan Busquets i Jane at Museum of Decorative Arts. Barcelona, Spain
Bedside Tables Ornately carved bedside table in main bedroom at Lauriston Castle. Edinburgh, Scotland American mirror eagle mirror, side table & objects in Maple bedroom at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX Art Nouveau bedside table in museum apartment at Casa Milà. Barcelona, Spain
Sewing & Work Tables Sewing or work table on casters in sitting room at Lindenwald. Kinderhook, NY Antique sewing stand in long gallery at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland Covered sewing box at Nichols-Rice-Cherry House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX
Various Work Tables Goldsmith work table with leather to capture scrap gold at John Knox House. Edinburgh, Scotland Engraving table preserved at National Museum of Cambridge Glass. Cambridge, OH Type setting table with flat imposition stone top at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY
Game Tables Three games table: billiards on top level; a precursor of modern pinball when lifted open, & an extractable canon game with built in candlesticks from southern Germany or Alsace at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany Games table in library at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland Original Faro gambling table where Doc Holliday played & beside which he fought duel with Johnny Ringo at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ
Billiard & Pool Tables Pool table in library at Pardee Home Museum. Oakland, CA Trou-madame ladies gaming table in Library at Castle Fraser. Aberdeenshire, Scotland Detail of early 19thC billiard table in Large Library at Hopetoun House. Queensferry, Scotland
20thC Tables & Designers; Art Nouveau; Modern Celandine tea table by Gustav Stickley at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Music room table & chairs at House for an Art Lover. Glasgow, Scotland Dining table & chairs of Kandinsky from Dessau by Otto Bedelind at Georges Pompidou Center. Paris, France
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