Antique French console and hall tables

A form of console table although usually much heavier in form and design. Generally rectangular in shape, with scroll or turned legs at the front and flat rear supports. Often fitted with drawers. Many large side tables are nowadays described as hall tables, and the collector should be careful of the converted or incorrectly labelled Victorian washstand.

Similar in design and function to a pier table, a console table is a side table supported on legs or scrolled brackets at the front, usually with the back secured to the wall.

Usually surmounted with a tall mirror, they were made to stand in the piers or divisions between the windows of a drawing room.

Later Victorian versions were often freestanding on a platform base, with straight rear supports to enable the table to stand flat against the wall.

Console tables usually had marble tops. Potential purchasers should be aware that many converted marble top washstands are now marketed more...

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Louis XV style giltwood console table, 19th century, with…

Rocaille Console Table with Rouge Marble Top

Louis XV style giltwood console table, 19th century, with variegated rouge marble top, above a carved rocaille and shell base, height 83 cm width 66 cm depth 38 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Irena Nebenzahl, Sydney

Eugene Dienst (French, active c. 1870-1900) Louis XVI style…

Louis XVI style console table by Eugene Dienst

Eugene Dienst (French, active c. 1870-1900) Louis XVI style mahogany, satine and parcel-gilt console table, c. 1890 the rouge marble top above a carved apron decorated with gilded acanthus leaves and flanked by laurel branches, raised on fluted legs, the…

French neoclassical Parcel-Gilt and cream painted console table,…

French Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt Console Table

French neoclassical Parcel-Gilt and cream painted console table, the white rectangular marble top above an apron carved with scrolling flowers and strung with garlands, over four tapered legs joined by cross shaped stretchers, height 87 cm, width 123 cm,…

Louis XVI style console table, with rectangular marble top and…

Louis XVI Console Tables (2)

Louis XVI style console table, with rectangular marble top and ormolu mounts, raised on four fluted legs, together with a Louis XVI style petite console table, with black marble top (A/F) (2). Height 78 cm. Width 92 cm. Depth 35 cm, height 78 cm. Width 56…

Louis XVI style serpentine front console table, with single…

Serpentine Console Table with Ormolu Mounts

Louis XVI style serpentine front console table, with single front drawer, the ebonised top and front decorated with flowers, with ormolu mounts. Height 78 cm. Width 115 cm. Depth 40 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Nancy Melick, NSW

A French bow front console table. Imported for Geraldine Cooper…

French Bow Front Console Table

A French bow front console table. Imported for Geraldine Cooper Interiors, the milkwashed 'Elenore' console table with a shaped mushroom timber top above a fluted skirt, and upon slender baluster style fluted legs (retail $1850). Height 91 cm. Width 150…

A Louis XV style gilt gesso and carved wood marble top console…

Louis XV Gilt Console Table, 19th Century, French

A Louis XV style gilt gesso and carved wood marble top console table, French 19th century. 150 cm wide, 87 cm high and 70 cm deep. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Art Deco wrought iron console table, French c. 1930, shaped…

Art Deco Wrought Iron Console Table with Marble Top

Art Deco wrought iron console table, French c. 1930, shaped rouge marble top. Height 88 cm. Width 169 cm. Depth 43 cm. Provenance: Manning and Manning. The Estate of a Lady, NSW