loo - tables
Loo table. A widely used term in the Australian antique trade describing a Victorian tilt-top on a pedestal base. Usually round or oval in shape, the top could be tilted vertically when not in use and the table pushed to one corner of the room. English versions are usually veneered in highly figured walnut, rosewood, mahogany, often with cross banding and stringing. In Australia, the form was much simpler with construction of Australia, cedar. The top, when horizontal, was held in place by brass thumbscrews fixed to the pedestal block. The term derives from a card game 'lanterloo' introduced to England from France during the early 19th century.
Quality can vary significantly in loo tables, and in the lesser examples the veneers are not so well figured, construction is lighter, and bases are of plainer design. Check for bubbling veneer, and patches where the veneer has lifted and disappeared. Often the damage occurs in the centre of the table, where a vase has leaked, and if there is inlay in the area, effective repair is almost impossible.
Quality can vary significantly in loo tables, and in the lesser examples the veneers are not so well figured, construction is lighter, and bases are of plainer design. Check for bubbling veneer, and patches where the veneer has lifted and disappeared. Often the damage occurs in the centre of the table, where a vase has leaked, and if there is inlay in the area, effective repair is almost impossible.
27 item(s) found:
A Victorian Irish walnut and marquetry loo table, the satinwood inlaid oval top on a carved bulbous column raised on four out swept legs. Height 73 cm. Length 150 cm. Depth 117 cm
Burr walnut loo table on turned pedestal with four carved legs
Victorian walnut inlaid loo table with Birdcage base
A Victorian burr walnut and inlaid loo table
An oval cedar tilt top loo table with carved quad-form base 74 cm high
A Victorian marquetry and burr walnut tilt top loo table, the ornate foliate inlaid oval top raised on a quadripartite platform base and four out swept legs, 132 x 73 x 98.
Victorian walnut tilt top loo table with marquetry decoration on carved bulbous column with four carved out swept supports
A Victorian walnut and marquetry loo table 107 cm wide 74 cm deep. 71 cm high
A Victorian oval burr walnut loo table, circa 1870, the oval table top with plain skirt raised upon a heavily carved pedestal base supported via four cabriole legs with castors. Height 75 cm. Width 133 cm. Depth 102 cm
A burr walnut loo table, circa 1870, the quarter panelled burr walnut veneered top with satin stringing and inlaid decoration on a bird cage base with four carved and shaped outswept legs. Height 71.5 cm. Width 123 cm. Depth 90 cm
The James Lumsden birdseye huon pine exhibition centre table, circa 1850, the top of this extraordinary table exhibits a star veneer pattern in 12 sections inside a wide cross banding of tightly figured birdseye huon pine,…
A fine Victorian burr walnut oval loo table with a central carved bulbous column on four carved splay legs. Width 104 cm. Length 141 cm. Height 72 cm
A Victorian tilt top loo table in walnut marquetry on a shaped pedestal base on scrolled feet. Diameter 98 cm . Height 70 cm
Victorian burr walnut oval loo table with marquetry decoration, snap top with moulded edge on turned central column with quadrupled splayed supports carved with foliate
A Victorian walnut and inlaid loo table with bird cage base. Length 120 cm. Depth 89 cm . Height 69 cm
A 19th century Australian walnut and ebonised loo table from Stanley Park. Length 108 cm. Width 83 cm. Height 73 cm
A Victorian burr walnut and marquetry loo table, the satinwood inlaid oval top raised on an ornate scroll carved tripartite standard with four out swept legs, 152 x 72 x 110 cm.
A Victorian oval burr walnut loo table with arabesque marquetry, tilt top, with four columns on four out swept carved supports.
An early Victorian walnut oval loo table, tilt top on a bulbous fluted column with four out swept supports.
A Victorian burr walnut and inlaid oval loo table with tilt top on four columns with four carved out swept supports.
Victorian burr walnut scalloped top loo table on carved bulbous column with four out swept supports
A Victorian walnut and marquetry loo table, the oval top with cross banded husk flower and patera decoration, raised on a turned standard and four scroll carved out swept legs, 134 x 73 x 104 cm
A Victorian walnut and inlaid loo table. Length 91 cm. Width 74 cm. Height 65 cm
Victorian figured walnut loo table quatrefoil out-line, octagonal baluster column and scroll moulded legs
A Victorian burr walnut loo table with satinwood banding and marquetry decoration, tilt top on birdcage with four columns and four out swept supports
Victorian burr walnut loo table on carved pedestal base