A small table equipped with an inlaid chess board and sometimes a backgammon board. They are often fitted with drawers to hold games pieces, pencils, score sheets and so on. The tops of these tables are sometimes reversible, sometimes opening to reveal the chess board beneath. Examples dating from the 18th century are known, but most still available are of Victorian origin. Many Australian games tables have survived, with the chess board made of stained woods or sometimes consisting of many different inlaid native timbers. Card tables are a variant of the games table.

Also known as 'gaming tables'. From the early 18th century there have been a wide variety of styles and designs. The playing tops are usually covered with cloth or green baize. Queen Anne and early Georgian examples, with simple cabriole legs, often had recesses for gambling chips. Fold-over card tables, either rectangular or circular were introduced during the mid-18th century, and continued to be made until this century. In some versions, the table legs opened by a concertina or gateleg action to provide support for the top. Other tables, dating from the early 19th century, had a swivel more...

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A demi-lune parquetry inlaid foldover games table, 19th century,…

19th Century Demi-Lune Parquetry Games Table with Inlaid Design

A demi-lune parquetry inlaid foldover games table, 19th century, with a bold lattice surface and chevron motif to the skirt, opening to green baize interior, supported on a pull out drawer leg, with gilt bronze sabots, 76.5 cm high, 95.5 cm diameter

A fine Victorian burl walnut fold over games table, 19th…

Victorian Burl Walnut Fold-Over Games Table with Carved Details

A fine Victorian burl walnut fold over games table, 19th century, the rotating fold-over top enclosing a green velvet interior with superbly carved end supports on carved legs, bearing a stamp of the Irish Antiques Dealers Association. Height 74 cm,…

A Louis XVI style fold over games table, circa 1900, the brass…

Louis XVI Style Games Table with Floral Inlay and Gilt Mounts

A Louis XVI style fold over games table, circa 1900, the brass edged serpentine top floral inlaid to strung central cartouche, opening to a velvet interior with rosewood strung border, and raised on tapering cabriole legs with foliate gilt metal mounts…

Victorian walnut games table, of shaped demi lune form, on a…

Victorian Walnut Games Table with Carved Fruit Decoration

Victorian walnut games table, of shaped demi lune form, on a well carved base decorated with carved fruit, raised on three scrolled legs,76 cm x 100 cm

Edwardian games table, with rectangular hinged top, opening to…

Edwardian Hinged Top Games Table with Green Velvet Interior

Edwardian games table, with rectangular hinged top, opening to inset green velvet interior, raised on four reeded tapering legs, united by gallery stretcher with central urn finial, on casters, 73 cm x 89 cm x 44 cm

An Australian games top wine table with tilting mechanism,…

1880 Australian Games Top Wine Table with Tilting Mechanism

An Australian games top wine table with tilting mechanism, cedar and huon pine, circa 1880, 72 cm high, 51 cm diameter

A French Napoleon III boulle marquetry card table, beautifully…

French Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Card Table: Brass & Tortoise

A French Napoleon III boulle marquetry card table, beautifully inlaid with brass and tortoise shell on cabriole legs. Height: 76 cm. Width: 90 cm. Depth: 46 cm.

A fine French boulle fold-over card table, profusely inlaid…

A fine French boulle fold-over card table, profusely inlaid with scroll brass floral marquetry on red tortoiseshell ground and adorned with handsome ormolu mounts, circa 1870, 80 cm high, 90 cm wide, 45 cm (extends to 89 cm) deep

An antique English Sheraton Revival fold-over card table,…

An antique English Sheraton Revival fold-over card table, mahogany with satinwood cross banding and hand-painted floral decoration, late 19th century, 77 cm high, 83 cm wide, 41 cm deep (extends to 82 cm)

A Mid-Georgian mahogany games table, mid 18th century, the…

18th Century Georgian Mahogany Games Table with Concertina Extension

A Mid-Georgian mahogany games table, mid 18th century, the rectangular fold-over top extending on a concertina action, raised on lappeted turned supports with pad feet, 70 cm high, 89 cm wide, 43 cm deep (85.5 cm extended)

An 18th/19th century mahogany Chippendale fold-over top games…

An 18th/19th century mahogany Chippendale fold-over top games table (possibly American), rounded front corners, the folding top revealing felted 'turret' rounds to the corners and four oval dished gaming receptacles, scrolling apron, raised on shaped legs…

A Louis XV style boulle fold-over card table, 19th century,…

A Louis XV style boulle fold-over card table, 19th century, with intricate brass inlay in the Berainesque manner upon a red tortoiseshell ground, beadwork trims and raised on tapering and hipped cabriole legs, 76.5 cm high, 71 cm wide, 39 cm deep

An inlaid Victorian burr walnut foldover card table, 19th…

An inlaid Victorian burr walnut foldover card table, 19th century, the shaped surface above a delicately inlaid skirt and raised on a pierced and carved pedestal and four cabriole legs with whorl ends, 73.5 cm high, 92 cm wide, 46 cm deep (folded)

An antique English walnut sewing table with fold-over games top,…

An antique English walnut sewing table with fold-over games top, 19th century, 74 cm high, 61 cm wide, 42 cm deep

An antique English walnut games table, circa 1875, 72 cm high,…

An antique English walnut games table, circa 1875, 72 cm high, 51 cm diameter

Antique English satinwood inlaid fold over games table, 18-19th…

Antique English satinwood inlaid fold over games table, 18-19th century, old borer and old repair, height 76 cm, diameter 98 cm

A Dutch inlaid mahogany games table, 19th century, the…

A Dutch inlaid mahogany games table, 19th century, the triangular fold-over top above a frieze raised on square tapering supports, the top strung and inlaid with a classical design of a vase and flowering foliage, the frieze and supports similarly inlaid.…

Lovely William IV games table, in flame mahogany, with hinged…

Lovely William IV games table, in flame mahogany, with hinged top, above a carved acanthus and molded apron, on a facetted baluster support, on a circular base raised on four well carved paw feet, 74 cm x 94 cm

Beautiful Regency card table, with a hinged curved rectangular…

Beautiful Regency card table, with a hinged curved rectangular top, opening to felt interior, with stringing to top and front, above a cylindrical ring pedestal, above a gadrooned border on shaped square base, on splayed feet with brass mounts and casters…

A good cedar rectangular fold-over pedestal card-table.…

A good cedar rectangular fold-over pedestal card-table. Australian circa 1835, 98 cm wide 49 cm deep, 77 cm high

An early cedar fold-over rope-twist carved leg card- table,…

An early cedar fold-over rope-twist carved leg card- table, Australian circa 1835. See Australian furniture, 'A Pictorial History' [Fahy and Simpson] page 383, plate 420 for a similar example. Provenance: Swan, Murray and Hain, Hunter Valley NSW 2002 lot…

A George I triple fold-over tea and games table English early…

A George I triple fold-over tea and games table English early 18th century 86 cm wide, 42 cm deep 77 cm high, English early 18th century, 86 cm wide, 42 cm deep 77 cm high

A George IV satinwood-banded rosewood games table, early 1820s,…

A George IV satinwood-banded rosewood games table, early 1820s, the fold-over top with concave front and sides and cross-banded with satinwood enclosing a green baize lined playing surface, raised on a square spreading pedestal with a gadrooned foot on…

Good William IV card table, with a hinged cross banded top,…

Good William IV card table, with a hinged cross banded top, opening to felt interior, above a facetted tapering support, raised on four outward swept reed legs, set with brass rams head feet on casters, 75 cm x 91 cm x 45 cm

A late Victorian burr walnut fold over games table, later 19th…

Victorian Burr Walnut Fold Over Games Table, Late 19th Century

A late Victorian burr walnut fold over games table, later 19th century the rectangular top with curved ends, rounded corners, bullnose edging and quarter veneer panels with boxwood stringing and convolvulus flower inlay to the corners, opening to a later…

A George IV Goncalo Alves (tigerwood) and parcel gilt card…

George IV Goncalo Alves and Gilt Card Table, Lotus Pedestal

A George IV Goncalo Alves (tigerwood) and parcel gilt card table, the rectangular baize lined fold-over top on a narrow moulded frieze and tapering pedestal with lotus and scroll carved angles, the quatreform base with moulded feet concealing castors.…