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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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

A Victorian walnut foldover card table, 19th century, of…

A Victorian walnut foldover card table, 19th century, of serpentine profile with rounded ear corners, carved to the skirt and raised on a curvaceous birdcage base with splayed cabriole legs with whorl ends and brass casters, 71 cm high, 92 cm wide, 46 cm…

An Australian specimen wood games table with chequer-board top,…

Australian Wood Games Table with Chequer-Board Top

An Australian specimen wood games table with chequer-board top, on a pedestal base with splayed legs, includes a small game pieces drawer underneath, 68 cm high, 60 x 60 cm wide and deep

A Victorian walnut serpentine demi-lune fold-over card table,…

Victorian Walnut Card Table with Baize Lining

A Victorian walnut serpentine demi-lune fold-over card table, the interior with baize lining, raised on a fluted bulbous column from a quadruped scroll carved base with white porcelain casters. 91 x 46 x 72 cm

A Regency period games/work table, the flap top revealing a…

Regency Games Table with Chess Board and Work Bin

A Regency period games/work table, the flap top revealing a chess board. With single drawer above a pull-out work bin. On column supports, stretched base on four scroll feet. England, circa 1810. Width 54 cm, depth 38.5 cm, height 73 cm

A good Regency rosewood games table, finely veneered in…

Regency Rosewood Games Table with Green Baize Surface

A good Regency rosewood games table, finely veneered in Brazilian rosewood, the flip top opening to reveal a green baize surface and compartment, set above a broken pedestal quadraform base with gadrooned edges. All on Vetruvian scrolled feet. England,…

A walnut marquetry games table, 19th century rectangular top…

19th Century Walnut Marquetry Games Table

A walnut marquetry games table, 19th century rectangular top sliding to unfold to the felt lined top, above tapering legs united by a single stretcher 71 cm x 86 cm x 45 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.…

Games table, Victorian burr walnut, folding top with serpentine…

Victorian Burr Walnut Folding Games Table

Games table, Victorian burr walnut, folding top with serpentine edge, over turned column stretcher base, with finial and pokerwork foliate decoration, on white porcelain castors, height 71 cm, width 93 cm, depth 94 cm

A magnificent 19th century inlaid marquetry foldover card table,…

19th Century Marquetry Card Table

A magnificent 19th century inlaid marquetry foldover card table, single hinged rear leg to support open top, condition: in overall very good condition, floral inlays in tact, 72 x 78 x 39.5 cm (Closed)

An 1840s rosewood fold over card table, 73 cm high. 90 cm x 90…

Rosewood Fold Over Card Table from 1840s

An 1840s rosewood fold over card table, 73 cm high. 90 cm x 90 cm

A French Louis XV style kingwood sunburst top demi-lune card…

Louis XV Demi-Lune Card Table with Sunburst Top

A French Louis XV style kingwood sunburst top demi-lune card table on square tapering legs. 75 cm high, 85 cm long, 42 cm depth

Antique French marquetry card table circa 1890. Approx 71 cm…

Antique French Marquetry Card Table

Antique French marquetry card table circa 1890. Approx 71 cm high, 75.5 cm wide, 37.5 cm deep

A Sheraton Revival marquetry decorated card table. The envelope…

Sheraton Revival Marquetry Card Table

A Sheraton Revival marquetry decorated card table. The envelope top, with a frieze drawer, on square tapering legs, with an x stretcher. 76 cm high, 56 cm wide, 56 cm deep

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 Victorian plum pudding mahogany games table, the fold - over…

Victorian Plum Pudding Mahogany Games Table

A Victorian plum pudding mahogany games table, the fold - over top raised on a vase pedestal ending on three downswept legs., 77 x 92 x 90 cm.

Antique card table, approx 75 cm high, 92 cm wide, 90 cm depth

Antique Card Table, 19th Century

Antique card table, approx 75 cm high, 92 cm wide, 90 cm depth

Antique walnut sewing / games table, with fold over swivel top…

Antique Walnut Sewing/Games Table with Tunbridge Inlay

Antique walnut sewing / games table, with fold over swivel top and two drawers, the top with Tunbridge inlay depicting a castle scene, 56 cm wide, 41 cm deep, 74 cm high approx closed

George III demi-lune tea / games table mahogany cross banded in…

George III Tea/Games Table with Cross Banding and Gate Action

George III demi-lune tea / games table mahogany cross banded in satinwood, on tapered and moulded legs, with double gate action. c.1780, 95 cm open diameter, closed width 42.5 cm, height 71 cm

An Edwardian specimen wood chequerboard top games table,…

Edwardian Wood Games Table with Chequerboard Top

An Edwardian specimen wood chequerboard top games table, possibly Australian, with cross banding and stringing to the surface above an open compartment and slatted sides, 76.5 cm high, 56 cm wide, 57 cm deep

19th century walnut ladies work table/games table with inlaid…

Inlaid Walnut Ladies Work/Games Table

19th century walnut ladies work table/games table with inlaid top, the hinged top revealing a fitted interior

An English Regency period rosewood games table fold over games…

Regency Rosewood Fold Over Games Table

An English Regency period rosewood games table fold over games table having a green beige playing surface height 75 cm, length 91.5 cm

A Victorian fold over card table in bur walnut veneer on tri…

Victorian Bur Walnut Fold Over Card Table

A Victorian fold over card table in bur walnut veneer on tri form base

Georgian cross banded mahogany card table, fold over top raised…

Georgian Mahogany Card Table with Cross Banding

Georgian cross banded mahogany card table, fold over top raised on square tapering legs

Envelope card table, English 19th century mahogany with satin…

Mahogany Envelope Card Table with Satin Wood Stringing

Envelope card table, English 19th century mahogany with satin wood stringing, felt interior, single drawer. Height 73 cm depth 77 cm fully extended width 77 cm

An English games table with tilt top, hand-painted papier-mche,…

19th Century Hand-Painted English Games Table with Tilt Top

An English games table with tilt top, hand-painted papier-mche, 19th century, 65 cm high, 54 cm across

Cedar table top post card display of 12 pages

Cedar Postcard Display: Showcase Your Collection in Style

Cedar table top post card display of 12 pages

A 19th century mahogany folder card table with pedestal base on…

Mahogany Pedestal Card Table with Scroll Feet

A 19th century mahogany folder card table with pedestal base on platform with scroll feet. Height 73 cm. Width 90 cm. Depth 45 cm

A William IV mahogany fold over games table, circa 1830, the…

William IV Mahogany Games Table

A William IV mahogany fold over games table, circa 1830, the hinged rectangular top with curved corners opening to a green velvet lined interior, rotating to reveal a storage compartment, with plain frieze, raised on a gun barrel turned column to a…

A Victorian rosewood foldover games table. 19th century, the…

Victorian Rosewood Games Table

A Victorian rosewood foldover games table. 19th century, the rectangular table with a moulded edge and shaped skirt, opening to a baize lined interior, on a single pedestal quatrefoil base with relief carved splayed legs. Height 74 cm, length 92 cm, width…

A George III rosewood crossbanded mahogany games table, circa…

George III Games Table with Inlaid Rosewood and Boxwood

A George III rosewood crossbanded mahogany games table, circa 1800, the half round top enclosing a green baize playing surface, raised on tapering square supports, the top, frieze, and supports variously inlaid rosewood and boxwood, height 73 cm, width 91…

A Victorian fold over mahogany games table the top edge with…

Victorian Mahogany Games Table with Crossbanding

A Victorian fold over mahogany games table the top edge with crossbanding. Width 91 cm; depth 45 cm, closed.

An Edwardian dropleaf occasional table, in the Sheraton style…

Mahogany Dropleaf Table with Inlaid Detail

An Edwardian dropleaf occasional table, in the Sheraton style in mahogany with inlaid and stringing detail, with one freize drawer lined with baize for flatware and faux drawer on opposite side, terminating on tapering square form legs resting on casters.…

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

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

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…

Antique rosewood card table. Fold over envelope top cut with…

Ornate Inlaid Rosewood Card Table

Antique rosewood card table. Fold over envelope top cut with ornate inlaid panels standing on reeded leg with cross stretcher base

Victorian burr walnut D-shaped fold over card table on…

Victorian Burr Walnut Card Table on Cathedral Base

Victorian burr walnut D-shaped fold over card table on cathedral pillar base

Games table Victorian burr walnut, serpentine front on cabriole…

Victorian Burr Walnut Games Table

Games table Victorian burr walnut, serpentine front on cabriole legs, pedestal base, height 38 cm, width 91 cm, depth 45 cm

Edwardian inlaid envelope card table on square tapered legs, 55.…

Inlaid Edwardian Envelope Card Table on Tapered Legs

Edwardian inlaid envelope card table on square tapered legs, 55.5 cm x 55.5 cm, 70 cm high (closed)

Antique mahogany card table with fold over swivel top supported…

Mahogany Swivel Card Table with Brass Castors

Antique mahogany card table with fold over swivel top supported by a turned column and four legs with brass castors, 91.5 cm wide, 72.5 cm high (closed)

Card table, William IV rose wood with claw feet. 75 cm high, 91…

William IV Rosewood Card Table with Claw Feet

Card table, William IV rose wood with claw feet. 75 cm high, 91 cm wide, 45 cm deep.

Victorian fold over burr wood and walnut card table, height 73…

Victorian Burr Wood & Walnut Card Table

Victorian fold over burr wood and walnut card table, height 73 cm width 86 cm depth 50 cm

A Victorian ebonised burr walnut drop leaf tea & card table,…

Victorian Drop Leaf Tea & Card Table

A Victorian ebonised burr walnut drop leaf tea & card table, late 19th century, with label of A&N Aux, C.S.L. (the army & Navy Auxiliary Co-operative Supply Ltd) underside, the small square table with four shaped and rounded drop leaves and original…

A Victorian amboyna, rosewood and walnut games table, circa…

Victorian Inlaid Games Table with Barley Twist Base

A Victorian amboyna, rosewood and walnut games table, circa 1869, the octagonal top inlaid with a games board, above a barley standard on scroll supports, 75 cm high, 49 cm wide.

A late 19th century mahogany envelope folding games table with…

Mahogany Envelope Folding Games Table with Green Baize Interior

A late 19th century mahogany envelope folding games table with four hinged flaps concealing a green baize interior

A parquetry inlaid games table in various fruit woods with…

Fruitwood Parquetry Games Table with Fitted Interior

A parquetry inlaid games table in various fruit woods with fully fitted interior

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 Victorian burr walnut and inlaid games table, the boxwood…

Victorian Burr Walnut Games Table

A Victorian burr walnut and inlaid games table, the boxwood inlaid half round top enclosing a green baize playing surface, raised on a turned and carved pedestal and out swept feet with castors, height 73 cm, width 93 cm, depth 46 cm, diameter 93 cm

A Victorian mahogany platform base foldover games table, 19th…

Victorian Mahogany Foldover Games Table

A Victorian mahogany platform base foldover games table, 19th century, a square table with rounded corners supported on a relief carved and turned pedestal with a lemon squeezer socle to a shaped platform base, with reeded whorl legs and petite casters,…

Antique French Louis XV style mahogany card table circa 1870,…

Antique French Mahogany Card Table, Louis XV Style

Antique French Louis XV style mahogany card table circa 1870, approx 75 cm high, 85 cm long

William IV mahogany card table, rectangular top with shaped…

William IV Mahogany Card Table, Rectangular Shaped Edge

William IV mahogany card table, rectangular top with shaped edge. Height 74 cm. Length 90 cm

Late 19th century mahogany envelope folding card table…

Mahogany Envelope Card Table with Secret Compartments

Late 19th century mahogany envelope folding card table concealing baise top and money receptacles

French Louis XV style walnut fold over card table, approx width…

Louis XV Walnut Card Table (91cm)

French Louis XV style walnut fold over card table, approx width 91 cm. Height 78 cm

A Georgian mahogany and rosewood foldover games table, early…

Georgian Mahogany Games Table with Rosewood and Brass Details

A Georgian mahogany and rosewood foldover games table, early 19th century, the rectangular table with rounded corners having rosewood cross banding and boxwood stringing, raised on a carved wrythen pedestal to a ringed lower section and a concave…

Antique Napoleon III card table. Top opens up and the legs…

Napoleon III Card Table (1870)

Antique Napoleon III card table. Top opens up and the legs slide out to support it, circa 1870, approx. 71 cm x 80 cm

An Edwardian mahogany envelope card table, the square top with…

Mahogany Envelope Card Table with Baize Interior

An Edwardian mahogany envelope card table, the square top with an envelope opening to reveal a green baize interior, cross banding and strung detail to the top, raised on square section slender tapering legs terminating in brown porcelain casters. 56 x 56…

Well hand crafted parquetry inlaid games table

Artisanal Parquetry Games Table

Well hand crafted parquetry inlaid games table

Victorian rosewood card table, with fold over swivel top on…

Victorian Rosewood Swivel Card Table

Victorian rosewood card table, with fold over swivel top on carved pedestal and scrolled feet, 86 cm wide, 75 cm high approx

A marquetry inlaid games table

Marquetry Games Table

A marquetry inlaid games table

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

Victorian Burr Walnut Games Table

A late Victorian burr walnut fold over games table, later 19th century, the rectangular surface with bullnose edging and quarter veneer panels with boxwood stringing and convolvulus flower ornaments to the corners, green baize to the interior and raised…

A reproduction Victorian fold over card table 91.5 dia

Victorian Fold Over Card Table - Antique Reproduction

A reproduction Victorian fold over card table 91.5 dia

A Georgian gate-leg games table, the fold-over top veneered in…

Georgian Mahogany Gate-Leg Games Table

A Georgian gate-leg games table, the fold-over top veneered in mahogany with cross banding and canted corners, satin wood banded frieze above square tapered legs, circa 1790, 75 cm high, 92 cm wide, 45 cm deep, 89 cm deep when open

A mid Victorian burr walnut fold-over games table, with green…

Victorian Burr Walnut Games Table

A mid Victorian burr walnut fold-over games table, with green baize interior on carved pedestal base with four scroll splayed legs, height 72 cm, width 91 cm, length 45 cm. Extended: height 70 cm, width 91 cmmm, length 91 cm

Antique rosewood envelope card table

Rosewood Envelope Card Table - Antique Treasure

Antique rosewood envelope card table

Victorian walnut card table, with fold over swivel top, 93 cm…

Victorian Walnut Swivel Card Table - 93cm Wide

Victorian walnut card table, with fold over swivel top, 93 cm wide, 73.5 cm high

French Louis XV style fold over games table with floral…

Floral Marquetry Games Table in Louis XV Style

French Louis XV style fold over games table with floral marquetry decoration, 75 cm high, 73 cm wide, 53 cm deep

An English Victorian walnut & satin wood inlay demi lune card…

Victorian Walnut Demi Lune Card Table

An English Victorian walnut & satin wood inlay demi lune card table 96 cm dia

Antique Rosewood card table with fold over swivel top supported…

Rosewood Swivel Card Table with Carved Legs

Antique Rosewood card table with fold over swivel top supported by a pedestal column and 4 carved legs, 102 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 79 cm high, closed Faded.

An Edwardian Sheraton style mahogany envelope card table,…

Edwardian Mahogany Envelope Card Table

An Edwardian Sheraton style mahogany envelope card table, English, early 20th century, 74 cm high, 61 cm wide, 61 cm deep. Exhibited: George Walker Ltd, Auckland, 24 March 1965

A late Georgian demi lune double gateleg games table the hinged…

Georgian Double Gateleg Games Table with Baize Top

A late Georgian demi lune double gateleg games table the hinged top enclosing a baize-lined playing surface. Height 74 cm, width 93 cm, depth 94 cm

19th century mahogany folding card table

Mahogany Folding Card Table (7 words)

19th century mahogany folding card table

Tassie oak heptagonal games table with 7 player's drawers and…

Heptagonal Tasmanian Oak Games Table with Drawers and Shelves

Tassie oak heptagonal games table with 7 player's drawers and slide out utensil shelves, 128 x 128 cm, 76 cm high approx. Reputedly ex Sydney Rac club.

Chippendale style mahogany games table by beard Watson, Sydney,…

Chippendale Mahogany Games Table by Beard Watson, Sydney

Chippendale style mahogany games table by beard Watson, Sydney, 97 cm wide, 48 cm deep, 78 cm high

Edwardian card table, with fold over swivel top and turned legs…

Edwardian Swivel Card Table with Turned Legs

Edwardian card table, with fold over swivel top and turned legs joined by shaped stretchers, 84 cm wide, 76.5 cm high

A Georgian English mahogany gate leg games table with reeded…

Georgian Mahogany Gate Leg Games Table

A Georgian English mahogany gate leg games table with reeded edge top above turned legs 91 x 42 x 75 cm

A Georgian mahogany fold-over games table, early 19th century,…

Georgian mahogany games table with green baize interior

A Georgian mahogany fold-over games table, early 19th century, the demi-lune table opening to a green baize interior, delicate boxwood and ebony stringing to the edges and shaped reserves, crossbanding, and raised on tapering square section legs with…

A swing top, foldover games table, some minor reparations…

Swing Top Games Table - Repairs Needed

A swing top, foldover games table, some minor reparations needed to reattach top to base., 72 x 86 x 85 cm

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

An Australian Colonial games top table, kauri pine, 19th…

19th Century Australian Colonial Kauri Pine Games Table

An Australian Colonial games top table, kauri pine, 19th century, 71 cm high, 76 cm wide, 46 cm deep

Antique walnut games table with fold over burr walnut top and…

Antique Walnut Games Table with Burr Top and Detachable Legs

Antique walnut games table with fold over burr walnut top and detachable screw thread legs, 89 cm wide, 88 cm deep, open, 44 cm deep, closed, 76 cm high, right top corner of top warped

Georgian oak games table with fold out top and gate leg support,…

Georgian Oak Fold-Out Games Table

Georgian oak games table with fold out top and gate leg support, 91 cm wide, 74 cm high

A modern games table, the top slides out to reveal a backgammon…

Chinoiserie Games Table with Backgammon Board

A modern games table, the top slides out to reveal a backgammon board, raised on tripod base, painted in a green and gold chinoiserie. 75 x 57 x 84 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

A Victorian mahogany inlaid tilt top card table, 19th century,…

A Victorian mahogany inlaid tilt top card table, 19th century, with a well figured quarter veneer surface, boxwood stringing and delicate inlay, raised on a birdcage base with cabriole legs with whorl ends and porcelain casters, 71 cm high, 108 cm wide,…

French Louis XV style games table, in walnut, with shaped top…

Louis XV Walnut Games Table with Green Felt Interior

French Louis XV style games table, in walnut, with shaped top above a carved foliate apron, opening to an inset green felt interior, on cabriole floral legs, accented in gilt, 76 x 87 cm

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

Victorian Burr Walnut Games Table with Inlay and Carving

A Victorian burr walnut fold over inlaid games table, 19th century, the demi-lune table with thumb nail edging and inlaid with a delicate scrolling boxwood border of convolvulus, birdcage turned supports to a drum style base issuing four cabriole splayed…

A mahogany gateleg games style table. Early 20th century, the…

Mahogany Gateleg Games Table, Early 20th Century

A mahogany gateleg games style table. Early 20th century, the rectangular table with shaped corners opening to a well figured table top supported on tapering cabriole legs with a simple carved drapery motif to the knees and terminating in pad feet. Height…

Campaign games table mahogany, c.1900, bridge and piquet…

Mahogany Campaign Games Table with Bridge and Piquet Drawers

Campaign games table mahogany, c.1900, bridge and piquet drawers, makers mark, J C Vickery for, John Collard Vickery, London, height 75, width 86, depth 86 cm

William IV rosewood card table, with fold over swivel top, 91.5…

William IV Rosewood Card Table with Swivel Top

William IV rosewood card table, with fold over swivel top, 91.5 cm wide, 75 cm high

Antique mahogany card table 91 cm wide, 73 cm high

Mahogany Card Table - Antique and Elegant

Antique mahogany card table 91 cm wide, 73 cm high

Edwardian games table with fretwork stretcher. 90 cm, by 46 cm…

Edwardian Fretwork Games Table

Edwardian games table with fretwork stretcher. 90 cm, by 46 cm and 73 cm tall.

Victorian sewing or games table inset game board to top, lid…

Victorian Inlaid Games Table with Fitted Interior

Victorian sewing or games table inset game board to top, lid opens to fitted interior, with segmented tray. Tri-footed. Vendor advises the table was hand made on board ship travelling from UK to Australia. (Height 77 cm

Antique style card table with fold over swivel top and storage…

Reeded Leg Card Table with Swivel Top and Storage

Antique style card table with fold over swivel top and storage compartment, on turned reeded legs

Antique oak games table with two drawers. 97 cm wide, 46 cm…

Antique Oak Games Table with Drawers and Key

Antique oak games table with two drawers. 97 cm wide, 46 cm deep and 73 cm tall. key available

Antique French oak games table, with fold over top and 2…

French Oak Games Table with Fold Over Top and Drawers

Antique French oak games table, with fold over top and 2 drawers, 97 cm wide, 73 cm high