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...

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.

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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 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 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

Harry Goldman (attributed) fiddleback blackwood fold-over card…

Goldman Fiddleback Blackwood Fold-Over Card Table

Harry Goldman (attributed) fiddleback blackwood fold-over card table, circa 1920s, 79 cm high, 91 cm wide, 46 cm deep

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

An Australian blackwood games table in George III style, early…

George III Style Blackwood Games Table with Baize Surface

An Australian blackwood games table in George III style, early 20th century, the half round top enclosing a baize-lined playing surface above a frieze showing attractive fiddleback figuring, raised on tapering supports with spade feet, 74.5 cm high, 108.5…

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 Regency mahogany and brass inlaid card table, the D-shaped…

Regency Mahogany & Brass Inlaid Card Table with Rosewood Crossbanding

A Regency mahogany and brass inlaid card table, the D-shaped fold over top crossbanded in rosewood and inlaid in cut brass the plain frieze with central inlaid tablet and brass lines, on a four scroll pedestal and four swept legs all with brass line inlay…

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.

George III satinwood and tulip cross-banded elliptical card…

George III Satinwood Elliptical Card Table, c. 1780

George III satinwood and tulip cross-banded elliptical card table, c. 1780, in the manner of John Linnell, the demi-lune fold over top with inlaid decoration above four tapering legs, height 75 cm width 97 cm depth 45 cm. Provenance: Private Collection,…

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.

A rare and unusual late Victorian Australian blackwood games…

Victorian Blackwood Games Table with Unique Design

A rare and unusual late Victorian Australian blackwood games table, unidentified Melbourne maker, circa 1890, the heptagonal leatherette-lined top with concave sides above a frieze with a small drawer to each of its seven sides, each side of the frieze…

Regency rosewood twin pedestal card table, with green baize top.…

Regency Rosewood Card Table with Lion Feet

Regency rosewood twin pedestal card table, with green baize top. Four splay legs with brass lion feet, height 71 cm, (91 x 91 cm. Provenance: Luciano Sita collection, Sydney.

An envelope top games table, Australian hardwood, circa 1920,…

1920 Australian Hardwood Envelope Top Games Table

An envelope top games table, Australian hardwood, circa 1920, 77 cm high, 38 cm wide, 38 cm deep (extends to 54 cm wide, 54 cm deep)

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

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

A Colonial cedar fold-over card table, original baize interior,…

Colonial Cedar Fold-Over Card Table (1860)

A Colonial cedar fold-over card table, original baize interior, South Australian origin, circa 1860, 74 cm high, 91 cm wide, 45 cm deep

Andrew Lenehan (attributed) fold-over card table, rosewood…

Rosewood Fold-Over Card Table, Sydney 1840s

Andrew Lenehan (attributed) fold-over card table, rosewood veneer on Australian cedar, Sydney, New South Wales origin, circa 1840s, 74 cm high, 92 cm wide, 45 cm deep (extends to 90 cm deep)

An Australian games top table, blackwood, cedar and kauri pine,…

19th Century Australian Games Table

An Australian games top table, blackwood, cedar and kauri pine, 19th century, pencil inscription 'William wood French, 8-93, age 62 + 2 Months, 73 cm high, 48 cm diameter

A rare Colonial games top table inlaid with Australian and…

Colonial Inlaid Top Table with Australian and Exotic Timbers

A rare Colonial games top table inlaid with Australian and exotic timbers, Barossa valley origin, South Australia, 19th century, 74 cm high, 73 cm diameter

An Exhibition games top wine table, blackwood, musk, banksia,…

Tasmanian Exhibition Wine Table, Circa 1890

An Exhibition games top wine table, blackwood, musk, banksia, King Billy pine, cedar and pine, Tasmanian origin, circa 1890, tilt-top, 75 cm high, 69 cm wide, 69 cm deep

A games top wine table, blackwood and pine, circa 1880, 74 cm…

Circa 1880 Wine Table in Blackwood and Pine

A games top wine table, blackwood and pine, circa 1880, 74 cm high, 48 cm diameter

Card table mid 19th century Australian, cedar circa 1855-60,…

Mid 19th Century Australian Cedar Card Table

Card table mid 19th century Australian, cedar circa 1855-60, fold over swivel top, tapering turned column, and quatrefoil base, (missing concealed castors), height 74 cm, length 90 cm, depth 44.5 cm

A superb Regency sofa table, of Pembroke type in fine…

Regency Sofa Table with Neoclassical Motifs and Gilt Bronze

A superb Regency sofa table, of Pembroke type in fine calamander and rosewood veneer over mahogany. The top is inlaid with a gilt brass scrolling acanthus leaf border and stringing, and mounted with gilt bronze borders. The four bow shaped legs, also…

Anton Seuffert circular card table, the top with geometric…

Anton Seuffert Inlaid Circular Card Table

Anton Seuffert circular card table, the top with geometric inlays in various New Zealand native timbers on baluster shaped acanthus leaf column and downswept circular platform base with scroll feet, original paper label to the underside, 60 cm dia.

Early Tasmanian blackwood envelope fold over carved card table,…

Carved Tasmanian Blackwood Card Table by Sarah Todd

Early Tasmanian blackwood envelope fold over carved card table, Sarah Squire Todd (Nee Mason 1861 - 1959). Samples of Todds work can be found in the Tmag. Provenance: Family member

Colonial cedar games table with fold over top supported by a…

Cedar Games Table with Fold-Over Top and Drawers

Colonial cedar games table with fold over top supported by a rear gate leg above 2 drawers to the front, 109 cm x 109 cm, open, 75 cm high

Regency mahogany card table, c. 1830, the D-end rectangular…

Regency Mahogany Card Table with Pedestal Base

Regency mahogany card table, c. 1830, the D-end rectangular fold-over top, on pedestal support above a shaped rectangular base with gadroon border and four sabre legs terminating in brass caps and castors, height 74 cm, width 92 cm, depth 46 cm.…

Louis XVI style mahogany and parquetry card table, with string…

Mahogany Parquetry Card Table with Gilt-Metal Mounts

Louis XVI style mahogany and parquetry card table, with string and floral inlaid decoration and gilt-metal mounts, height 75 cm width 83 cm depth 42 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, double Bay, NSW

George III inlaid demi lune mahogany card table, on tapering…

George III Mahogany Card Table

George III inlaid demi lune mahogany card table, on tapering legs. 94 cm wide, 74 cm high. Purchased Stanley Lipscombe Antiques, Sydney 1965.

A beautiful c.1850 antique Colonial rosewood foldover card…

Antique Colonial Rosewood Foldover Card Table

A beautiful c.1850 antique Colonial rosewood foldover card table, 70 x 90 x 90 cm

Regency mahogany card table, with fold-over top above a turned…

Regency Mahogany Card Table with Turned Support and Down-Swept Legs

Regency mahogany card table, with fold-over top above a turned support on a small circular base, raised on four down-swept legs with brass terminals. Height 75.5 cm. Width 91.5 cm. Depth 45.5 cm. Provenance: The Collection of Peggy Moore, NSW

Vintage Tasmanian oak card table with fold over swivel top, on…

Tasmanian Oak Swivel Card Table on Cabriole Legs

Vintage Tasmanian oak card table with fold over swivel top, on cabriole legs, 92 cm wide, 76 cm high

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

Card table: impressive early cedar table, Sydney c1835. The…

Early Cedar Card Table, Sydney c1835

Card table: impressive early cedar table, Sydney c1835. The design of this table can be traced to a combination of 2 tables from 'King's Cabinet Work (1829)' pattern book. Showing a superior standard of craftmanship this table was made by one of Sydney's…

A superb Anton Seuffert geometric pattern card table of various…

Anton Seuffert Inlaid Geometric Pattern Card Table

A superb Anton Seuffert geometric pattern card table of various New Zealand inlaid timbers. The lower column carved by Anton Teutenberg in floral relief. Illustrated in Brian Peets, The Seuffert Legacy. Height 73 cm. Depth 61 cm. Provenance: Ruth Simon…

An Australian cedar card table, by Andrew Lenehan, circa 1845,…

Australian Cedar Card Table, Andrew Lenehan, Circa 1845

An Australian cedar card table, by Andrew Lenehan, circa 1845, the rectangular hinged top enclosing a green baize, above a plain frieze, supported on a faceted bulbous column with stylised floral collar above a circular platform, raise on three paw feet…

A magnificent Anton Seuffert parquetry floral pattern card…

Magnificent Seuffert Parquetry Floral Pattern Card Table

A magnificent Anton Seuffert parquetry floral pattern card table. This table represents one of the more complex and free flowing of the Seuffert 'Standard patterns', the fern & Clematis design, similar to a table presented to Countess Aberdeen in 1887.…

A fine George III painted satinwood card table, Irish, circa…

George III Satinwood Card Table, Irish, 1790

A fine George III painted satinwood card table, Irish, circa 1790 with Irish removalist's paper label beneath. 73 cm high, 90 cm wide, 45 cm deep. Provenance: John Dunn Antiques, Melbourne

A fine Regency mahogany, satinwood and ebony crossed-banded and…

Regency Inlaid Card Table, 1810

A fine Regency mahogany, satinwood and ebony crossed-banded and inlaid card table, English, circa 1810. 73 cm high, 91 cm wide and 51 cm deep. Provenance: The Collection of Amana Finley, Sydney 6 July 2008