A substantial table, equipped with drawers or cupboards, and sometimes with an adjustable reading rack, designed to stand in the centre of the library. They took the form either of a pedestal desk at which two people could sit opposite each other, or of a more conventional table form. The tops were generally lined with tooled leather. Many Australian examples in red cedar and sometimes stained pine survive from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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A cedar rectangular trestle-form library table. Australian…

A cedar rectangular trestle-form library table. Australian circa 1845. Provenance: Sothebys 2002 lot 7. The Estate of the late E Bassett Daughter of Dr W Bassett who commenced medical practice in Bathurst in 1862. The table came from his house Tal-Y-Garn…

A good cedar rectangular top trestle form library table.…

A good cedar rectangular top trestle form library table. Australian circa 1855, 130 cm long 60 cm deep 74 cm high

A large and impressive cedar rectangular library table,…

A large and impressive cedar rectangular library table, Australian circa 1835. Provenance: Purchased privately through Walter & Co Tasmania 1990's, 167 cm wide, 62 cm deep, 82 cm high

Mahogany and parcel-gilt kidney library table / desk, by…

Gillows Mahogany Kidney Library Table - 1795

Mahogany and parcel-gilt kidney library table / desk, by Gillows of Lancaster, c. 1795, the kidney shape top above a single frieze drawer, with two carved supports ending in lion paw feet, on brass castors, height 73.5 cm width 109 cm depth 51 cm.…

Colonial cedar library table, the moulded rectangular rexine…

19th Century Cedar Library Table

Colonial cedar library table, the moulded rectangular rexine lined top on a plain frieze with lockable end drawers, on turned tapering legs terminating in castors, mid 19th century. Length 181 cm, width 83 cm height 74 cm. Provenance: Estate late Trevor…

Australian Colonial cedar library table, c. 1880, the shaped…

Colonial Cedar Library Table, c. 1880

Australian Colonial cedar library table, c. 1880, the shaped rectangular top above a faceted column on a shaped rectangular base, raised on ball feet, height 74 cm width 135 cm depth 67 cm. Provenance: The collection of Robert Hutchinson, Sydney

Altmann & Lindsay (Flinders Lane, Melbourne), impressive…

Colonial Cedar Library Table with Leather Top

Altmann & Lindsay (Flinders Lane, Melbourne), impressive Colonial D-end library table, attractively fitted with drawers and octagonal faceted baluster legs, Australian cedar with tooled leather top, origin, Victoria, circa 1860. 77 cm high, 118 cm wide,…

A large and impressive cedar library table by H. Jones of…

H. Jones Cedar Library Table with Porcelain Castors

A large and impressive cedar library table by H. Jones of Parramatta, late 19th century, with three frieze drawers to each side, raised on baluster legs and porcelain castors, marked with a maker's stencil; 'From H.T. Jones Cabinetmaker & Upholsterer…

Victorian cedar library table / desk with one drawer, 152 cm x…

Victorian Cedar Desk with Drawer

Victorian cedar library table / desk with one drawer, 152 cm x 91 cm, 76 cm high

Large 19th century 3 drawer tooled leather top cedar and pine…

19th Century Tooled Leather Library Table

Large 19th century 3 drawer tooled leather top cedar and pine library table on turned blackwood legs, 76 cm high, 244 cm wide, 150 cm deep

19th century library table mid Victorian style cedar C1860, by…

Victorian Cedar Library Table by George Debney (1860)

19th century library table mid Victorian style cedar C1860, by George Robert Debney (Rundle Street Adelaide, 1818-1897), large scrolled fretwork, carvings with matching stretcher base, single drawer and false drawer to back, with original paper Lable,…

Victorian cedar library table with insert writing surface and 4…

Victorian Cedar Library Table with Writing Surface and Drawers

Victorian cedar library table with insert writing surface and 4 drawers, 2 to each side 78 cm height, 169 cm width, 136 cm depth

A William IV walnut stretcher-based library table, 19th century,…

Walnut Library Table with Green Leather Surface

A William IV walnut stretcher-based library table, 19th century, in pleasing honey tones with a mid-green tooled leather writing surface, two frieze drawers with turned handles, platform trestle ends united by a turned, stretcher and raised on squashed…

Early Australian Colonial cedar and leather top library table…

Colonial Cedar Library Table with Leather Top

Early Australian Colonial cedar and leather top library table of three drawers (one drawer to the rear missing)

George IV rosewood library table, c. 1825, the rounded…

George IV Rosewood Library Table with Lion Paw Feet

George IV rosewood library table, c. 1825, the rounded rectangular top above a twin scrolled frieze with two drawers, on carved pedestal end supports terminating in lion paw feet, height 73.5 cm width 145 cm depth 68 cm. Provenance: Private Collection,…

An Australian cedar library table with embossed leather top,…

Embossed Leather Library Table, 1880

An Australian cedar library table with embossed leather top, circa 1880, 72 cm high, 330 cm wide, 103 cm deep

Victorian cedar library table with 4 drawers to each long side,…

Victorian Cedar Library Table with Drawers and Turned Legs

Victorian cedar library table with 4 drawers to each long side, on turned legs 245 cm x 121 cm, 74 cm high approx

An Australian blackwood library table with 3 drawers and…

19th Century Blackwood Library Table with Leather Top

An Australian blackwood library table with 3 drawers and burgundy leather insert top, late 19th century. 77 cm high, 240 cm wide, 148 cm deep

A Regency satin wood and calamander sofa table, attributed to…

Regency Satinwood & Calamander Sofa Table, Attributed to Gillows

A Regency satin wood and calamander sofa table, attributed to Gillows, English circa 1815, 71.5 high, 71 cm wide closed, 66 cm deep. Provenance: Christie's New York, important English furniture, 9 April 2003 lot 54. The supports and timbers used in this…

A carved oak octagonal library table, English circa 1865. 135…

English Oak Library Table, 1865

A carved oak octagonal library table, English circa 1865. 135 cm wide, 75 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney