What wood are work tables usually made from?

Mahogany, walnut and rosewood account for the bulk of the titles, with burr walnut the most frequent of the walnut descriptions. Past that the timbers run wide. Satinwood turns up often, and pollard and burr oak, birds-eye maple, Karelian and burr birch, amboyna, kingwood, harewood, macassar ebony, burr yew, ash and elm all appear.

How old is an antique work table likely to be?

The dated field stretches from 1750 to 1950, but the weight sits in the 19th century. '19th Century' is the largest single label, then Regency, then Victorian. Where decades are given they gather mid-century, in the 1850s, 1860s, 1870s and 1880s, with a small 1920s tail. Eighteenth-century and 20th-century pieces both appear, but thinly.

Why do listings give a table several different uses?

Because the form absorbed jobs as it went. A table made for needlework also served as a lamp stand, a side table or a games table, and dealers title it accordingly. A good number of listings call the piece a side table as well, and others stack work, sewing, lamp and hall into one title.

Are pine kitchen and drapers' tables the same thing?

No. They share the heading but not the purpose. Pine kitchen tables, drapers', trestle and industrial benches, foundry and mill tables are practical furniture filed under the same words. They're about one in ten of what's listed, and fewer in live stock than in the archive.

What does a Pembroke work table look like?

Two hinged drop leaves on a central body, so the top can be opened out or dropped down against the frame. Mahogany is the usual timber for them. They're a smaller branch of the category, sitting alongside plain drop-flap examples.

How often do work tables come up on Sellingantiques?

Around 127 a year, and 244 different dealers have handled one. It's a form almost every general furniture dealer touches at some point. That spread is part of why the heading is so broad: the same two words cover a burr walnut sewing table and a French wrought-iron console.

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A work table is a small lidded or drawer-fitted table made for needlework and close handwork, with somewhere to keep threads, reels and materials.

Superb Quality Antique Regency Freestanding Mahogany Sewing/side Table

19th century

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Superb Quality Antique Regency Freestanding Mahogany Sewing/side Table

From London City Antiques

£1,485

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19th century

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19thc. Satinwood Work Table

From Piers Pisani Ltd Antiques and Furniture

£375

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19th century

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Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Table

From FB Antiques

£1,000

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19th century

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19th Century Walnut Work Table

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,325

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Antique Ladies Work Table, English, Walnut, Waring & Gillow, Victorian

1900 - 1920

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Antique Ladies Work Table, English, Walnut, Waring & Gillow, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£2,950

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An Attractive George IV Rosewood Work Table

18th century

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An Attractive George IV Rosewood Work Table

From W.J. Gravener Antiques Ltd.

£1,150

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Rustic Farmhouse Table in Distressed Green

1900 - 1920

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Rustic Farmhouse Table in Distressed Green

From Wilsford Antiques

£700

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19th century

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William IV Mahogany Pedestal Worktable.

From F E Anderson Antiques

£450

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19th century

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Regency Games Table

From AJD Antiques

£1,800

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Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Trumpet Work Table

19th century

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Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Trumpet Work Table

From London City Antiques

£1,685

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The most expensive work table ever sold on Sellingantiques was a 19th century French wrought iron and parcel gilt marble-top console table, in May 2024.

Victorian Burr Walnut Work/writing Table

19th century

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Victorian Burr Walnut Work/writing Table

From FB Antiques

£1,250

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Fine Regency Rosewood Work & Games Table

19th century

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Fine Regency Rosewood Work & Games Table

From A Brookes

£7,250

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Late C19th/early C20th Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Centre Table of Unusual Form.

1900 - 1920

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Late C19th/early C20th Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Centre Table of Unusual Form.

From M Lees and Sons

£1,200

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19th century

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Fine 19th Century Pollard Oak Work Table – Boothroyd Sons & Rimmer, Southport

From Antiques Decorative (Sussex)

£950

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1900 - 1920

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School Teacher’s Pine Writing Table

From Elmgarden

£500

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French Gilt-metal Mounted Marquetry and Kingwood Side Table

1900 - 1920

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French Gilt-metal Mounted Marquetry and Kingwood Side Table

From Shackladys Antiques

£995

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Antique Work Tables

Superb Quality Antique Regency Freestanding Mahogany Sewing/side Table

19thc. Satinwood Work Table

Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Table

19th Century Walnut Work Table

Antique Ladies Work Table, English, Walnut, Waring & Gillow, Victorian

An Attractive George IV Rosewood Work Table

Rustic Farmhouse Table in Distressed Green

William IV Mahogany Pedestal Worktable.

Regency Games Table

Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Trumpet Work Table

Victorian Burr Walnut Work/writing Table

Fine Regency Rosewood Work & Games Table

Late C19th/early C20th Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Centre Table of Unusual Form.

Fine 19th Century Pollard Oak Work Table – Boothroyd Sons & Rimmer, Southport

School Teacher’s Pine Writing Table

French Gilt-metal Mounted Marquetry and Kingwood Side Table

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