What is an elephant table?

An elephant table is a regional colonial form featuring carved elephant heads, trunks, or tusks as structural supports or decorative elements. These tables were typically produced in India or Burma during the nineteenth century. They range from small occasional stands to larger display pieces, often incorporating painted wooden tusks or detailed facial carving into the base.

How do I identify Hoshiarpur work?

Hoshiarpur pieces are recognised by their dense all-over inlay of brass wire and bone segments set into a dark wooden ground. The patterns usually consist of minute geometric motifs and scrolling foliage. This technique covers surfaces completely, leaving very little bare wood visible on tables, screens, and occasional furniture.

What woods were used?

Cabinetmakers relied on durable tropical timbers available in the regions of production, such as padauk, rosewood, teak, ebony, and assorted dense hardwoods. These materials provided the necessary weight and fine grain for deep relief carving. Lighter secondary woods sometimes formed internal carcases, while contrasting inlays utilised bone and brass.

Where were these tables made?

These pieces originated across various colonial territories, with significant production centres in India, Ceylon, Burma, and Portuguese or Spanish colonial outposts. Workshops adapted local artistic traditions to suit European furniture types demanded by colonial residents. As a result, forms like side tables and partners desks received distinct regional decorative treatments.

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A colonial carved wood table brings distinct regional craftsmanship and dense tropical timbers straight into a room.

Antique Indian Teapoy Table Carved Padouk Colonial Furniture

19th century

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Antique Indian Teapoy Table Carved Padouk Colonial Furniture

From Canonbury Antiques

£1,250

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19th century

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Large 19th Century Anglo Indian Padauk Side Table - Leaf Design

From TallBoy Interiors

£995

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19th century

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Hoshiarpur Table Screen.

From Ropeworks Antiques

£590

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19th century

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19th Century Anglo-indian Carved Padauk Partners Desk, C1860

From Anthony Short Antiques

£8,800

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desks

19th century

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19th Century Padauk Anglo Indian Side Table - Dragon

From TallBoy Interiors

£725

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furniture

19th century

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Carved Victorian Padauk Library Table

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£725

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tables

19th century

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Burmese Occsaional Table

From Carradale Farm Antiques

£775

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tables

19th century

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19th C Anglo Indian Elephant Table

From William James Antiques

£1,450

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furniture

1900 - 1920

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Indian Elephant Table

From Ropeworks Antiques

£880

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tables

19th century

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Stunning Extremely Rare Early 19th Century Specimen Wood Games Table, Probably Ceylonese

From LVS Decorative Arts

£11,500

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The listings feature 19th-century styles including Anglo-Indian, Portuguese Colonial, and Spanish Baroque across various occasional and centre tables.

Anglo Indian Brass Inlaid Occasional Table

1900 - 1920

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Anglo Indian Brass Inlaid Occasional Table

From Nethermill Antiques

£290

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furniture

19th century

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Early 19th Century Anglo-indian Carved Partners Desk

From Martlesham Antiques

£6,350

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desks

1900 - 1920

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Spanish Rustic Oak Table

From John Howkins Antiques

£680

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tables

19th century

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Nineteenth Century Anglo Indian Table

From Ropeworks Antiques

£1,550

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19th C., Carved Hardwood, Elephant Head Table (Anglo-indian)

19th century

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19th C., Carved Hardwood, Elephant Head Table (Anglo-indian)

From White Space Antiques

£400

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tables

19th century

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An Early 19th Century Portuguese Rosewood Low Table

From Christian Davies Antiques Ltd

£595

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Colonial Carved Wood Table

Antique Indian Teapoy Table Carved Padouk Colonial Furniture

Large 19th Century Anglo Indian Padauk Side Table - Leaf Design

Hoshiarpur Table Screen.

19th Century Anglo-indian Carved Padauk Partners Desk, C1860

19th Century Padauk Anglo Indian Side Table - Dragon

Carved Victorian Padauk Library Table

Burmese Occsaional Table

19th C Anglo Indian Elephant Table

Indian Elephant Table

Stunning Extremely Rare Early 19th Century Specimen Wood Games Table, Probably Ceylonese

Anglo Indian Brass Inlaid Occasional Table

Early 19th Century Anglo-indian Carved Partners Desk

Spanish Rustic Oak Table

Nineteenth Century Anglo Indian Table

19th C., Carved Hardwood, Elephant Head Table (Anglo-indian)

An Early 19th Century Portuguese Rosewood Low Table

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