What is Victorian occasional furniture?

Victorian occasional furniture comprises small, movable tables and stands built for specific domestic tasks. These pieces include side tables, card tables, work tables, and plant stands designed to be moved easily around a room. Cabinet makers produced them in large numbers to suit changing interior fashions, utilising various timbers and global influences.

How were Sutherland tables used?

Sutherland tables served as versatile tea or occasional tables that saved space when not in use. Their deep drop leaves folded down almost flat. Owners could place them against a wall and raise the leaves quickly when guests arrived for tea or card games.

What is a work table?

A work table provided a dedicated space for needlework, sewing, and small crafts. They typically featured fitted interior compartments or an attached bag for textiles. Victorian ladies kept them in parlours to store threads, needles, and ongoing handiwork projects neatly out of sight.

What are gipsy tables?

Gipsy tables are lightweight occasional tables with three wooden or bamboo legs, often draped with a fabric cloth or velvet cover. They gained popularity during the late nineteenth century. Their simple construction allowed households to introduce fashionable draped surfaces into sitting rooms without heavy carpentry.

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Victorian occasional furniture brings compact utility and decorative variety to a room, offering everything from card tables to work tables in rich timbers.

19th century

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Mid Victorian Rosewood Whatnot Etagere

From AJD Antiques

£1,200

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1900 - 1920

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Octagonal Inlaid Rosewood Centre Table

From AJD Antiques

£625

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1900 - 1920

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Bamboo Hall Bench with Cane Seat

From Andros Antiques

£565

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chairs

19th century

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Victorian Burr Walnut Sutherland Table

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£525

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In the Manner of Daniel Cottier (1838-1891) an Art Furniture Stained Birch Centre Table with Cast Solid Brass Sabots, 1870s, Cottier & Co. London or Possibly New York

19th century

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In the Manner of Daniel Cottier (1838-1891) an Art Furniture Stained Birch Centre Table with Cast Solid Brass Sabots, 1870s, Cottier & Co. London or Possibly New York

From Jeckyll & Co

£750

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tables

1900 - 1920

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Rare Salon Thonet Antique Centre Table

From David Griffith Antiques

£3,875

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tables

1900 - 1920

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Octagonal Aesthetic Movement Table

From Baggott & Co.

£790

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Victorian Ebonized Aesthetic Movement Circular Occasional Table

19th century

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Victorian Ebonized Aesthetic Movement Circular Occasional Table

From Affordable Old Furniture

£250

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Aesthetic Movement Side Table Attributed to Gillows

19th century

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Aesthetic Movement Side Table Attributed to Gillows

From Kontrast Antiques

£595

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19th century

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Rare Anglo Indian Antique Carved Table

From Driscolls Antiques Ltd

£580

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Listings feature diverse timbers including walnut, mahogany, rosewood, burr walnut, ebonised wood, teak, satinwood, and kingwood alongside brass and ormolu mounts.

19th century

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Antique Fine Quality Chinoiserie Boulle-work Black Lacquer Nest of 4 19th Century Tables

From Prior and Willis

£1,396

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19th century

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Nineteenth Century Burmese Teak Table

From Ropeworks Antiques

£380

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19th century

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A Rare Late 19th Century Inlaid and Hand Painted Side or Sewing Table

From Yeats Country Antiques

£4,150

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Antique Victorian Elm Freestanding Centre Table

19th century

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Antique Victorian Elm Freestanding Centre Table

From London City Antiques

£1,085

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tables

19th century

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Antique Fine Quality 19th Century Chinoiserie Decorated Lacquer Nest of 4 Tables

From Prior and Willis

£976

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19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Sutherland Table

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£425

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Victorian Occasional Furniture

Mid Victorian Rosewood Whatnot Etagere

Octagonal Inlaid Rosewood Centre Table

Bamboo Hall Bench with Cane Seat

Victorian Burr Walnut Sutherland Table

In the Manner of Daniel Cottier (1838-1891) an Art Furniture Stained Birch Centre Table with Cast Solid Brass Sabots, 1870s, Cottier & Co. London or Possibly New York

Rare Salon Thonet Antique Centre Table

Octagonal Aesthetic Movement Table

Victorian Ebonized Aesthetic Movement Circular Occasional Table

Aesthetic Movement Side Table Attributed to Gillows

Rare Anglo Indian Antique Carved Table

Antique Fine Quality Chinoiserie Boulle-work Black Lacquer Nest of 4 19th Century Tables

Nineteenth Century Burmese Teak Table

A Rare Late 19th Century Inlaid and Hand Painted Side or Sewing Table

Antique Victorian Elm Freestanding Centre Table

Antique Fine Quality 19th Century Chinoiserie Decorated Lacquer Nest of 4 Tables

Victorian Mahogany Sutherland Table

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