Gustavian Tables
GUSTAVIAN STYLE
With clean lines and muted colors, antique Gustavian furniture is understated and elegant. It represents a more restrained version of the transition from Rococo to neoclassicism that was happening in France under Louis XVI. The style developed under Swedish King Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 until his assassination in 1792, and his son Gustav IV, who ruled until 1809. Although Gustavian furniture is mostly used to refer to pale painted cabinets, commodes, armchairs and other items, it involved a range of influences.
Gustavian-style furniture was inspired by discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the grandeur of European palaces like Versailles, with local softwoods such as pine and birch. There was also an emphasis on natural light; crystal chandeliers and large mirrors played a role in radiating the fleeting daylight of winter, giving it a distinctive aesthetic.
Where earlier furniture was curvy and florid, this new era was more architectural, with tapered and fluted legs and rectangular and oval shapes. Luminous gilt contrasted with the palette of soft blues on upholstery and painted surfaces. Leading furniture builders included Gottlieb Iwersson, Louis Masreliez and Erik Öhrmark. The latter, a French-born Swedish decorator, designed the Sulla chair, a seat that was demonstrative of technical skill and precise craftsmanship and drew on Greek klismos chairs. Masreliez’s Sulla chair was made by Öhrmark and featured decorative ornamentation produced by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez, Louis’s younger brother.
While the wealthy had furniture carved with neoclassical details like scallops and rosettes, more affordable options were adorned with faux finishes that mimicked marble and stenciled patterns. The simple elegance of Gustavian furniture would have a long impact on Swedish design, informing the 20th-century appreciation for function and form. In the 1950s, IKEA mass-produced copies of a Gustavian commode designed by cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, who created pieces for the Royal Palace, making the furniture a fixture of everyday Swedish life.
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Style: Gustavian
18th c. Swedish Gustavian Period Painted Console Table
Located in Wichita, KS
A beautiful console table from the Gustavian period finished on all four sides with bell flowers around the apron, raised upon square, fluted legs. Circa 1780.
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18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th c. Swedish Gustavian Period Drop Leaf Table and Console in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A rare Swedish drop leaf table from the Gustavian period in original paint, circa 1780. A very practical piece with two large leaves each supported by double gates. When not needed, ...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Remarkable 18th Century Swedish trestle Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Remarkable and unusually long 18th century Swedish trestle table in it's original raw wood finish.
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18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Side Tables Bedside
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This pair of Swedish style single drawer with cabinet below Swedish blue nightstand or bedside tables have been constructed from solid wood. Classic d...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century, 1820 Swedish Period Gustavian Extending Table
Located in Charleston, SC
Early 19th century later painted Gustavian period extending table with two leaves and tapered legs. A practical piece that can be used as round table or extended with one or two leav...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair, Gustavian Style White Console Tables with Drawer, Sweden circa 1860
Located in Round Top, TX
Lovely white painted Swedish Gustavian style console tables resting on elegant narrow tapered and fluted legs. Very unusual to find a matching pair.
The fluted drawers function with...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Swedish Gustavian Style Extension Dining Table with Three Leaves and Guilloches
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood extension dining table from the 19th century with three leaves, carved guilloches and rosettes motifs and tapered fluted legs. This exquisite S...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Genuine rustic antique Gustavian Drop leaf table country original color.
Located in Boden, SE
Genuine gustavian drop-leaf table made around 1790 to 1810 in Luleå Norrbotten ,Northern Sweden. The frame is made from solid pine and it has the original paint with genuine distres...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Neoclassical Painted Console Table
Located in Charleston, SC
Early 19th century Swedish Gustavian Neoclassical painted console table with very richly carved apron, tapering carved legs and saltire stretcher with central medallion in painted or...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair, Gray Swedish Side Tables With Drawer, Circa 1880
Located in Round Top, TX
Pair, Swedish Gustavian style side tables with single petite drawer resting on graceful long tapered legs.
Restored, later professionally painted in layered/mottled shades of soft gr...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pine Slagbord - Antique Drop-Leaf Dining Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian Slagbord, drop-leaf table with one drawer, made of hand crafted Pinewood in good condition. The Scandinavian dining room table is supported by four round...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique Swedish Demi Lune Table, Round Gustavian Style Dining or Wall Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique demi lune table from Sweden. The table is round and made in two half circles, demi lunes, in gustavian style. Made by hand around 1860 and would work well together as a round...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish antique Gustavian table with drawer genuine rustic
Located in Boden, SE
A very pretty, easy-to-place Gustavian table from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden .The table has a drawer where you can store keys, for example, in a hall
Nice pull handles & fitt...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Gustavian Swedish Empire Dining Table W 4 Leaves
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Gustavian Swedish Empire Dining Table With Four Leaves.
4 leaves 135”
3 leaves 112.5”
2 leaves 90”
1 leaf 67.5”
No leaves 46.5”
H 29.5”
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18th Century European Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Gustavian, Large Swedish Dining Table, Gray Paint Distressed, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stamford, CT
Gustavian, Large Swedish Dining or Conference Table, Gray Paint Distressed, Sweden, 1970s
Large six legged Gustavian dining table designed and produced in Sweden circa 1970s. Having...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Custom Build Swedish Style Dressing Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Custom build Swedish style five drawer dressing table / kneehole desk. Can be made to your chosen dimensions and paint colour.
Kneehole dimensions: 20" wide x 24" high.
Reference: ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Painted Center Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large Swedish Gustavisn style center table with its original paint finish. This table can be used as a desk, console or center table as it is finished on all sides. The simple top ...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Blue-Grey Swedish Gustavian Side Table - Scandinavian Kitchen Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A blue-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian single center, kitchen table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian side table is composed with one drawer,...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Mid 19th Century Gray Painted Swedish Drop Leaf Dining Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Faded gray painted drop leaf table
Beautiful patina the height of Swedish style
Gate legs fold to a narrow side table
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair, Gustavian Small White Demi Lune Side Tables
Located in Round Top, TX
Pair, Gustavian style demi-lune small side tables or consoles.
Gently tapered long fluted legs topped by diamond medallion with Greek key design carving along skirt.
Newer professio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Swedish antique genuine small Gustavian table original paint
Located in Boden, SE
A fantastically pretty & elegant
Gustavian table. It is easy to place & fits in any room.
The Gustavian table comes from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
It has been in an old V...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Country Gustavian Style Console Table, Northern Swedish Hand-Made Pine
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique country console table in gustavian style from northern Sweden. The table is made around 1820 and has original light paint with genuine patina and distress. Made by hand in so...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Pedestal Tables
Located in Charleston, SC
A pair of charming pedestal tables with oval tops and turned bases supported by intricately carved scrolling legs in Gustavian style.
Värmland, Sweden, circa 1850.
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
White Painted Gustavian Style Table Writing Desk With One Drawer, circa 1860-80
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish Gustavian style table with single fluted drawer and tapered legs.
Restored, later professionally painted in layered shades of white now distressed to add to the character and...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer, circa 1860-80
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer.
Tapered legs and horizontal fluted carving along single drawer. May also serve as nightstand.
Restored, later professi...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Swedish painted drop-leaf table. Table features two large leaves that drop down when not needed, making this usable as a dining, sofa or hall table. When a dining table ...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Gustavian-Style Demilune Console Tables, Sweden Approx. 1900
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of Demilune console tables in Gustavian style.
Gray marble painted tabletop with profiled edge.
Blue-painted base with curved apron. Tapered legs with fluting.
Sold as a pair.
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20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Small Antique Bleached Gustavian Style Round Side Table. English, Circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous small round table. Made from bleached tropical hardwood and fruitwood.
Nicely figured top
I particularly like its simplicity.
I have chosen not to lacquer or wax the tab...
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1850s English Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Writing Desk
Located in Houston, US
Beautifully painted in a contemporary turquoise, this Swedish Gustavian style desk is handmade with mortise joints and dovetailed drawers.
On each drawer there is horizontal fluting...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
Swedish Gustavian 18th Century Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A Swedish Gustavian style center table is sure to make a statement in any interior. This table has its original worn blue painted finish and features a removable top over an apron wi...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish Gustavian Side Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite Swedish Gustavian side table made during the mid 1800’s. This table has a worn painted blue frame featuring a plank top with pink painted flowers over a splayed pedestal bas...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large White Gustavian Style Round Dining Table, New
Located in Round Top, TX
Round dining table, 6.5' diameter with the look of the Gustavian style.
This size table did not exist in the gustavian period; this new table mirrors the Swedish style in a larger si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish Gustavian 19th Century Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A rustic Gustavian painted pine table from the 1820’s, Sweden. The waxed pine table top is removable and sits over its worn painted base. The base has many layers of paint and has re...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish Gustavian Unique Scalloped Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian Unique Scalloped Desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1850s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Center Table, Stockholm 1860
Located in Charleston, SC
Swedish Gustavian style round center table with very richly carved apron, tapering carved legs and saltire strecher with central medallion in painted worn cream patina, Sweden, circa...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Genuine Antique Swedish Black Country Gustavian Style Table with Drawers
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique country table in Gustavian style from northern Sweden made around 1820. The table is a genuine country furniture and has a frame in solid pine. The table is painted a...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair of Black Painted Gustavian Demilune Table Consoles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Black Painted Gustavian Demilune Table Consoles, A Pair
Impressive Pair of Black Swedish Half-Round Demi-Lune Tables with Brass Hardware. Put together this set makes a fantastic rou...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian Style 9 Drawer Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style 9 Drawer Desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1940s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Gustavian Neoclassical Painted Wooden Console Table
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning Swedish Gustavian period (1772-1809) console table.
Hand-crafted in Sweden in the early 19th century, Louis XVI Neo-classical taste, the muted dark cream with pale green...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble
Gustavian table from 1800, made in Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
A gustavian table made in Sweden about 1800. The secondary color has been removed by hand and the rest is original color.
The iron urns are a pair ...
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1790s Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Birch
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian style 3 drawer desk. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1920s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Demi-lune Table
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Antique Swedish demi-lune console table. The half moon table top is supported on cabriole legs. The original red paint along with its simplistic design is a perfect addition to Swedi...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Gueridon Wood Side Lamp Tables
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Pair of Gustavian Painted Side Lamp Tables
A fantastic pair of painted wood side tables from the early 19th Century, with sc...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Light Grey Painted Swedish Gustavian Style Side Lamp Tables
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of light grey painted Swedish Gustavian style side lamp tables resting on elegant narrow tapered and fluted legs.
Top with canted corners and a decorative carved skirt.
Sweden ...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Swedish Blue and White Genuine Country Gustavian Style Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Blue antique country table in Gustavian Style. The table has a very unusual and charming original paint in blue and white, which are rare colours. Healthy and stable frame as well as...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Genuine Swedish Gustavian Pine Distressed Patina Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine gustavian drop-leaf table made around 1790 to 1810 in northern Sweden. The frame is made from solid pine and it has the original paint with genuine distress and patina from u...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Pair Swedish Gustavian Style Painted 3 Drawer Chests Nightstands
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Painted Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers or Side Tables, A Pair
These classic Swedish style three drawer hand painted chests, small commodes or end tables have been constructed fro...
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Early 2000s Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Console Table - Antique End Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian console table made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The freestanding Scandinavian end table is composed with a white recta...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Swedish Gustavian Painted Hall Console End Occasional Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Hand Painted Hall, End or Occasional Table, Swedish Gustavian
Hand painted and hand distressed wood side table with cabriole legs in a muted Scandinavian green color. The clean line...
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Early 2000s North American Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Painted Round Center Hall Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Painted Round Gustavian Center Hall Table
This classic Scandinavian style painted table has been constructed from solid wood with a hand-applied distressed finish. The color on this...
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Early 2000s Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish Antique Gustavian Console Table Desk Grey White Carved Detail 1850-1870
Located in LONDON, GB
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Rare Antique Gustavian console...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian Style 1870s Swedish Gray Painted Desk, Fluted Drawers and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style gray blue painted desk from circa 1870 with five fluted drawers and tapered legs. Step back in time with this exquisite Swe...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Genuine Northern Swedish Gustavian Style Country Wall or Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine antique Swedish table in gustavian style. This side or wall table is a genuine northern Swedish country house furniture from 1810 to 1820. Made in solid pine with straight ta...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Genuine Swedish Gustavian Detailed Decorated Console Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish gustavian console table in painted pine. The table is made around 1790 to 1800 and has detailed carved wooden decor. The surface has been scraped by hand to the original pain...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Large 5' Round White Painted Pedestal Table, Sweden circa 1920
Located in Round Top, TX
This large round pedestal 5' table has a decorative carved skirt and dramatic pedestal base resting on four carved lion's paw feet.
Restored, later professionally painted in white an...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables
Materials
Wood
Very Unusual Swedish Antique Gustavian Drop Leaf Console or Dining Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Very unusual console table or dining table from Sweden. This antique table is long and narrow made in gustavian style around 1810 to 1820. The table is from Hälsingland in Sweden and...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Marble Top Egyptian Pharaoh Mask Pier Table circa 1820
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A VERY FINE EMPIRE POLYCHROMED MARBLE-TOP PIER CONSOLE TABLE IN THE EGYPTIAN TASTE
Sweden, circa 1810-1820 with early green and pearl painted elements against parcel-gilding
Item # ...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Marble
Antique Swedish Genuine Country House Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique country console table in Gustavian style. All four sides are the same, making it suitable as a freestanding table as well. Handma...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Gustavian tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, pine and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gustavian tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Jonas Frisk, Svenska Möbler, Dos Gallos Studio, and Ira Yeager. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $599 and tops out at $49,000 while the average work can sell for $4,050.
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