Chic Italian Tole Tray on Stand

Unigue tray top table with leather surface. The scalloped tray with original base, leather covered hardwood with gilt decoration. Beautifully shaped wit...

An Antique 19th century Italian Tole tray with custom mahogany base. The oval tray in a cinnabar red color with light gold details. The base, made in...

A circa 1870's Papier Mache had gilt and decorated tray with a later custom dark wood base. The tray table with the tray fitting into the custom base. Can be removed and used for ser...

Satinwood inlaid coffee table with lazy Susan tray table. 27 1/2" in diameter across removable tray and 30 " tall. Small chip in edge of glass tray. Pr...

A late 19th Century Chinoiserie tray top table. The cinnabar red shapely tray with a later custom hand painted base. The table from a Park Avenue Home decorated by Mario Buatta and...

A 1970's burl walnut campaign style box on attached stand. The burl walnut box with recessed brass handle at the front with a parson style solid mahoga...

Pheromonal antique tomato red chinoiserie tray on a later painted tray.

American hand-painted decorative tole tray on carved mahogany stand. Tray has two side handles with hand-painted floral, fruit and medallion motif. Stand was made for tray with a car...

This is a fun piece! It is a yellow Italian chinoiserie tole tray table on a black faux bamboo tray table. The tan and base are separate pieces,...

English tole tray on stand with figural and pagoda scenes on faux bamboo painted and gilt splayed legs with original connecting stretchers, Early 19th century.

The tole tray painted in America, circa 1850 is sweet and charming showing sprays of Daisies amidst vining flowers and leaves. Painted in warm yellows and whites on a black ground th...

A good quality George III period mahogany oval butlers tray of panelled construction, having original brass hinges and pierced handles to folding sides, housed on later square leg mahogany stand. During the 18th and 19th centuries a coffee table was not what we regard as a coffee table in the 21st century. Coffee tables back then were always full height, effectively side tables. The modern, low, coffee table is really something which began to be seen during the early 20th century onwards. Based on the above there is a variety of different methods to incorporate a coffee table into an interior for people who wish to furnish their properties with genuine antique furniture, whilst still allowing for the practicalities and function which is required in modern times. Therefore as is now normal with by far the majority of these butlers trays which we see, due to the fact they make absolutely perfect coffee tables, this has been removed from its original, tall, folding stand at some point and fitted onto a lower, more practical and sturdy stand constructed from old antique wood. It's worth noting that generally this means an old broken table...