Redwell Wood Farm / Potters Bar / Hertfordshire, EN6 3NA, UK | USD $, Yen, Euro and all major currencies accepted. Change Site Language | Help | Your Cart (0)
Canonbury Antiques Canonbury Antiques
 
UK UK: +44 (1707) 644877
USA USA: + 1 (877) 650-7261
USA: + 1 (877) 650-7261UK: +44 (1707) 644877
  • Categories
  • Styles & Period
  • Room
  • SALE
  • Sell Items
  • Find Me an Item
  • Film & TV Hire
  • Contact
  • Visit Showroom
  • About
 
Subscribe to our newsletterand get 10% OFF!
search

Shop by Type
  • Dining Tables
  • Dining Sets
  • Art Deco
  • Tables
  • Dining Chairs
  • Seating and Chairs
  • Objet d Art
  • Bookcases
  • Bronzes
  • Desks
  • Buddha Statues
  • Lamps and Lighting
  • Steamer Trunk Luggage Cases
  • French Boulle Furniture
  • Architectural Salvage
  • Curios
  • Silver Plate
  • Oil Paintings
  • Cabinets and Chests
  • Chairs
  • Architectural
  • Fountains and Garden
  • Mirrors
  • Chinese Porcelain
  • Porcelain
  • Dressers and Sideboards
  • Tea Caddies
  • Glassware
  • Mirrored Furniture
  • Clocks

Shop by Style
  • 1920s Furniture
  • 1930s Furniture
  • Adams Antiques and Furniture
  • Aesthetic Movement
  • Antique Gilding and Gilt
  • Antique Painted Furniture
  • Apprentice Pieces
  • Art Deco
  • Art Nouveau
  • Arts and Craft
  • Belle Epoque Antiques
  • Biedermeier
  • Black Lacquer
  • Boulle Furniture
  • British Antiques
  • Burmese Furniture
  • Campaign and Military Furniture
  • Champleve
  • Chinese Antiques
  • Chinoiserie
  • Chippendale
  • Classical Garden
  • Cloisonne
  • Colonial / Campaign
  • Continental Antiques
  • Craquelure
  • Danish Antiques and Mid Century Designs
  • Dutch Marquetry Antiques
  • Ebonized Antique Furniture
  • Edwardian Antiques
  • Edwards and Roberts Antiques
  • Elkington Silver Plate
  • English Antiques
  • Epstein Furniture
  • Farmhouse Dining Furniture
  • Farmhouse Furniture
  • Flemish Antiques
  • Francois Linke
  • French Antiques
  • French Empire
  • French Regence
  • George Bullock Antiques
  • George II
  • George III Antiques
  • Georgian Antiques
  • Gillows and Co Antiques
  • Gothic Antiques
  • Grand Tour Antiques
  • Hepplewhite
  • Hobbs and Company Antiques
  • Indian Antiques
  • Irish Antiques
  • Italian Antiques
  • Jacobean Antiques
  • Japanese Antiques
  • Lacquer and Ebonized Furniture
  • Lambs of Manchester
  • Louis XVI
  • Malachite Antiques
  • Maple and Co Antiques
  • Marquetry Inlay
  • Mid Century Modern Furniture
  • Napoleon III
  • Neo-Classical
  • Parquetry Inlay
  • Queen Anne
  • Regency Antiques
  • Roaring Twenties Interiors
  • Rocaille
  • Rococo
  • Sheffield Silver Plate
  • Sheraton
  • Sheraton Revival
  • Swedish Antiques
  • Syrian Moorish and Islamic Furniture
  • The Garden
  • Vernis Martin Lacquer
  • Victorian Antiques
  • William and Mary Antiques
  • William IV Antiques

Shop by Room
  • Castle Chic
  • Art Deco Apartment
  • Aviator Furniture
  • Classical Garden
  • Farmhouse Kitchen
  • Gentlemans Club
  • Georgian Drawing Room
  • Grand Tour Garden
  • Medieval Banquet
  • Parisian Apartment
  • Regency Dining Room
  • Roman Villa
  • The Dining Room
  • The Garden
  • The Hallway
  • The Kitchen
  • The Library
  • The Living Room
  • The Lounge
  • The Study
  • Urban Loft
  • Victorian Dining Room
  • William IV Dining Room
WITH VIDEOS
Global Shipping
Global Shipping
Secured Site
Amex
Master Card
Visa
Discover

Returns Policy 7

Gilt Console Tables - French English Italian - from Canonbury Antiques

GO BACK
all

Relevant categories: Tables

Date
Mar
27
2020

To View Our Range Of Gilt Console Tables Please Click Here

Italian Gilt Console Table Baroque Carved Hall Tables

(Above photo - Italian Gilt Console Table Baroque Carved Hall Tables )
 

It was during the Louis XV era when the console tables became very popular. The tables did not just serve as decorative pieces but blended in with the rest of the homes architecture to bring out a unique look. But that is what designers and architects in the 18th century had set out to do. They never would consider a single element of interior décor on its own. The design of any room was unified by making a special consideration of the hardware, upholstery, and so on.


In all of this, the gilt console tables played a very important role. They were crafted in numerous shapes, sizes, and designs. No matter how it looked, a console table would be put next to the wall. Early on, the console table had two legs with a “console” or S-shaped bracket.  As time passed, some designers began making console tables with four legs. These were free-standing pieces of furniture and did not require support brackets.


What Is A Gilt Console Table?

 

French Gilt Console Table - Louis XVI Carved Furniture

(Above photo - French Gilt Console Table - Louis XVI Carved Furniture )


Gilt console tables take the design of the traditional console table even further. Instead of remaining with the wooden surface, these tables were covered with a thin layer or leaf of gold. However, they were long and narrow, just like the other varieties of console tables. People used them in hallways, entryways, and behind sofas. Apart from being a decorative piece of its own, a gilt console table was used to display lighting and décor. Here, people would store virtually anything that required additional space.


How to Buy a Gilt Console Table

 

Italian Rococo Gilt Console Table - Carved Hall Tables

(Above photo - Italian Rococo Gilt Console Table - Carved Hall Tables )


One of the things that will guide your decision when buying a gilt console table is the measurements. Since you will get these pieces of furniture in all shapes and sizes, you want to be sure that it will fit in your room at home. If you choose something too big, you may end up not using it. On the other hand, a table that is too small will look out of place in your space.


Second, you need to consider the use to which you will put the console table. For example, you may use it to store books and other items. Or, you could use the console table to display photographs and other pieces of art in the hallway. Some people even use their console tables in the entryway to drop mail and keys as they come home.


Key Features of Console Tables

 

George II Gilt Console Table Carved Marble Top

(Above photo - George II Gilt Console Table Carved Marble Top )

 

The features of the gilt console table you choose will largely depend on how you intend to use it. You may want to consider whether the table has any of the following features.


• Shelving. Some console tables come with shelves sitting below the top and extending from one end of the table to the other. The tables serve well for displaying potted plants, books, and so on. You can also put baskets full of smaller items on these shelves.


• Drawers. When they have drawers, console tables look almost like tiny writing desks. The drawers are usually situated right under the tabletop. You can keep small items in the drawers.
Why don’t you go ahead and buy a gilt console table? You might just end up with a rare piece of gem!

 

 

 


 

Recently Viewed Items

Products Mentioned

Italian Gilt Console Table and...

Italian Rococo Gilt Console Ta...

French Gilt Console Table - Lo...

French Rococo Gilt Mirror and ...

 

More from our Knowledge Base

Value My Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs - Am I Sitting On A Fortune? JUN.11.2025

Victorian balloon back dining chairs are a classic staple of 19th-century furniture design, notable for their elegant curves, carved details, and solid craftsmanship.

MORE
all

What Defines Belle Epoque Antiques? A Collectors Guide to the Age of Elegance JUN.06.2025

The Belle Epoque French for Beautiful Era spanned from the late 19th century to the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

MORE
all

Furnishing the Georgian Drawing Room: A Guide to Elegant Period Style JUN.06.2025

The Georgian drawing room was a showcase of refinement, proportion, and classical taste, serving as the central entertaining space in 18th-century homes.

MORE
all

 

TOP OF THE PAGE
Top of the Page
  • SHOPPING
  • Shopping Cart
    Shopping Cart (0)
  • Buying Online
  • Get a Gift Voucher
  • Sold Items
  • CANONBURY INFO
  • Knowledge Base
  • About Us
  • Customer Testimonials
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Sell your Antiques
  • Contact Us
  • Site Map
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE
  • FAQs
  • Shopping
  • US Customer Service
  • Return Policy
  • SITE LANGUAGES
  • Our site can be translated into most languages using the Google Translate tool below:

  • SHIPPING
  • Shipping to United States
  • Shipping to Europe
  • Shipping to Rest of World
    FOLLOW US ON
  • You Tube
  • Facebook
  • Wordpress
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Flickr
  • SHIPPING
  • Shipping to United States
  • Shipping to Europe
  • Shipping to Rest of World
    FOLLOW US ON
  • You Tube
  • Facebook
  • Wordpress
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Flickr
+ 44 01707 644877
+ 44 01707 644717
  • CONTACT US

  • Confirm that you are human:
    5 + 5 =


  • SHOPPING
    Shopping
  • Shopping Cart
    Shopping Cart (0)
  • How to Buy
  • Get a Gift Voucher
  • Sold Items
  • CANONBURY INFO
    Shopping
  • Knowledge Base
  • About Us
  • Customer Testimonials
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Sell your Antiques
  • Contact Us
  • Site Map
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE
    Shopping
  • FAQs
  • Shopping
  • US Customer Service
  • Return Policy
  • SHIPPING
    Shopping
  • Shipping to United States
  • Shipping to Europe
  • Shipping to Rest of World
  • CONTACT US
    Shopping

  • Confirm that you are human:
    5 + 5 =


© - Canonbury Antiques - Redwell Wood Farm / Potters Bar / Herfordshine, EN6 3NA, UK

Website Developed by Nulence

© - Canonbury Antiques

Redwell Wood Farm / Potters Bar / Herfordshine, EN6 3NA, UK

Website Developed by Nulence