Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
Amsterdam School Oak 'Model 72' Handkerchief Folding Card Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch Art Deco, Amsterdam School, so-called handkerchief game table by J.A. Pomée. This beautifully designed piece, Model 72' features Mackmurdo feet and a revolving top with four tr...
Brass
Delft Art Deco Oak Table With 9 Pieces 18th-Century Tiles
Located in Hannover, DE
This lovely Art Deco tile table was made especially for this antique Delft tile in the 1930s. The table is crafted with turned oak legs, which give it a beautiful touch. The area for...
Delft, Oak, Paint
Fine French Art Deco Game / Occasional Table by Rinck
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rinck - established in 1841 and directed by Maurice Rinck in the Art Deco / mid-century period. A fine game / tea table in elm with a reversible top (wood on one side and felt on the other) with four tapered legs and chrome cup...
Chrome
Pair of Chic 'Diagramme' Travertine Drinks Tables by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of chic 'Diagramme' travertine drinks tables by Design Frères. Slender powder-coated frames fitted with unfilled Italian travertine top ...
Travertine, Steel
Art Deco Center Table in Birch by Unknown Cabinetmaker, Sweden, 1935
Located in New York, NY
Nordic birch veneer adorns this center table. An open compartment supported by architectural columns is fully finished as well and is meant to allow light to pass through the space. ...
Birch
$2,753Sale Price|20% Off
Oak Art Deco Amsterdamse School Tea Table by Jac. van den Bosch, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Amsterdamse school tea table or serving table. The design is attributed to Jac. van den Bosch. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak ...
Oak
$2,450Sale Price|37% Off
Mahogany and Marble Center Table or Zoom Table by Ron Puckett, 1991, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful and finely made center table (or tea table) by Ron Puckett (Ronald C. Puckett), crafted of Mahogany, Maple and Marble in the Art Deco style, signed and dated Ronald C. Pucket 2/91. Beautiful green marble with exotic white contrasting grain. Perfect size for an easy to relocate table - consider using as a laptop computer table for zoom meetings making it easy to move from inside to outside on nice sunny days. This tea, center or card table, Zoom table...
Marble
Pascaud Art Deco Folding Chevron Parquet Top Card Table
By Jean Pascaud
Located in North Miami, FL
An outstanding Art Deco drop-leaf table which expands to a larger top for expanded game play or small dining table by Jean Pascaud. Magnificent parquetry top in chevron walnut. Leg...
Walnut
Modernist Art Deco Adnet Attr. Steel Round Black Glass Table, France, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Modernist steel round black glass table, France, 1930s Purchased with Jacques Adnet Chairs and attributed to him, but not documented. Beautiful st...
Steel
Italian Art Deco Cards and Chess Play Table, 1950s
Located in Meda, MB
This Art Deco play table was produced in Italy in the 1950s. It is completely black lacquered with a double face top panel. The top has indeed two sides: one has a blue fabric, for...
Gold Leaf
Custom Macassar Ebony Round Modern Cocktail Table
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
This modern, round cocktail table is crafted out of Macassar ebony and coated in a high gloss espresso finish. It sits atop a four leg X-shaped pedestal and is a great centerpiece fo...
Macassar
$1,176Sale Price|20% Off
Art deco Rare Gaming or Card Table , 1929s
Located in Praha, CZ
good condition use renovation oil stabile wood construction cleaned
Wood
Eden Pigalle bistro table
Located in Firenze, FI
Discover elegance and durability in our Eden Pigalle bistro table with a stunning brass structure. Crafted with precision, this timeless table brings a touch of classic charm to you...
Brass
Set of 3 Black Lacquer Art Deco Walnut Bistro Coffee Table, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A set of three Art Deco black color Walnut Bistro Coffee and Cocktail Table, crafted from 20th-century walnut wood inspired by the Art Deco style. Perfect for a coffee, tea, or bistr...
Walnut
Folding Metal Garden Patio Poolside Table with Stylized Leaf Motif Top
By Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Chic folding cafe dining, garden, patio table constructed of metal strips and square stock. The table features a stylized leaf top, it folds up for easy transport and storage. Perfect diminutive scale, sophisticated design, functional, clean and ready to use condition. Paint finish shows cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age. Please view our extensive collection of vintage and antique garden, patio, and poolside furniture and accessories listed at Barbarella Home...
Metal
Art Deco Tea Table or Occasional Table in rich burl veneer, Italy 1930s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an elegant Italian Art Deco side table dating to the early 1940s, distinguished by its beautifully figured burr wood veneer and refined sculptural form....
Wood
Wrought Iron Table, Art Deco Style, Jean-Charles Moreux, Circa 1940
Located in Sharon, CT
A French forties wrought-iron table, in the manner of Jean-Charles Moreux. Old and thick glass top: 31" x 31".
Wrought Iron
$2,100Sale Price|55% Off
French Art Deco Card Table with Walnut and Maple Inlays, 1940
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Elegant Art Deco card table in walnut, the top has inlays and opens like a book, insides in maple with an inlaid wind rose.
Maple, Walnut
Carrocel Custom Art Deco Style Marble-Top Foyer Hall Table
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
Carrocel custom Art Deco style marble-top foyer hall table. This hall table is an inspiring Carrocel custom creation, the table has a sculpted fluted pedestal that flows onto a tulip...
Marble, Metal, Silver Leaf
Art Deco table and chairs by De Coene – Belgium 1935
Located in Girona, Girona
Art Deco table and two chairs with an ivory satin lacquered finish, Art Deco period fabric, designed and produced by De Coene Frères. Courtrai, Belgium circa 1935 Dimensions 1 – Tab...
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
Custom Walnut Game Table with Ebony Backgammon and Chess Table
Located in New York, NY
Custom walnut and mahogany backgammon table that converts to chess with a slide out board. New production. Made to order in walnut and mahogany. Designed and made in NYC, each tab...
Walnut
$2,754 / item
H 16 in W 12 in D 12 in
Jahangir Side Table in Black Marble by Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegard
By Stephanie Odegard Collection, Paul Mathieu (French)
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the elegant architectural element, namely the mehrabs, he saw in the palaces of Mughal India, the renowned designer Paul Mathieu has created this unique hand-carved side table. Solid blocks of marble are hand-carved into low elegant tables before they are polished by hand. The contrast between the elegant inline of the mehrab with the clean and solid outline is the most striking feature of this design. Jahangir Side Table...
Marble
$21,586
H 30.71 in W 40.95 in D 20.48 in
Pair of Late 18th Century Irish Georgian Mahogany Demi-Lune Card Tables
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine pair of late 18th century Irish George III card tables, constructed in mahogany with crossbanded in satinwood, shaped in demilune outline with moulded frieze and fluted and ri...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Folding Pedestal Card Table Mid 19th Century
Located in Tilburg, NL
Antique Folding Pedestal Card Table, Mid 19th Century. This is a wonderful folding card table with a very distinct pedestal base. Made in the middle of the 19th century, this is a t...
Brass
English Hepplewhite Crotch Mahogany Game Table, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Hepplewhite crotch mahogany flip top game table with Satinwood string inlay, Tulip wood cross banding, baise lined interior and terminating on tapered squared legs with spade...
Late 19th century Swedish birch oval center table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 19th century Swedish birch oval center table circa 1895. Fine quality Karl Johan inspired center table. Quarter veneered flame birch top with an ebonised inlaid border and fu...
Birch
Scandinavian art deco inlaid birch center table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian art deco inlaid birch center table circa 1920. We are pleased to offer this stunning table which has just been re-polished by hand in our workshop. Circular top with f...
Birch
$2,625
H 28.35 in Dm 29.53 in
Exceptional Swedish Grace / Art Deco Center Table in Faux Burl Finish, Sweden.
Located in Hammarö, SE
Swedish Grace, Scandinavian Art Deco, Gueridon Table, Swedish Center Table, Faux Burl, Burlwood Style, Scandinavian Classicism, 1930s Sweden, Pedestal Table, Art Deco Table, Nordic D...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Queen Anne Style Mahogany Flip Top Folding Card Game Table
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Classic Queen Anne style mahogany game table. Folded: 29”w x 14.5”d Leg clearance 23.75”
Mahogany
Antique French Neo-Classical Folding Card or Game Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
An elegant French envelope game table. By opening the four hinged triangular sections the small end table in the neoclassical style becomes a square game or card table with black lea...
Wood, Leather
Vintage Envelope Card Table Tri-Fold
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Stunning unique tri-fold envelope or handkerchief card or game table. Beautiful scale and perfect size to tuck away. Slender legs with detailed stretcher. 3 triangular leaves secured...
Wood
$2,472
H 28 in W 52 in D 20 in
William Birch for Liberty & Co. an Arts & Crafts Oak Fold Over Card Table
By Liberty & Co., William Birch
Located in London, GB
William Birch for Liberty and Co. A good quality sturdy Arts & Crafts oak fold over card table with precise mitred corners to the top on splayed ring turned legs united by an H-stre...
Oak
Art Deco Extending Dining Table by Jules Leleu, France, 1930
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Art Deco Extending Table Attributed to the cabinetmaker “Jules Leleu.” France, circa 1930. Amboyna wood veneer with nickel-plated fittings and black lacquer. Dining table from the...
Rosewood
Art Deco Burr Walnut Card / Console Table
Located in London, GB
A stylish and extremely well made Art Deco burr walnut card / console table. This was made in England, it dates from the 1930’s. It is of outstanding quality, with an absolutely gor...
Baize, Walnut
Sold
H 30.32 in W 29.93 in D 15.36 in
Art Deco Console Folding Games, Card Table , Walnut, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this fabulous Art Deco original console table which also opens up to reveal a games table. Fantastic piece of furniture, the Walnut veneer on the top is tru...
Brass
Viennese Art Deco Side Table 1931
Located in Mariano Del Friuli, GO
Refined and elegant Viennese Art Deco side table made entirely of Oak Burl. Oval top and square legs perfect pair of Art Dèco. Entirely dismountable. Hard-to-find furniture in additi...
Oak
Art Deco coffee table " Vanity " Amalfitano 1920s
Located in Mariano Del Friuli, GO
Elegant Art Dèco Amalfitan Side Table made of Walnut Feather, solid Walnut, Ebony and Beech. The geometric shapes of the cabinet with square top and pyramidal base with 4 rounded sid...
Mirror, Beech, Ebony, Walnut
A Shanghai Art Deco Card Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant table combines classic Art Deco styling with solid hardwood construction. During the 1930’s, Shanghai, China was a boomtown, and the dominant architectural style was A...
Rosewood
Shanghai Deco Marble Top Tea Table with Four Chairs, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
In the 1920-30s, Shanghai, China was swept up in the Art Deco design movement. Design, architecture, art, fashion, and furniture were all influenced by this modern movement, permeati...
Marble
Art Deco Walnut Card Table
Located in London, GB
A stylish and extremely well made Art Deco walnut card table. This was made in England, it dates from the 1920-30’s. It is of superb quality, with a gorgeous breakfront design. The ...
Baize, Walnut
Large Round Art Deco Coffee Table In Walnut & Glass, Czechoslovakia 1930s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful and completely restored large art deco coffee table (or side table). Produced in Czechoslovakia in 1930s. The table is trully unique in style and construction. It is round ...
Glass, Oak, Walnut
Early 1900s Round Table
Located in Premariacco, IT
Coffee table for the center hall or entrance hall from the early 1920s, Liberty style of Italian production. Very elegant and fine with brass tips on the legs and four small drawe...
Brass
Sold
H 24.5 in W 32 in D 32 in
Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture Modern Art Deco Mahogany Pedestal Center Table
By Barbara Barry, Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional modern Art Deco style dark mahogany pedestal center table or occasional tea table. By Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture. USA,...
Chrome
Italian Design Table in Walnut Patina Color
Located in Buggiano, IT
20th Mid century Italian design table in walnut, in patina color. Comes from an old country house in the Chianti area of Tuscany. As shown in th...
Walnut, Fir