Emerging in reaction to industrialization and mass production, the Arts and Crafts movement celebrated handcrafted design as a part of daily life. The history of Arts and Crafts furniture has roots in 1860s England with an emphasis on natural motifs and simple flourishes like mosaics and carvings. This work is characterized by plain construction that showcases the hand of the artisan.
The earliest American Arts and Crafts furniture dates back to the start of the 20th century. Designers working in this style in the United States initially looked to ideas put forth by The Craftsman, a magazine published by Wisconsin native Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker and founder of the Craftsman style. Stickley’s furniture was practical and largely free of ornament. His Craftsman style drew on French Art Nouveau as well as the work he encountered on his travels in England. There, the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement included William Morris, who revived historical techniques such as embroidery and printed fabrics in his furnishings, and Charles Voysey, whose minimal approach was in contrast to the ornamentation favored in the Victorian era.
American Arts and Crafts work would come to involve a range of influences unified by an elevation of traditional craftsmanship. The furniture was often built from sturdy woods like oak and mahogany while featuring details such as inlaid metal, tooled leather and ceramic tiles. The style in the United States was led by Stickley, whose clean-lined chairs and benches showcased the grain of the wood, and furniture maker Charles Rohlfs, who was informed by international influences like East Asian and French Art Nouveau design.
Hubs in America included several utopian communities such as Rose Valley in Pennsylvania and the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony in New York, where craftspeople made furniture that prioritized function over any decoration. Their work would influence designers and architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, who built some of the most elegant and iconic structures in the United States and likewise embraced a thoughtful use of materials in his furniture.
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C F A Voysey. A rare Arts and Crafts 12' x 6' full size oak snooker table
Located in London, GB
C F A Voysey. A rare Arts and Crafts 12' x 6' full size oak snooker table in outstanding original condition, made by Thurston and Company. London. With eight tapering legs and subtle...
Oak
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Adjustable Top Oak Drafting Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a vintage drafting table from the early 20th century. It's made of solid oak and has through tenons. The top can be replaced with new matting and the top adjust by the controlling arms on the side. It also has a foot rest and 2 drawers. One for drafting tools...
Felt, Oak
William Birch for Liberty & Co. an Arts & Crafts Oak Fold Over Card Table
By William Birch, Liberty & Co.
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
Liberty & Co. an Anglo-Moorish Arts & Crafts Walnut Fold over Card & Games Table
Located in London, GB
By Liberty & Co, a fold-over games and card table in walnut aligned to the Arts and Crafts movement (1880–1910), c.1890s. The top opens to a green baize playing surface. Below, a Moo...
Walnut
$6,000Sale Price|53% Off
Handcarved & Crafted Mid Century Wood Chess Table! Teak Maple Walnut Set 1950s
Located in Peoria, AZ
PASTIME OF KINGS! MID CENTURY HANDCRAFTED CUSTOM CHESS TABLE A MID CENTURY MASTERPIECE! MULTIPLE WOODS! DIMENSIONS: Approx. 16" High by 17" Wide & 17" Deep This absolutely magnificent mid century chess table...
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Teak, Walnut
Very Fine Antique Dated 1910 Inlay Checkerboard Two Tier Game Table Very Clean
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very Fine Antique Dated !910 Inlay Checkerboard Two Tier Game Table Very Clean. This table is made out of 12648 pieces of wood.
Mahogany, Maple, Walnut
Arts and Crafts Walnut Cards/ Games Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts octangonal games table with a green felt top. This table has decorated legs with carved and painted Jester, playing cards, coin drawer and drinks ho...
Walnut
$13,790
Jotta Games Table by Madheke
Located in Gurugram, IN
The Jotta games table brings sculptural elegance to the ritual of play. With its 8-player octagonal top in walnut and leather, its layout features brass cup holders and thoughtfully ...
Metal, Brass
Arts & Crafts Mission Style Black Solid Oak Desk with Side Shelves
Located in North Miami, FL
Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Desk. Original black painted. This beautiful Mission style desk originated in the late 19th century. The grain of the ...
Oak
Billiard Snooker Pool Table Arts and Crafts English 1910 Oak Ebony Copper
Located in Radstock, GB
A solid oak full size Arts & Crafts Billiard, Snooker or Pool table, circa 1910 in the style of George Montague Ellwood and manufactured by Burroughes & Watts of London. Standing ...
Copper
William Birch for Liberty & Co. a Good Quality Arts & Crafts Oak Chess Table
By Liberty & Co., William Birch
Located in London, GB
William Birch for Liberty & Co. A good quality Arts & Crafts oak chess table with hand painted glass to the underside of the chess playing board, with different marble effects and decorative floral boarders, a storage drawer below with the original brass swan neck handles, on ring turned legs and wonderful quarter sawn tiger figuring...
Glass, Oak
$4,577Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.94 in W 38.19 in D 20.08 in
Antique Card Table, French, Burr Walnut, Fold over, Games, Victorian, circa 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique card table. A French, burr walnut fold-over games table, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870. Highly appealing, rare antique gaming table Displays a desirable aged patina Exquisite burr walnut shows fine grain interest Rich caramel hues shine through the wax polish finish The fold-over top offers a wonderful view of its quarter book-matched walnut Decorated with boxwood inlay and a gently chamfered edge Rotating through 90 degrees before folding out to reveal the playing surface Shaped, emerald green baize a treat for the eyes The brass hinges shaped to match the gaming surface Attractive carved front apron replete with scrolled foliate ormolu decoration to the knees Standing upon gently swept cabriole legs with brass tipped toes Vintage deck...
Walnut
Custom Chess Set and Game Table
By Bridges over Time Originals
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A custom made walnut and maple chess set and game table we commissioned. It is solidly made with squares of curly maple and walnut. The table legs and borders are solid walnut. The c...
Birdseye Maple, Oak, Walnut
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
Trojan XXI Chess Set and Table, 37 Pieces
Located in Ostrava, CZ
TROJAN, a coffee table at first sight, is hiding space that holds similar amount of fighters as a legendary Trojan horse. 32 chess pieces made by TOWARNA, are cast from concrete, one of first composite materials, used already in ancient Rome. Chess, which evolved from the Persian chess...
Concrete
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Era Walnut Chess Table, Circa 1885
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century English Victorian era walnut chess table, circa 1885.
Walnut
$2,826Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.15 in W 23.82 in D 23.82 in
Antique Chess Table, English Oak, Games Table, Cotswold School, Mid 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an vintage chess table. An English, oak, satinwood and walnut games table in Cotswold School taste, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1...
Satinwood, Walnut
Gaming table from 1810 with exquisite inlays - Italy
Located in Cesena, FC
Gaming table from 1810 with exquisite inlays - Italy Exquisite inlays and edges, with brass decorations on legs and borders. An object of the highest quality. Inside compartments a...
Brass
Arts and Crafts Oak Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
An Arts and Crafts table in quarter sawn oak with hexagonal top and shaped undershelf supported on three flat tapered legs ending in arched feet and decorated with trefoil piercework...
Oak
Antique Snooker Table or Billiard Pool Table Mahogany in Stock
Located in Radstock, GB
Antique Snooker table or Antique billiard table by Thurston London England. A very good quality 'Country House" mahogany Snooker table or bill...
Mahogany
English Oak Games Table with Green Felt Top, 1930s
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Elegant English games table crafted in solid oak, dating from the early 20th century. The table features a rectangular top with green felt playing surface, ideal for card games or us...
Felt, Hardwood
Trojan XXI Chess Table & Set
Located in Ostrava, CZ
Trojan, a coffee table at first sight, is hiding space that holds similar amount of fighters as a legendary Trojan horse. 32 chess pieces made by Towarna, are cast from concrete, one of first composite materials, used already in ancient Rome. Chess, which evolved from the Persian chess...
Concrete
$1,041
H 28.35 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
1950s Mid-Century Italian Walnut Inlay Chess Games Coffee Side Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful Italian solid walnut games side table with inlay chess game over four classic simple legs connected to one another with central stretchers and central opening with storage ...
Wood
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Lamp Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional Mission or Arts & Crafts period oak lamp table, tea table, or game table By Gustav Stickley USA, Circa 1910 Measures: 36"W x 36"D x 29"H. Newly refinished...
Oak
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H 29.5 in W 40 in D 40 in
Antique RJ Horner Edwardian Style Oak Flip-Top Poker or Game Table C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** Antique Edwardian Style Oak Flip Top Poker or Game Table in the Manner of RJ Horner C1910 Measures ...
Oak
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H 30.01 in W 30.01 in D 18.01 in
A good quality Arts and Crafts single drawer card or games table
Located in London, GB
A good quality Arts and Crafts single drawer card/games table with stylised copper handles.
Copper
19th century ROULETTE WHEEL TABLE By the William Ellis Co.
Located in Surrey, BC
ROULETTE WHEEL AND TABLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century By the William Ellis Co., Providence, Rhode Island. Wheel with rosewood frame and figured maple interior. Arts & Crafts-style wa...
Brass
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H 27 in W 32 in D 36.5 in
Arts & Crafts Mahogany Drop-Leaf Sutherland Table, Labeled, British, ca. 1900
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Arts and Crafts drop-leaf Sutherland table, the narrow tabletop in mahogany (slight sun fading), with two canted-form mahogany drop-leaves, on an Arts & Crafts, slated and flared bas...
Mahogany
Embossed Brass Art & Crafts Dutch Chess Table, 1900s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Early 20th century dutch arts & crafts chess table with an embossed brass top. Beautifully crafted oak base with reeded legs. The table top not only has a carefully crafted emb...
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts & Crafts Metamorphic Poker Work Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century American Arts & Crafts metamorphic poker work table circa 1910. Superbly hand made table which flips to form a chair, often know as a ...
Pine
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H 21.25 in W 21 in D 21 in
Rare & Superb Condition Midcentury Made Wooden Faux Bamboo Chess Table & Pieces
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and highly stylish chess table with a complete and hand carved wooden chess set. Faux bamboo furniture has been circa since the 19th century ...
Wood
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H 27 in Dm 23.6 in
Early 1900s Stylish Arts & Crafts Oak Chess Table with Embossed Brass Table Top
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique Arts & Crafts chess table for playing the game in style. The combination of the beautifully designed, tiger oak base and the embossed brass table top...
Brass
Lions Head Chess Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a lions head chess table, its been restored and repainted with milk paints "Oyster White" and Midnight Black".
Birch
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H 25 in Dm 32.75 in
Italian Arts & Crafts Chess Checkers Side End Accent Game Table Round Parquetry
Located in Dayton, OH
Italian Arts & Crafts chess checkers side end accent game table round parquetry Vintage Italian Arts & Crafts game table Features exotic inlaid wood design with pedestal base. ...
Hardwood
Italian Tramp Art, Game Table
By Tramp Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand carved game table. Table is in style of tramp art, origin South of Italy, circa 1900s. Shipping US continental in home delivery $400
Walnut