Butler Tray Coffee Table
Chippendale Style Butler’s Tray Coffee Table with Scalloped Gallery
By Councill
Located in Louisville, KY
Butler’s Tray Coffee Table has a beautiful scalloped gallery with butler tray handle openings in dark
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Late 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Baker Furniture English Chippendale Mahogany Butlers Tray Coffee Cocktail Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Baker Furniture English Chippendale Campaign Stye Butlers Tray Coffee Table, Circa 1980s. Features
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Vintage 1980s Chippendale Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 23 in W 32 in D 24 in
c. 1780 George III Butler's Tray Now on Coffee Table Height Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780 George III butler's tray now on coffee table height stand, English. Mahogany with full
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Tray Tables
Materials
Wood
Victorian Military Campaign Style Mahogany & Brass Butlers Tray
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Victorian Military Campaign Style Mahogany & Brass Butlers Tray on Coffee Table Stand
Extra
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20th Century British British Colonial Tray Tables
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Butler's Tray Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
English Regency style butler's coffee-, end table or side table in mahogany with tray top.
High
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Mid-20th Century English Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Wonderful French Regency Brass Glass Butlers Serving Coffee Cocktail Tray Table
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful French Regency Style Brass With Removable Glass Tray Top, Butlers Serving Coffee
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20th Century Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
H 22 in W 35 in D 18.25 in
1970s English Traditional Hinged Solid Mahogany Butler's Tray Table
By Heritage Furniture
Located in Germantown, MD
Solid Mahogany Butler's table, center table, coffee table. Very sturdy and in excellent condition
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Director to the early Victorian era. Later popular mounted as coffee tables.
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Antique 1820s English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Georgian Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality late 18th century, Georgian period, mahogany oval butlers tray of Panelled
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Small Georgian Mahogany Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
utilised as coffee tables. As with all the others that we have seen this particular tray has been fitted
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray On Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality George III Period Late 18th Century Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray, Of Typical Four
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Georgian Oval Butlers Tray On Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality And Elegant Late 18th Century, Georgian Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray, Of Panelled
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
A Victorian Figured Mahogany Rectangular Butler's Tray on Stand
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An English Victorian Antique Figured Mahogany Rectangular Butler's Tray on Stand
Removable Tray
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Butler's Tray Made In Rosewood Of Danish Design From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
The butler's tray crafted from rosewood and boasting Danish design from the 1960s is a testament
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Butler Tray Top Coffee Table
Located in Norton, MA
Butler's tray-style coffee table, mixed woods, drop-down ends and sides, 22" H (with handles up) x
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Antique 19th Century American Side Tables
Materials
Wood
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HENKEL HARRIS 5212 29 Banded Mahogany Chippendale Butler's Tray Coffee Table
By Henkel Harris
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Chippendale style butler's tray coffee table by Henkel Harris, of Winchester, Virginia, USA
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Late 20th Century American Chippendale Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
George VI mahogany butlers tray on stand
Located in Salisbury, GB
Butlers tray coffee table
This butler’s tray on stand is made in mahogany. It is a coffee table of
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Vintage 1940s English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Coffee Table Made from Large Mid-Century Walnut Butler's Tray on Custom Stand
Located in Quechee, VT
An oversized Mid-Century Modern walnut butler's tray with four cut-out hand-holds, on a bespoke
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Pine, Walnut
H 20 in W 38 in D 26 in
Antique Mahogany Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
This antique mahogany Georgian style butlers tray coffee table is a great looking item and very
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tray Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Traditional Kimball Mahogany Drop-Leaf Butler Tray Coffee Table
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Fabulous traditional Kimball mahogany drop-leaf butler tray coffee table.
Generation after
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21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Tray Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian Style Yew Wood Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
This yew wood butlers tray coffee table is in lovely condition and dates to circa 1950s period
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Vintage 1950s English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Yew
Large Handsome Butler's Tray Coffee Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Large elegant mahogany coffee table with removable butler's tray top and chunky ball legs on brass
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21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Faux Bamboo Butler Tray Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Wood faux bamboo coffee table, looks like a large butler tray. Tortoise shell finish. Note finish
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Vintage 1970s Unknown Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Faux Bamboo Butler Tray Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Wood faux bamboo coffee table, looks like a large butler tray. Tortoise shell finish. Note finish
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Vintage 1970s Unknown Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Mahogany Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
Antique mahogany butlers tray top coffee table with folding flaps and open handles. It’s in
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Vintage 1950s British Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Mahogany Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
Antique mahogany butlers tray top coffee table with folding flaps & open handles. It’s in excellent
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Vintage 1950s British Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in Essex, MA
The antique tray with hand cutouts on a later custom made base.
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Antique 19th Century British Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
English Mahogany Butlers Tray Coffee table
Located in Essex, MA
Panelled top with hinged shaped sides , moulded straight legs with x form stretcher.
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Antique 19th Century British Coffee and Cocktail Tables
19thC English Georgian Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mahogany butlers' tray with drop down sides on custom made mid 20thC mahogany base. Has original
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Antique 19th Century English Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George III Style Mahogany Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular inset tray with 3/4 shaped gallery, raised on straight square legs with pierced
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Antique 19th Century English Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Victorian Mahogany and Brass Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in Essex, MA
Oval with leaves down with brass hinges and handles, turned tapered leg base.
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Antique 1850s English Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Mahogany Campaign Style Butlers Tray Coffee Table
Located in Essex, MA
Unusual with square ends , brass hinges and panelled top , later base with H stretcher.
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Antique 19th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage English Ebonized Butler's Tray Table
Located in Austin, TX
English vintage butler's tray coffee table of ebonized mahogany. Removable tray with solid brass
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Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
1950s English Campaign Style Brass & Banded Mahogany Butler’s Tray Coffee Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an English campaign style banded mahogany butler tray top coffee table. The tray is not
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Mid-20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
H 22 in W 36.75 in D 24 in
English Paneled Mahogany Oval Form Butler's Tray Coffee Table on Stand, 19th C
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This Georgian early 19th C. mahogany butler's tray of oval form with rectangular paneled center
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
H 18 in W 36 in L 18 in
Nathan Margolis Shop Ribbon Mahogany Butler's Tray Table
By Nathan Margolis Shop
Located in Chicago, IL
Sought after finest quality reproduction, fixed butler's tray coffee table in ribbon mahogany by
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Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Nathan Margolis Shop Ribbon Mahogany Butler's Tray Table
By Nathan Margolis Shop
Located in Chicago, IL
Sought after finest quality reproduction, fixed butler's tray coffee table in ribbon mahogany by
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Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Mahogany Tray Top Butlers Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
Large antique mahogany tray top butlers coffee table in excellent condition & good quality. The
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Vintage 1930s English Edwardian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Butlers Tray Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
English mahogany folding butler's tray with hinged sides.
England c. 1960.
The table is newly
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Mid-20th Century English Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
GEORGIAN MAHOGANY BUTLERS TRAY TABLE.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Lovely early 19th century mahogany butlers tray on later stand.
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Antique 19th Century English Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Hekman Butlers Tray Table Mahogany Coffee Table w/ Pinwheel Inlay
By Hekman Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Hekman Butlers Tray Table Mahogany Coffee Table w/ Pinwheel Inlay.
Item features a
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Late 20th Century Chippendale Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Butlers Tray
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mahogany unusual six-panel butler's tray on a later base.
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Antique Late 19th Century Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Unusual Bowfront English Georgian Butler's Tray Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Highly unusual English Georgian mahogany bowfront butler's tray on a beautifully constructed early
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Antique 19th Century English Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Butlers Tray Table by Svend Langkilde
By Svend Langkilde
Located in Kastrup, DK
Butler's tray in rosewood designed by Svend Langkilde.
Hinges and cross stretchers in brass
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray on Stand Coffee Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality late 18th century mahogany
Oval butlers tray having well figured panels
And
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Butler Tray Stand Coffee Tea Table Quality Mahogany, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
A superb butler's tray table presented in excellent antique condition
Displaying quality
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Mid-20th Century Great Britain (UK) Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 18.9 in W 35.04 in D 24.81 in
George IV Mahogany Butlers Tray Table
Located in Essex, MA
Oval top with hinged folding edges , raised on square molded legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Coffee and Cocktail Tables
English Regency Oval Mahogany Butler's Coffee Table with Copper Serving Tray Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage English Regency Oval Mahogany Butler's Coffee Table with Copper Serving Tray Top. Item
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Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Copper
H 23 in W 35 in D 21.5 in
Early 19th Century English Butler's Tray Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
George III mahogany butler's tray with drop down sides on mid 20th century custom made mahogany
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Antique 19th Century English Coffee and Cocktail Tables
English Regency Mahogany Butlers Tray Table on Stand
Located in Kastrup, DK
Early 19th century English regency period butler's tray in mahogany with original brass hinges
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Handsome Butler's Tray Inlaid Coffeetable
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Inlaid mahogany, removeable tray top, lovely carved cabriole legs. Great smallish size, very
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Vintage 1970s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Svend Langkilde Butler's Tray in Hardwood
By Svend Langkilde
Located in Kastrup, DK
Svend Langkilde butler's tray table in hardwood, with brass fittings.
Between leg cross struts in
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
English Mahogany Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
Fantastic shaped top English butlers tray on stand.
Molded leg with stretcher base
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Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Mahogany Butlers Tray
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 20th Century mahogany butlers tray on stand, the rectangular top having a decorative shaped
Category
Vintage 1910s British Edwardian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Oak Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful George III period oak butlers tray of panelled construction.
Having folding sides
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Regency Mahogany Butler's Tray on Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English Regency period mahogany butler's tray, the shaped top with four panels and drop down
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Mahogany Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality George III mahogany butlers tray having pierced handles to well
figured gallery top
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Oval Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality George III period mahogany
oval butlers tray of unusually large proportion
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George III period butler's tray on stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A George III period mahogany drop sided butler's tray of typical form, the well -figured top
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Antique 19th Century English Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Style Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray On Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
coffee table. The stand is well executed
and was probably made around 50 years or so ago.
The tray
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Early 20th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
A C19th Mahogany Campaign Butlers Tray Table By Army & Navy CSL
By Army & Navy CSL
Located in London, GB
A very good example of a Campaign Butlers Tray Table from the late 19th Century. Crafted in a
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Antique Late 19th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Butlers Tray On Later Stand
Located in Buchanan, MI
EARLY 19TH CENTURY BUTLERS TRAY ON LATER STAND, GREAT COLOR
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Antique 19th Century English Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Figured Mahogany Butler's Tray on Later Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Regency mahogany butler's tray, the well-figured top with four cut-out handles, the front edge
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality George III period mahogany oval butlers tray of paneled construction having folding
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Style Mahogany Butler's Tray with Collapsible Sides
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English mahogany butler's tray on stand the top with 4 divides and hinged side panels with
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Antique 19th Century British Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Antique Georgian Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality George III period mahogany
Oval butlers tray of panelled construction
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English 19th Century Mahogany Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine 19th century mahogany tray made circa 1840 set upon a later coffee table stand is of
Category
Antique 19th Century British Chippendale Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Two Panel Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray On Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality Late 18th Century, George III Period, Mahogany Oval Butlers Tray, Of Unusual
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Shaped Walnut Butlers Tray on Later Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
Late 18th century shaped top butlers tray. Stand is later addition on later addition from the late
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Antique 1790s North American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Svend Langkilde Danish Midcentury Rosewood Butlers Tray by Langkilde Møbler 1960
By Langkilde Møbler, Svend Langkilde, Illums Bolighus
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Amazing butlers tray or coffee table
This rosewood coffee table is designed by the Danish
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
H 19.69 in W 34.65 in D 24.02 in
Richly Figured Mahogany Warm Patina Antique Butlers Tray on a Later Base
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Richly figured mahogany warm patina antique butlers tray on a later base
The tray is circa 1840
Category
Antique 1840s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Pair of George III Mahogany Butlers Trays with Gilt Brass Galleries
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Fine and rare surviving pair of George III butlers trays with gilt brass galleries. The tray is
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European George III Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.14 in W 29.14 in D 21.66 in
Antique Butler Tray Top Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A very smart and useful antique butlers tray top coffee table, dating from around the 1930’s
Category
Mid-20th Century English Chippendale Serving Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Butlers Tray Coffee / Side Table
Located in London, GB
A smart and functional antique butlers tray table. This is in the Georgian style, it was made in
Category
Mid-20th Century English Georgian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Mahogany Butlers Tray Top Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
Large antique Georgian style Butlers tray top coffee table with a lift off top and dating to circa
Category
Vintage 1930s English Campaign Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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Antique English Georgian Mahogany Butler's Style Coffee Table with Dovetail
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Early 20th Century Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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English Antique Military Campaign Design Butlers Tray and Folding Stand
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Located in Essex, MA
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Antique 1790s English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Mahogany
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H 33.86 in W 60.24 in D 21.26 in
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Butler Tray Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal butler tray coffee table for your home. Each butler tray coffee table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and metal. There are many kinds of the butler tray coffee table you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each butler tray coffee table bearing Georgian, Mid-Century Modern or Regency hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one butler tray coffee table that is appealing in its simplicity, but Svend Langkilde, Baker Furniture Company and Drexel produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Butler Tray Coffee Table?
Prices for a butler tray coffee table can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $535 and can go as high as $3,950, while the average can fetch as much as $1,850.
Finding the Right Coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You
As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.
Low tables that were initially used as tea tables or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. Early coffee tables surfaced in Victorian-era England, likely influenced by the use of tea tables in Japanese tea gardens. In the United States, furniture makers worked to introduce low, long tables into their offerings as the popularity of coffee and “coffee breaks” took hold during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
It didn’t take long for coffee tables and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. In recent years, however, metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, and design hasn’t been restricted to the conventional low profile, either.
Visionary craftspeople such as Paul Evans introduced bold, geometric designs that challenge the traditional idea of what a coffee table can be. The elongated rectangles and wide boxy forms of Evans’s desirable Cityscape coffee table, for example, will meet your needs but undoubtedly prove imposing in your living space.
If you’re shopping for an older coffee table to bring into your home — be it an antique Georgian-style coffee table made of mahogany or walnut with decorative inlays or a classic square mid-century modern piece comprised of rosewood designed by the likes of Ettore Sottsass — there are a few things you should keep in mind.
Both the table itself and what you put on it should align with the overall design of the room, not just by what you think looks fashionable in isolation. According to interior designer Tamara Eaton, the material of your vintage coffee table is something you need to consider. “With a glass coffee table, you also have to think about the surface underneath, like the rug or floor,” she says. “With wood and stone tables, you think about what’s on top.”
Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.
Questions About Butler Tray Coffee Table
- What is a butler's table?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A butler's table is a small table, usually used as an end table or in the corner of your living room. It features removable or fixed trays for extra storage when necessary. Shop a range of antique and vintage tables on 1stDibs.
- What is a butler’s tray table?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022A butler's tray table is an accent table typically used for serving. It includes a removable tray top that can transport food and drinks from room to room. Normally, the base features folding criss-crossing legs. Shop a range of butler's tray tables on 1stDibs.
- What is a tray top coffee table?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 26, 2021Tray top coffee tables are coffee tables with long, flat rectangular surfaces that are supported by an x-frame base. Low tables that were initially used as tea or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. After coffee drinking and “coffee breaks” became popular, it didn’t take long for coffee and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Shop a collection of antique, vintage, and contemporary tray top coffee tables from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
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