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Directoire Tables

DIRECTOIRE STYLE

Formed in the wake of the Jacobin Reign of Terror’s bloody guillotine, the Directoire was established to lead France into order through the leadership of a five-member council of directors. It was brief, lasting only from 1795 to 1799, ending with Napoléon Bonaparte’s coup d’état, and was economically tumultuous. Yet it was an essential bridge between the era of Louis XVI and the elaborate Empire style that followed, with Directoire furniture and decorative arts shaped by a royal passion for classical design and an enthusiasm for postrevolutionary France.

Much of the country’s furniture production had halted during the French Revolution when the furniture guilds system was abolished, but during the Directoire period, the cabinetmakers restarted their businesses, such as François-Honoré-Georges and Jacob-Desmalter who established a new workshop called Jacob-Frères. Pieces made in walnut, elm, mahogany and other inexpensive materials incorporated influences ranging from Egypt to Pompeii, with popular forms including the curule armchair based on an ancient Roman design. The aesthetics of the transitional style were more austere than during the monarchy, with court cabinetmaker Jean-Baptiste Sené, for instance, reimagining his workshop’s neoclassical-style furniture with ungilded surfaces and a reduction of ornamentation.

Symbols referencing the revolutionary tenets of liberty, equality and fraternity were frequently carved into Directoire furnishings, such as the Phrygian cap, clasped hands and the fasces, which is an image of a bound bundle of sticks adopted from the Roman Republic, where it was seen as an emblem of strength through unity.

Elements of the French Directoire style continued through Empire style. Designers Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine are credited today as major proponents of both movements. The classically inspired furniture design is represented in pieces such as the boat-shaped daybed and the klismos chair, which endured in French interiors as well as in styles abroad, including American Directoire.

Find a collection of antique ​​Directoire chairs, tables, daybeds, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Directoire
Superb Pair of Marble Top Bronze Mounted French Demilune Console Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic pair of demilune tables made in France of walnut with groegous brass and bronze ormolu. The tables feature beautiful wood quality and brass and bronze. The tables...
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1920s French Vintage Directoire Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Antique Directoire Style Walnut Games Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Directoire style walnut games table, 19th century. With a rectangular top with banding and parquetry inlay, when the top is opened there is a brown felt playing surface below...
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19th Century European Antique Directoire Tables

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Walnut

Antique Game Table, Table à Tric Trac, Mahogany, France, Directoire, circa 1800
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Tric Trac game table France Mahogany Directoire around 1800 Dimensions: H x W x D: 77 x 114 x 64 cm Description: Piece of furniture standing on round legs with brass surro...
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Early 1800s French Antique Directoire Tables

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Wood

Italian Brass Glass Nesting End Tables Directoire Maison Jansen Style, Set
Located in New York, NY
A versatile and substantial set/pair of Italian brass and glass nesting tables in the Directoire style, in the style of design h...
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1960s Italian Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

French Mahogany Leather Top Directoire Writing Desk with Pull Out Trays
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very good French mahogany Directoire desk with bronze ormolu and restrained and simple design. The leather top is in good antique condition with some signs of age and use b...
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1930s French Vintage Directoire Tables

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Bronze

Directoire Style Fruitwood Writing table / Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Directoire Style fruitwood leather top writing table / desk made from 19th century and later elements. With a rectangular leather top with fruitwood borders, central frieze drawer fl...
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1950s European Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Leather, Fruitwood

Late 18th Century Mahogany Directoire Server
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Original condition with a beautiful natural patina.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire Tables

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Mahogany

Michael Taylor Directoire Style Mahogany Side Table - Savoy
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Michael Taylor Directoire Style Mahogany Side Table - The Savoy Table
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1990s American Directoire Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Superb Brass Directoire Style Coffee Table Attributed to Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a Maison Jansen attributed coffee table of fine design and form made of brass in the Directoire manner. The table is in good condition and features robust conical legs and a ...
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Tables

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Brass

Pair of Antique Faux Marble Paint Decorated French Directoire Console Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb pair of original antique French Directoire paint decorated console tables. The tables are faux painted in the top and lower tiers to look like marble and have a nice...
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1920s French Vintage Directoire Tables

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Walnut

Fine Quality French Dore' Bronze and Mahogany Directoire Dessert Tray Top Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous French Louis XVI or Directoire dessert table. It would have been used for eclairs or cream puffs, or for serving tea. The table features gorgeous dore' bronze ormo...
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1920s Vintage Directoire Tables

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Bronze

French Napoleon III Louis XVI-Style Mahogany Desk
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
French Louis XVI style desk/bureau plat with embossed green leather top, brass trim, five drawers, unique brass frame top and fluted legs. 2 leather top slide out writing surfaces. F...
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20th Century Unknown Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Gilt Metal Bagues Faux Bois Tree Branch Asymetric Form Smoked Glass Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Gilt faux bois. Smoked glass top. 17" h x 60" w x 29" d. Condition Small chip in corner of glass. Paint loss. Scratches.
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1970s French Vintage Directoire Tables

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Metal, Gold Leaf

19th Century Fruitwood & Marble Gueridon
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large French fruitwood and marble gueridon made during the 1800’s. This table has its original St. Anne marble top inset into a fruitwood frame. The apron houses two felt top slide...
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19th Century French Antique Directoire Tables

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Marble

*Pair of Bronze and Marble Directoire Style Gueridons
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning pair of bronze and marble Directoire style gueridons. Adorned with rams heads and hoofed feet.
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19th Century French Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Gorgeous Pair Maison Jansen Style Directoire Octagonal Black Laquer End Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
These are gorgeous recently black lacquered Maison Jansen style tables in the manner of Directoire. The tables ae in good condition and have minimal signs of age and use. The quality...
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1960s French Vintage Directoire Tables

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Brass

Fine Quality Directoire Maison Jansen Attributed Marble Top Console Table Buffet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Even though this is not signed we strongly believe this to be Maison Jansen because of the quality of the piece and components of brass and marble. The quality, level of sophisticati...
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

Directoire Mahogany Table De Nuit
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with white marble top over a compartment and drawer and with turned tapered legs.
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Early 1800s French Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble

Directoire Style Brass Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Directoire-style green marble top coffee table on brass legs, circa 1950. Dimensions: 20.5"H x 46"W x 46"D. Ask us about our local NYC de...
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1950s Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Pair of French Directoire Chest of Drawers / Side Tables
Located in Westport, CT
A beautiful pair of Directoire chests in solid walnut and comprised of three drawers with brass angular handles and shield-shaped escutcheons,...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Walnut

French fruitwood marquetry top writing table, 1950’s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Academic Revival rectangular bureau plat in the French Directoire taste. The fruitwood marquetry top is mounted on a conforming apron fitted with a divided long drawer. Each drawer f...
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Mid-20th Century French Directoire Tables

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Brass

St. Croix Mahogany Directoire One Drawer Stand, Stamped By Maker circa 1790-1800
Located in Charleston, SC
This Directoire or Consulate Style solid Mahogany One Drawer Work-stand / Table was made in the Danish West Indies on the Island of Saint Croix in the Lat...
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Late 18th Century Caribbean Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Cedar

Directoire Style Bronze And Burl Walnut Guéridon
Located in Essex, MA
Circular inset black granite top with metal banded edge and three faux bamboo cluster column supports joining a lower tripartite stretcher. Ending on bronze capped saber legs.
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Tables

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Fantastic Bronze and Thick Glass Directoire Maison Jansen Style Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful and extremely sophisticated coffee table that looks like Maison Jansen but we can't say with certainty. The table is in good condition with a beautiful patina on ...
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1940s French Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Bronze

Directoire Period Games Table - Rosewood & Ebony - 18th
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnificent games table called tric-trac from the Directoire period. This rectangular table is made of rosewood and ebony veneer mounted on a fir structure. The grain of the wood is ...
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1790s French Antique Directoire Tables

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Wood

Tuscan console table
Located in PAU, FR
Tuscan console and/or desk late 18th beginning 19th Beautiful patina, gilding in good condition. A drawer and key on the flat side. Seem to serve as an office.
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18th Century Italian Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Wood

Pair Directoire Highly Naturalistic Rams Head Dore' Bronze Marble Top Gueridons
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb pair of dore' gilt bronze gueridons with incredible workmanship and bright 23kt gold dore' finishing. The rams heads are superbly cast and highly naturalistic and we...
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1980s French Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Superb Green Leather Top Baker French Directoire Writing Desk with Tablet Trays
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous Baker Desk in the French Directoire style. The desk is beautifully made of mahogany with bright brass trim and a beautiful leather top with gold tooled embossing a...
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1990s American Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique French Directoire Style Eglomise Gilt Coffee Table Attributed to Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 15in W: 48 1/2in D: 21 3/4in This Antique French Directoire Style Eglomise Gilt Coffee Table Attributed to Jansen is truly a showstopper and is made of the highest ...
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Mid-20th Century Argentine Directoire Tables

Materials

Silver Leaf

Ebonized Walnut Brass Trimmed French louis XVI Marble Top Console Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful console table with a nice slab of carrara marble on top surrounded by a beautiful brass gallery and a sophisticated ebonized walnut case. The console has two work...
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1930s French Vintage Directoire Tables

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Carrara Marble, Brass

French antique Architect's Table, Directoire Period 1780-1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Explore a stunning late eighteenth-century Directoire Period architect’s desk crafted from figured mahogany. This exquisite piece features an adjustable green leather-lined writing surface with a hidden double rising system. Flanked by a pair of convenient pull-out slides and one long drawer, the desk opens to reveal an additional writing surface and sliding pen tray. Elevated on round tapering legs, this architect's table, also known as "table à la Tronchin...
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1790s French Antique Directoire Tables

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Mahogany

Stunning Inlaid Mahogany Marquetry Bronze Mounted Directoire French Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This desk is absolutely stunning with gorgeous mahogany done in marquetry inlay and bright bronze ormolu that is crisp and extremely well defined. The desk has two drawers and wll sh...
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1920s French Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Bronze

Oval Directoire Style Dining Room Extension Dining Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A handsome Directoire Style Dining Table. Oval dining table with beautiful book matched top, carved edge and black string inlaid banding. The ebonized apron with gilt molded panels, ...
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20th Century Directoire Tables

Materials

Wood

Directoire Desk, France 19th century
Located in Leimen, DE
This elegant Directoire style desk dates back to the second half of the 19th century. The desk has a pretty mahogany veneer and is additionally embellished with brass fillets. The to...
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1870s French Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Direttorio Style Desk by Morelato, Made of Cherrywood with Leather Top
Located in Salizzole, IT
Writing desk made of cherrywood with drawers and leather top Available in different finishes and leather colors. Measures: L 114, W 58, H 80 cm. also av...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Directoire Tables

Materials

Cherry

Round Marble Top Gueridon Table With Mahogany Shelves
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage round marble top gueridon table with a brass rail, brass legs and mahogany shelves. At the heart of this gueridon table is a round white carrara marble top, exuding a luxur...
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Mid-20th Century Directoire Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble

Pair of Solid Brass Thick Glass Top John Vesey Style Directoire Pedestals Stands
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
These are gorgeous Italian Made Rams Head brass and thick glass pedestals or plantstands in very good condition for their vintage age. They measure 34 3/4" h x 28 1/4" w x 31" d. Sea...
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1990s Italian Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Single Brass and Steel Glass Top Guerdion or End Table Maison Jansen Style
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous brass and steel high quality Maison Jansen style gueridon or end table. The table is in the Directoire style and is in good condition and measures 25.5 wide x 25.5...
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1990s French Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass, Steel

Directoire Mahogany And Brass Mounted Tric Trac Table
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular removable top with brass stringing and corners, on the reverse a green felt game surface. Enclosing a backgammon playing surface. The frieze with opposing small draw...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Baker Furniture Company French Directoire Style Walnut and Leather Top End Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a nice Baker end table with a bookcase interior and leather top. The top has signs of use and stains but nothing significant. The table dates to the 1950s and measures 22.25 ...
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1950s American Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Maison Bagues Style Faux Bamboo Smoked Glass Steel Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous coffee table in the style of Maison Bagues. The table is made of steel with a smoked glass top. The table measures 21.5 tall x 27.25 wide x 16 deep. The table date...
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1980s French Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Steel

Fine Quality Antique Painted French Directoire Style Marble Top Console Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous antique paint Decorated and gilded marble top console table in the Directoire style. The table is in good condition with no issues to speak of and measures 42.5 wi...
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1950s Unknown Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble

Antique French Directoire Neoclassical Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Directoire Neoclassical Mahogany Leather Top Desk is a marvel of timeless architecture, tailored styling and quality materials. Crafted from exotic imported mahogany,...
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Unique Greek Key John Vesey Style Marble Top Steel Demilune Console Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful Directoire style demilune console table. The table is in good condition and measures 15.25 deep x 30.25 wide x 34.25 tall with greek key and tradtional Directoire...
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Early 2000s European Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble, Metal

Ebonized Brass Trimmed French Directoire Style Executive Writinig Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous Baker quality brass trimmed desk with a wonderful gold embossed and tooled leather top. The desk is ebonized in black lacquer and features remarkable build quality...
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Early 2000s Unknown Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

French Directoire Inlaid Marquetry Side Table or Desk with Meticulous Inlay
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Antique Directoire table is adorned with intricate diamond marquetry details on the top and skillfully sculpted ring patterns on the sides. T...
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1910s French Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Satinwood, Walnut

Pair of Round French Directoire Style Bronze Colored Steel Marble Top Gueridons
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This a beautiful pair of bronze hued steel marble top Directoire style gueridons. They are in the manner of Restoration Hardware. They each are in good used condition and have no maj...
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Early 2000s Unknown Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble, Steel

Gorgeous Oval Steel and Glass Maison Bagues Style Faux Bamboo Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous coffee table in the style of the French company Maison Bagues who made some beautiful faux bamboo coffee tables just like this one. The finish appears to be silver...
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1980s French Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Steel

Maison Jansen Directoire Style Dining Room Table
Located in Lisbon, PT
Mahogany dining table in Hepplewhite style, a Maison Jansen Directoire style brass-mounted dining room table with two extensions and extension legs for extra stability. *** with t...
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century French Directoire Marble Top, Bronze and Brass Guéridon Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a living room with this elegant neoclassical antique two-tier gueridon table. Created in France circa 1970, and round in shape, the table is supported by three slender cabri...
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Mid-20th Century French Directoire Tables

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

Directoire Style Console Table in Cherry with a Secret Drawer Made in France
Located in Landivy, FR
This rectangular console table is a craft handed re-interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. The Directoire period style is remarkable with its ...
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2010s French Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Pair of Faux Bamboo Bagues Style Solid Brass Hexangonal End Tables Circa 1970
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Brass faux bamboo frames. Glass tops. 17" h x 17 1/2" w x 20 1/8" d. Condition Scratches. Oxidation.
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1970s French Vintage Directoire Tables

Materials

Brass

Directoire Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Lovely directoire mahogany drop-leaf extending dining table. Oval table top rests on four ring turned tapering legs that terminate in brass caps and castors. Each drop-leaf measures:...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Directoire Tables

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Brass

Pair of gorgeous brass and marble Faux Bois Twig End Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
. Brass. Granite. 21" h x 16 5/8" diameter. Condition Scratches. Minor oxidation.
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1990s French Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Walnut Gueridon Side Table Directoire Period
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Walnut Gueridon Side Table Directoire Period A beautifully crafted walnut gueridon features a red, white and grey variegated marble set into a turned moulded frame. The frieze...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire Tables

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Marble

Directoire Provincial Walnut Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top over a drawer raised on square tapered legs.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Walnut

Fine French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Directoire Marble Top Mirrored Vanity Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superbly crafted antique French Directoire style brass inlaid and bronze mounted secretaire desk or ladies vanity. The piece is perfect for paying bills or using as a makeup vanity...
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1890s French Antique Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

Marble Top Gilt And Ebonized Table
Located in Norwood, NJ
Gilt and ebonized marble top side table. Unusual black, gold and white merle top. Tapered and fluted carved legs with an X- form stretcher.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Directoire Tables

Materials

Marble

Directoire tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Directoire tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Directoire tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Maison Jansen, Baker Furniture Company, Morelato, and Century Furniture. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $525 and tops out at $91,647 while the average work can sell for $3,942.

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