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Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
Antique Victorian folding table with turned notched legs, three-quarter front view showing worn planked top with rounded corners, dark stained X-frame scissor base with double stretcher rails, standing open on bare wood floor.
Close-up of the base of the antique folding table showing the dark stained turned legs with notched ring detailing, double horizontal stretcher rails, and the lower crossing point of the X-frame mechanism.
Side view of the antique folding table showing the X-frame scissor base fully open, turned notched legs crossing at centre, and the dark stained underside of the planked top with original wooden catch visible.
Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch
The antique folding table styled in an antique shop setting with Russian posters laid on top, surrounded by books, ceramics and curiosities, showing the table in use at a comfortable working height.

Antique Folding Table, Late Victorian / Edwardian, Turned Notched Legs, X-Frame, Original Wooden Catch

A well-made and characterful antique folding table, dating to the late Victorian or Edwardian period. Practical, sturdy, and full of honest age, this is the kind of piece that works as hard in a contemporary interior as it would have done in its original setting — as a writing table, side table, or portable occasional table.

The top is formed from three planks of softwood, rounded at the corners, with a dark stained finish that has developed a rich patina over many decades of use. The surface carries significant wear — scratches, scuffs, minor splits along the board joins, and some old nail and screw fixings visible — all consistent with age and working life, and clearly photographed. It is a surface with genuine history rather than a pristine one.

 

The base is the more appealing element: four turned legs with decorative notched rings at intervals, stained dark, set into an X-frame scissor action that allows the table to fold flat. The legs are joined by two horizontal stretcher rails on each side, the turning carried consistently throughout. The folding mechanism uses original wooden block joints at the crossing point, and the table locks open with an original wooden catch on the underside, which retains a fragment of old thick fabric nailed around it — a period detail that speaks to the table’s working history. The underside of the top retains its original dark stained finish.

 

Folding tables of this construction were widely made in Britain from the 1880s through the Edwardian era, used variously as reading tables, sketching tables, or portable work surfaces. This example is larger and more substantial than most, giving it real presence and genuine utility.

Dimensions:
• Height: 68cm
• Width: 70cm
• Depth: 45.5cm

Condition: As found. Honest wear throughout — surface scratches, minor splits to top boards, some old fixings visible. Original wooden catch present with remnant of old fabric. Folds and locks correctly. Structurally sound.