diff --git a/src/components/table/index.ts b/src/components/table/index.ts
index 49f1841c..51ab06fa 100644
--- a/src/components/table/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/table/index.ts
@@ -14,5 +14,10 @@ declare module '@tanstack/react-table' {
      * Merged into the `style` prop of the default-rendered `<th>` element.
      */
     thStyle?: CSSProperties;
+
+    /**
+     * Merged into the `style` prop of the default-rendered `<td>` element.
+     */
+    tdStyle?: CSSProperties;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/table/table_body.tsx b/src/components/table/table_body.tsx
index b67aea30..4335dd35 100644
--- a/src/components/table/table_body.tsx
+++ b/src/components/table/table_body.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Icon } from '@blueprintjs/core';
+import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 import type { Row, RowData } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import type { VirtualItem, Virtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual';
 import { notUndefined } from '@tanstack/react-virtual';
@@ -23,6 +25,14 @@ interface TableBodyProps<TData extends RowData> {
   virtualizer: Virtualizer<HTMLDivElement, Element>;
   isReorderingEnabled: boolean;
   renderRowPreview?: TableRowPreviewRenderer<TData>;
+
+  emptyContent: ReactNode;
+  emptyIcon: ReactNode;
+
+  /**
+   * Bound to `EmptyRow`, it is needed for td colSpan.
+   */
+  columns: number;
 }
 
 export function TableBody<TData extends RowData>(props: TableBodyProps<TData>) {
@@ -36,6 +46,9 @@ export function TableBody<TData extends RowData>(props: TableBodyProps<TData>) {
     ) as TableRowTrRenderer<TData>,
     virtualizer,
     virtualizeRows,
+    emptyContent,
+    emptyIcon,
+    columns,
   } = props;
 
   if (virtualizeRows) {
@@ -72,6 +85,13 @@ export function TableBody<TData extends RowData>(props: TableBodyProps<TData>) {
             }}
           />
         ))}
+        {virtualItems.length === 0 && (
+          <EmptyRow
+            emptyContent={emptyContent}
+            emptyIcon={emptyIcon}
+            columns={columns}
+          />
+        )}
         {after > 0 && (
           <tr>
             <td style={{ height: after }} />
@@ -91,10 +111,50 @@ export function TableBody<TData extends RowData>(props: TableBodyProps<TData>) {
           }
         />
       ))}
+      {rows.length === 0 && (
+        <EmptyRow
+          emptyContent={emptyContent}
+          emptyIcon={emptyIcon}
+          columns={columns}
+        />
+      )}
     </tbody>
   );
 }
 
+interface EmptyRowProps {
+  emptyContent: ReactNode;
+  emptyIcon: ReactNode;
+  columns: number;
+}
+
+function EmptyRow(props: EmptyRowProps) {
+  const {
+    emptyIcon = <Icon icon="eye-off" />,
+    emptyContent = 'No data',
+    columns,
+  } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <tr>
+      <td colSpan={columns}>
+        <EmptyState>
+          {emptyIcon}
+          {emptyContent}
+        </EmptyState>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+  );
+}
+
+const EmptyState = styled.div`
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding: 0.25em;
+  gap: 0.5em;
+`;
+
 type TableRowRenderer<TData extends RowData> = (row: Row<TData>) => ReactNode;
 
 function TableRow<TData>({
diff --git a/src/components/table/table_root.tsx b/src/components/table/table_root.tsx
index d515dbf0..27c46847 100644
--- a/src/components/table/table_root.tsx
+++ b/src/components/table/table_root.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ import {
   useReactTable,
 } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual';
-import type { CSSProperties, RefObject, TableHTMLAttributes } from 'react';
+import type {
+  CSSProperties,
+  ReactNode,
+  RefObject,
+  TableHTMLAttributes,
+} from 'react';
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { match } from 'ts-pattern';
 
@@ -185,6 +190,18 @@ interface TableBaseProps<TData extends RowData> {
    * Ignored when using custom row rendering with `renderRowTr`.
    */
   renderRowPreview?: TableRowPreviewRenderer<TData>;
+
+  /**
+   * Icon to display when the table is empty.
+   * @default `<Icon icon="eye-off" />`
+   */
+  emptyIcon?: ReactNode;
+
+  /**
+   * Content to display when the table is empty.
+   * @default `'No data'`
+   */
+  emptyContent?: ReactNode;
 }
 
 interface RegularTableProps<
@@ -244,6 +261,9 @@ export function Table<TData extends RowData>(props: TableProps<TData>) {
     renderRowPreview,
 
     scrollToRowRef,
+
+    emptyIcon,
+    emptyContent,
   } = props;
   const isReorderingEnabled = !!onRowOrderChanged;
   const virtualScrollElementRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
@@ -294,13 +314,16 @@ export function Table<TData extends RowData>(props: TableProps<TData>) {
     }),
     [className, getTdProps, renderRowTr, columns, compact],
   );
+
+  const rows = table.getRowModel().rows;
+
   return (
     <FlashedRowProvider>
       <PreviewTablePropsContextProvider
         value={tablePreviewProps as PreviewTablePropsContextValue<unknown>}
       >
         <ItemOrderProvider
-          items={table.getRowModel().rows}
+          items={rows}
           onOrderChanged={(items) => {
             onRowOrderChanged?.(items.map((item) => item.original));
           }}
@@ -341,7 +364,7 @@ export function Table<TData extends RowData>(props: TableProps<TData>) {
                 />
               )}
               <TableBody
-                rows={table.getRowModel().rows}
+                rows={rows}
                 renderRowTr={renderRowTr}
                 tdStyle={tdStyle}
                 getTdProps={getTdProps}
@@ -349,6 +372,9 @@ export function Table<TData extends RowData>(props: TableProps<TData>) {
                 virtualizeRows={virtualizeRows}
                 renderRowPreview={renderRowPreview}
                 isReorderingEnabled={isReorderingEnabled}
+                emptyIcon={emptyIcon}
+                emptyContent={emptyContent}
+                columns={table.getAllColumns().length}
               />
             </CustomHTMLTable>
           </ScrollContainer>
diff --git a/src/components/table/table_row_cell.tsx b/src/components/table/table_row_cell.tsx
index 8b6f80a4..e580b3fb 100644
--- a/src/components/table/table_row_cell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/table/table_row_cell.tsx
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ export function TableRowCell<TData extends RowData>(
 ) {
   const { cell, tdStyle, getTdProps } = props;
 
+  const tdStyleMeta = cell.column.columnDef.meta?.tdStyle;
   const tdProps = getTdProps?.(cell);
-  const style = { ...tdStyle, ...tdProps?.style };
+  const style = { ...tdStyleMeta, ...tdStyle, ...tdProps?.style };
 
   return (
     <td {...tdProps} style={style}>
diff --git a/stories/components/table.stories.tsx b/stories/components/table.stories.tsx
index 904e0d10..f58b4b9a 100644
--- a/stories/components/table.stories.tsx
+++ b/stories/components/table.stories.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { GetTdProps, TableProps } from '../../src/components/index.js';
 import { Table, TableRowTr } from '../../src/components/index.js';
 import { table } from '../data/data.js';
 
-import { columns } from './table_columns.js';
+import { columns, columnsNativeMeta } from './table_columns.js';
 
 type TableRecord = (typeof table)[number];
 
@@ -111,3 +111,18 @@ export const WithTdStyle = {
 export const Virtualized: Story = {
   args: { virtualizeRows: true, estimatedRowHeight: () => 172 },
 } satisfies Story;
+
+export const WithMetaThAndTdStyle: Story = {
+  args: {
+    data: table.slice(0, 1),
+    columns: columnsNativeMeta,
+  },
+};
+
+export const EmptyTable: Story = {
+  args: {
+    data: [],
+    emptyContent: 'No molecules',
+    emptyIcon: <span aria-hidden="true">🪹</span>,
+  },
+};
diff --git a/stories/components/table_columns.tsx b/stories/components/table_columns.tsx
index c132f2a5..89476f69 100644
--- a/stories/components/table_columns.tsx
+++ b/stories/components/table_columns.tsx
@@ -65,3 +65,23 @@ export const columns = [
     },
   }),
 ];
+
+export const columnsNativeMeta = [
+  columnHelper.accessor('ocl.idCode', {
+    header: 'Molecule',
+    cell: ({ getValue }) => <IdcodeSvgRenderer idcode={getValue()} />,
+  }),
+  columnHelper.accessor('name', {
+    header: 'Name',
+    meta: {
+      thStyle: {
+        backgroundColor: 'black',
+        color: '#FFF903',
+      },
+      tdStyle: {
+        backgroundColor: '#DB261D',
+        color: '#FFF903',
+      },
+    },
+  }),
+];