diff --git a/tabulate/__init__.py b/tabulate/__init__.py
index 12a2950..14ab20f 100644
--- a/tabulate/__init__.py
+++ b/tabulate/__init__.py
@@ -1646,15 +1646,21 @@ def _wrap_text_to_colwidths(
                 # formatting of types (such as datetimes) may need to be more
                 # explicit than just `str` of the object. Also doesn't work for
                 # custom floatfmt/intfmt, nor with any missing/blank cells.
-                casted_cell = (
-                    missingval
-                    if cell is None
-                    else (
-                        str(cell)
-                        if cell == "" or _isnumber(cell)
-                        else str(_type(cell, numparse)(cell))
-                    )
-                )
+                if cell is None:
+                    casted_cell = missingval
+                elif cell == "" or _isnumber(cell):
+                    casted_cell = str(cell)
+                else:
+                    celltype = _type(cell, numparse=numparse)
+                    try:
+                        casted_cell = str(celltype(cell))
+                    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                        # _type() strips ANSI escapes and recognizes thousands
+                        # separators when classifying, but the constructor it
+                        # returns fails on the raw value, e.g.
+                        # int("\x1b[31m3\x1b[0m") or int("1,000").
+                        # Preserve the original text instead of crashing.
+                        casted_cell = str(cell)
                 wrapped = [
                     "\n".join(wrapper.wrap(line))
                     for line in casted_cell.splitlines()
diff --git a/test/test_regression.py b/test/test_regression.py
index 9555676..1e8d5a8 100644
--- a/test/test_regression.py
+++ b/test/test_regression.py
@@ -531,6 +531,35 @@ def test_exception_on_empty_data_with_maxcolwidths():
     assert_equal(result, "")
 
 
+def test_thousands_separator_int_with_maxcolwidths():
+    "Regression: int-looking thousands separator crashed with maxcolwidths (github issue #359)"
+    result = tabulate([["1,000"]], maxcolwidths=10)
+    expected = tabulate([["1,000"]])
+    assert_equal(expected, result)
+
+
+def test_disable_numparse_with_maxcolwidths_does_not_crash():
+    "Regression: disable_numparse was ignored by maxcolwidths and int('100,120') crashed (github issue #448)"
+    result = tabulate([["100,120"]], maxcolwidths=10, disable_numparse=True)
+    expected = tabulate([["100,120"]], disable_numparse=True)
+    assert_equal(expected, result)
+
+
+def test_colored_numeric_cell_with_maxcolwidths():
+    "Regression: ANSI-colored numeric string crashed int() under maxcolwidths (github issue #359)"
+    result = tabulate([["\x1b[31m3\x1b[0m"]], maxcolwidths=10)
+    assert "\x1b[31m" in result
+    assert "3" in result
+    assert "\x1b[0m" in result
+
+
+def test_numeric_cast_failure_keeps_text_when_wrapping():
+    "Regression: when the deduced constructor rejects the raw value, wrapping keeps the original text"
+    # same value, wrapped vs unwrapped: no crash, same rendering
+    for value in ["1,000", "1,000.5", "100,120"]:
+        assert_equal(tabulate([[value]]), tabulate([[value]], maxcolwidths=10))
+
+
 def test_numpy_int64_as_integer():
     "Regression: format numpy.int64 as integer (github issue #18)"
     try: