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Bouillotte Coffee Table

French Louis XVI Style Guéridon Bouillotte Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A charming French mahogany gueridon bouillotte table originally used for playing cards. A classic
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20th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Stone, Brass, Metal

Antique Directoire Style Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Directoire style marble top coffee table represents the essence of understated elegance
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass

French Mahogany Brass Two-Tier Side or Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
cabriole legs. The table has two tiers decorated with pierced brass galleries. All below a bouillotte tole
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Early 20th Century European French Provincial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Bronze

French Mahogany Brass Two-Tier Side or Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
cabriole legs. The table has two tiers decorated with pierced brass galleries. All below a bouillotte tole
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Early 20th Century European French Provincial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Bronze

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Maison Jansen French Art Deco, Coffee Table
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Louis XVI Style Coffee Table
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Maison Bagues French Bronze Coffee Table
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French Maison Bagues Coffee Table, beautiful palm Tree like Bronze construction. New cloudy antique mirror top. circa 1960.
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French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Coffee Table with Marble Top
By André Arbus, Maison Baguès, Maison Jansen, Dominique
Located in Houston, TX
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Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Neoclassical circular/round coffee table, Brass and Marble, France, circa 1960
By Maison Charles, Maison Jansen
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Neoclassical work. In the style of Jansen's productions, Maison Charles. France, circa 1960. Cream-colored marble top. Golden brass base. Very elegant model and in good general co...
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Fine Quality French Green Marble Top Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Marble Top Table
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Louis XVI style bouillotte table with a pierced brass gallery encircling a marble top and brass caps on the feet.
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20th Century French Louis XVI End Tables

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French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Walnut Bouillotte Table with Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Maison Jansen Sliding Top Coffee Table, 1970's
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Maison Jansen Sliding Top Coffee Table, 1970's
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Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French coffee table in the Louis XVI style. A simple pierced brass gallery surrounds the inset charcoal & white marble top which has been repaired, please be sure to view the detaile...
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French Louis XVI Style Cocktail Table
French Louis XVI Style Cocktail Table
H 20.63 in W 33.75 in D 18 in
Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Marble Top Bouillotte Table, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Marble Top Bouillotte Table, 19th Century. The circular white variegated marble top within a full pierced brass gallery, above a frieze fitted with two ...
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Antique 19th Century French Gueridon

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Rare Quality Wood & Bronze Louis XVI Style Coffee Table with Colorful Marble Top
Located in Lisse, NL
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French Louis XVI Style Marble Top Mahogany Bouillotte Table
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XVI Style Marble Top Mahogany Bouillotte Table having pierced metal gallery and inset marble top, over one fitted drawer, rising on tapered legs ending in brass sabots.
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19th Century Bouillotte Coffee Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century French walnut coffee table with white and grey marble , brass gallery and four fluted
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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LouisXV style table, called "bouillotte"
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This kind of table was made for a card game: "la bouillotte", a game was played so assiduously
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French Antique Inlayed Bronze Top Bouillotte Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
This antique French coffee table combines the simplistic structural design of the romantic floral
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French Louis XVI Bouillotte Coffee Table
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style bouillotte coffee table with Carrara marble top. Hand painted and patined
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Louis XVI Bouillotte Coffee Table
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style bouillotte coffee table in ebonized mahogany with a lustrous French polish
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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20th Century French Marble and Brass Bouillotte Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice bouillotte coffee table made in the 1950s. Wooden base, marble top and brass gallery
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Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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French Louis XVI Marble-Top Bouillotte Table
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style bouillotte coffee table in ebonized mahogany with a lustrous French polish
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Louis XVI Marble Top Bouillotte Table
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XVI style ebonized mahogany bouillotte table with Carrara marble top. Bronze
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Early 20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Louis XVI Style Marble Top Bouillotte Table
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style bouillotte table in solid gided brass with marble top. A very pretty
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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French Louis XVI Style Guéridon Bouillotte Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
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Elegant French Louis XVI Ebonized Bouillotte Table
Located in Austin, TX
Louis XVI style ebonized mahogany bouillotte table with Carrara marble top, brass gallery and trim
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Early 20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Louis XVI Carrara Marble Top Bouillotte Table
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XVI style bouillotte table in ebonized and French polished mahogany; Carrara
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Louis XVI Ebonized Bouillotte Table with Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style bouillotte table with brass trim, gallery, and feet. Beautiful gray Saint
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French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Round Marble Bouillotte Game Table
Located in Forney, TX
A classic French Louis XVI style mahogany guéridon bouillotte game table from the first half of the
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Located in Rio Vista, CA
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Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Bouillotte Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Birmingham, AL
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Located in IT
a bouillotte coffee table, splendid on a glass, crystal or plexiglass console table or even as
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Round French Bouillotte Style Cocktail Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Bouillotte cocktail table with two drawers and two pullout extensions. A brass gallery
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20th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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French Louis XVI Style Marble Bronze Mounted Bouillotte Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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French Parquet Bouillotte Table with Marble Top, circa 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Located in New Orleans, LA
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French Louis XVI Style "Bouillotte" Coffee Table
Located in Austin, TX
A French Louis XVI Style Round Coffee Table made of mahogany with white marble and a galleried
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Louis XVI Style Marble-Top Coffee or Side Table, Early 1900s
Located in Austin, TX
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Located in Austin, TX
A Louis XVI style coffee or side table made of cherrywood with a white marble top, circa 1940s. The
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Located in Austin, TX
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Bouillotte Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the bouillotte coffee table you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A bouillotte coffee table — often made from marble, stone and wood — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the bouillotte coffee table you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right bouillotte coffee table, those designed in Louis XVI styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Bouillotte Coffee Table?

Prices for a bouillotte coffee table can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $695 and can go as high as $3,975, while the average can fetch as much as $2,400.

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 Bouillotte Coffee Table
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A bouillotte table is a small round wooden table originally used for playing cards. Many examples have pull-out felted trays on two sides for players to rest their hands and two drawers for storing decks of cards and other items. In addition, the tables usually have metal gallery rails along their tops to keep cards from slipping off. On 1stDibs, shop a range of bouillotte tables.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2019

    Coffee tables were originally used in living spaces during social gatherings to support a tray containing multiple mugs, a coffee pot, creamers and sugar bowls. Low to the ground and centrally located in the space, coffee tables reduced the host or hostess’s need to constantly stand and serve her guests.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Typically, an ottoman is not a coffee table. An ottoman is a small cushioned seat without a back or arm rests. You can shop a collection of vintage and contemporary ottomans from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    A coffee table should generally be two-thirds as long as the sofa it stands in front of and around the same height as the sofa’s seat cushions.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 12, 2024
    No one knows for sure who invented the coffee table. The earliest examples of the occasional table can be traced back to Victorian-era Britain. At that time, makers like William Watt and Collinson and Lock were producing coffee tables in large quantities.

    Notably, F. Stuart Foote, the designer behind the American Imperial Furniture Company, claimed to have invented the coffee table in the early 20th century. He stated that he did so by cutting down the legs of a dining table. However, it's unlikely that Foote is the actual inventor of the coffee table, as books describing coffee tables existed in the UK a decade before his birth in 1872.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    While both pieces are relatively new to the furniture world, the main difference between them are their shapes. A cocktail table is generally square or rectangular in shape, while a coffee table tends to be oval or circular in shape. You can shop a collection of furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019

    The difference between a sofa table and a coffee table is that a sofa table is always behind the sofa and a coffee table is in front of it. Additionally, a sofa table is the same height as the sofa and a coffee table is much shorter.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024
    Yes, end tables are generally taller than coffee tables.

    The term “end table” is frequently used interchangeably with “coffee table,” and while these two furnishings have much in common, each table type offers its own distinctive benefits in your space.

    Your end table is likely going to stand as tall as the arms of your sofa, and its depth will match the seating. These attributes allow for tucking the table neatly at the end of your sofa in order to provide an elevated surface between your seating and the wall. End tables are accent pieces — they’re a close cousin to side tables, but side tables, not unlike the show-stealing low-profile coffee table, are intended to be positioned prominently and have more to do with the flow and design of a room than an end table, which does a great job but does it out of the way of everything else.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 26, 2021
    Tray 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    To style an oval coffee table, create balance with opposites. Choose a sofa and accent chairs with a boxier shape for a striking contrast. Place a rectangular tray in the center and use it to display decorative accents or to store remotes and coasters. Another approach to decorating an oval table is to use decorative accents at different heights. Think of a tall vase placed next to a low bowl and a small sculpture positioned on top of two stacked coffee table books. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of oval coffee tables.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    On 1stdibs, a coffee table costs between $160 and $495,500.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Styling a Noguchi coffee table really depends on the space you’re placing it in. The possibilities are far-reaching, so consider the colors and coordination of the other furniture and fixtures around the table. Noguchi tables look beautiful on their own or styled with flowers, books or pottery. Shop a selection of Isamu Noguchi pieces on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    To stack books on a coffee table, place the largest one on the bottom with the spine facing the focal piece of furniture, usually the sofa. Then, add the next largest, lining up the inner edges so that the spines create a stepped effect. Continue adding books to complete the stack and top it off with a decorative object if you wish. Shop a variety of coffee tables on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    The best coffee table for a sectional can be a round coffee table, particularly with respect to U-shaped sectionals. The circular design creates a sense of balance in small spaces and renders it easy for guests to move to and fro, especially when surrounded by chairs. Find a collection of antique and vintage coffee tables on 1stDibs today.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To authenticate your Noguchi coffee table, there are three different marks to look for. Isamu Noguchi’s signature will be on the edge of the table and on a medallion under the base. Even under the medallion, you will find Noguchi’s initials. Shop a collection of properly vetted Noguchi pieces from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 26, 2021
    A tall coffee table is usually called exactly that — a tall coffee table. Coffee tables, also referred to as cocktail tables, are generally designed to sit at or below the sofa's seat height. These tables may come in a range of sizes, but they are often between 16 and 18 inches high and are designed in a variety of lengths and widths. They’re meant to provide a practical table-top surface that complements your living room layout. (A tall version might also be suitable for use as a dining table.) Shop a collection of antique, vintage and contemporary tall coffee tables from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Modern coffee tables tend to be low because they’re most commonly placed in front of couches and chairs. Historically, coffee tables were placed behind the couch which necessitated a taller table. Over time, as styles changed and coffee tables came to be positioned in front of couches, their heights were lowered to accommodate the modern arrangement. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of vintage and contemporary coffee tables from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    Whether glass coffee tables are durable depends on the craftsmanship and the materials. Generally, tables with tempered glass are less likely to shatter and break. How well you care for a coffee table will also impact its life span. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of glass coffee tables.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    To date a Lane coffee table, look for the serial number on the underside of the piece. On most Lane coffee tables, reading the number from right to left will tell you the date that the table was manufactured. For example, a serial number that says 852140 would have been produced on April 12, 1958. Founded in Virginia in the early 20th century, Lane is largely known for its cedar chests and innovative mid-century modern designs. Find a variety of Lane coffee tables on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024
    The best height for a coffee table is around 1 to 2 inches lower than the seat height of the adjacent sofa. Most sofas feature seat heights of around 17 or 18 inches. As a result, the most common height for coffee tables is 15 to 17 inches. On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of coffee tables.