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Live Edge Oak Coffee Table

Live Edge Oak Organic Slab with Resin Inlay Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary live edge oak slab coffee table with poured amethyst resin in knot holes. Slab rests
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20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Resin, Oak, Wood

Live edge book match coffee table
Located in Portland, OR
This large coffee table is crafted using two sister slabs from a log to form a book match pair. The
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm, Maple, Oak, Walnut

Live edge book match coffee table
Live edge book match coffee table
H 18 in W 54 in D 54 in
STUNNiNG LIVE EDGE SLAB COFFEE OR COCKTAIL TABLE IN BURR PIPPY OAK
Located in GB
live edge slab coffee table in burr pippy oak Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Modern Ebonized Live Edge Oak Low Table with Glass Legs
Located in Hobart, NY
Stained oak low table with silver rub and acrylic legs.
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Acrylic, Oak

Modern Live Edge Wood Coffee Table in Brass, Gold, Copper
By Renats Kotlevs
Located in Riga, LV
other metal, even wood tone can be changed. Let`s make your table unique and special! Dimensions: Width
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Modern Live Edge Wood Coffee Table in Brass, Gold, Copper
Modern Live Edge Wood Coffee Table in Brass, Gold, Copper
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H 17.72 in W 57.49 in D 25.6 in
Modern Round Coffee Table in Live Edge Wood, Copper or Brass
By Renats Kotlevs
Located in Riga, LV
This luxury coffee table Organ combines rich wood with bright copper legs. The oiled finish is
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Copper

Contemporary Round Live Edge Wood Side Coffee Table with Copper, Brass, Bronze
By Renats Kotlevs
Located in Riga, LV
This luxury coffee table combines rich chunky wood with bright copper legs. The fine finish is
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Copper

Halley Coffee Table Natural White Oak
By Loran Bohall
Located in Indianapolis, IN
perfect for either a coffee or side table. The table comes in 3 solid wood top versions all with an option
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Kluskens Thick-Wood Coffee Tables
By Kluskens
Located in Nederweert, NL
will stand for 100 years and more. These round coffee tables in 100% solid French oak have 3 central
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2010s Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Kluskens Thick-Wood Coffee Tables
Kluskens Thick-Wood Coffee Tables
H 11.82 in Dm 47.25 in
New Hope Coffee Table - Michael Oates
By Michael Oates
Located in Alpha, NJ
Hand crafted live edge slab cantilever coffee table. Made from highly figured wood with a variety
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2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut, Sapele Wood

Tria Tetra Table by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
1157 L. 210 D.100 - lacquered top; natural oak legs Tria Tables are characterized by the legs that
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2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Ceramic, Oak

Tria Tetra Table by Colé Italia
Tria Tetra Table by Colé Italia
H 29.53 in Dm 29.53 in
Small, Tria Kiklos Table by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
solid oak Legs. (Custom size top available upon request) Also Available: Lacquered top and bottom, edge
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2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Ceramic, Oak

Kurt Ostervig Model 176 Triangular Table for Jason Mobler
By Kurt Østervig, Jason Møbler
Located in San Francisco, CA
materials and construction in this table with sculpted edges and easy object to live with. Newly refinished
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Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Teak

Set of 2, T01 Coach Tables, Squared and Round by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
combined with beam in a primary colour. Glass table top with rounded corners and edges. Between the base
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2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Walnut, Glass

Modern Bespoke Black, Gold Cube Charred Wood Side Coffee Table
By Renats Kotlevs
Located in Riga, LV
with a strong impact. Made from solid hardwood, and retaining the natural live edge of the tree, each
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables

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Brass

Sunny beach scene with beach houses in Trouville-sur-mer (France)
Located in ZEIST, UT
coffee table in my parental home, there was a writing by Joke Smit or a kindred feminist by whom my
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

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Scandinavian rectangular teak coffee table
Located in Brescia, IT
Original vintage 1960s bench table, Square, regular lines distinguish this mid-century Nordic-made coffee table. The essential teak frame consists of a rectangular table top and lon...
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Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Scandinavian rectangular teak coffee table
Scandinavian rectangular teak coffee table
H 17.33 in W 25.6 in D 17.33 in
Coffee Table With Italian Marble Glass Top And Solid Brass Legs
By Troy Smith Studio
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The MGB coffee table's top is made from a 3/4" thick Starphire glass (Ultra clear glass and more expensive than regular glass. Its base is made from a 3/4" thick slab of Rosso Vulcan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass

Walnut Coffee Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Original Walnut Coffee Table by George Nakashima. About George Nakashima: George Katsutoshi Nakashima was an American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Walnut Coffee Table by George Nakashima
Walnut Coffee Table by George Nakashima
H 12 in W 66.75 in D 24.25 in
Atomic Mid Century Modern Biomorphic Kidney Shaped Glass & Oak Coffee Table
By Herman Miller, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Lafayette, IN
Fantastic biomorphic/kidney shaped coffee table attributed to Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller. Table features: - Two-tiered top - Tapered oak legs with fluting - Turned oak riser...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Stunning Mid-Century Tree Slab Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This impressive vintage coffee table features natural hardwood construction with a thick tree slab top. The amorphous live edge tabletop makes a beautiful addition to any interior, t...
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Custom Salvaged Jatoba Wood and Glass Coffee Table by Tunico T, Brazil, Signed
By Tunico T.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom live edge made coffee table by Brazilian designer Tunico T featuring a salvaged chunk of Jatoba wood which has been crafted to make a sturdy plinth base for a thick piece of o...
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Early 2000s Brazilian Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Post Modern Oak and Glass Coffee Table by Lou Hodges for Mersman c. 1970's
By Lou Hodges, Mersman
Located in New York, NY
Chic, architectural coffee table designed by Lou Hodges for Mersman, circa 1970's. The table features a sculptural solid oak frame, with a bevelled tinted glass top. The table is i...
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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Oak

Mid-Century Vintage Jens Risom Knoll Webbed Armchair
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in Baltimore, MD
A stunning iconic cotton strap, webbed, lounge, armchair, 652W design (1943) early edition, designed by Jens Risom for Knoll International. Features a solid maple frame with original...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Maple

ANCO BILT Mid 20th Century Oak & Pine Drafting Table
By Anco Bilt
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Mid 20 Century MCM drafting table by Anco Bilt. Oak & pine woods, metal mechanisms, adjustable tilt-top, adjustable height, and "A" shaped legs with stretchers. Features metal guid...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

French Art Deco Book Matched Walnut and Metal End / Side Table
Located in New York City, NY
A French Art Deco walnut side table highlighted by metal accents. Three tubular metal poles support a beautifully grained, book matched circular wood top with a geometric diamond sha...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco End Tables

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Metal

Exquisite Free Edge Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Mid-Century table features a dramatic live edge top with unique texture. Works great as a living room table or entry way bench. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - wit...
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Exquisite Free Edge Coffee Table
Exquisite Free Edge Coffee Table
H 15.5 in W 66 in D 27 in
Memphis Milano Postmodern Silk Necktie by Andrea Branzi
By Andrea Branzi, Memphis Milano
Located in Ferndale, MI
Italian silk necktie by Andrea Branzi, circa 1984. An original Memphis Milano design with shades of orange and gray on a khaki background with 3 dimensional black round shapes resemb...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Barware

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Silk

Andrianna Shamaris Live Edge Teak Wood Coffee Table or Bench
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful teak wood panels joined to expose a natural live edge. We bleached the wood and added a light white wash and midcentury style legs. Perfect for inside or outside living. T...
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2010s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Book-Matched Rippled English Walnut Table
By Jonathan Field
Located in London, GB
A dining table of English Ripple walnut with live edge sides made for a private client, the top is made from two pieces of book-matched ripple English walnut positioned and held toge...
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2010s English Organic Modern Dining Room Tables

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Walnut

Organic Live Edge Lacquered Cypress Wood Coffee Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
This all natural vintage cypress wood coffee table in lacquered top and natural finish root base. It is live edge and organic in style with an elongated tapering point. Very heavy an...
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Vintage 1960s American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Mid Century Italian Travertine Coffee Table by Studio A 1970s
By Studio A
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Mid Century Italian Travertine Coffee Table by Studio A, crafted in the 1970s, is a timeless piece characterized by its fully travertine construction and sleek rectangular shape....
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

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Natural Live Edge Oak Coffee Table on Brass or Black Hand Bent Steel Wave Legs
By Frances Bradley
Located in London, GB
barn for a decade before being brought back to life, this coffee table has been hand finished with
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21st Century and Contemporary British Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail...

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Brass, Steel

48X30 Solid Teak Live Edge Coffee Table in Smooth Autumn on A Frame Leg
By The Table Company
Located in Boulder, CO
The Table Company makes only 100% solid, hardwood furniture. We primarily use Thai/Burmese Teak
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood, Teak

Natural Live Edge Oak Floating Coffee Table Clear Perspex Legs
By Frances Bradley
Located in London, GB
before being brought back to life, this coffee table has been hand finished with a lacquer finish.
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21st Century and Contemporary British Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail...

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Acrylic, Oak

Teak Plank Live Edge Top Sandblasted Autumn
By The Table Company
Located in Boulder, CO
The Table Company makes only 100% solid, hardwood furniture. We primarily use Thai/Burmese Teak
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Teak Plank Live Edge Top Sandblasted Weathered
By The Table Company
Located in Boulder, CO
The Table Company makes only 100% solid, hardwood furniture. We primarily use Thai / Burmese teak
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Teak Plank Live Edge Top Sandblasted Anthracite
By The Table Company
Located in Boulder, CO
The Table Company makes only 100% solid, hardwood furniture. We primarily use Thai / Burmese teak
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Teak Plank Live Edge Top Sandblasted Natural
By The Table Company
Located in Boulder, CO
The Table Company makes only 100% solid, hardwood furniture. We primarily use Thai/Burmese Teak
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Live Edge English Burl Oak Hairpin Leg Coffee Table End Table, 1960
By George Nakashima
Located in Allentown, PA
Live edge English burl oak hairpin leg coffee table end table, circa 1960.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Burl

Sentient Folded Black Walnut Slab Live Edge Coffee Table
By SENTIENT
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A coffee table made from a walnut live edge slab. The "folded slab" design carries the live edge
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2010s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Organic Modern Natural Live Edge Slab Coffee Table on Wave Legs
By Frances Bradley
Located in London, GB
Natural live edge coffee table produced from locally sourced Oak which is sensitively treated to
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21st Century and Contemporary Great Britain (UK) Organic Modern Coffee a...

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Steel

Midcentury Live Edge Tree Trunk Table, Austria, 1965
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Midcentury live edge tree trunk table, Austria 1965. Signed at the bottom, 1965.
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Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Contemporary Coffee Table in Oak Burr and Resin on Brushed Stainless Steel Base
Located in Brighton, GB
This unique coffee table is made from English oak burr. The wood has been cast in a clear resin
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2010s British Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Contemporary Oval Coffee Table in Oak Burr and Resin Cast on a Chrome Base
Located in Brighton, GB
Beautiful oval coffee table made from English oak burr with rounded edge detail. The wood has been
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2010s British Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Tivoli Coffee Table by New York Heartwoods
By New York Heartwoods
Located in New York, NY
Solid oak Tivoli coffee table by New York heartwoods. Live edge top detail made from sustainable
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktai...

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Oak

Round Ebonized Oak Coffee Table with Live Edge Tree Trunk Base
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Large round low table with a solid oak plank top and an impressive natural solid tree trunk base
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Late 20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Petrified Wood

Vintage Live Edge Coffee Table from France, circa 1960
Located in Nashville, TN
Vintage Live Edge Coffee Table From France, circa 1960. We prefer to speak directly with our
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Vintage 1960s European Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Mid-Century Live Edge Coffee Table in the Style of Nakashima
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Nakashima style live edge table. Mid-century live edge coffee table in the style of Nakashima
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Vintage 1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Live Edge Round Side Table Solid Oak with Black Patina Steel Legs
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
This Live Edge round side table in oak is an occasional table, a coffee table, or a side table. We
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2010s American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Oak Pig Bench Butcher's Block Coffee Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
, or join, in the center. One side edge of the top is “live”, that is, it retains the original shape
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Country Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Solid oak slab with a live edge featuring a high voltage burn pattern filled with a custom gold
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2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Coffee Table
Coffee Table
H 16.5 in W 41 in D 30 in
Rustic Oak Cocktail Table with Cork Bases, Belgium
Located in Austin, TX
A hardwood two-plank table top, 19th century, with beautiful live edge and steel straps, was likely
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Cork

Sculptural Saw Cut Stone, Oak, Brass and Glass Cocktail Table
Located in Austin, TX
and the raw live edge of the stone in the Brutalist tradition. It rests in a custom crafted oak base
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Brass

Wyeth Original Sliding Dovetail Low Table in Fumed Oak
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A low cocktail / coffee table in fumed oak with a round form, natural edges when innate in the wood
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2010s American American Craftsman Tables

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Wood, Oak

Mid Century Oak Live Edge Coffee Table, C1960, France FREE SHIPPING
Located in Trensacq, FR
Vintage French oak Live Edge coffee table circa 1960. Stylish and practical, solid oak, live edge
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Vintage Black Walnut Live Edge Coffee Table
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage modern large American walnut slab with extreme burl edge and sprawled legs Made from
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20th Century North American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Maple, Oak, Walnut

Vintage Black Walnut Live Edge Coffee Table
Vintage Black Walnut Live Edge Coffee Table
H 16.63 in W 49 in D 22.25 in
Mid-Century Modern Live Edge Walnut Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Custom, Mid-Century Modern, coffee table features a beautiful, vintage slab of knotted, live edge
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Coc...

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Oak, Walnut

Huge Bastogne Walnut Live Edge Coffee Table, in Stock
By Möbius Objects
Located in Calgary, CA
A huge cross-cut slab of Bastogne walnut set atop blackened oak legs. Gabon ebony inlays have been
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2010s Canadian Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Ebony, Oak, Walnut

Sculptural Solid Wood Brutalist Coffee Table, France, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
twisted legs. The top of the table features a live edge slab of wood and the natural warmth of the wood
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Oak

Unique Mid-Century Sculptural Burr Elm Coffee Table by Jack Grimble England 1965
By Jack Grimble
Located in Norwich, GB
grain with a live edge and a lovely mellow colour. Standing on five splayed chamfered oak legs, the
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm, Oak, Burl

WYETH Original Sliding Dovetail Low Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Al low cocktail / coffee table handcrafted in fumed oak with a rounded ends. Table features natural
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2010s American Tables

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Wood

1960s French Brutalist Live Edge Coffee Table
Located in Wembley, GB
A brutalist live-edge coffee table with single slab of oak top raised on a beech trestle-form base
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Vintage 1960s French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Beech, Oak

1960s French Brutalist Live Edge Coffee Table
1960s French Brutalist Live Edge Coffee Table
H 20.87 in W 32.29 in D 28.75 in
Midcentury Live Edge Walnut Coffee Table
Located in Sylacauga, AL
A lovely live edge coffee table in walnut slab, with oak cylindrical legs.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Carved Live Edge Coffee Table, Manner of Alexandre Noll
By Alexandre Noll
Located in New York, NY
The organic design of this oak coffee table honors the grain of the wood with which it was made. To
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

The Basic Coffee Table in Walnut with live edges by Thomas Hayes Studio
Located in Hollywood, CA
A very sturdy solid Walnut coffee table by Thomas Hayes Studio. The walnut has extensive knotting
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21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

The Basic Coffee Table in bleached Walnut with live edges by Thomas Hayes Studio
By Thomas Hayes Studio
Located in Hollywood, CA
Bleached live edge solid Walnut coffee table by Thomas Hayes Studio. There are beautiful old wood
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21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Oak Tree Live Edge Coffee Table with Hairpin Legs / LECT101
Located in Union City, NJ
overlooked ordinary into the timeless extraordinary. This oak tree live edge coffee table shows bits of
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Wood

The Verrios Coffee Table by Thomas Hayes Studio
By Thomas Hayes Studio
Located in Hollywood, CA
A very substantial and heavy coffee table by Thomas Hayes Studio. The table is expertly hand
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21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Walnut

The Verrios Coffee Table by Thomas Hayes Studio
Located in Hollywood, CA
A very substantial and heavy coffee table by Thomas Hayes Studio expertly hand crafted with thick
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21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut, Glass

Custom Live Edge Acacia Coffee Table Nakashima Inspired
By The Table Company
Located in Boulder, CO
The Table Company makes only 100% solid, hardwood furniture.  We primarily use Thai/Burmese Teak
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Oak Tree Live Edge Coffee Table with Hairpin Legs / LECT101
Located in Union City, NJ
overlooked ordinary into the timeless extraordinary. This oak tree live edge coffee table shows bits of
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Wood

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Live Edge Oak Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the live edge oak coffee table you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A live edge oak coffee table — often made from wood, oak and hardwood — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a live edge oak coffee table, we have 4 options in-stock, while there are 12 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the live edge oak coffee table you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each live edge oak coffee table bearing modern, mid-century modern or Scandinavian Modern hallmarks is very popular. A well-made live edge oak coffee table has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Renats Kotlevs, Jason Møbler and Kluskens are consistently popular.

How Much is a Live Edge Oak Coffee Table?

Prices for a live edge oak coffee table start at $883 and top out at $70,000 with the average selling for $2,319.

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. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee table and cocktail tables today.