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Metaphora Table

Midcentury "Metaphora" Coffee Table by Massimo Et Lella Vignelli, Travertine
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern "Metaphora" Coffee Table by Massimo et Lella Vignelli for Martinelli Luce, 1970S.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid Century "Metaphora" Coffee Table by Massimo et Lella Vignelli, Travertine
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid Century "Metaphora" Coffee Table by Massimo et Lella Vignelli, Travertine, 1980s
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid-Century Modern "Metaphora" Coffee Table by Massimo Et Lella Vignelli
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern "Metaphora" coffee table by Massimo et Lella Vignelli for Martinelli Luce.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

"Metaphora" Black Marquina Marble & Glass Coffee Table by Lella & M. Vignelli
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
Impressive metaphora coffee table in very good condition and with a great patina! This coffee table
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Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Massimo and Lella Vignelli 'Metaphora' Coffee Table in Carrara Marble and Glass
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive Metaphora coffee table in very good condition. This coffee table is designed by Massimo
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Coffee Table Style 'Methaphora by Massimo & Lella Vignelli for Casigliani, 1970s
By Lella & Massimo Vignelli for Casigliani
Located in Lasne, BE
Coffee table in the style of "metaphora" by Massimo and Lella Vignelli. The legs in the shape of a
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Decorative Coffee Table by Lella and Massimo Vignelli, Designed in the 1970s
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, furniture design, and product design. This 'Metaphora' coffee table dates from 1979. It’s made out of four
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Scandinavian Modern Organic Two Lounge Chair Arabesque Folke Jansson 1955 Sweden
By SM Wincrantz 1, Folke Jansson
Located in Vienna, AT
marble metaphora coffee table by Lella and Massimo Vignelli, a brass chrome coffee table by Willy Rizzo
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Metaphora Table For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal metaphora table for your home. Each metaphora table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using stone, marble and glass. If you’re shopping for a metaphora table, we have 16 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer metaphora table, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A metaphora table is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made metaphora table over the years, but those crafted by Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Casigliani and Martinelli Luce are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Metaphora Table?

The average selling price for a metaphora table at 1stDibs is $5,200, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $7,450 for the highest priced.

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.