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Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

BRUTALIST STYLE

The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave. 

ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN 

  • Use of industrial materials — tubular steel, concrete, glass, granite
  • Prioritizes functionalism, minimalism and utilization of negative space
  • Spare silhouettes, pronounced geometric shapes
  • Stripped-down, natural look; rugged textures, modular construction
  • Interiors featuring airy visual flow and reliance on neutral palettes

BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.

Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. The severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.

Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.

Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.

Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Brutalist
Coffee Table "TOMBINO"
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Coffee Table "TOMBINO" Structure made by recovering a cast iron casting , which served as a frame for a real street manhole , abandoned , and found by chance in a parking lot in Mila...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Iron

Paul Kingma attributed coffee table, 1980s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Brutalist slate and natural stone top coffee table with inlaid copper and brass. The table is signed. Good condition. Very much in the style of Paul Kingma. the table has little ...
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1980s German Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone

“Vestiges Side Table” Marble Stone Brutalist Minimalist Coffee Table
Located in Terrassa, Catalonia
Vestiges side table is a pure brutalist table finished by hand and made entirely of exclusive marble from southern Spain. This four-legged side table, p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Raf Verjans Aluminum Mosaic Coffee Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Aluminum mosaic coffee table with agate insert by Belgian artist Raf Verjans.
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1970s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum

Paul Kingma Style Coffee Table of Dark Stained Oak with Slate Top Denmark 1980s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Brutalist Paul Kingma style slate-topped coffee table from the 1980s. The frame is made of dark stained oak with a table top of inlaid large pieces...
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1980s Danish Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Slate

1960s Lane Furniture Brutalist Oak Parquetry and Iron Coffee Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1960s Lane Furniture Oak Parquetry Coffee Table with scroll forged iron base painted black. Measurs 56" in width, 21" in depth and stands 15.25" t...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Brutalist Round Coffee Table in Red Oak Wood Veneer, Podio by NONO
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Podio XL circular coffee table The NONO design team presents a coffee table that exudes elegance and modernity. The foundation of this piece is a cluster of cylindrical columns, p...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Plywood

Brutalist in Style Slate Stone Coffee Table, 1970's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Brutalist in Style Design Slate Stone top Coffee Table. Made in Belgium, 1970's. Slate tiles stone mosaic top on 4 oak wooden legs. Slates are in different colors which makes...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Slate

Brutalist Coffee Table by Lothar Klute, 1970s
Located in Munster, NRW
Lothar Klute is a German designer active in the 1970s-1990s. His design is Brutalist with a refine elegance. He worked bronze and frosted glass to create furniture in an Artistic way...
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1970s German Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Jean-Pierre Ryckaert Tan Leather Strap and Steel Coffee Table
Located in Hastings, GB
Superb Leather Strap and Steel Brutalist coffee or centre table, designed by Jean-Pierre Ryckaert in France in the 1950s. the thick leather straps wraparound the bent steel legs and ...
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1950s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Brutalist Cocktail Table by Don Drumm
Located in Portland, OR
Fabulous one of a kind cocktail table by Don Drumm. The sculptural element is cast aluminum in a brutalist-style sun motif. Square glass top, (3/4” thickness) floats above the sculpt...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum, Steel

Eaglador - Ziggurat Coffee Table Cast in Bronze with Patinated Finish
Located in London, GB
This sculptural bronze coffee table was inspired by the work of MC Escher and his 1953 lithograph 'Relativity', which depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply...
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2010s English Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Round Impressive French Artisan Coffee Table in Solid Oak, 1960s
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive handmade coffee table in very good original condition. The table is made of solid French oak. The thick round top has a beautiful warm color and is made of narrow beam...
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20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Oak

Round Coffee Table in Wrought Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand forged iron low table, France, 1960s. This french coffee table has a gorgeous constuction with scrolled legs and scroll detailings on the top and below the glass. It has a bea...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron

Sculpted steel flower coffee table, 1970s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful sculpted flower cut steel brutalist coffee table with a clear round glass table top. Striking brutalist design Good condition 1970s - Germany Dimensions: Height: 54cm/2...
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1970s German Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Cut Steel

Spanish Brutalist Coffee Table in Solid Oak, Metal and Patinated Leather 1940s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Spanish Brutalist Coffee Table in Solid Oak, Metal and Patinated Cognac Leather, 1940s or 1950s. This is a wonderful, rare, early and u...
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Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Rare Pia Manu Brutalist Coffee Table, circa 1969 Belgium, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An incredible Pia Manu brutalist coffee table, circa 1965-1970s, with brutalist cast resin artwork top over a brushed steel frame and base. This stunning piece of functional art is s...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Flipper Collection, Concrete Low Coffee Table Mod. II Color Red Cement
Located in Rome, Lazio
Part of the Flipper collection designed by Marialaura Irvine for Forma&Cemento. Play, color and freedom are the keywords of this new collection based on the principle "by doing less,...
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2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Concrete, Cement, Metal

Set of 4 Rustic Industrial Metal Corners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 Rustic Industrial Metal Corners These unique corners can serve as a coffee table, Can be broken apart to serve as side tables or stools, Or can serve as a base for a glass ...
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1980s Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Brutalist Design in Style Slate Tile Inlay Coffee Table, Belgium 1970's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Brutalist Design Style Slate Tile inlay Coffee Table, made in Belgium 1970's. Dark stained oak wooden frame, and dark stained beech base. Mix of sla...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Slate

French Brutalist Elm Coffee Table by Atelier Marolles
Located in Houston, TX
French Brutalist elm coffee table by Atelier Marolles. This handsome hand carved French elm rectangular coffee table or cocktail table is a stunning example of the craftsmen at the A...
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1960s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm

Walnut Slab Japandi Coffee Table by Eero Moss - EM105
Located in Ghimbav, RO
The latest collection by the artist is a tribute to the brutalist movement, infused with the power and beauty of natural erosion. What sets this collection apart is the use of fire i...
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2010s Romanian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Ash, Walnut

Danish Modern Solid Pine Sofa / Side Table, Made in 1960s
Located in Odense, DK
Introducing a Danish Modern treasure from the 1960s - a rectangular solid pine sofa table that exudes the timeless charm of mid-century design. Crafted with meticulous attention to d...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Contemporary Walnut Brutalist Coffee Table by Eero Moss - EM106
Located in Ghimbav, RO
The latest collection by the artist is a tribute to the brutalist movement, infused with the power and beauty of natural erosion. What sets this collection apart is the use of fire i...
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2010s Romanian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Acrylic, Ash, Walnut

Paul Evans Sculpted Steel & Polychrome Coffee Table Signed and Dated, 1967
Located in Norwich, GB
Sculpted steel coffee table by designer and sculptor Paul Evans (1931-1987) for Directional. USA 1967. Signed 'PE 67'. Made of welded steel and polychrome, the table features artist...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Raf Verjans Square Aluminum Mosaic Low Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Raf Verjans square brutalist aluminum and brass mosaic low coffee table.
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1970s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum

Paul Evans PE 131 Coffee Table, 1973
Located in New York, NY
The PE-131 coffee table, designed by Paul Evans, is an impressive piece within the line he created for Directional Furniture. It belongs to the popular bronze series PE100-200, intro...
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20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Midcentury Brutalist Iron Chain Link Coffee Table
Located in London, London
Coffee table Iron frame Glass insert Untouched condition France, 1960s.
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

London Marble Coffee Table Brutalist Design Oxid Slate Joaquín Moll Meddel Spain
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
London Marble Coffee Table Brutalist Design Oxid Slate Joaquín Moll Meddel Spain. The London coffee table in rust slate is unique because it is the only copy made of this design by M...
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2010s Spanish Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Crystal, Slate, Metal

Pink Amethyst Ring Table 2
Located in Londrina, PR
Table forged in natural iron with varnish, Natural Rose Amethyst top single table due to the naturalness of the stone.
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2010s Brazilian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Amethyst

Flipper Collection, Concrete Low Coffee Table Mod. I Color White+Ardesia Cement
Located in Rome, Lazio
Part of the Flipper collection designed by Marialaura Irvine for Forma&Cemento. Play, color and freedom are the keywords of this new collection based on the principle "by doing less,...
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2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Concrete, Cement, Metal

James de Wulf Concrete Leaning Table, Available Now
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A play on balance, this table is constructed entirely of two concrete pieces. The tabletop is singly supported by the leg, while the two merge with gravity to lock into place. Their balance is a sight to behold. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Color shown in Natural Tone A perfect complement to the James de Wulf Concrete Leaning Coffee Table...
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2010s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Concrete, Cement

Hand-Crafted Solid Thick Oak Round Coffee Table By NONO
By NONO
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Hand-crafted Solid Thick Oak Round Coffee Table Round coffee table with 4 legs made of solid thick oak. Product made to order; some variances ...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood, Oak

Brutalist Hammered Metal and Glass Sculptural Octagonal Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in West Hartford, CT
Introduce a bold statement piece to your living room with this midcentury Paul Evans Style Brutalist Coffee Table. Inspired by the iconic design of Paul Evans, this table exudes a un...
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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Free Form Live Edge Burl Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Live edge burl coffee table. Knotty wood forms are pieced together to create this brutalist style coffee table base. Lacquered and upper su...
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Mid-20th Century Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Burl

Flipper Collection, Concrete High Coffee Table Fir + Ultramarine Color Cement
Located in Rome, Lazio
Part of the Flipper collection designed by Marialaura Irvine. Play, color and freedom are the keywords of this new collection based on the principle "by doing less, you do more". Th...
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2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Concrete, Cement, Metal

Vintage Adrian Pearsall Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern 1960's Coffee Table Designed by Adrian Pearsall Inspired by Paul Evans' sculpted bronze series Wood base with black laminate top & Bronze Resin around ...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Resin, Wood

Brutalist Lacquered Wood + Marble Coffee Table, Italy, 1980s
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1980s Italian brutalist coffee table with a sculptural black lacquered wood base and a square marble top. The marble has a range of gr...
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1980s Italian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Midcentury Solid Oak Brutalist Dutch Coffee Table with Copper Top and Inlay
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful midcentury Brutalist coffee table was made in the Netherlands circa 1960. The table has a relatively simple frame of solid square oak beams that are 2,8 x 2,8 inches. ...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Copper

Unusual Brutalist Silas Seandel Attr. Brass Steel Glass Cylinder Coffee Table
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Unusual brutalist Silas Seandel attributed brass and steel cylinder-shaped coffee table. We love the textured surface with the use of both brass and st...
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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Steel

Vintage Forged Bronze Table Signed Lothar Klute, 1994 Germany
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
This exhibit in particular is a masterpiece by Lothar Klute. It consists of four glass panes that are firmly anchored in bronze. The top of the table, which is inspired by a flower blossom, literally blossoms and rises on the organically grown foot of forged bronze...
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1990s German Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Ahadi Coffee Table
Located in ROTTERDAM, NL
The Ahadi Coffee table is a sculptural brutalist piece. Inspired by nature, it is designed to resemble the strong, bold, strength of a Mountain. The Ahadi pieces are all functional a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Brutalist Oak Slate Coffee Table Wrought Iron Base, France, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Midcentury oak and slate table on iron base, Belgium circa 1950 Dimensions are: 33.85" x 16.53" (height). The midcentury Brutalist slate and oak table on a wrought iron base At...
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1950s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Slate, Wrought Iron

Silas Seandel Sculptural Coffee Table with Glass Top 1970s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table with organic shape base in cast solid resin to resemble concrete with thick glass top by Silas Seandel, American 1970's ...
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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Resin

Eero Moss Walnut Brutalist Coffee Table, EM103
Located in Ghimbav, RO
Indulge in the rustic charm and rich heritage of Transylvanian woodworking with this exquisite small burned walnut coffee table. Handcrafted with meticulous attention to detail, this...
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2010s Romanian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Ash, Walnut

Concrete Side Table "G" Abecedario Collection Green Color by Forma&Cemento
Located in Rome, Lazio
Coffee table G is part of the Abecedario Collection; it marks the beginning of a language in cement that will create a concrete alphabet made up by tables and ...
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2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Concrete

Brutalist Coffee Table Brass Bronze by Salvino Marsura Sculpture Midcentury
Located in Berlin, BE
Gorgeous coffee table handcrafted by Italian Artist and Sculptor Salvino Marsura, who passed away in May 2020. The coffee table shows an amazing tree in heavy gilt wrought iron. On...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Bronze, Steel

Contemporary Brutalist Style Coffee Table in Solid Oak, 'Custom Size'
Located in Paris, FR
Coffe table Sculpted wood (solid oak) Finish: hammered, medium [Suitable for outdoor use] SÓHA design studio conceives and produces furniture design and decorative objects in solid...
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21st Century and Contemporary Armenian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Concrete Coffee Table by Saporiti, 1970s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Concrete and chrome coffee table with thick glass top. - Model Sapo. Designed by Sergio and Giorgio Saporiti for Saporiti. This concrete coffee table...
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Concrete

Barbarism Colosseum Cocktail Table by Mirk Woo
Located in Fo Shan Shi, CN
This cocktail table is designed by designers Diamant and Fu for Mirk Woo. In order to create retro avant-garde barbarism style furniture, solid wood carboniza...
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2010s Chinese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Portuguese Center Table Poppy in Beige Natural Travertino Stone by Mambo
Located in Lisbon, PT
Poppy table is an emblem of nature and organic growth, behind this design lies an essence of naivety effortlessly found within natural forms. Poppy tables are a finely tuned example ...
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2010s Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Eero Moss Walnut Brutalist Coffee Table, EM102
Located in Ghimbav, RO
Indulge in the luxurious texture and warmth of this hand-made brutalist walnut coffee table from Eero Moss Studio. Meticulously crafted with the finest mater...
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2010s Romanian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Ash, Walnut

Contemporary Handcrafted Center Table in Brazilian Hardwood by Leo Strauss
Located in Atibaia, BR
Solid wood, processed in large width and thickness dimensions, and it adds life to this piece of straight and modernist shapes. In its artisan production, traditional woodworking ...
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2010s Brazilian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

4 Travertine Squares, Modular Coffee Table
Located in Paris, FR
These tables come directly from the bottom of the creator Claude Berraldacci. They were designed in the 90s. The brand was called “La Pierre Haute C...
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1990s French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Brutalist Style Steel and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very unique piece. Solid steel rods transformed into undulating and whiplash curves. Blacken patina Measures : 1/2” thick glass 1/2” solid steel. .
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2010s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Solid Bronze Neo-Brutalist Bijou Cocktail Table by Dylan Farrell
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Spectacular Design in Solid Bronze originally purchased at the D&D Building in New York City from Jean De Merry. An amazing design with the thick and b...
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20th Century Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Rectangual Wabi Sabi Coffee Table, Brutalist, Rustic, 1940's
Located in Antwerp, BE
Coffee table in rectangle shape, with charismatic patina inspired by the great principles of wabi-sabi. A timeless design that fits in any interior that likes to play with the narrat...
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1940s European Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Silas Seandel Style Brutalist Torch Cut Cocktail Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic mid-century modern torch cut brass coffee cocktail table made in the manner of Silas Seandel. Hand-crafted in the brutalist style featuring demilune shaped channels having ...
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20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Brass

Brutalist coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Brutalist coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage coffee and cocktail tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, more furniture and collectibles, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Brutalist coffee and cocktail tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original coffee and cocktail tables, popular names associated with this style include Joel Escalona, Paul Evans, Mambo Unlimited Ideas, and Silas Seandel. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for coffee and cocktail tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $330 and tops out at $64,500 while the average work can sell for $4,501.

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