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What is a skinny table called?
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A skinny table is formally called a console table. It is a long, horizontal and narrow table that is generally positioned behind a sofa or couch. It usually matches the sofa or couch in height but is a few inches shorter in length. Shop a range of antique and vintage console tables on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
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Rio Low Table by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina, Rattan & Wood, Italy
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1937. Relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The historic Rio design low table combines uncommon beauty and utmost function...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables
Materials
Rattan, Wood
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Antique Japanese wooden work board / Wall-mounted object/ Wabi-sabi low table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a richly characterful wooden board that worked hard for many years in the Japanese countryside. It is thought to date from around 1880 to 1940, spanning the Meiji to early Sh...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sofa Tables
Materials
Softwood, Cedar, Pine
Japanese Antique Low Table 1860s-1920s / Sofa Table Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a rare old Japanese wooden low table, believed to date from the late Meiji period to the Taisho period, circa 1860s to 1920s.
The tabletop is made from a single solid slab o...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sofa Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Japanese wooden low table / 1950's / Sofa table / Wabi sabi / Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Japanese vintage keyaki wood low table, believed to date from the mid-Showa period, circa 1950s to 1960s.
The material is keyaki, Japanese zelkova, a wood that has long be...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sofa Tables
Materials
Wood
Organic Modern Japanese Antique Low Table 1920s-1940s / Sofa Table Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese solid wood low table.
It is believed to date from the early Showa period (1920s–1940s). From the tabletop to the legs, the entire piece is crafted from so...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Primitive Sofa Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese antique long wooden low table/1868-1920/simple design sofa table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This exceptional Japanese long low table was crafted during the late Meiji to Taisho period (1868–1920). Originally used in everyday Japanese interiors, it embodies the quiet strengt...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Showa Sofa Tables
Materials
Wood
