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What size should a side table be?

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What size should a side table be?

A side table should stand one to three inches below the arm of the sofa or chair it is placed next to.

1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
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Post-Modern Travertine Cube Side Tables
Located in Miami, FL
Clean pair of Italian polished travertine cubes from circa late 1970s to early 1980s. Simple, neutral and versatile. Use as side tables, end tables or side by side as a small coffee ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Side Tables

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Stone, Travertine

Pair of French Jansen Arrow Directoire Side Tables
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Maison Jansen French Directoire style solid brass arrow motif side tables with new round 3/8" thick glass tops. The tables are 31.5" tall, the glass tops are 19" diameter. Ni...
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Vintage 1950s French Side Tables

Materials

Metal, Brass

Hand-Casted Amber Gold Murano Glass Side Table, Italy, Tall, 17.75"H
Located in New York, NY
In these tables, blown glass is structure. This hand-casted and hand-blown, round top Murano glass side table in a rich Amber Gold color was handmade in Venice, Italy, 2024. Round ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Side Tables

Materials

Murano Glass

Hand-Casted Amber Smoke Grey Glass Side Table, Italy, Tall, 17.75"H
Located in New York, NY
In these tables, blown glass is structure. This hand-casted and hand-blown, round top Murano glass side table in a rich Smoked Grey color was handmade in Venice, Italy, 2024. Round...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Side Tables

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Murano Glass

Organic Modern Bordeira Coffee Tables, Onyx Brass, Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bordeira coffee table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bordeira modern coffee ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx, Brass

Spanish Barley Twist Legs Oat Side Table Spain 19th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Beautiful Side or end table, Very well cared for Lovely Round side table features barley twist legs, 19th Century This table is raised on a base composed of four turned legs and a...
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Side Tables

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Wood

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