Italian Coffee Table from Mobili Pizzetti, 1950s
By Mobili Pizzetti
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Rare Mobili Pizzetti Roma coffee table, made in Italy in the 50s. Elegant shapes made of black metal and brass feet. Wooden teak (veneer) plate.
Brass
Mid-Century Italian Marble Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful coffee table with gorgeous elegant marble top and metallic legs with brass tips.
Marble, Brass, Metal
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Paul McCobb, USA, 1950s
By Paul McCobb
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul McCobb coffee table for Calvin with a leather top and brass edging. Features a drawer and open shelf. Legs show light wear, overall in good condition. A refined mid-century piec...
Brass
Vintage Coffee Table in the Style of Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Coffee Table in the Style of Paolo Buffa, realized in 1950s.
Brass
Vintage Coffee Table in the Style of Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Coffee Table in the Style of Paolo Buffa, realized in 1950s.
Brass
Vintage Italian Metal & Teak Wood Coffee Table by Silvio Cavatorta, 1950s
By Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Amazing mid-century coffee table in metal and teak wood. This item was designed in Italy in the 1950s by Silvio Cavatorta. Bands underneath the top are teak. Good vintage conditio...
Brass, Iron
$1,136Sale Price|30% Off
Mid-Century Modern Italian Slatted Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Slatted coffee table, in wood and metal with brass feet, Italian production in the 1950s, completely restored.
Brass, Iron
Ettore Sottsass, Square Coffee Table, Poltronova, Italy 1950s
By Ettore Sottsass, Poltronova
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Ettore Sottsass Square Living Room Table manufactured circa 1959 by Poltronova, Italy teak with patinated metal legs, on adjustable brass feet 77cm wide, 77cm deep, 38cm high Litera...
Metal, Brass
$835Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Midcentury Table Coffee 1950s Minimal Sculptural Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian midcentury table coffee 1950s minimal sculptural design, made of mahogany wood, iron structure, brass parts, brass feet.
Metal, Brass
Mid Century Italian Coffee or Side Table, 1950s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice Italian coffee table or side table made in the 50's. Wooden lacquered plate with elegant round finishing on both sides. Round brass legs with brass.
Brass
Spectacular American Modern Biomorphic Mid Century Cocktail Table C.1950’s
Located in Bernville, PA
American Modern Biomorphic Mid Century cocktail table. Spectacular biomorphic design with a glass top circular end and an open radius end. Great attention to details noted with solid...
Brass
Scandinavian Modern Teak Coffee Table by Yngve Ekström for DUX, 1950s
By Yngve Ekström, Dux of Sweden
Located in Westport, CT
An exquisitely rare coffee table, executed in teak designed by Yngve Ekström for Dux, featuring brass accents. Completely restored. Other designers from this period include Finn J...
Brass
Paul McCobb for Directional Brass and Vitrolite Cocktail Table, 1950s
By Directional, Paul McCobb
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish Mid-Century Modern coffee or cocktail table By Paul McCobb for Directional USA, 1950s Brass base, with white vitrolite top.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table with Mosaic Top by Berthold Muller, 1950s
By Berthold Muller
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and elegant Mid-Century Modern coffee table. Design by Berthold Muller. Striking German design from the 1950s.
Brass
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
1950s Hollywood Regency Coffee Table Base with Gilt Metal and Lamp
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage '50th American gilt metal leaves coffee table base, signed H.R., complete with new electrical system for LAMP. Putting a round glass plane to the desired extent, it becomes...
Brass
Carl Auöck II. Tree Trunk Coffee Table, Austria 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Wien, AT
Iconic Tree Trunk Table designed by Carl Auböck II, manufactured by his workshop in Vienna. The tabletop is made of solid walnut wood on three brass legs with black rubber caps. The ...
Brass
Coffee table in beveled crystal with wood joints 1950s
Located in Parma, IT
Beveled Crystal coffee table, Italian production of the 1950s. Top and 3 legs in shaped beveled crystal with wooden joints and brass screws.
Crystal, Brass
Coffee Table Wood and Glass Vittorio Dassi & Santambrogio & De Berti Italy 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi, Santambrogio & De Berti
Located in Rome, IT
Curved oval coffee table in wood structure and glass with a mirror line framed by a brass border.
Metal, Brass
Rare Paul McCobb Coffee Table with Leather Top for Calvin US 1950s
By Paul McCobb
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare Paul McCobb coffee table with leather top for Calvin Rare Paul McCobb coffee table with leather top for Calvin. Legs show some wear of usage, but in overall good condition.
Brass
Pair of Italian wood and brass side tables with glass tops, 1950s
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant pair of square side tables made in Italy in the 1950s. Each table features a wood structure with a warm patina, stunning brass details under the glass top, legs with brass-ca...
Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Cocktail Table with Brass Stretcher, 1950s
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Dallas, TX
We have fully restored this beautiful cocktail table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. It has a mahogany frame and a walnut top, a shelf underneath the top and a brass stretcher that sur...
Brass
Freeform Coffee Table by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, C. 1950s
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Westport, CT
An iconic design by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb (1950, USA), this sculpted walnut and brass Freeform cocktail table (Model 1759) embodies organic elegance. Its fluid, cloud-...
Brass
$1,136Sale Price|30% Off
Ico Parisi Mid-Century Modern Italian Mahogany Coffee Table, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This coffee table has been attributed to Ico Parisi and was produced in the 1950s, the coffee table has been restored and polished with shellac, the feet are in brass.
Brass
Italian 1950s Onyx & Marble Global World Map Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
By Ico Parisi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the famous style of Ico Parisi, this authentic Italian MCM 1950s table is absolutely beautiful! Its oval marble top is intricately and painstakingly inlaid with hundreds of small ...
Onyx, Marble, Brass
Carl Auböck II. Large Tree Trunk Coffee Table, Austria 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Wien, AT
Large Tree Trunk Table designed by Carl Auböck II, manufactured by his workshop in Vienna. The tabletop is made of solid walnut wood on three brass legs with black rubber caps. Iconi...
Brass
$2,170Sale Price|25% Off
1950s Coffee Table Attributed to Maison Baguès in Imitation Bamboo
By Maison Baguès
Located in London, GB
1950s faux bamboo brass coffee table, attributed to Maison Baguès Amazing skeleton frame with magazine rack.
Brass
1950s French Coffee Table in a manner of Mathieu Mategot
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in London, GB
French coffee table from the 1950s with a magazine rack.
Metal, Brass
Silvio Cavatorta Midcentury Iron and Teak Wood Oval Italian Coffee Table, 1950s
By Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful midcentury oval coffee table in Iron and Teak Wood. This item was designed in Italy during 1950s by Silvio Cavatorta.
Brass, Iron
Italian Modernist Coffee Table in Teak And Lacquered Metal, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
An early modernist coffee or cocktail table produced in Italy, 1950s.
Metal, Brass
Italian Midcentury Table with Adjustable Wooden Top Withe Metal and Brass, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian midcentury table with adjustable wooden top withe metal and brass 1950s.
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Ico Parisi for De Beggis Coffee Table Italian Design Circa 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Torquay, GB
Mid-century Italian design coffee table by Eco Parisi for De Beggis, circa 1950s.
Brass
$2,227Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table with Glass & Wood, Italy, 1950s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Dimensions: 65 cm (width) × 65 cm (depth) × 51 cm (height) Origin: Italy Period: 1950s Materials: Glass, wood, brass Finish: Shellac polished wood Type: Coffee table Condition: Rest...
Brass
$1,967Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Wood and Glass Coffee Table, Ico Parisi Style, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Nicolosi, IT
This elegant coffee table was produced in Italy during the 1950s and is designed in the style of Ico Parisi, reflecting the refined Mid-Century Italian approach to form, structure, a...
Brass
Vintage Mahogany Coffee Table by Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn, 1950s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A square, vintage Mid-Century modern Swedish coffee table made of hand crafted polished Mahogany, designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn in good condition. The Scandina...
Metal, Brass
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
Harvey Probber Brass Square Stock and Coquina Marble Cocktail Table Circa 1950s
By Harvey Probber
Located in Chicago, IL
Harvey Probber, coquina and brass coffee table, c. 1950s, USA, round stone top, architectural polished brass base with square tube legs joined by stretchers, model 917B, 20"h x 30"dia.
Marble, Brass
Solid Brass and Marble-Top Table, France circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Coffee table with a curule base in polished brass. The white marble top delicately veined with grey.
Italian mid-century modern coffee table in brass and wood top with portrait, 195
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern coffee table in brass and wood top with portrait, 1950s Brass and wood coffee table with a three-legged base.
Brass
1950's Two Tier Cocktail Table in Style of Ico Parisi
By Gordons Inc., Ico Parisi
Located in Hanover, MA
Dramatic vintage bi-level coffee table in the style of Ico and Luisa Parisi. Finely constructed of mahogany hardwood and veneer, both tiers feature upswept ends and are supported by...
Brass
Rare mid-century round coffee table by Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s.
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Catania, CT
This elegant and rare piece showcases Buffa’s signature blend of refined craftsmanship and sculptural form. The base features a striking interlaced structure in carved wood, creating...
Brass
$1,252Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Midcentury Brass and Tinted Glass Occasional Table, 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This round tripod occasional table was made in Italy in the 1950s in the manner of Ico Parisi. It has got a brass base, a bronze tinted (smoked) glass tabletop and brass handle and d...
Brass
Wood Coffee Table in the Style of Gio Ponti Glass and Mahogany, 1950s, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
Splendid coffee table featuring a wooden structure and two shelves of different dimensions, which gives the whole table a trapezium shape. In the style of the Italian designer Gio Po...
Brass
Mid-century Organic Shaped Coffee Table in the Manner of Gio Ponti, circa 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in London, Fitzrovia
a beautifully shaped wooden coffee or side table on black painted metal legs ending on hammered brass feet. The red half sphere linking the top to the legs is very unusual and avant ...
Metal, Brass
1950s Mid-Century American Coffee Table with Copper Base & Glass Top
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular coffee / cocktail table with a copper-colored metal bracket-shaped base with bronze trim and an inset smoked glass top. Condition: Good; Wear consis...
Brass
1950s Gio Ponti Glass Coffee Table Model 1101 Singer and Sons Italy
By Gio Ponti, M. Singer & Sons
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A glass and cream lacquered walnut coffee table designed by Gio Ponti, Model 1101, for Singer and Sons, imported from Italy c. 1950s.
Brass
Coffee table by French designer Georges Frydman for EFA, dating from the 1950s
By Georges Frydman
Located in LE CANNET, FR
Elegant coffee table by Georges Frydman for EFA. Thick top covered in white laminate.
Metal, Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brass Bakelite Glass Sofa Table 1950s France
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage sofa table or coffee table attributed to Maison Bagues, 1950s France.
Brass
Set of 2 Konvival Coffee tables by Fabrizio Bruno for Klan, Italy, 1950s
Located in Argelato, BO
Set of two coffee tables by Fabrizio Bruno for Klan, made in Italy, 1950s.
Metal, Brass
An Italian 1950s brass and thick glass cocktail table by Janetti, Florence
By Janetti, Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1950s brass cocktail table by Janetti, Florence, in the style of Fontana Arte. With ornate cast brass base with floral roundel on each end and orignal thick 2cm green gla...
Brass
Mid-century Scandinavian drop-leaf side table, teak and brass, Sweden 1950s
Located in Forserum, SE
A neat drop-leaf side table or coffee table, made from solid teak and teak veneer with brass fittings.
Brass
Solid Brass Walnut Glass Table, by William Watting, Produced by Fristho, 1950s
By Fristho, William Watting
Located in Rijssen, NL
An original coffee table, designed by William Watting, produced by Fristho, the Netherlands, 1950s.
Brass
Paul McCobb Mahogany and Travertine Top Cocktail Table, 1950s
By Paul McCobb
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish Mid-Century Modern coffee table, cocktail table, or occasional side table By Paul McCobb for H.
Travertine, Brass
1950s Stitched Leather Cocktail Table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950s stitched Leather cocktail table designed by Jacques Adnet France Measures: Total High, not to the glass top 60 cm.
Brass
Carl Auböck Large Midcentury Tree Trunk Table, 1950s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful tree trunk table by Carl Auböck. The table is made of burl walnut slub with three brass legs. The tabletop was shellack polished. The table is embossed with 'Auböck Made in...
Brass
Midcentury Metal and Glass Table by Airborne, France, 1950s
By Airborne International
Located in Echt, NL
Beautiful coffee / end table in excellent condition. Manufactured by Airborne in France in the 1950s The table consist of a brass frame which is lacquered black and a glass top.
Metal, Brass
Mosaic Dachshund Table Italy 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Very unique dog mosaic table mounted on a bamboo base with brass rods made in Italy in the 1950s. The mosaic top has a colorful glass mosaic rim inside are white and brown glass mosa...
Brass
Mid-Centry Modern Mosaic Table, 1950s
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Exceptional mosaic in the style of Van Gogh`s masterpiece "Country road in Provence" , mosaic is applied to a 4cm thick granite slab. The table is made of a wooden plate with brass b...
Stone, Granite, Brass
Oak and enamel table by Stig Lindberg for Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1950s
By NK (Nordiska Kompaniet), Stig Lindberg
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Rare coffe table designed by Swedish designer Stig Lindberg and produced by Nordiska Kompaniet during the 1950s. Beautiful enamel table top inside an oak frame.
Brass, Enamel
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.”
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