1950s Gio Ponti Glass Coffee Table Model 1101 Singer and Sons Italy
By M. Singer & Sons, Gio Ponti
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
Solid Brass Walnut Glass Table, by William Watting, Produced by Fristho, 1950s
By William Watting, Fristho
Located in Rijssen, NL
An original coffee table, designed by William Watting, produced by Fristho, the Netherlands, 1950s.
Brass
Art Deco table made in 1950s Czechia from Walnut. Made by Kovona
By Kovona
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Made by Kovona, a company founded in 1913 by the then owner Petr Vichr. It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia acco...
Steel, Chrome
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
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Cocktail Table with Brass Stretcher, 1950s
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
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
Mid Century Modern Organic Vintage Carl Auböck Tree Trunk Table 1950s Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern Organic Modernist vintage sofa table tree trunk or coffee table from solid walnut attributed to Carl Auböck, 1950s, Vienna.
Walnut
Carl Aubock Tree Trunk Table No 21 Austria 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Čelinac, BA
Carl Aubock Walnut Live Edge Table Austria 1950s
Walnut
Small Beech Table, Czech Midcentury, Preserved in Original Condition, 1950s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Small table. Czech midcentury Material: Walnut and beech Period: 1950-1959.
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer, Beech
1950s Mid-Century Italian Walnut Coffee Side Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful Italian solid walnut corner side table with framed top over four classic carved decorated legs connected to one another with central stretchers and top opening with storage...
Wood
Mid-century Walnut Wood Side Coffee Table, 1950s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-century Walnut Wood Side Coffee Table, 1950s, Germany Measurements : Top: 34 cm x 48 cm Height: 44 cm Please do not hesitate to ask us if you have any questions.
Walnut
Original Carl Aubock Walnut Tree Trunk Coffee Sofa Table, Vienna, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
The tabletop is crafted from a truly beautiful, massive and thick, organically shaped piece of walnut trunk. Its rather rounded, compact form makes it suitable for a variety of uses—...
Brass
Original Carl Aubock Large Mid-Century Walnut Tree Trunk Coffee Table, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A organic and sculptural original vintage tree trunk sofa table from the 1950s, designed and executed by Carl Auböck. This impressive and unusual modernist table is made of a walnut ...
Brass
Swedish Coffee Table by Reiners Möbler, 1950s
By Reiners Möbler
Located in Stockholm, SE
Produced in Mjölby, Sweden, 1950s. Very good condition.
Elm, Walnut
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Style "Long John" Walnut Bench, Coffee Table, 1950s
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Long Edward Wormley for dunbar style walnut "long john" Bench. Coffee Table. Bed End. Featuring a longer rectangular slat-style Walnut surface, turned edge, on hairpin legs. Versatil...
Walnut
Mid-Century Walnut Coffee Table by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, 1950s
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century rectangular walnut coffee table with removable central inset magazine box supported on four square walnut legs. (T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS FOR WIDDICOMB FURNITURE C...
Wood, Ebony, Walnut
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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