Large Square Brass and Beveled Glass Coffee Table by Pace
By Pace Collection
Located in Houston, TX
This brass and beveled glass coffee table is an unusual design by Pace consisting of four floating brass corner pieces topped with a very thick beveled glass top. A statement piece ...
Square Midcentury Oak Coffee Table with a Polished Slate Top
Located in Cape Town, Western Cape
A vintage Mid-Century Modern, low coffee table made of oak with a solid slate top. It is a good example of a culture of furniture design from the 1960s that married Danish influences...
Slate
Vintage Marble Chrome Square Coffee Table by Florence Knoll, 1960s Midcentury
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Huddersfield, GB
Vintage Calacatta marble square coffee table by Florence Knoll for Knoll, 1960s A classic marble coffee table designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll in the 1960s. The thick Calacatt...
Marble
Rud Thygesen for Heltborg Møbler Square Rosewood Coffee Table, Late 1960s
By Rud Thygesen, Heltborg Møbler, Domus Danica
Located in San Francisco, CA
A late-1960s Danish modern model 45 rosewood coffee table or side table with aluminum accents by Rud Thygesen for Heltborg Møbler, and distributed by Domus Danica. Square top with s...
Aluminum
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne "Odyssey" Coffee Table in Rare Square Form
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large, signed Philip and Kelvin LaVerne "Odyssey" coffee table with bronze fluted pedestal and acid-etched top of patinated bronze and pewter. The classical scenes are based on Homer...
Bronze, Pewter
Sold|$1,574 / set
Square Set of Two Side Tables in Beech Manner of Wilhelm Renz, 1960
By Wilhelm Renz
Located in Beek en Donk, NL
Great set of two 1960s square side / coffee tables in beech. The well-executed beech veneered tabletop is inlayed in two directions, which give the design a bit of a bite, which is a...
Beech
TOMLINSON 1960's Walnut Neoclassical Square Cocktail Table with Undertier Shelf
By Tomlinson
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Neoclassical style square coffee table by Tomlinson Furniture. Walnut with slight distressing, inlaid burlwood top, clipped corners, inlaid burlwood to column like legs and an unde...
Walnut, Burl
Sold|$899
Square Century Cocktail Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mirrored top on square brass cocktail table with fluted tapering legs. All sales final, no additional discount.
TOMLINSON 1960's Walnut Square Cocktail Table with Metal Legs - A
By Tomlinson
Located in Charlotte, NC
A mid 20th Century cocktail table by Tomlinson Furniture. Walnut with their Chateau finish, parquetry design top, prong "U" shaped metal legs and center turned walnut stretcher. Made...
Metal
TOMLINSON 1960's Walnut Square Cocktail Table with Metal Legs - C
By Tomlinson
Located in Charlotte, NC
A mid 20th century cocktail table by Tomlinson Furniture. Walnut with their Chateau finish, parquetry design top, prong "U" shaped metal legs and center turned walnut stretcher. Made...
Metal
Sold|$1,156
20th Century Brass Square Low Table
Located in London, GB
A mid-century square brass low table, the patinated frame with a clear glass top.
Sold|$3,800
Square glass cocktail table with brass base
Located in New York, NY
Square glass cocktail table with die-cut, brushed brass cube base, c. 1960
Brass
Sold|$995
Square Lane Dovetail Cocktail Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Oaks, PA
Square Lane Dovetail Cocktail Table, unusual form, beautiful finish.
Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
A Square Tessellated Horn Low Table.
Located in New York, NY
The rounded square top, covered with tessellated horn tiles,raised on short rounded square legs.
Giacometti Style, Brass Cocktail Square Table With Birds
Located in Mexico City, D.F.
gilt brass table simulating a tree with birds and flowers, very good condition, measures are put here without glass
Glass
Giacometti style, Brass cocktail small square table with birds
Located in Mexico City, D.F.
gilt bronze table simulating a tree with birds and flowers, very good condition, measures are put here without glass
Brass
Polished Steel Square Cocktail Table by James Howell
By James Howell
Located in Miami, FL
Square cocktail table in polished steel with intersecting frame and legs. Each of the four legs is a continuation of the intersecting frame creating the beautiful double-leg. Polishe...
Steel
Cocktail Table Brass & Glass 40" square X 15" high ca. 1965
Located in New York, NY
Cocktail Table - Brass & Glass
American, Circa 1965
Brass
A Square Brass Topped Cocktail Table by George Mathias
Located in New York, NY
A square cocktail table featuring a square black lacquered base with brass banding along the bottom edge and a top in etched brass. The etched brass top features an abstract modernis...
Brass
Mid-Century Elegant Square Cocktail Table by Cal-Mode
By Cal-Mode
Located in Pasadena, CA
This subtle cocktail table in walnut was created by Cal-Mode, a respected manufacturer based in California. The surface of the table is raised on a platform and features nine squares...
Walnut
Square Leather-Top Cocktail Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four triangular legs, finished in a deep espresso brown, support a square, ivory-colored leather top with a slightly mottled finish. Gold "D" Dunbar tag and Dunbar paper label on und...
Leather, Mahogany
A Pair of Square Cocktail Tables in Red Lacquer over Mahogany
Located in New York, NY
A pair of square cocktail tables of very simple design each featuring raised tops and square corner legs of solid Mahogany finished in red lacquer. France circa 1965. These table wer...
A Modernist Square Cocktail Table Steel and Brass by F. Dresse
Located in New York, NY
A modernist square cocktail table featuring a very simple black lacquered box shaped base onto which sits a top with a deep skirt in polished steel with a top which has been hand inl...
Steel, Brass
A Modernist Square Cocktail Table Steel and Brass by F. Dresse
Located in New York, NY
A modernist square cocktail table featuring a very simple black lacquered box shaped base onto which sits a top with a deep skirt in polished steel with a top which has been hand inl...
Steel, Brass
A Square Occasional or Side Table in Combed Lacquer by Jean Claude Dresse
By Jean Claude Dresse
Located in New York, NY
A square occasional or side table featuring a multi legged base in black lacquered steel which supports a square top with rounded corners done in a off white lacquer. The top surface...
Metal
Unique Mid-Century Modern Square ''Curved Owls'' Cocktail Table or Coffee Table
Located in Hialeah, FL
Unique table with finely detailed owls head supports the glass top. Beautiful cocktail table having 4 curved owls and wood detail base, with original ivory color. Features clear gla...
Glass, Wood, Paint
Midcentury Wood and Glass Square Coffee Table by Sormani, 1960s
By Sormani
Located in Savona, IT
Coffee table produced in the 1960s by Sormani. Wooden frame with rounded corners. Transparent glass top. Good general condition, some signs due to normal use of time. Dimension...
Glass, Wood
Square Brazilian Ipe Coffee Table made from Reclaimed Railroad Planks
Located in Hollywood, CA
A square Ipe wood coffee table with rounded edges and solid legs. The base is solid wood with a dark stained satin lacquer finish. The Ipe was salvaged from vintage railroad planks, ...
Midcentury Lane Square Walnut Wood Coffee or End Table, 1960s
Located in Detroit, MI
• Vintage Mid-Century Modern lane coffee table from 1962. • Simple, geometric lines and sleek low profile. • Well constructed from walnut with beautiful inlaid tabletop edge and sq...
Wood, Walnut
Sold|$1,386
Italian Square Coffee Table
Located in Porto, PT
Rosewood and chrome coffee table.
Chrome
Sold|$3,135
Modern Square Two-Tier Mirrored Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This modern two-tier mirrored square coffee table is newly stained in a red color and has a lacquered finish. The top features original smoke beveled mirror with discoloration around...
Brass
Sold|$3,600
Svend Aage Jessen Square Coffee Table
By Svend Aage Jessen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Svend Aage Jessen square coffee table produced by Sejer.
Chrome
Jens Risom Floating Square Walnut Coffee Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Pau, FR
Square coffee or side table with slightly tapered walnut legs and stretchers and a 'floating' square walnut top, designed and manufactured by Jens Risom Design Inc. The table has be...
Walnut
1960s Square Rosewood Coffee Table with Glass Table Top
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
1960s square rosewood coffee table with glass tabletop. Good condition consistent with age and use.
Glass, Rosewood
Hollywood Regency Gold and Glass Square Coffee Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
Very nice gold and glass vintage coffee table with two glass shelves. Beautiful classic design. Very versatile piece.
Tobia Scarpa Square Glass Coffee Table for Gavina, 1960s
By Gavina, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Schagen, NL
This edition of the André coffee table was designed by Tobia Scarpa for Gavina/Knoll in the 1960s. It features a smoked table top set on a chromed base with leather inlay on top. It ...
Chrome, Steel
Coffee Table by Jens Risom, Square Top and Three Drawers, 1950s
By Jens Risom
Located in Chicago, IL
Square coffee table by Jens Risom with predominant wood grain. Three drawers with discrete, recessed pulls. Rare version of Risom's American Classic. Born in Denmark in 1916, Jens R...
Wood
TOMLINSON 1960's Walnut Square Cocktail Table with Metal Legs - B
By Tomlinson
Located in Charlotte, NC
A mid 20th Century cocktail table by Tomlinson Furniture. Walnut with their Chateau finish, parquetry design top, prong "U" shaped metal legs and center turned walnut stretcher. Made...
Metal
TOMLINSON 1960's Walnut Square Cocktail Table with Metal Legs - A
By Tomlinson
Located in Charlotte, NC
A mid 20th Century cocktail table by Tomlinson Furniture. Walnut with their Chateau finish, parquetry design top, prong "U" shaped metal legs and center turned walnut stretcher. Made...
Metal
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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Top interior designers show — and tell — us how to create delectable spaces for hosting dinner parties.
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Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.
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The designer’s innovative use of an unexpected material gives this console a lift.
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Use them as tables or stools, indoors or out.