Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Cedar, Pine
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Pine
Early 20th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Cedar
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood, Pine
Early 20th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Early 20th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Early 20th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood, Walnut
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood, Cedar
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Chestnut
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Cedar
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Cedar
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Meiji Coffee Table
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A Close Look at meiji Furniture
From 1868 to 1912, Emperor Mutsuhito oversaw an era of transformation in Japan. Formerly a country of feudalism and isolation, Japan entered an age of modernization influenced by newly established trade and exchange with the West. The Meiji period, or period of “enlightened rule,” also saw the global impact of the East Asian country’s culture. Japanese Meiji furniture was exhibited at expositions from Paris to San Francisco and created for export.
Prior to the Meiji era, furniture was mostly made by commission for the ruling class; now there were new domestic and international markets. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Meiji furniture made for Japanese homes and buildings constructed in Western styles resulted in taller tables, chairs, cabinets with large drawers and other features. The government invested in areas such as transportation and communication, and because people could freely choose occupations after the restrictions of feudalism, industries of various types were energized by expressive new ideas during those years. Art schools were formed and, for the first time, design was an area of study in the country, leading to the evolution of professional design as a career by the 1890s.
The work of Japanese designers was transmitted widely through lavishly illustrated pattern books that included designs for screens and lacquerware for the home. While screens today may be of use as decorative accents or partitions to ensure privacy in one’s space, Japanese screens were adorned with paintings and were featured in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. The color illustrations that characterize Meiji woodblock prints, a genre of Japanese art that grew out of 17th-century developments in printing and book publishing, depicted the sweeping changes that the era brought to East Asia.
Although it was a time of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions. From colorful porcelain table lamps with silk shades and hardwood tables decorated with dark lacquer to cabinets featuring iron hardware and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Meiji furniture showcased Japan’s artistic heritage to the world.
Find a collection of antique Japanese Meiji period case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right tables for You
The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.
Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.
Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.
Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.
The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte.
Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life.
No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .