Mid-Century 1970 Vintage Zanine Caldas Coffee Table
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in London, GB
This coffee table, designed by José Zanine Caldas in 1970, embodies his deep connection with nature and his mastery of organic design.
Wood
Mid-Century 1950s Vintage José Zanine Caldas Coffee Table
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in London, GB
Often referred to as the "master of wood," he skillfully combined traditional Brazilian techniques with modernist principles to create furniture and architectural works that embodied...
Plywood
José Zanine Caldas Low Table for Casa Nova Vicosa, Bahia, 1970s
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Low table designed by José Zanine Caldas. Circa 1970s. This table was integrated with the architectural columns of the Zanine Caldas in Bahia. The pillar was passed through the cente...
Wood
Solid Tree Trunk Coffee Table Made of a Thick Cross Section of Vinhatico Wood
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in North Miami, FL
A fantastic low coffee table circa 1979 in stained vinhatico wood.
Iron
José Zanine Caldas (attributed). Center Table. Hardwood Vinhatico. c. 1970
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in PARIS, FR
José Zanine Caldas (1919–2001) Coffee Table, c. 1970 Attributed to the renowned Brazilian designer and architect José Zanine Caldas, this unique coffee table was crafted circa 1970...
Hardwood
Unavailable
H 12.21 in W 59.06 in D 27.56 in
Zanini de Zanine Caldas, Coffee Table, Brazil, circa 2008
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Berlin, DE
Zanini de Zanine Caldas, Coffee table, Brazil, circa 2008. Reclaimed îpe wood, handcrafted.
Glass, Reclaimed Wood
Tronco Coffee Table by Jose Zanine Caldas
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in San Francisco, CA
A massive slice of Brazilian hardwood with a rich natural patina on two rectangular wood bases. Brazil, circa 1970s.
Hardwood
José Zanine Caldas "Mesa Baixa" Coffee Table in Mahogany, circa 1970
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A very rare and exceptional coffee table by Zanine Caldas, circa 1970. This example in a solid mahogany trunk base with off-circular glass top.
Mahogany
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H 14.57 in W 35.04 in D 23.23 in
Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Wood & Black, Zanine Caldas, 1950s, Brazil
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this iconic Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table made of wood in Black designed by Jose Zanine Caldas, in the fifties is a gorgeous piece!
Plywood
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H 10.24 in Dm 35.44 in
Solid Brazilian Pequi Pedra Wood Coffee Table in the Manner of Zanine Caldas
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This solid Pequi Pedra top was acquired with a wooden base that was affected by termites. Its perfect round top now stands over old Unilabor iron feet. Live edges. The crack is stabile.
Sold
H 16 in W 38 in D 38 in
José Zanine Caldas, "Infinity" Coffee Table, Peroba Plywood, Glass, Brazil 1955
By José Zanine Caldas, Mòveis Artisticos Z
Located in High Point, NC
An organic "Infinity" coffee table. Designed by José Zanine Caldas for Móveis Artisticos Z, the firm Zanine Caldas co-founded in 1948.
Glass, Plywood
1950 Freeform Mahogany Coffee Table Cocktail Table Side Table
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Grenoble, FR
Freeform mahogany coffee table Mahogany tray brought back to France in the 1950s, transformed into a coffee table in the spirit of Charlotte Perriand or José Zanine Kaldas.
Mahogany
French Brutalist Oak Coffee Table, Freeform, 1950s, Handmade
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Forest, BE
Very unique oak handmade massive slay of tree. It is a free form shape. The top is patinated and shows various shades of brown/brownish colors and honey tones. Elegant and brutalist ...
Hardwood
French organic brutalist wabi sabi style coffee table 1950's
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Valby, 84
Rare and possibly unique coffee table made by a very talented french craftsman in France in the 1950's. The table has beautiful visible joints on the table top, the table has great o...
Hardwood
French Brutalist Tree Trunk Coffee Table, Nice Joinery, 1950s Handmade
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Forest, BE
Very unique handmade with a tree trunk and a massive slay of tree. The joinery is two cylinder with provide a nice effect. The top is patinated and shows various shades of brown/brow...
Hardwood
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H 12.5 in W 62 in D 54 in
Solid Tree Trunk Coffee Table Made of a Thick Cross Section of Vinhatico Wood
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in North Miami, FL
A fantastic low coffee table circa 1979 in stained vinhatico wood.
Iron
Table by Zanini de Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Canoa Vidrio by Zanini de Zanine
Reclaimed Wood
Coffee Table by Jose Zanine
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in New York, NY
CT672 Coffee table in solid wood with carved center. Designed by Jose Zanine, Brazil, circa 1960.
Coffee Table by Jose Zanine, Brazil, circa 1960
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table in solid wood with sculpted concave center. Designed by Jose Zanine, Brazil, circa 1960.
Wood
Coffee Table or Plant Stand by Jose Zanine
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table or plant stand with light blue and black laminate tops and organic wooden base. Designed by Jose Zanine for Z. Moveis Brazil, circa 1949.
Cloverleaf vinhático coffee table by Jose Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
This coffee table has been fashioned from a reclaimed log of vinhático wood by Zanine.
Coffee Table by Zanine Caldas
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in Doral, FL
Coffee table by Zanine Caldas from "Denuncia Series".
Reclaimed Wood
Coffee Table with Painted Glass Top by Jose Zanine Caldas
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table with pequi wood frame and painted glass top featuring a multi-colored tropical scene of birds and fruit.
Mesa Tablete Coffee Table
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Doral, FL
Tablete coffee table in reclaimed Ipe wood.
Reclaimed Wood
Prototype "Inox" coffee table by Zanini de Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
A stunning protoype "Inox" coffee table table by young Brazilian designer Zanini de Zanine, made from polished stainless steel sheets salvaged after Brazilian coins were cut out from...
Zanini De Zanine, Solid Ipê Coffee Table, 2014
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in New York, NY
Limited edition of 1. Reclaimed solid Ipe^ wood. Handcrafted.
Reclaimed Wood
Huge Pequi root coffee table by Zanini De Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
A huge coffee table fashioned from a solid Pequi tree root by Brazil's Zanini de Zanine. This root came from a farm in Bahia Brazil. The piece is artfully and surprisingly symmetric ...
Live edge coffee table or bench by Zanini De Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
Amazing live edge slab table or bench made from reclaimed Goncalo Alve beams with inset Jacardna wood details. Zanini de Zanine Caldas continues in the tradition of his father, note...
Leather
Dupla Mesa by Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind coffee table made by Zanini de Zanine Caldas, son of noted Brazilian architect and designer Jose Zanine Caldas.
Mapa Mesa by Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
The Mapa Mesas was made by hand from solid reclaimed Pequi wood by the young Brazilian designer Zanini de Zanine Caldas, son of noted Brazilian architect and designer Jose Zanine Cal...
Balanco Mesa Centro, Zanini de Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
A cantilevered coffee table made from solid reclaimed ipe architectural beams with inset glass. This is from a limited edition of two and is the larger version.
Glass, Wood
Canoa Vidrio by Zanini de Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
The name "Canoa Vidrio" means "glass canoe." Zanini's father, famed Brazilian architect or designer Jose Zanine Caldas, established his crafting techniques in Nova Viçosa in the stat...
Wood
Itanhangá by Zanini de Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in New York, NY
Made from solid pieces of reclaimed Ipê wood, the octagonal Itanhangá coffee table contrasts its substantial and rustic material to a light design accentuated by its floating planes ...
Mesa Alisana / Bench or Coffee Table by Zanini de Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
Gigantic coffee table or bench composed of architectural Ipe beams by Contemporary Brazilian designer, Zanini de Zanine.
Large live edge coffee table or bench by Zanini De Zanine
By Zanini de Zanine Caldas
Located in Hollywood, CA
Amazing live edge slab table or bench made from reclaimed Goncalo Alve beams with inset Jacardna wood details. Zanini de Zanine Caldas continues in the tradition of his father, noted...
Leather
$2,890 / item
H 4.72 in Dm 14.57 in
Stilnovo Bruno Gatta Ceiling Lamps Glass Flush Mounts Model 1152, Italy 1960
By Bruno Gatta, Stilnovo
Located in Vienna, AT
Very scarce set of multiple flush-mounts by Stilnovo (marked), Italy 1960 Sold and priced per item. 7 out of 23 are still available. Dimensions re 14.57" x 4.72" Early vintage origi...
Brass, Aluminum
$2,860 / item
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Straw
$6,300 / item
H 16 in W 58 in D 32 in
Organic Shaped Modern Nesting Coffee Tables by Last Workshop, Walnut
By Last Workshop
Located in Chicago, IL
Organic shaped nesting coffee tables by Last Workshop, 2023 Solid walnut, natural finish Table one: 58" x 32" x 16"H Table two: 46" x 25" x 13.5" If not in stock, current productio...
Hardwood, Walnut
$78,400 / set
H 36.62 in W 40.95 in D 26.97 in
Pair of Brasiliana Armchairs by Jorge Zalszupin, 1965, Brazilian Midcentury
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in New York, NY
The iconic Brasiliana is a series composed of a sofa and armchair designed by Jorge Zalszupin (1922-2020) in 1965 and produced by his company, L'atelier. These rare pieces have molde...
Rosewood, Fabric
$12,200 / item
H 43.31 in W 17.72 in D 35.44 in
Contemporary Mexican Design Handcrafted Wood Cabinet Carmen, Mirror
By Comité de Proyectos
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Carmen is a bartender, a storage cabinet with a functional design. Inside, it has a pair of drawers for storing objects, space for bottles, compartments for glasses and a cup holder...
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Hardwood round coffee table 1960's
By Jorge Zalszupin, Sergio Rodrigues, Percival Lafer
Located in Den Haag, NL
Brazilian hardwood round coffee table 1960's made by unknown designer (in research) The table still has some original 1950's brazilian stamps and moving notes on the back. Please n...
Hardwood
$3,900
H 16.15 in W 78.75 in D 47.25 in
Danish Modern Daybed, Reupholstered, Made in Pine, by Nyt i Bo, 1970s
Located in Odense, DK
A large Danish mid century daybed in solid pine, reupholstered in grey wool. Made by a Danish company "Nyt i Bo" in 1970s. This daybed can also be used as a couch or a freestandin...
Wool, Pine
Walnut Coffee Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Original Walnut Coffee Table by George Nakashima. About George Nakashima: George Katsutoshi Nakashima was an American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of ...
Walnut
$69,000
H 29.5 in W 159 in D 63 in
Jorge Zalszupin, Large Dining Table, Imbuia, Leather, Concrete, Brazil, 1960s
By L'Atelier San Paulo, Jorge Zalszupin
Located in High Point, NC
A large Imbuia and leather over concrete 'Guanabara' dining or conference table designed by Jorge Zalszupin and produced by L'Atelier, Brazil, c. 1960s.
Concrete, Metal
Italian Designer, Console Table, Teak, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A teak console table designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s. With original patina present such as scratches and staining. Dimensions: 34.4” H x 33.6” W x 13” D
Teak
BERG Side Table by John Pawson for Wonderglass
By John Pawson, WonderGlass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The character of the Berg table is inseparable from its materiality. Every detail of the design derives from the mesmerising visual and tactile qualities of cast glass and from the...
Glass
Tete a tete by Hugo Franca
By Hugo França
Located in San Francisco, CA
A tete a tete by Hugo Franca made of naturally fallen Brazilian hardwood trees. The design is made of opposing seats on two semi circular bases, Brazil, circa 1990.
Hardwood
1950s Italian Occasional Table in the Style of Carlo Mollino
By Carlo Mollino
Located in Hanover, MA
1950s Italian modernist three leg table made of mahogany stained beechwood and an asymmetric glass top which is roughly the shape of a heart or a guitar pick. Two insect-like arms re...
Mahogany
José Zanine Caldas, Side Chair, Wood, Fabric, Brazil, 1950s
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and yellow fabric "scissor" side chair designed and produced by José Zanine Caldas, Brazil, c. 1950s. Significant wear to wood consistent with age and use Vintage fabric in ...
Fabric, Wood
$42,000
H 83 in W 80 in D 17 in
Brazilian Modern Bookshelf in Rosewood by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA, Brazil
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
An important large-scale Brazilian Modern bookshelf designed by Sergio Rodrigues and produced by OCA circa 1968, showcasing the designer’s celebrated ability to merge architecture, c...
Chrome
Elegant Sofa Upholstered in Pure Alpaca
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Jules Leleu, Pierre Chareau, Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A superb Art Deco style sofa, upholstered in pure Alpaca. High quality hand-made beech frames and newly upholstered in a soft, ivory, premium 100% alpaca fabric. Fast shipping worldw...
Alpaca, Beech
More often than not, vintage mid-century Brazilian furniture designs, with their gleaming wood, soft leathers and inviting shapes, share a sensuous, unique quality that distinguishes them from the more rectilinear output of American and Scandinavian makers of the same era.
Commencing in the 1940s and '50s, a group of architects and designers transformed the local cultural landscape in Brazil, merging the modernist vernacular popular in Europe and the United States with the South American country's traditional techniques and indigenous materials.
Key mid-century influencers on Brazilian furniture design include natives Oscar Niemeyer, Sergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim Tenreiro, Jean Gillon and Jorge Zalszupin. These creators frequently collaborated; for instance, Niemeyer, an internationally acclaimed architect, commissioned many of them to furnish his residential and institutional buildings.
The popularity of Brazilian modern furniture has made household names of these designers and other greats. Their particular brand of modernism is characterized by an émigré point of view (some were Lithuanian, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, and Italian), a preference for highly figured indigenous Brazilian woods, a reverence for nature as an inspiration and an atelier or small-production mentality.
Hallmarks of Brazilian mid-century design include smooth, sculptural forms and the use of native woods like rosewood, jacaranda and pequi. The work of designers today exhibits many of the same qualities, though with a marked interest in exploring new materials (witness the Campana Brothers' stuffed-animal chairs) and an emphasis on looking inward rather than to other countries for inspiration.
Find a collection of vintage Brazilian furniture on 1stDibs that includes chairs, sofas, tables and more.
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.”
Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.
Top interior designers show — and tell — us how to create delectable spaces for hosting dinner parties.
Fans of the French film star may be surprised to learn that he had a flair for furniture with sleek lines and disco-era flash.
Like other pieces in the firm’s Candy Box collection, the cheerful limited-edition design showcases French craft.
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.
From his massive collaborative workshop in a former paper factory, the designer concocts funky furniture from disused materials, as well as luxe hotel interiors like the new Mix Brussels.
The designer’s innovative use of an unexpected material gives this console a lift.
The stately piece brings both gravitas and whimsy to any work space.
Use them as tables or stools, indoors or out.