Thomasville chin hua style 38” Squared coffee table
Located in Pasadena, TX
This stunning coffee table embodies the timeless elegance of Thomasville's Chin Hua style, blending
Walnut
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H 15.75 in W 42 in D 42 in
Ming Style Black & Burl Coffee Table Attributed Chin Hua Collection by Sabota
By Century Furniture, Raymond K. Sobota
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous vintage Ming Style black & burl coffee table Attributed to Chin Hua Collection by Raymond
Wood, Burl
Chin Hua Ming Style Coffee Table
By Heritage-Henredon
Located in Pasadena, TX
Ming style burl coffee table Richly patinated table with Ming style legs. Warm walnut finish.
Walnut
Hollywood Regency Chin Hua Style Coffee Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a very well made coffee table. It's made in the Chin Hua style. The top is burl wood
Burl, Lacquer
Chin Hua Waterfall Coffee Table with Fretwork Details
By Maitland Smith
Located in Pasadena, TX
Chin hua waterfall coffee table with fretwork sides. Walnut table with waterfall and carved
Walnut
Midcentury Chin Hua Burl Coffee Table by Century Furniture Co.
By Century Furniture
Located in Pasadena, TX
Century Furniture Vintage midcentury Chin Hua burl coffee table A chinoiserie coffee table
Burl
CENTURY Chin Hua Raymond Sobota Asian Chinoiserie Coffee Table
By Century Furniture
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian style coffee table by top-quality furniture maker Century Furniture, from their ""Chin Hua
Maple, Burl, Lacquer
Coffee Table from the Chin Hua Collection by Century, Raymond Sabota
By Century Furniture
Located in Raleigh, NC
This precious little coffee table has been completely refinished and is in pristine condition. The
Burl, Maple
Century Dining Table by Raymond Sabota
By Century Furniture
Located in Raleigh, NC
two additional pieces from the Chin Hua Collection listed, both coffee tables.
Burl, Maple
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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