Chinese Red Lacquer Ribbon Table
Sold|$3,280
Chinese Red Lacquer Ribbon Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 21st century Chinese red crackle-lacquered elmwood low table of ribbon form with oval cut-outs.
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
Sold|$3,280
Chinese Red Lacquer Ribbon Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 21st century Chinese red crackle-lacquered elmwood low table of ribbon form with oval cut-outs.
Elm
"Chinese Cube Style Coffee Table" in Lacquered Linen by Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
"Chinese Cube Style Coffee Table" in lacquered linen by Karl Springer, American 1980's
Chinese 19th Century Kang coffee table with drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
Antique Chinese 19th century Kang table with drawers. The table retains its original surface.
Wood, Lacquer
ORIENTAL CHINESE BLACK LACQUER COFFEE TABLE WiTH MOTHER OF PEARL AND TWO DRAWERS
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London An elegant vintage Oriental coffee table in rich black lacquer, beautifully decorated with intricate mother-of-pearl inlay. The tabletop features a delicate fl...
Hardwood
Jansen Chinese Coffee table
Located in New York, NY
Jansen red lacquered Chinese Chippendale style coffee table with reverse-painted silvered glass top circa 1940.
Midcentury Brown Lacquered Floral Patterned Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
Midcentury Chinese style brown lacquered coffee table with silver leaf floral pattern on the tabletop.
Lacquer
Large Lacquer Low Table With Gold Leaf, China 1950.
Located in Brussels, BE
Chinese-Export
Gold Leaf
20th Century Chinese Red Crackle Lacquered Low Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th century Chinese red crackle lacquered low waterfall table with oval cut-out sides and scrolled feet.
Elm
Chinese Black Lacquer Mother of Pearl Oval Nesting Coffee Table Set 6 Stools, B
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese black lacquer mother of pearl oval nesting coffee table set 6 stools - B.
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Wood
Vintage Lacquered Coffee Table with Carved and Gilt Floral Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage lacquered coffee table from the mid-20th century, with carved gilt floral motifs.
Wood
Antique Chinese Laquered Square Coffee Table, circa 1770-1800
Located in Round Top, TX
Perfect proportions define this striking square coffee table, while the heavily curved legs add balance. There are four drawers, two on one side and two opposite for great ease of us...
Wood, Lacquer
Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Large Coffee Cocktail Table Butterflies Eight Drawers
Located in West Hartford, CT
Large square chinoiserie black lacquer coffee table with painted butterflies. Front and back have four storage drawers on each side.
Wood, Paint
Chinoiserie Style Lacquered Waterfall Coffee or Cocktail Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Classic Chinese style lacquered waterfall coffee or cocktail table with rectangular top, decorated in forbidden city motif, with fanciful pagodas, paneled interiors and tile floors.
Vintage Asian Lacquer Coromandel Coffee Table with Brass Legs
Located in Wichita, KS
Exceptional vintage Mid-century chinoiserie black lacquered rectangular coffee table. Features a greek Key border which is a nod to its Hollywood Regency influences.. The table is ...
Brass
Gilt Trimmed Coffee Table with 18th Century Chinese Panel Top
Located in Queens, NY
Coffee table with a modern gilt-trimmed celedon base and an inset top formed by two eighteenth century Chinese black lacquered panels with gold painted bird and landscape decorations...
Gold Leaf
Qing Dynasty Coffee Table Custom Lacquered with a Distressed Blue Finish
Located in Yonkers, NY
A one of a kind antique Chinese Qing Dynasty period coffee table with carved apron and horse hoof legs, newly custom lacquered in blue distressed finish.
Wood
19th Century Qing Dynasty Period Lacquered Coffee Table with Distressed Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
Created in China during the 19th century, this Qing Dynasty dark reddish-brown lacquered table captivates with its gracefully aged patina and elegant simplicity.
Wood
Antique Chinese Red Lacquer Panel Now a Low Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful Chinese red lacquer panel depicting court figures in a garden setting, the foreground with 2 women and horses, the center with a group of people waiting to enter a struct...
Lacquer
Sold|$2,180
Low Chinese Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A contemporary low Chinese table with crackled black lacquer and square curved legs from Northern China.
Lacquer
Large 19th Century Chinese Red Painted Coffee Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
This early 19th-century red lacquered Chinese bed or coffee table dates back to the 1800s.
Wood
Vey Big Chinese Style Lacquer Coffee Table from 1950, Top from 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style. Lacquer wood. Wetering place decor with birds and foliage. Work from 1950.
Sold|$3,400
Black Lacquer Low Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
A simple and elegant rectangular black lacquer low table. Beautiful form, lines and color. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for additional "low table" selections.
Lacquer
Antique Chinoiserie Black Lacquered and Gold Hand Painted Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning Chinese Chippendale style black lacquered and gold waterfall cocktail table with intricate gold hand painted landscape scenery on top and sides. It features shiny mother of...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Sold|$3,400
Low Table ( Coffee Table )
Located in Greenwich, CT
a very stylish and functional rectangular black lacquer low table, ideal size to use as a coffee table, framed top supported by straight round legs and joined by four drawers with br...
Lacquer
Chinese Export Black Lacquered Panel Low Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Chinese Export Black Lacquered Panel with brass bead molding on cluster column base.
Antique Oriental Coffee Table, Low, Lacquered, Side, Edwardian, circa 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique oriental coffee table, a low, lacquered side table dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Beautifully decorated with scenes of mountains, caves, rivers and...
Chinese Late Qing Low Table with Two Drawers and Custom Grey Silver Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese late Qing Dynasty low table from the early 20th century, with two drawers, horse hoof legs, slightly recessed top, newly and professionally refreshed with a silver grey lac...
Wood
Chinese Antique Elm Coffee Table with Floral Carved Drawers and Horsehoof Legs
Located in Yonkers, NY
Featuring a rectangular top with central board, this Chinese coffee table presents three drawers, each adorned with floral motifs carved in low-relief, standing out on a red lacquere...
Elm
Sold|$3,880
Red Lacquer Ribbon Table
Located in Chicago, IL
With no stretchers or spandrels, this elegantly simple low table forms one beautiful, continuous ribbon, gracefully curving inward to form legs. The table’s red hue comes from many l...
Elm
Sold|$3,400
Square Black Lacquer Low Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
a refined black lacquer low table, ideal to use as a coffee table, framed top supported by straight square legs and joined by "giant's arm" braces. beautiful patina. view additional ...
Lacquer
Sold|$1,983
Chinoiserie Coffee Table
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
CHINESE KANG TABLE This Chinoiserie Coffee Table is a stunning example.
Wood
1930s James Mont Style Black Lacquer Gilt Asian Modern Chinoiserie Coffee Table
By James Mont, Edward Wormley
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This incomparable chinoiserie coffee table sets the standard for this style. Timeless perfection. Just as fashionable now as they day it was made. We procured this from the son of th...
Brass
Sold|$4,500
Square Black Lacquer Low Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
A simple and elegant black lacquer low table. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for additional low table selections.
Lacquer
Sold|$3,500
Square Black Lacquer Low Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
A simple and elegant black lacquer low table, beautiful color, form and lines. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for additional low table selections.
Lacquer
Sold|$3,500
Trunk / Coffee Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
Trunk / Coffee Table, Lacquer Decorated Leather, On Wood Stand, China, Patinated Brass Hardware, Vintage
Brass
Sold|$2,250
Chinoiserie Red Lacquer Low Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A chinoiserie decorated red lacquer low occasional table, the top decorated with buildings in a wooded landscape, now mounted on a faux bamboo stand of a later date.
Lacquer
Sold|$2,800
Chinoiserie Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Chinoiserie coffee table, China, circa 1950s. Retains wonderful original patina.
Wood
Chinese Qing Dynasty Coffee Table with Woven Rattan Top and Horse Hoof Legs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wooden coffee table from the late 19th, early 20th century, with woven rattan top, horse hoof legs and dark brown lacquer.
Rattan, Wood
Sold|$2,400
Scroll End Coffee Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
Black Lacquered Scroll End Coffee table.
Wood, Lacquer
Sold|$980
Red Lacquer Square Platform Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Fashioned with an open platform design, this square table made in Beijing recreates the look of aged red lacquer with an extravagant crackle finish. We love the way this low table pa...
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
Sold|$7,500
Chinese Black Laquer Low Table
Located in Hudson, NY
The top inset with an antique lacquer panel, decorated with floral sprays.
Lacquer
Sold|$4,880
Black Lacquered Low Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese black lacquered low table with curved cabriole leg and traces of original layers of lacquer.
Elm
Sold|$2,180
Low Red Lacquered Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A Northern Chinese contemporary low table with crackled red lacquer finish, and curved legs.
Elm
Karl Springer "Chinese Cube Style Coffee Table" in Platinum Leaf 1980s
By Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Stunning “Chinese Cube Style Coffee Table" in lacquered platinum leaf by Karl Springer, American 1980's.
Platinum
18th Century Chinese Gilt and Black Lacquer Panel on a Modern Base
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
An 18th century Chinese gilt and black lacquer panel on a modern base created and retailed by Mallett & Son Heightened with gilt chinoniseres with people and buildings in landscapes,...
Lacquer
Sold|$3,400
Red Lacquer Low Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
an simple and elegant red lacquer square low table. Beautiful form, lines and color. view our website for additional "low table" selections at: greenwichorientalantiques.com
Sold|$3,800
Bamboo Low Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A refined and elegant rectangular bamboo low table, geometric lattice fret work on four sides, black lacquer top. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for additioan...
Bamboo, Lacquer
Sold|$3,400
Bamboo Low Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very stylish and elegant rectangular bamboo low table, fine geometric lattice fret work on four sides, black lacquer top. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for...
Bamboo, Lacquer
Sold|$4,500
Bamoo Low Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
A simple and elegant bamboo low table with black lacquer top, fine lattice fret work, beautiful color, form and lines. View our website at: www,greenwichorientalantiques.com for addi...
Lacquer, Bamboo
Sold|$3,500
Bamboo Low Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
a very elegant and refined rectangular low table, fine bamboo lattice fret work on four sides, black lacquer top, beautiful color, form and lines. View our website at: www.greenwicho...
Bamboo, Lacquer
Rare French Cocktail Table with 18th Century Chinese Lacquered Top
By Maison Baguès
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare and elegant French 1940s rectangular cocktail table with faux bamboo gilt-bronze mounts and 18th Century Chinese lacquered top; by Maison Bagues, Paris; the black 18th century...
Sold|$3,750
Black Chinoisere Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
An elegant Chinese screen made into a coffee table. This table is black with gilt chinoiserie and all-over landscapes with figures and buildings with floral edge on straight leg base...
Glass, Wood
Sold|$3,750
Chinese Cocktail Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Large Chinese lacquered bed cocktail table. Tropical turquoise color with cork and gold finish on top.
Gold
Sold|$7,180
Late 19th Century Red Lacquer Low Table
Located in London, GB
A late nineteenth century red lacquer low table, decorated with pavilions and floral motives.
Lacquer
Sold|$3,500
Coffee Table, one-of a kind
Located in Yonkers, NY
Unique Coffee table, fashioned from a 19th cent. Chinese elm signboard.
Elm, Lacquer
Rectangular Bamboo Low Table With Black Lacquer Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
a very refined and elegant low table, perfect to use as a coffee table, black lacquer top supported by straight legs and joined by panels with exquisite geometric lattice fret work. ...
Bamboo, Lacquer
Sold|$3,650
Pair of Lacquer Low Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of Chinese export black lacquer and gilt decorated low tables with phoenix decoration.
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.