Coffee Table Kennedy Campaign
21st Century and Contemporary English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century British Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
Late 20th Century British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1980s British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Side Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Campaign Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
Early 20th Century English Campaign Sideboards
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Fruitwood
2010s Beds and Bed Frames
Bamboo
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Walnut
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Elm, Lacquer
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Chinese Minimalist Beds and Bed Frames
Ash
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Blanket Chests
Wood
Vintage 1970s English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Teak
Early 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
Antique 1890s British Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Brass
Vintage 1980s British Dressers
Brass
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20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Yew
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Yew
20th Century British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century British Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Yew
21st Century and Contemporary British High Victorian Coffee and Cocktail...
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Tables
Brass
20th Century British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
2010s British Regency Side Tables
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign End Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign End Tables
Brass
20th Century British Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century British Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm, Leather
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Yew
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Yew
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century English Campaign Side Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign End Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign End Tables
Brass
20th Century English Campaign End Tables
Brass
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A Close Look at campaign Furniture
Sometimes called “knock-down” furniture, campaign furniture was designed to be folded, collapsed, taken apart and packed flat to load onto a ship or a camel’s back. Although mobile furniture for military campaigns dates back to the Romans, the British Army in its global conquests in the 18th and 19th centuries defined the style with sturdy and elegant pieces. Even in a tent thousands of miles from London, a four-poster bed, dining table and seating could simulate the comforts of home.
Antique and vintage campaign-style furniture was also initially designed as propaganda. The mahogany and teak structures were part of a purposeful demonstration of power in these campaigns, with the colonizing military officers imposing their culture and view of what they considered “civilized” on a given land and its peoples. Designers and manufacturers including Thomas Butler, Ross & Co. of Dublin, and Morgan & Sanders contributed to the rapid production of this furniture as the British Empire expanded through Africa, Asia and Australia.
Campaign furniture was utilitarian as well as refined, fitted with recessed brass handles and brass angles on stackable chests and other case pieces to protect vulnerable corners. The Wellington chest was one of the most famous pieces to come out of this style, named for the Duke of Wellington, who slept in his campaign bed long after his battles were over.
The flexibility of campaign-style furniture would influence 20th-century Scandinavian modernists such as Kaare Klint, Mogens Koch and Arne Norell. For his 1930s Safari chair, Klint drew on the simple Roorkhee chair, named for a town in northern India. The lightweight and adaptable campaign-style seat was created in the late 19th century and had no fixed joinery. The Roorkhee’s influence can also be seen in the Wassily chair, a pared-down work of tubular metal and durable canvas conceived by legendary Bauhaus instructor Marcel Breuer.
Now, 21st-century designers like Jomo Tariku and Dokter and Misses are creating pieces that recognize the contributions of African artisans to campaign furniture in order to reframe this style without overlooking its difficult past.
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Finding the Right coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You
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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