$6,080Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Arturo Pani Bronze Marble Cocktail Table Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mexico 1960s spectacular round tiered cocktail table bronze and marble Arturo Pani No label present, attribution Arturo Pani. Bronze and steel frame with clean modern lines. Sculptu...
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Steel
Round Mid-Century Modern Pink Marble Coffee Table, Porto Rosé, 1960s Germany
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in Andernach, DE
Fantastic mid-century spider legged coffee table following the design styles of Gio Ponti, as much as Giuseppe Scapinelli. Most likely made in Germany, here with a heavy Porto Rosé m...
Teak
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Knoll Warren Platner Marble Coffee Table Vintage 1960s Nickel Plated Cabinmodern
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Some light age and oxidation to the nickel base. Unvarnished white stone top, extremely heavy, with classic knoll knife edge (underside bevel.) No label, but from very old and high-...
Stone, Steel, Nickel
Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in bruxelles, BE
Round coffee table in white laminated wood by Eero Saarinen. Stamped under the leg (see photo). Wear due to time and age of the table.
Marble, Aluminum
1960s Italian Marble Cocktail Table by Michael McCarthy for Cassina
By Cassina, Michael McCarthy
Located in Chicago, IL
Cocktail/coffee table by Cassina with square white marble top black metal tubular base.
Marble, Metal
Miyazaki coffee table design by Joseph André Motte for Airborne 1960s
Located in Tresbœuf, FR
Miyazaki coffee table designed by Joseph-André Motte for Airborne in the 1960s.
Marble, Chrome
Two Piece Surfboard Coffee Table in Walnet With MarbleTop, Circa 1960s
By Paul Laszlo, Lane Furniture
Located in Peabody, MA
An American surfboard coffee table in walnut with Italian marble inserts, consisting of two identical wedge shaped elements which can be "bunched" together used singly as end tables.
Marble
Two-Tiered Carrara Marble Table by Ward Bennett for Brickel Associates, 1960s
By Ward Bennett, Brickel Associates
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A refined and elegant rectilinear coffee or low table having an exposed stainless steel frame supporting two figured Carrara marble slabs.
Marble, Steel
1960s Brass Cocktail Table with Inlaid Marble Top, Hexagonal Design
Located in New York, NY
1960s Spanish hexagonally shaped brass cocktail table Inlaid marble top. Tripod leg with spiral shape decorative design supporting column. Weathered brass finish Two available.
Marble, Brass
Rare Marble and Wood Low Table by Angelo Mangiarotti for Molteni, Italy, 1960s
By Molteni & C, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Milan, IT
Rare case piece by Angelo Mangiarotti for Molteni. Beautiful squared version with rosewood frame and marble top with two side openings and a central plant holder. The piece has al...
Marble
Gae Aulenti Jumbo Coffee Table, Arabescato Marble, Knoll, 1960's
By Knoll, Gae Aulenti
Located in Culver City, CA
Gae Aulenti for Knoll “Jumbo” Table, circa 1960s in Arabescato marble *Note on material: Arabescato marble ≠ Carrara.
Marble
$5,267Sale Price|27% Off
Architectural Low Table by Cassina, Italy, 1960s
By Cassina
Located in Milan, IT
Architectural low table by Cassina, Italy, 1960s.
Marble
Italian Marble Bamboo Stools, Containers, Coffee Tables, Side Tables 1960s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian pair of mid-century modern design bamboo, rattan, and malacca cylindrical containers, stools or coffe tables, side tables, with Giallo Siena marble tops, made in Italy in the...
Marble
Pair of Wood + Marble Coffee or Occasional Tables, Italy 1960s
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of 1960s Art Deco square coffee or occasional tables sourced in Italy.
Marble
Jorge Zalszupin, Coffee Table Model “Romana”, Jacaranda, Marble, Brazil, 1960s
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in Barcelona, ES
Jorge Zalszupin Coffee table model “Romana” Manufactured by L’Atelier Brazil, 1960s Jacaranda, marble From the archives of Side Gallery, Barcelona Measurements: 137.16 cm x 6...
Marble
$11,600Sale Price|20% Off
Jumbo Marble Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Knoll International 1960s
By Knoll, Gae Aulenti
Located in Aachen, NW
Fine and elegant coffee table model "Jumbo" by Gae Aulenti for Knoll International. Made in Italy. This edition comes with the very elegant and one of the most expensive Statuario M...
Marble
1960s Florence Knoll Square Marble Coffee / Side / End Table 29.5 in
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Florence Knoll Medium Side Table, originally designed by Florence Knoll in 1954. This particular example was produced by Knoll in the USA in the 1960s. The table's design i...
Marble, Steel
Jumbo Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Knoll International, Italy, circa 1960s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
Superb original Jumbo Coffee Table, in Italian marble, by Gae Aulenti for Knoll International, Italy, 1960s.
Marble
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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