Golden Harp Coffee Tables (2x) Iron Brass Glass Mid-Century, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
One of two large golden harp coffee tables, France, circa 1955 Sold and priced per piece, individually; Measurements are 50" x 30" x 18.9" Nice set of 2 large 50" x 30" coffee tables...
Brass
Early Pedestal Coffee Table No. 5452 Designed by Irving Harper for George Nelson
By Irving Harper, Herman Miller
Located in Kansas City, MO
Round white pedestal coffee / side table designed by Irving Harper for the George Nelson Office and made by Herman Miller between 1954-1957.
Steel
Christopher Guy Lacquered and Gilt Coffee "Harper" Table
By Christopher Guy
Located in Peabody, MA
A coffee table in highly polished lacquer with gilt wood accents from the "Harper" line, by the celebrated British designer Christopher Guy (1960-2020).
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
40's 50's coffee table bench in lacquered wood and parchment with harp
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bench or coffee table from the 40's and 50's in red lacquered wood (original paint) and parchment.
Wood, Parchment Paper
$1,260Sale Price|30% Off
Restored Rattan "Harp" Side Table W/ Slat Underside
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This minimal yet elegant coffee table features two "Harp" shaped rattan sides suspended by horizontal rattan poles.
Rattan
Piano Harp Coffee Table
Located in LAS VEGAS, NV
This custom designed table was made using the beautiful vintage harp from a Wurlitzer piano and has been tastefully pinstriped.
Unavailable
H 15.75 in W 51.97 in D 25.99 in
Vintage Glass and Chrome Harp Shaped Coffee Table by Dia, 1970s
Located in Chesham, GB
A rectangular glass topped coffee table from the 1970s. The table features a stylish ellipse shaped chrome base with thick cylindrical supports. Designer - Unknown Manufacturer...
Metal
Tile Top Table, Italy, 1960s
By Charley Harper, Aldo Londi
Located in Surprise, AZ
In the midcentury manner of Aldo Londi colorful birds on long skinny legs delight and charm in this hand painted tile table created from tiles taken from a wall in Italy in the 1960s...
Wrought Iron
Restored Rattan "Harp" Designed Side Table with Slat Underside
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This minimal yet elegant coffee table features two "Harp" shaped rattan sides suspended by horizontal rattan poles.
Rattan
Rectangle Coffee Table
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Rectangular coffee table with harp-style legs and metal claw feet.
Wood
Surf 1388 Table by Virginia Harper & Babak Hakakian for Draenert
Located in New York, NY
A coffee table inspired by the clean lines of a surfboard.
Bronze
Pair of Angle Iron Tables by George Nelson
By George Nelson, Herman Miller, Irving Harper
Located in Waltham, MA
Pair of "Angle Iron" series tables designed by Irving Harper and George Nelson for Herman Miller, circa 1951. These examples with original teak tops and black enameled frames. Model ...
Enamel, Iron
Sold
H 18.71 in W 53.15 in D 25.6 in
Lyre Coffee Table, Lucite Base with Beveled Glass Table Top, Hollywood Regency
Located in Retie, BE
Lyre coffee table or harp coffee table. This Hollywood Regency table has a Lucite or Plexiglass base with a thick beveled glass table top which is still in very beautiful condition...
Lucite, Glass
$2,500
H 18.31 in W 43.12 in D 18.9 in
French 1950s Brass and Glass Coffee Table attributed to Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1950’s Mid-Century Modern Maison Jansen Paris coffee table which is part of a suite. I have the matching pair of side t...
Brass
$3,176
H 16.54 in Dm 31.11 in
MID CENTURY MODERN BRASS & SILVERED GLASS SHELL MOUNTED TWO TiER COFFEE TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1950’s Mid-Century Modern Maison Jansen Paris Style coffee table with Shell mount...
Glass
$2,504Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.54 in W 35.44 in D 17.72 in
Maison Jansen, Neoclassical Brass Coffee Table with Black Lacquered Glass Top
By Maison Jansen
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice neoclassical style rectangular coffee table is made of brass with fluted legs and a stretcher on the bottom part. It has a black lacquered glass shelf on top with brass tri...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Coffee Table with Walnut Top
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This table as acquired from the original owner who had purchased new in 1971. It features a powder coated aluminum base with a walnut top. Manufacturer label.
Aluminum, Iron
$1,400
H 16 in W 36 in D 36 in
Walnut Aluminum Group Coffee Table by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 2018. Walnut top with aluminum group base.
Aluminum
Hollywood Regency Cocktail Table, Brass Frame, Glass Top, 20th Century
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and very elegant Cocktail Table in the Hollywood Regency Style. Large Pie Crust Brass edge tray top on a fine separate carved wood spider form base with curved legs. Dimens...
Brass
$3,172Sale Price|30% Off
H 19.3 in Dm 26.78 in
Italian Mid-Century Coffeetable Brass Plated Iron Base and Glass Top, 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Light-footed, Italian side table Gueridonin brass plated iron. The base was forged from iron and then brass plated. In the lower part of the rings, the brass layer is already slightl...
Brass, Iron
$2,602Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.74 in W 31.89 in D 16.93 in
Brass Coffee Table with Clear Glass Top Surrounded with Black Lacquered Edges
By Maison Jansen
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice rectangular coffee table is made of brass with a clear glass top surrounded by black lacquered edges. This is a French work by Maison Jansen. Circa 1940
Brass
$2,495
H 17.5 in W 37 in D 19.25 in
Mid-20th Century French Maison Jansen Brass, Steel and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This mid-century French brass and steel coffee table or cocktail table is inspired by the Louis XVI style with its quiver of arrows motif legs. The base is joined by an H stretcher w...
Brass, Steel
Sleek Maison Jansen Style Brass & Black Granite Coffee Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A sleek elegant rectangular coffee table having striking warm rubbed bronze finish brass offset by black granite top. The elegant legs and stretcher with finial are thin, but heavy a...
Granite, Brass
$2,614
H 19.69 in W 35.83 in D 19.49 in
Italian Wood & Brass Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table Attrib. to Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Elegant low wooden table with 4 open structure-legs and brass ends. Very good condition: partially restored. Brass oxidation.
Brass
Vintage Tulip Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage coffee table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll with white tulip base and laminate top. This icon of mid-century modern design was acquired from the family of the original owner, w...
Metal
Mid Century Modern Milo Baughman Style Glass & Brass Plated Cocktail Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Mid Century Modern 3-tier brass and glass cocktail table. The top with two tiers that pivot out to expand the table. Each with inset glass and tubular construction inspired by Milo ...
Metal
$5,450
H 15 in W 40 in D 40 in
1970s Mastercraft Solid Brass and Glass Square Coffee Table, USA Designed/Made
By Mastercraft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage square coffee table designed and manufactured by Mastercraft in the United States during the 1970s. The sculptural solid-brass base features four sweeping architectural suppo...
Brass
$960Sale Price|40% Off
H 22.05 in W 55.12 in D 29.53 in
Unique Richard Schultz Coffee Table for Knoll International
By Richard Schultz
Located in Munich, DE
I never saw this model before not in real life and not in any Knoll catalog. Tabletop is teakwood.
Teak
$1,336
H 16.93 in W 39.38 in D 19.69 in
Hollywood regency-style coffee table in brass and glass, Maison Janssen style
By Maison Jansen
Located in Zemst, BE
Hollywood regency-style coffee table in brass and glass, Maison Janssen style Nice and good quality 'imitation' of the famous Maison Jansen coffee tables from the 1950's. The fumé ...
Brass
Gilt-Bronze Lacquer Low Table
Located in Huntington, NY
Two 19th Century, Brown/Red “tinta Negra” gilt decorated lacquer panels mounted on a gilt-bronze frame. Frame tightened panels touched up & waxed
Ormolu
Chinoiserie Coffee Table in Black Lacquer with Gilt
Located in Wichita, KS
Chinoiserie black lacquer coffee table. An early 20th century piece and a very attractive design. The table stands on shapely square legs in the oriental style with a decorated apron...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
French Art Deco Console Table by Raymond Subes
By Raymond Subes
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco bronze, steel and wood console with black glass top by Raymond Subes, circa 1925.
Bronze, Steel
George Nelson for Herman Miller Pedestal/ Side Table
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
George Nelson for Herman Miller Pedestal Table. Aluminum Base with a formica top and maple edge. Classic, useful design! Very clean example!
Metal
$9,295
H 12.6 in W 55.12 in D 35.44 in
A Lacquered JAPANESE Style COFFEE TABLE by ROCHE & BOBOIS ALDO TURA France 1970
By Roche Bobois
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant and luxurious coffee table, of a Japanese inspiration, Post-Modern, Memphis, Constructivist, geometric structure of two, terrace-like overlapping trays in lacquered wood: ...
Lacquer, Wood
Mid-Century Style Pedestal End Table by George Nelson for Herman Miller
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautifulmid century modern pedestal table by Herman Miller can be used as a coffee or end table, and features the sleek and simple design of mid-century designer George Nelson....
Metal
Pedestal Side Coffee 5452 Table by George Nelson for Herman Miller
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Berlin, DE
The famous coffee table designed by George Nelson in 1960 for Herman Miller. White pedestal base, white tabletop. Signed!
Aluminum
$7,938 / item
H 35.44 in W 41.74 in D 31.89 in
QUEEN KONG Black Sandblasted Armchair Covered with Black Fur
By Fratelli Boffi
Located in Lentate sul Seveso, Monza e Brianza
Behold the Queen Kong armchair—an embodiment of unparalleled craftsmanship and opulent design. Immerse yourself in the regal allure of this exquisite piece, meticulously handcrafted ...
Fur, Wood
Round Side Table by George Nelson for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
The George Nelson-designed round pedestal side table for Herman Miller features a timeless and sleek design. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, it boasts a circular table s...
Aluminum
Pedestal Side Coffee 5452 Table by George Nelson for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Berlin, DE
The famous coffee table designed by George Nelson in 1960 for Herman Miller. White pedestal base, white tabletop. Signed!
Aluminum
George Nelson Coffee Table in White by Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is George Nelson's signature end table, characterized by clean lines and practicality. The metal base pedestal looks almost organic as it rises from the floor. First produced in...
Aluminum
Side Table by George Nelson for Herman Miller, 1960s
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in bruxelles, BE
Table with wooden top and metal base designed by George Nelson and produced by Herman Miller in the 1960s. Wear due to time and age of the table
Metal
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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