Max Ingrand “1774” Coffee Table for Fontana Arte, 1958
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Max Ingrand “1774” Coffee Table for Fontana Arte, Glass, Brass and Iron, Italy, 1958 Max Ingrand designed this coffee table to study material contrast and optical illusion.
Brass
Mid-Century 1958 Vintage Max Ingrand Coffee Table Mod. 1774
By Max Ingrand
Located in London, GB
Max Ingrand designed the Coffee Table Mod. 1774 in a white lacquered metal with inlaid vertical brass trims along its four legs.
Brass, Steel
Mid-Century 1958 Vintage Max Ingrand Coffee Table Mod. 1774
By Max Ingrand
Located in London, GB
He designed the Coffee Table Mod. 1774 for Fontana Arte in the late 50s.
Brass, Steel
Max Ingrand Coffee Table for Fontana Arte, Mod. 1774, Italy, circa 1958
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Coffee table manufactured in Italy by Fontana Art, Model 1774, designed by Max Ingrand, circa 1958.
Brass, Iron
Mid-Century Coffee Table Model 1774 by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Italy, 1958
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Almelo, NL
Mid-Century Coffee Table by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Italy, circa 1958 This coffee table, manufactured in Italy by Fontana Arte, is the Model 1774, designed by Max Ingrand aroun...
Mirror
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H 14.57 in Dm 33.08 in
Coffee Table Mod. "1774", Design Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte Prod, Italy, 1960s
By Max Ingrand
Located in Napoli, IT
Bibliography: Quaderno Fontana Arte n°2 (1961), p. 8 Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Allemandi, Torino, 2012, Fig. 409.
Crystal, Brass, Steel
Model 1774 Table by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Low Table Model no. 1774 by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. Made in Milan circa 1958. Materials: Tinted mirror, glass, enameled metal and brass. Reference: Quaderno Fontana Arte n. ...
Brass, Steel
Rare 1774 coffee table designed by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte 1958.
By Max Ingrand
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Rare small table mod. 1774 designed by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte in 1958. Burnished brass frame, polished brass inserts, colored concave mirrored crystal, thick transparent crysta...
Brass
Sycomore circular coffee table by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, model 1774
By Max Ingrand
Located in Montreal, QC
Sycomore circular coffee table by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, model 1774.
Sycamore
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H 14.56 in W 33.07 in D 31.88 in
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Coffee Table Mod. 1774, Italy, circa 1958
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Vienna, AT
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte coffee table mod. 1774, Italy, circa 1958.
Brass, Iron
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H 14.75 in Dm 32.5 in
Crystal 'Lens' Model 1774 Cocktail Table by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, 1959
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Model #1774 'Lens' coffee table was designed around 1958, this example was originally sold on November 23, 1959 making this part of the ini...
Crystal, Brass, Steel
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H 17 in W 54 in D 21 in
Coffee Table Mod. "1774", Design Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte Prod, Italy, 1960s
By G Plan Furniture
Located in San Marcos, CA
Bibliography: Quaderno Fontana Arte n°2 (1961), p. 8 Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Allemandi, Torino, 2012, Fig. 409.
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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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