Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Caviúna Wood and Marble by Bertomeu, 1960s
By Bertomeu & Cia
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Brazilian modern coffee table designed and produced by Bertomeu in Brazil during the 1960s, showcasing the sculptural elegance and material sophistication that defined...
Marble
Round wooden coffee table with a marble top made of Aleppo breccia
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Round wooden coffee table with a marble top made of Aleppo breccia Side table - Vintage - Mid Century Measures : Ø 80cm H:51cm Thickness of the marble top : 4cm Weight : 95kg
Marble
$5,129Sale Price / item|20% Off
Green Marble Rectangle Coffee Table with MarioGreen MarBellini Style Column Legs
By Mario Bellini
Located in Amsterdam, Holland
In Stock & Ready to Ship – A Sculptural Statement - Green Marble Coffee Table This minimalist coffee table is crafted entirely from one material—lush green marble with striking ...
Marble
Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood & Rosé Marble Top, Giuseppe Scapinelli
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural restraint meets material richness in this exceptional 1950s coffee table designed by Giuseppe Scapinelli, one of the most distinctive voices of Brazilian mid-century design.
Marble
Maitland Smith Tessellated Marble Coffee Table with Glass Top, 1970
By Maitland Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maitland Smith tessellated marble coffee table with glass top, circa 1970. Signature Maitland Smith, this table features a brass trimmed gray stone zig-zag inlay, visible through the...
Marble, Brass
French Brass & Marble Coffee Table Attributed to René Drouet, circa 1945
By René Drouet
Located in Paris, FR
French Wrought Iron, Brass and Portoro Marble Coffee Table Attributed to René Drouet, France, circa 1945 A coffee table from the golden age of French decorative ironwork. Hand-forge...
Marble, Brass, Wrought Iron
American Designer, Large Coffee Table, Walnut, Marble, Glass, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A walnut, marble and glass coffee table designed and produced by American Designer, USA, 1950s.
Marble
Midcentury 1970s Octagonal Pink and Grey Marble Italian Coffee Table
Located in Antwerp, BE
An 1970s Italian coffee table handcrafted out of marble. The fabulous marble features a beautiful wave pattern of different colors in pink, brown, grey and white. The top and base ar...
Stone, Marble
Green Marble Rectangle Coffee Table with Bellini Style Column Legs
By Mario Bellini
Located in Amsterdam, Holland
This minimalist Green marble coffee table is made from one material, featuring a curved edge top in green marble with white veining that elegantly sits on four cylindrical columns. ...
Stone, Limestone, Travertine, Marble
Mid-Century Modern Armona Stone Coffee Tables, Miel Onyx, Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Armona Stone Coffee Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Armona stone coffee table draws inspiration from the seren...
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Quartz, Brass
Set of 3 Italian Marble Coffee or Side Tables, 1970s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Stunning set of 3 Italian coffee or side tables, handcrafted out of marble. They can be used inside or outside the house. The tables all have a different height so they fit unde...
Marble
Black Marble and Walnut Prospect Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The prospect coffee table features a stone top that rests atop a sculpted American walnut or white oak base with two cutouts for drum tables on either end. The Lawson-Fenning Col...
Marble
Round Marble Coffee Table by Celina Decorações, Midcentury Brazilian, 1960s
By Celina Decoracoes
Located in New York, NY
This round marble coffee table was produced by the Brazilian company Celina Decorações in the 1960s. The piece is composed of a Rosewood structure with a marble top with gorgeous ton...
Marble
French Art Deco Wrought Iron and Marble Coffee Table, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant hammered and wrought iron coffee table raised on cabriole legs, with a curlicue apron. Dark green marble-top veined with black and white.
Marble, Wrought Iron
Rigel - Sculptural Italian Coffee Table in Marble, Lacquered Wood and Steel
Located in Montevarchi, IT
Rigel is a low coffee table handcrafted in Italy, combining marble, lacquered wood, and steel in a balanced and sculptural composition. The curved steel structure is shaped and hand...
Marble, Metal
Set of Two Nesting Italian Marble Coffee or End Tables, C. 1950.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
These vintage Italian post-modern tables are different heights allowing the set to be grouped as a stepped coffee table or separated for side-table use. The geometric profiles and co...
Marble
Mid Century Hollywood Regency Gilt Swag & Drape Marble Top Cocktail Table
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant giltwood swag and drape cocktail table in very good antique condition. Beautifully carved base which has retained most of the gilt, minor wear on the sabre style l...
Siena Marble
$2,797Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of mid-century minimalistic side tables or coffee tables in brown-grey marb
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a fantastic pair of grey-brown marble side tables or coffee tables made in France in the 1960s. The tables have a white Carara marble base and are covered with diago...
Marble
Black Marble and Walnut Prospect Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The prospect coffee table features a stone top that rests atop a sculpted American walnut or white oak base with two cutouts for drum tables on either end. The Lawson-Fenning Colle...
Marble
Italian Brass Chrome Red Marble Coffee Table Romeo Rega, 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Paris, IDF
A beautiful piece of design, this coffee table will be the focal point of your living room. Symmetrical brass and chrome elements match perfectly with red Italian marble from Verona,...
Marble, Brass, Chrome
Italian Freeform Calacatta Marble Coffee or Cocktail Table Brass Sputnik Legs
By Gio Ponti, Ico Parisi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed after the work of Gio Ponti or Ico Parisi, this wonderful coffee table features a Calacatta marble top, cut into a curvy and enticing Freeform kidney shape. White marble wit...
Marble, Metal
French Mid-Century Louis XV Hollywood Glam Inlaid Onyx Gilt Brass Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Forney, TX
Stunning vintage French mid-century cocktail table. circa 1960s/1970s A transitional masterpiece, mixing design elements of luxurious 18th century Louis XV style with Hollywood Rege...
Breccia Marble, Marble, Onyx, Brass, Bronze
Mid Century style - Low Round Coffee Table Ray, Black Brass & Nero Marquina top
By Duistt
Located in Leça da Palmeira, PT
Ray Coffee Table 100, in Black Lacquered Bronze and Nero Marquina Top by Duistt Ray coffee table is a combination of elegance and versatility. Its three delicate rays confine divisi...
Marble, Brass
Gio Ponti Style Marble Top Ebonized Coffee Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A freeform ebonized wood base with four interior support legs and four carved tapered and bent wooden outer legs… With a carrara marble top… An elegant design with complex constructi...
Wood
Italian Postmodern Eye or Teardrop Shaped Black Marble Coffee Table 1980s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and made in Italy in the 1980s, this teardrop or eye shaped coffee table sits on two graduated triangular pedestals at each corner. Low and wide, this would make a great cen...
Marble
$3,187Sale Price|20% Off
CUADROS MidCentury Italian Polished Travertine Marble Coffee Table Joaquín Moll
By Meddel, Joaquín Moll
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
CUADROS MidCentury Italian Polished Travertine Marble Coffee Table Joaquín Moll The CUADROS coffee table is an iconic Midcentury design crafted from polished Roman travertine marble,...
Crystal, Travertine, Marble
Modern Aire Marble Coffee Table, Nero Marquina, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Modern Aire Marble Coffee Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Aire marble coffee table stands out as a bold expression of modern soph...
Carrara Marble, Onyx, Marble, Steel, Brass
$6,800Sale Price|20% Off
Early Walnut and Marble Curvy Coffee Table by Vladimir Kagan
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early and rare model of curvy coffee table by Vladimir Kagan for Kagan-Dreyfuss, Inc., circa 1950. Constructed from walnut and inset with a piece of beautifully grained marble. T...
Marble
Brass and Carrara Marble-Top Coffee Table Style of Poul Kjaerholm
By Poul Kjærholm
Located in New York, NY
Brass and Carrara marble top coffee table style of Poul Kjaerholm. Mid Century Modern.
Carrara Marble, Brass
Early Carrara Marble Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
As one of the most influential designs of the mid-century modern movement, Saarinen’s Tulip table is celebrated for its sculptural clarity and timeless appeal.
Carrara Marble, Metal
Modernist Marble and Iron Coffee / Cocktail Table made in Italy, Salterini
By Milo Baughman, Salterini
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Marble and Iron Coffee / Cocktail Table made in Italy, Attributed to Salterini, Ver y similar to a mid century modern designed table by Milo Baughman.
Breccia Marble, Iron
Coffee Table by Unknown Designer in Marble, Terrazzo and steel, Germany, 1970s
By Erling Viksjø
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
A distinctive coffee table produced in Germany during the 1970s and attributed to an unknown designer. The rectangular top is composed of marble and terrazzo tiles arranged in a geom...
Marble, Steel
Marble Coffee Table by Estelle & Erwine Laverne for Laverne International, 1950s
By Erwine & Estelle Laverne, Laverne International
Located in Hellouw, NL
A distinctive mid-century design, this marble top coffee table was created by Estelle and Erwine Laverne for Laverne International in the 1950s.
Carrara Marble
19th Century Italian Marble Top Carved Silver Leaf Trestle Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Add extra surface space to your formal living room with this elegant antique coffee table, crafted in Italy circa 1850, the cocktail table features two heavily carved vases shape ped...
Marble, Silver Leaf
Large oval coffee table by Michel Kin in marble for Arflex, 1970.
By Michel Kin
Located in LYON, FR
Italian coffee table by Michel Kin for Arflex, 1970 Large vintage oval coffee table by Michel Kin, Arflex edition. 1970s. A rare model that is no longer in production. Composed of...
Marble, Steel
$5,129Sale Price|20% Off
Marble Plates Coffee Table with Brass Line Incrustations, French, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful coffee table is made of marble plates with brass incrustations. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Marble, Brass
$1,820Sale Price|30% Off
Italian Variegated Onyx Marble Teardrop Coffee Table, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Miami, FL
Italian onyx teardrop coffee table circa 1970s.
Onyx
Custom George Nelson / Girard "pin-wheel" marble top coffee / cocktail table
By Herman Miller, George Nelson, Alexander Girard
Located in Buffalo, NY
Custom George Nelson / Girard "pin-wheel" marble top coffee / cocktail table... Table is comprised of swiveling base model 5452 and a marble top believe to have been designed by Alex...
Marble, Aluminum
$3,687 / item
Mid Century Round Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
in our Bistre finish and complimented by a beautifully honed inset Crema Marfil marble stone top, features a sophisticated tapered silhouette and reeded carved details. Dimensions:...
Marble
Early Saarinen Knoll International Tulip Coffee Table Oval Calacatta Marble Top
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Originally designed by Eero Saarinen, this table was manufactured in the 1960s by Knoll International for resale in the heart of New York City. Being an early model, this specificati...
Marble, Enamel, Iron
1960s Spider Coffee Table by Andreas Hansen & Niels Eilersen + Italian Marble
By Milo Baughman, Nicos Zographos, Andreas Hansen, Niels Eilersen, Neils Eilersen
Located in Round Top, TX
The “Spider” Table by Andreas Hansen and Niels Eilersen is a striking fusion of art and engineering, where elegance meets modern design. The table’s intricate frame is crafted from a...
Marble, Steel, Chrome
Ebonized Wood Pair Coffee Tables with Marble Tops, Maison Jansen Style
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury French pair of ebonized wood base with white marble-top coffee tables. Design in the style of Maison Jansen.
Marble
Italian Coffee Table Pink Marble & Brass Sabre Legs, Angelo Mangiarotti, 1960s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Odense, DK
Amazing 1960s round coffee table in stunning pink marble and patinated brass sabre legs. In the style of Angelo Mangiarotti.
Marble, Brass
Large Ox-blood Red 'rosso Levanto' Oval Marble Coffee Table, Italy 1980
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Large Ox‑Blood Red “Rosso Levanto” Oval Marble Coffee Table Italy 1970 Elevate your interior with this stunning vintage Italian coffee table, crafted ca. 1970 from rich ox‑blood re...
Marble
Sven Wenting Oak and Carrara Marble Coffee Table, Modern Design, New
Located in DE MEERN, UT
This thoughtfully designed piece invites you to pause and immerse yourself in its essence. As you explore the textures and colors, the interplay of light and shadow dances across the...
Marble
Surrealist Fabrizio Clerici Coffee Table in Wood and Marble, Italy, 1940s
By Fabrizio Clerici
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Surrealist Fabrizio Clerici coffee table in wood and sculpted marble. Italy 1940s.
Marble
1970s Vintage Faux Marble Coffee Table by Willy Rizzo
By Willy Rizzo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This bold and sophisticated faux marble coffee table was designed by Willy Rizzo, renowned for his glamorous, architectural approach to modern design. Featuring a substantial rectang...
Wood
$6,062Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Coffee Table by Giuseppe Scapinelli in Wood and Marble, 1950s
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in Milano, IT
Small centre table by Giuseppe Scapinelli from the 1950s. The large coffee table is made of a walnut frame, which is carved and sculpted into its four supporting legs. At the centre ...
Marble
1980s Coffee Table, Italian White Marble Cylindric Legs and Glass Top
Located in Arosio, IT
This round, low table has three sculptural cylindric legs in a rare white marble originating from Brescia, Italy. It is a very white marble with crystal inclusions. The legs are poli...
Marble
Large Wicker “Attila” Series Coffee Table with marble top by Gasparucci Italy
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Italy / 1980 / Coffee Table / Attila / Gasparucci Italo / bamboo, marble / Mid-century / Vintage Very large grey-green “Attila” Wicker Coffee Table with a rare white and green marbl...
Marble
Italian Round Coffee Table in Marble and Black Enamelled Metal, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Round coffee table in marble and black enamelled metal, 1960s beautiful small table, perfect for living, bathroom, night table coffee table, versatile, and elegance. Realized in the ...
Marble, Brass
Florence Knoll Coffee / Side End Table with White Marble Top
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Wilton, CT
Shown here we have the Florence Knoll Coffee Table, a design staple. This table has a handsome white stone top with a hint of light gray veins. Matching this piece with one's décor w...
Stone, Marble, Stainless Steel
Pia Manu Ceramic Tile and Marble Mosaic Belgian Coffee Table Signed
By Pia Manu
Located in Chicago, IL
Pia Manu signed ceramic mosaic coffee table. Pia Manu, a Belgian artist often collaborated with Amphora ceramic company who created ceramic tiles for his creations. Belgian sculptor...
Marble, Chrome
"Jumbo" Coffee Table from Carrara Marble - Gae Aulenti for Knoll, Italy, 1965
By Gae Aulenti, Knoll
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Sculptural Carrara Marble Icon by Gae Aulenti for Knoll, Italy, 1960s Designed by Gae Aulenti in 1965 for Knoll International, the “Jumbo” coffee table is a bold statement of Italia...
Carrara Marble
Black Cube Shape Marble Base Brass Stretchers Square Glass Top Coffee Table
By Artedi, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Black cube shape marble base brass stretchers square glass top coffee table. Cantilever design base Italian coffee table.
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Mid Century Modern Square Sculptural Cocktail Table in Cream Marble Lacquer
By Karl Springer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A lovely formed coffee table in the style of Karl Springer circa 1970's. It features sculpted wood construction with cream colored lacquer with a marbled glaze. In clean ready to use...
Wood
Mosaic Marble-Top Solid Brass Bracket Legs Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangle mosaic multi-color marble-top coffee table on solid polished brass legs.
Brass
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
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The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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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