Octagonal Oak Coffee Table
Brutalist Pierre Chapo Inspired Octagonal Oak Coffee Table
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This stunning, Mid-Century, Pierre Chapo inspired light oak Brutalist side or coffee table has a
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Brutalist Octagonal Oak Midcentury Dutch Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
An oak coffee table in octagonal shape.
Holland, circa 1970s.
Brutalist style. Thick chunky
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Lane Octagonal Walnut & Oak Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This coffee table is sure to make people stop and stare! A large octagonal table top features
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak, Walnut
Vintage Carved Oak Octagonal Coffee Table With Drawer, American 1950, H1196
Located in Vancouver, BC
Vintage Carved Oak Octagonal Coffee Table With Drawer, American 1950, H1196
America 1950
Solid Oak
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Antique 1860s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 28 in W 57 in D 44.5 in
Midcentury Dutch Octangonal Brutalist Oak Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A large oak octagonal coffee table.
Belgium, circa 1970s.
Raised over four chunky legs
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Elm and Oak Pig Bench Butcher's Block Coffee Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
the top of this outstanding coffee table. The oak legs have been chamfered into octagons, mortised
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Country Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm, Oak
L'ÉLÉGANTE Oak Wood Coffee Table by Alexandre Ligios, REP by Tuleste Factory
By Alexandre Ligios
Located in New York, NY
L'ÉLÉGANTE Coffee Table by Alexandre Ligios
Oak Wood
L 59 x H 35 x D 18
The oak coffee table
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2010s Moroccan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
19th Century French Oak, Iron and Leather Blacksmith Bellows Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
end; it is further embellished with decorative nails all around. The coffee table is in excellent
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Antique Late 19th Century French Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 21.5 in W 60 in D 31.5 in
Baker Furniture Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Octagonal Cocktail Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Hollywood Regency chinoiserie coffee or cocktail table
By Baker Furniture
USA
Category
Vintage 1970s American Chinoiserie Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak, Lacquer
H 14.75 in W 38.5 in D 38.5 in
Large Brutalist Octagonal Coffee Table done in Solid Oak, Netherlands 1960s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking large Brutalist coffee table designed in style of Pierre
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Brutalist Center Tables
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Side Table / Coffee Table Pedestal in Oak, 1925
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Side table restored Art Deco around 1925 Oak coffee table pedestal
Features:
Octagonal top on
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20th Century Art Deco Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Art Deco, Octagon Sofa / Side Table in Oak, By a Danish Cabinetmaker, 1930s
Located in Odense, DK
This exquisite Art Deco octagon sofa/side table is a stunning testament to the craftsmanship of a
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Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables
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Oak
H 21.86 in W 29.53 in D 29.53 in
Solid American Oak Wood Modern Organic Round MAGMA Coffee Table with Brass
By Esvee
Located in Hyderabad, TG
Magma Coffee Table to a masterpiece. The warmth and natural beauty of American Oak wood are complemented
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Organic Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
LA DISTINCTE Oak Wood Side Table by Alexandre Ligios, REP by Tuleste Factory
By Alexandre Ligios
Located in New York, NY
LA DISTINCTE Side Table by Alexandre Ligios
Oak Wood
L 20 x H 14 x D 20
The oak coffee or side
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2010s Moroccan Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
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Red oak
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Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
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Silk
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Located in St. Louis, MO
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Exceptional high style Hollywood, large and elongated two-tier octagonal oak cocktail table in
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Located in Nashville, TN
Vintage octagonal oak coffee table from France, 1960s. Thick solid oak construction with light wear
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Located in Nashville, TN
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Vintage 1970s European Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Alain Marcoz Octagonal Oak Coffee Table, circa 1950, France
By Alain Marcoz
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Alain Marcoz octagonal oak coffee table.
Oak with glass top.
Elegant craftsmanship,
circa 1950
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Glass, Oak
Elegant Ebonized Cerused Oak Octagonal Coffee Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in Pasadena, CA
This unusual eight-sided coffee table features a two-tiered frame in ebonized cerused oak. The top
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Glass, Cane
Brutalist Pierre Chapo inspired Octagon Solid Oak Coffee Table
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century/Brutalist, Pierre Chapo inspired, solid oak coffee table with octagon shaped top
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Oak
Brutalist Design Oak Octagonal Coffee Table, Oisterwijk, Netherlands, 1960's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage mid-century Dutch Brutalist design solid oak octagonal coffee table by Meubelfabriek
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Oak
H 18.9 in W 42.13 in D 42.13 in
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Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage coffee table. An English oak, octagonal low table dating to the late 20th
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H 18.02 in W 52.56 in D 52.56 in
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Superior build quality on a cast iron
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Located in High Point, NC
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We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1950s English oak octagonal coffee table
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Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This Japanese antique furniture coffee table was produced in the Taisho period.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antiquities
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Located in Fayetteville, AR
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Located in Culver City, CA
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France circa 1970
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Located in London, GB
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Timeless Art Deco Tiger Oak & Leather Coffee or Occasional Table, England, 1920
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A Robert "Mouseman" Thompson large octagonal coffee Table.
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
A Robert "Mouseman" Thompson large octagonal coffee Table. Three plank top.
Oak
Cruciform base
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By Jay Spectre
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large modern cocktail/coffee table by Jay Spectre for Century Furniture Co. Beautifully designed
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The Octagon Table by Thomas Hayes Studio
Located in Hollywood, CA
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Located in Hollywood, CA
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HEALS Octagonal Oak Book Table
Located in London, GB
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Robert "Mouseman" Thompson oak rectangular coffee table, England circa 1950
By Robert (Mouseman) Thompson
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
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Octagonal Oak Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the octagonal oak coffee table you’re looking for. Each octagonal oak coffee table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, oak and metal. There are 10 variations of the antique or vintage octagonal oak coffee table you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect octagonal oak coffee table — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A octagonal oak coffee table made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one octagonal oak coffee table that is appealing in its simplicity, but Baker Furniture Company, Esvee and Lane Furniture produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Octagonal Oak Coffee Table?
Prices for a octagonal oak coffee table can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $475 and can go as high as $5,980, while the average can fetch as much as $1,595.
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.”
Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee table and cocktail tables today.
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