Paul Frankl Cork Coffee Table
Vintage 1940s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Mahogany, Cork
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1940s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Cork
Vintage 1940s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1940s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Vintage 1940s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage 1960s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
20th Century Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Glass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage 1950s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork, Mahogany
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1940s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Cork
Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1950s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Paul Frankl Biography and Important Works
His “Skyscraper” cabinets, introduced in 1924, are Frankl’s earliest and best-known designs (and the work by which he is most often represented in institutions, such as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art). Tall and narrow, the pieces have staggered shelves meant to mimic the setbacks of Manhattan office towers. A later visually expressive line — the “Speed” chairs and sofas, which have a raked profile suggesting motion — links Frankl to Donald Deskey, Raymond Loewy and other creators of “Streamlined Moderne” design.
Frankl moved to Los Angeles in 1934 and luxuriated in the climate and lifestyle. His designs became lighter and simpler and found an audience among the Hollywood élite. (Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Fred Astaire were clients.) Fascinated by Asian arts, Frankl produced numerous pieces — tabletops with edges that curve upward; sofas and chairs with rattan frames — inspired by Chinese and Japanese forms and materials. In the 1940s, Frankl became one of the first designers to incorporate free-form, biomorphic shapes in his work, as well as novel upholstery fabrics such as denim and nubby wool.
Frankl biographer Christopher Long argues that the designer’s easy, elegant aesthetic had an enormous influence on movie set design. As the furniture below attests, Paul Frankl’s work is ready for its close-up.
Finding the Right Coffee Tables Cocktail Tables for You
As a practical centerpiece to your living area, coffee and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.
Low tables that were initially used as tea 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 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 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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