$876Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Octagonal Beveled Glass Top Lucite Coffee Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Postmodern Octagonal Beveled Glass Top Lucite Coffee Table is a testament to bold postmodern design. Its unique octagonal shape and transparent lucite frame create a striking, mo...
Glass
Mactan Stone Coffee Table by Magnussen Ponte, 1980s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful coffee table or side table by Magnussen Ponte, 1980s. The beautiful base of the table is made of Mactan stone or Fossil Stone. Faceted glass top.
Stone
$15,083 / item
Cut and Fold Coffee Table by dAM Atelier
By dAM Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Cut and fold coffee table by dAM Atelier Dimensions: L78 x W48 x H40 cm. Materials: Verde Alpi Mable. Cutting and folding means creating a whole new element through the sequence of ...
Marble
$700Sale Price|24% Off
Vintage 1980s small modular rattan coffee tables/side tables -a pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage rattan side or end tables or small coffee table with glass tops. Made in America in the late 1980s A large version of these are also available.
Rattan
$5,027 / item
Glass Bipolar Coffee Table by OS and OOS
By Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen
Located in Geneve, CH
Bipolar coffee table by OS and OOS Dimensions: 45 x 45 x 46 cm Materials: glass and flterd laminated Another option: Large version coffee table: 110 x 45 x 30 Weight: Coffee ta...
Glass
$27,002 / item
Green Levanto Marble Rocky Coffee Table By OMER OZTURK
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Levanto Marble Rocky Coffee Table By OMER OZTURK Dimensions: W 125 x D 60 x H 40 cm. Materials: Green Levanto Marble. Can be customized upon request. About: Design, in particu...
Marble
$27,002 / item
Rosso Levanto Marble Rocky Coffee Table By OMER OZTURK
Located in Geneve, CH
Rosso Levanto Marble Rocky Coffee Table By OMER OZTURK Dimensions: W 125 x D 60 x H 40 cm. Materials: Rosso Levanto Marble. Can be customized upon request. About: Design, in particu...
Marble
1980 Murano Stacked Glass Ice Block Coffee Table
Located in Staten Island, NY
1980 Murano Stacked Glass Ice Block Coffee Table. The table top can be separated from the stacked glass base
Glass
$999Sale Price|23% Off
Postmodern Tangent Coffee Table by Jensen-Lewis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Tangent Cocktail Table. Graceful, timeless, elegant. A sophisticated statement that is at home in any architectural setting, The Tangent will handsomely complement the finest con...
Steel
$5,530 / item
Kanyon Oval Oak Coffee Table by Studio Kali
Located in Geneve, CH
Kanyon Oval Oak Coffee Table by Studio Kali Dimensions: D 52 x W 140 x H 35 cm. Materials: Oak and veneer. Customization is possible in dimensions and materials. Can be produced wit...
Oak
Postmodern Black Marble Base Octagonal Coffee Table. Circa 1980s.
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Black Marble Base Octagonal Coffee Table. Circa 1980s. Feature a Post modern / Brutalist design, textured Midsection, polished top and foot with beautiful marble v...
Marble
Puzzle Coffee Table in Stainless Steel by Veliento
Located in Geneve, CH
Puzzle Coffee Table in Stainless Steel by Veliento. Dimensions: W 80 x D 80 x H 35 cm. Materials: Stainless Steel. All pieces are made to order. Custom finishes available, please co...
Metal, Stainless Steel
$2,365 / item
Danse 68 Bronze Coffee Table by VUUN ITALIA
Located in Geneve, CH
Danse 68 Bronze Coffee Table by VUUN ITALIA Dimensions: Ø 68 x H 48 cm. Materials: Bronze glass. Available in different finishes and sizes. Please contact us. VUUN Italia creates ...
Glass
Rectangular Venezia Rialto Coffee Table with Drawers by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Rectangular Venezia Rialto Coffee Table with Drawers by Morici Dimensions: W 120 x D 65 x H 42 cm. Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in black alcantara. Materials: wood, black Alcantara, in...
Wood
Rectangular Venezia Sestiere Coffee Table with Drawers by Morici
Located in Geneve, CH
Rectangular Venezia Sestiere Coffee Table with Drawers by Morici Dimensions: W 120 x D 65 x H 42 cm. Drawers : 42×43 H6 covered in black alcantara. Materials: wood, black Alcantara, ...
Wood
Geometric Dark Brown Esagono Hexagonal Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Geometric Dark Brown Esagono Hexagonal Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 48 x H 40 cm Materials: black, dark brown / nero, dark brown. Weight: 5 kg. Code: DT1031 Hexagonal ...
Other
$3,687Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Marble Coffee / Cocktail Table (after Angelo Mangiarotti)
By Memphis Group, Giotto Stoppino, Angelo Mangiarotti, Memphis Milano, Giorgio Bonaguro
Located in Round Top, TX
Sculptural Postmodern marble cocktail table with four conical "legs" in black and white striped stone motif, creating the table's defining feature. The legs dramatically pierce throu...
Marble
$3,039 / item
Mesitacafé American Ash Coffee Table by Marco Calhau
Located in Geneve, CH
Mesitacafé American Ash Coffee Table by Marco Calhau Dimensions: D 60 x W 100 x H 45 cm. Materials: Solid American Ash timber wood. All pieces are handmade and under order at our wo...
Ash
Dark Brown Geometric Isola 800 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Dark Brown Geometric Isola 800 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 80 x H 30 cm Materials: black, dark brown / dark brown, nero. Weight: 9 kg. Code: DT1053 Round coffee table...
Bronze
$15,392 / item
Platane Coffee Table, Plane Tree Wood by Corpus Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Platane Coffee Table, Plane Tree Wood by Corpus Studio Dimensions: W 101 x D 166 x H 40 cm. Materials: Plane Tree Wood veneer (Platanus). Finish: Matte oil finish Glossy (on request)...
Wood
Twiggy Coffee Table – Contemporary Sculptural Brass by Misaya
By Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Twiggy Coffee Table – Contemporary Sculptural Brass by Misaya Dimensions: W66 x D77 x H46 cm Materials: Brass Also Available: Twiggy Chair, Different color options (Gold, Polished B...
Brass
Driade Fratello Coffee Table by Enzo Mari, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Very lucidly, Enzo Mari decided to realize this tables collection with transparent crystal tops in order to valorise the harsh simplicity of steel sections bases. Designed in 1973, u...
Metal
Architectural Black Nero & Travertine Marble Pedestal Coffee Table
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a striking postmodern marble table, circa the 1980s. This piece features a sleek, rectangular black marble top with dramatic white veining, creating a b...
Travertine, Marble
$33,458 / item
Two Sides of Solitude Coffee Table by Claste
Located in Geneve, CH
Two sides of solitude coffee table by Claste Dimensions: D 106.7 x W 106.7 x H 35.5 cm Material: Marble Weight: 364 kg Also vailable in two standard sizes. Since 2017 Quinlan ...
Marble
$1,960Sale Price|20% Off
1980s Postmodern Regency Brass + White Lacquered Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Madison, WI
For sale here is a stunner. Very cool table! This minimalist, post modern Miami Regency 1980's coffee / cocktail table attributed to the legendary Karl Springer would look great in a...
Brass
Vintage Postmodern Marble Stone and Glass Coffee Table 1980s
By Mario Bellini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Lella & Massimo Vignelli for Casigliani, Angelo Mangiarotti, Gae Aulenti
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A vintage 1980s Postmodern marble coffee table with a sculptural form, consisting of two marble base pieces and a new glass top. The marble features a light grey base with strawberr...
Marble
$25,048 / item
Marble Bench Turning Coffee Table by Euromarmi Store
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble Bench Turning Coffee Table by Euromarmi Store Dimensions: D 85 x W 45 x H 45 cm (Bench), D 80 x W 30 x H 18 cm (Table Top) Materials: Verde Rajasthan marble, White Carrara mar...
Marble, Gold
$27,653 / item
Reveal Block Coffee Table by John Eric Byers
By John Eric Byers
Located in Geneve, CH
Reveal block coffee table by John Eric Byers. Dimensions: W 127 x D 76 x H 28 cm. Materials: Carved, stack laminated, lacquered maple. All works are individually handmade to ord...
Maple
$1,131 / item
Round Top Smoked Glass Coffee Table by Lebanto
Located in Geneve, CH
TC_VF02 Aka Smoked Coffee Table by Lebanto Dimensions: W 60 x D 60 x H 29 cm Materials: Smoked Glass. Lebanto is an expression of identity, a tapestry of dreams woven from the threa...
Smoked Glass
$1,131 / item
Round Top Bronzed Glass Coffee Table by Lebanto
Located in Geneve, CH
TC_VB02 Aka Bronzed Coffee Table by Lebanto Dimensions: W 60 x D 60 x H 29 cm Materials: Bronzed Glass. Lebanto is an expression of identity, a tapestry of dreams woven from the thr...
Bronze
Coco Table, Round Circular Coffee Table with Hidden Drawer for storage
By Louis Lim
Located in New York, NY
Coco table is a round coffee table with a continuous drawer hidden in its entirety. Deceivingly simple and minimal in form, as one end is pushed, the drawer opens at the other, only ...
Plywood
$3,131 / item
Subtle Ecru W(hole) Coffee Table by Majbele
Located in Geneve, CH
Subtle Ecru W(hole) Coffee Table by Majbele Dimensions: D 97 x W 105 x H 42 cm. Materials: MDF 20 mm, legs: powder-coated steel. The W(hole) collection is a playful game of forms an...
Steel
$4,422 / item
Elk Antler Coffee Table by The Peak Antler
Located in Geneve, CH
Elk Antler Coffee Table by The Peak Antler Dimensions: W 66.04 x D 132.08 x H 48.26 cm Materials: glass, naturally shed antlers Based in, produced and shipped from the US. This tab...
Glass, Wood
French Designer, Coffee Table, Metal, Glass, France 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A metal and glass coffee or cocktail table, designed and produced in France, 1970s.
Metal
$11,312 / item
Large Coffee Table, Venice Collection by Alexey Drozhdin
Located in Geneve, CH
Large coffee table, Venice Collection by Alexey Drozhdin. Dimensions: D 55 x W 110 x H 44 cm. Materials: glass, oak shape. A young designer and artist Alexey Drozhdin creates e...
Glass, Oak
$20,614 / item
Phaux Brass Coffee Table, Signed by Stefan Leo
By Atelier Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Phaux brass coffee table, Signed by Stefan Leo Brass, etched, patinated Measures: D 120 circular, H 37cm (Other dimensions, materials can be made to order) Atelier Stefan Leo ...
Brass
$21,871 / item
Sandy Brass Coffee Table, Signed by Stefan Leo
By Atelier Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Sandy brass coffee table, signed by Stefan Leo Brass patinated Measures: 170 x 55 cm, H 37-40cm (Other dimensions, materials can be made to order) Atelier Stefan Leo has a rem...
Brass
$20,614 / item
Lutetia Brass Coffee Table, Signed by Stefan Leo
By Atelier Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lutetia brass coffee table, signed by Stefan Leo Brass patinated Measures: 167 x 98cm, H 36 cm (Other dimensions, materials can be made to order) Atelier Stefan Leo has a remarkabl...
Brass
Fleur de Fer coffee table by Maurice Barilone, 1980s
By Roche Bobois, Maurice Barilone
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Sculptural bent steel 'Fleur De Fer' Coffee table by Maurice Barilone and produced and sold by Roche Bobois. The timeless design and use of rough and heavy steel makes this piece st...
Steel
$15,712 / item
Trigono Dark Grey Coffee Table by Studio Anansi
Located in Geneve, CH
Trigono Dark Grey Coffee Table by Studio Anansi Dimensions: D122 x W122 x H38 cm Materials: limestone Custom stones available. Please contact us. Studio ANANSI, founded by Evan Jerr...
Limestone
Silvestrin Coffee Table in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
Silvestrin Coffee Table in Jurassic Fossil Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 130 x D 130 x H 30 cm. Materials: Natural Stone (Jurassic Fossil TOP). Designed by architect Claudio Silves...
Stone
$13,552 / item
Lily Walnut Coffee Table by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Lily Walnut Coffee Table by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Ø 122 x H 36 cm. Materials: Canaletto walnut. Fred&Juul, short for Federico Minarelli and Julie Janssen, are two architects who...
Walnut
$1,816 / item
Object 061 Oak Coffee Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 061 oak coffee table by NG Design Dimensions: D 103 x W 69 x H 36 cm Materials: powder coated steel, solid oak Also available: All of objects available in different mater...
Steel
$1,371 / item
Object 061 MDF Coffee Table by Ng Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 061 MDF Coffee Table by NG Design Dimensions: D103 x W69 x H36 cm Materials: Powder coated steel, MDF Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and ...
Steel, Other
$2,125 / item
SAC Coffee Table in Aluminium by Six Dots Design
Located in Geneve, CH
SAC Coffee Table in Aluminium by Six Dots Design. Unique Piece. Dimensions: W 70 x D 70 x H 41 cm. Materials: Raw aluminum. This Coffee table can be made to your specification, it's...
Aluminum
$9,381 / item
Olivia Emperador Neave Coffee Table by Nish Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Olivia Emperador Neave Coffee Table by Nish Studio Dimensions: W 41.8 x D87.4 x H 34.6 cm. Materials: Olivia emperador marble. N I S H is a Cape Town based Fashion and Furniture des...
Marble
$27,002 / item
Verde Guatemala Marble Rocky Coffee Table By OMER OZTURK
Located in Geneve, CH
Verde Guatemala Marble Rocky Coffee Table By OMER OZTURK Dimensions: W 125 x D 60 x H 40 cm. Materials: Verde Guatemala Marble. About: Design, in particular the subtlety of quiet lu...
Marble
$13,883 / item
Burgundy Lacquer Paint Rocky Coffee Table By OMER OZTURK
Located in Geneve, CH
Burgundy Lacquer Paint Rocky Coffee Table By OMER OZTURK Dimensions: W 125 x D 60 x H 40 cm. Materials: Burgundy Lacquer Paint. About: Design, in particular the subtlety of quiet lu...
Lacquer
$4,113 / item
Alwa Three Big Green Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa three big green coffee table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 56 x H 35 cm Materials: casted and handblown glass Also available in different colours. Normally, glass is regarded a...
Glass
$4,113 / item
Alwa Three Big Transparent Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa three big transparent coffee table by Pulpo. Dimensions: D56 x H35 cm. Materials: casted and handblown glass. Also available in different colours. Normally, glass is re...
Glass
$4,113 / item
Alwa Three Big Amber Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa three big amber coffee table by Pulpo Dimensions: D56 x H35 cm Materials: Casted and hand blown glass Also available in different colours. Normally, glass is regarded as...
Glass
$4,113 / item
Alwa Three Big White Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa three big white coffee table by Pulpo Dimensions: D56 x H35 cm Materials: Casted and hand blown glass Also available in different colours. Normally, glass is regarded a...
Glass
$57,660 / item
Metamorphosis II Coffee Table by Kris Lamba Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Metamorphosis II Coffee Table by Kris Lamba Studio Dimensions: W 105 x D 70 x H 45 cm Materials: Hand burnished bronze with black patina. Weight: 90 Kg. Kris Lamba was born in Londo...
Bronze
$7,290 / item
EBB No. 1 Coffee Table in Jesmonite by Perler
Located in Geneve, CH
EBB No. 1 Coffee Table in Jesmonite by Perler. Dimensions: W 160 x D 90 x H 40 cm. Materials: Jesmonite. Color: A subtle shade of warm white/ivory. Finish: Matte. Texture: The Table...
Other
Coffee Table Embossed in Raffia, Karl Springer Style
By Karl Springer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our exquisite Vintage Coffee Table in the Style of Karl Springer, an elegant addition to any living space. This stunning piece showcases a timeless design inspired by the...
Metal
$13,826 / item
S2 Coffee Table in Brushed Aluminium by Giotto Pagani
Located in Geneve, CH
S2 Coffee Table in Brushed Aluminium by Giotto Pagani. Dimensions: W 110 x D 110 x H 30 cm Materials: Non directional brushed finish aluminium. Belonging to the Subversive Angles se...
Aluminum
$2,399Sale Price|20% Off
Superbly Designed and Crafted Cast Aluminum Coffee Table
By Karl Springer, Knut Hesterberg, Russell Woodard
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Incredibly engineered and designed Modern coffee table. Individual casted aluminum parts skillfully composed to crafted a flower pedestal base. 3/4 round glass is in excellent condit...
Aluminum
$2,639 / item
Vesuvius Big Coffee Table by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Vesuvius Big Coffee Table by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 85 x H 38 cm. Materials: Black powder painted iron, stainless steel mirror, lava stone, glass fusion handpainted, and copper...
Stone, Copper, Stainless Steel, Iron
$1,828 / item
Vesuvius Small Coffee Table by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Vesuvius Small Coffee Table by Atlas Project Dimensions: Ø 65 x H 38 cm. Materials: Black powder painted iron, stainless steel mirror, lava stone, glass fusion handpainted, and copp...
Stone, Copper, Iron, Stainless Steel
$7,793 / item
EBB No. 2 Coffee Table in Jesmonite by Perler
Located in Geneve, CH
EBB No. 2 Coffee Table in Jesmonite by Perler. Dimensions: W 160 x D 90 x H 40 cm. Materials: Jesmonite. Color: A subtle shade of warm white/ivory. Finish: Matte. Texture: The Table...
Other
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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 — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.