$6,682 / item
Sinestesia 60 Coffee Table in Brass by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Sinestesia 60 Coffee Table in Brass by De Castelli. Dimensions: W 48 x D 30 x H 60 cm. Materials: Brass. Design by TIPSTUDIO. The Sinestesia 60 is part of a sculptural collection al...
Metal, Brass
$7,147 / item
Sinestesia 45 Coffee Table in Brass by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Sinestesia 45 Coffee Table in Brass by De Castelli. Dimensions: W 56 x D 40 x H 45 cm Materials: Brass. Design by TIPSTUDIO. The Sinestesia 45 is part of a sculptural collection als...
Metal, Brass
$450Sale Price|35% Off
Postmodern Nero Marquina Black Marble Coffee Table, Square Design
Located in Trenton, NJ
A dramatic centerpiece for any space, this striking black marble coffee table captures the bold refinement of Postmodern design. Crafted from genuine Nero Marquina marble, the table’...
Marble
Jean Claude Dresse Coffee Table in Steel and Brass
By Jean Claude Dresse
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Jean Claude Dresse, coffee table, brass, brushed steel, Belgium, circa 1970 This remarkable rectangular coffee table, designed by the esteemed Jean Claude Dresse in the 1970s, exemp...
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Assymetrical Grid Coffee Table in Walnut and Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Coffee table, walnut, lacquered wood, glass, Italy, 1970s This 1970s Italian coffee table is a geometric and highly organized composition, built from walnut, glass, and grey lacque...
Glass, Walnut
Mario Mazzer Glass and Marble Coffee Table for Zanette
By Mario Mazzer
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Oval coffee table designed by Mario Mazzer for Zanette, with transparent glass top, marble base, lacquered wood extension and chromed metal details. The project reflects the designer...
Marble, Steel
Unique Minimalist Black Slab Stone Coffee Table Table by Lucas Tyra Morten
By Lucas Morten
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyft Table by Lucas Tyra Morten 2022 Limited edition of 6 Dimensions: W 128 x D 96 x H 18 cm Material: Icelandic basalt stone Occupying the liminal space between art and design, the...
Stone
$10,324 / item
Low Na Pali Walnut Coffee Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Low Na Pali Walnut Coffee Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 90 x W 90 x H 40 cm. Materials: wood structure finished in walnut veneer in half gloss varnish, oxidized brushed brass, ...
Brass
$20,377 / set
Set of 2 Podium Coffee Table by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Podium Coffee Table by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 35 x H 95 cm Materials: Ceramic. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious...
Ceramic
Italian Postmodern Black Marble Sculptural Coffee Table with Fluted Pedestals
By Roche Bobois, Angelo Mangiarotti, Mario Bellini
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A striking Italian Postmodern coffee table crafted in richly veined black marble, featuring a sculptural bowed or bullnose top raised on boldly fluted pedestal supports. Executed in ...
Marble
$3,063 / item
Low Lita Anniversary Coffee Table by Paola Navone
Located in Geneve, CH
Low Lita Anniversary Coffee Table by Paola Navone Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 74 x W 90 x H 35 cm. Materials: Polyethylene and tempered satinated glass. Weight: 10 kg. This product ...
Other
$32,324 / item
Eternel Sans Temps 2.0 Coffee Table by Verena Brausch
Located in Geneve, CH
Eternel Sans Temps 2.0 Coffee Table by Verena Brausch Limited Edition of 12 Dimensions: D 70 x W 150 x H 37 cm. Materials: Pierre Bleue. Verena Brausch brings new energy and singula...
Marble
Contemporary Postmodern Faux Marble Top Sculptural Triangular Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Postmodern Faux Marble Top Sculptural Triangular Coffee Table. Item features an off-white faux marble top on a black faux-marble base with three distress finished gold s...
Wood
Exceptionally Rare Christian Krekels Coffee Table in Artisanal Brass Patchwork
By Christian Krekels
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Christian Krekels, coffee table, brass, lacquered steel, Belgium, 1970s This exceptionally rare coffee table exemplifies the artistic vision of Belgian sculptor and metal artist Ch...
Brass, Steel
Compose Coffee Table Smoked Oak Black by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Compose coffee table smoked oak black by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D70 x H49 cm Material: smoked oak veneer, powder coated steel frame Weight: 3 kg Also available in different fini...
Steel
Black Metal Eugénie Coffee Table 90 Oak by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Metal Eugénie Coffee Table 90 Oak by HARTO Dimensions: W 90 x D 90 x H 41 cm. Materials: Wood veneered plywood, Painted metal. Weight: 20 kg The 70cm Eugénie round coffee tab...
Metal
$2,246 / set
Set of 2 Rond Coffee Tables by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Rond coffee table by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 75 x H 45 cm, D 100 x H 38 cm Materials: birch wood. Available in other colors. Rond is a coffee table made in soli...
Birch
Portoro TOTEM Coffee Table, Limited Edition by Karen Chekerdjian
By Karen Chekerdjian
Located in Geneve, CH
Portoro TOTEM coffee table, Limited Edition by Karen Chekerdjian Dimensions: 42 x 42 x 62 cm Materials: Nero Portoro Karen’s trajectory into designing was unsystematic, comprise...
Marble
Cherry Wood Coffee Table by Studio Mano & Mambo Jambo
Located in Geneve, CH
Cherry Wood Coffee Table by Studio Mano & Mambo Jambo. Dimensions: W 120 x D 80 x H 40 cm. Materials: Wood and Ceramic. Also available in Cherry, Walnut, White Oak, and Mahogany...
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage Postmodern Profilsystem Coffee Table by Elmar Flötotto, 1970s
By Elmar Flötotto
Located in Hamburg, DE
Simple coffee table from the Profile System collection by Flötotto. A very simple and functional design, which is broken up by the colored table surface. The table comes from the Pr...
Metal
Galactica Saturn Coffee Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Galactica Saturn Coffee Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 100 x W 127 x H 59 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Dynamic coffee table with asymmetric sh...
Other
Lingotto Coffee Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Lingotto Coffee Table in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 50 x W 85 x H 40 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Representation of one of the most precious mater...
Aluminum
Blue Patinated Resin Coffee Table Inspired by Jean Pierre Picheny
Located in Brussel, BE
An astonishing coffee table in blue patinated resin sculpting lying down woman in full denim, supporting a large glass top.
Glass, Resin
Danse 68 Sandblasted Green Coffee Table by VUUN ITALIA
Located in Geneve, CH
Danse 68 Sandblasted Green Coffee Table by VUUN ITALIA Dimensions: Ø 68 x H 48 cm. Materials: Sandblasted green glass. Available in different finishes and sizes. Please contact us....
Glass
1970s Clover Shaped Coffee Table in Grey and Black Marble
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Coffee table, marble, Europe, 1970s. A Postmodern cocktail table featuring a charming clover-shaped tabletop with softly rounded edges. The surface displays an expressive mix of mar...
Marble
Dora Coffee Table in Brazilian Native Hardwood by Gisela Simas
Located in Geneve, CH
Dora Coffee Table in Brazilian Native Hardwood by Gisela Simas Dimensions: (Ø) 150 × (H) 30 cm Materials: Brazilian Native Hardwood Gisela Simas is a Brazilian designer whose work d...
Hardwood
Dadá Coffee Table in Brazilian Native Hardwood by Gisela Simas
Located in Geneve, CH
Dadá Coffee Table in Brazilian Native Hardwood by Gisela Simas Dimensions: (W) 170 × (D) 60 × (H) 30 cm Materials: Brazilian Native Hardwood Gisela Simas is a Brazilian designer who...
Hardwood
Frida Coffee Table in Brazilian Native Hardwood by Gisela Simas
Located in Geneve, CH
Frida Coffee Table in Brazilian Native Hardwood by Gisela Simas Dimensions: (W) 170 × (D) 89 × (H) 30 cm Materials: Brazilian Native Hardwood Gisela Simas is a Brazilian designer wh...
Hardwood
Origami Coffee Table in Crystal Glass by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Origami Coffee Table in Crystal Glass by Barberini & Gunnell Limited Edition of 30 + 2 AP + 1 p. Dimensions: D 135 x W 67 x H 37 cm. Materials: Crystal glass. Limited Edition, sign...
Glass
Laurel Fyfe Sculptural Handkerchief Art Glass Coffee Table, 1991
By Laurel Fyfe
Located in Hamburg, PA
A Laurel Fyfe Sculptural Handkerchief Art Glass Coffee Table. This cocktail table is signed and dated "L.E.I. 1991 #74" for the company name, Lumen Essence Inc. The glass coffee tabl...
Glass
MB Coffee Table I in Reclaimed Natural Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
MB Coffee Table I in Reclaimed Natural Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 100 x D 100 x H 45 cm. Materials: Reclaimed and assembled natural stone fragments (Jurassic Fossil, Marble, and...
Stone
Monstera Sculptural Coffee Table in Stainless Steel by Veliento
Located in Geneve, CH
Monstera Sculptural Coffee Table in Stainless Steel by Veliento. Dimensions: W 100 x D 60 x H 35 cm. Materials: Hand textured stainless steel. All pieces are made to order. Custom f...
Metal, Stainless Steel
1980's Monumental Sized Karl Springer 'Sculpture' Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Miami, FL
A monumental coffee table from the “Sculpture” series by Karl Springer. The table features a sculptural base composed of brass and patinated gunmetal brass supporting a large glass ...
Brass, Stainless Steel
Maurizio Salvato Rotating Burlwood Coffee Table for Saporiti Italia, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Postmodern rotating coffee table with purple and pink lacquered table tops and steel legs. Designed by Maurizio Salvato and produced by Saporiti Italia. The coffee table has the br...
Steel
$2,099 / item
Babylone Pink Babel One Coffee Table by Babel Brune
Located in Geneve, CH
Babylone pink babel one coffee table by Babel Brune Dimensions: D 42 x W 130 x H 35 cm Material: Solid blond oak wood, oil finish, pink and red Powder-coated Steel Little sister...
Steel
$13,728 / item
Comb Coffee Table in MDF & Solid Wood by Hermhaus
Located in Geneve, CH
Comb Coffee Table in MDF & Solid Wood by Hermhaus Dimensions: D 85 x W 85 x H 38 cm Materials: Solid wood frame with tufted legs. MDF with leather top. This unique coffee table, whi...
Wood, Leather, Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF)
Tommaso Barbi Postmodern Italian Brass Faux Tusk Coffee Table
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Tommaso Barbi Postmodern Italian Brass Faux Tusk Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 51.25 wide x 37.5 deep x 16.5 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we ca...
Brass
Cees Braakman TU04 Coffee Table for Pastoe, Japanese Series, Netherlands, 1960s
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Wommelgem, BE
Original TU04 coffee table designed by Cees Braakman for Pastoe, part of the renowned Japanese Series.
Metal
Georges Mathias Luxurious Square Coffee Table in Brass and Lacquered Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Georges Mathias coffee table, brass, wood, Belgium, 1970s A glamorous Postmodern coffee table by Georges Mathias, combining a richly decorated brass tabletop with a black wooden fra...
Brass
Postmodern Mario Botta Terzo Coffee Table by Alias, 1980s
By Mario Botta, Alias
Located in Renens, CH
Custom designed coffee table by Mario Botta, produced by Alias (Italy) for the Ransila Building 1, Lugano, Switzerland: This marble top coffee table is an adjustment of the serie-pr...
Marble, Metal
$19,753 / item
Doris Bronze Low Coffee Table by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Doris Bronze Low Coffee Table by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Ø 84 x H 30 cm. Materials: Bronze. Available in bronze and aluminum. Also available in different measurements. Custom size...
Bronze
Vintage Lucite Waterfall Small Coffee Table with Laminate Top
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage lucite waterfall coffee table with a laminate top, circa 1970-80's. Chic little table with a high quality lucite base and lower shelf with a faux monolith slab top in a vibr...
Composition
Pia Manu Coffee Table in Enameled Concrete and Brazilian Quartzite
By Pia Manu
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pia Manu, coffee table, enameled concrete, Brazilian quartzite, Belgium, 1970s This very rare hand-crafted coffee table was made in the 1970s by the Belgian atelier Pia Manu, known ...
Concrete
Coffee Table from the Venice Collection by Alexey Drozhdin
Located in Geneve, CH
Coffee table from the Venice Collection by Alexey Drozhdin Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 42 cm. Materials: glass, oak shape. A young designer and artist Alexey Drozhdin creates e...
Glass, Oak
MB Coffee Table II in Reclaimed Natural Stone by NERINEA
Located in Geneve, CH
MB Coffee Table II in Reclaimed Natural Stone by NERINEA. Dimensions: W 120 x D 60 x H 45 cm. Materials: Reclaimed and assembled natural stone fragments (Jurassic Fossil, Marble, and...
Stone
Designer Cork Coffee Table Contemporary After Laurie Wiid Van Heerden
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a designer cork coffee table, likely part of a contemporary collection that experiments with natural materials and industrial finishes. Its design—characteriz...
Aluminum
Bajawa Teak Wood & Metal Coffee Table by Mary Verspoor
Located in Geneve, CH
Bajawa Teak Wood & Metal Coffee Table by Mary Verspoor Dimensions: D 45 x H 47 CM Materials: Teak wood, metal Mary Verspoor, of Indonesian-Dutch descent, is a Bali-based designe...
Metal, Other
$29,204 / item
Green Gold Tombos Coffee Table, Signed by Stefan Leo
By Atelier Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Green gold tombos coffee table, Signed by Stefan Leo. Brass patinated (Also available in Black version). Measures: 180 x 88cm, H 40 cm. (Other dimensions, materials can be made to or...
Brass
Mirror Prisma Circle 70 Coffee Table by Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirror Prisma circle 70 coffee table by Sebastian Scherer Dimensions: D 70 x H 35 cm Materials: Mirror. Weight: 13.9 kg. Also available: mirror silver (stainless steel), mirror g...
Mirror
Mirror Prisma Tall 45 Coffee Table by Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirror Prisma tall 45 coffee table by Sebastian Scherer Dimensions: D 45 x H 45 cm Materials: Mirror. Weight: 8.5 kg. Also available: Mirror silver (stainless steel), mirror gold (br...
Mirror
Steel Prisma Tall 45 Coffee Table by Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Steel Prisma tall 45 coffee table by Sebastian Scherer Dimensions: D45x H45 cm Materials: Steel. Weight: 8 kg. Also Available: Steel (matt): snow white / light sand / sun yellow ...
Glass
Satin Glass Prisma Tall Coffee Table by Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Satin glass prisma tall 45 coffee table by Sebastian Scherer. Dimensions: D45x H45 cm. Materials: Solid coloured glass. Weight: 16.4 kg. Also Available: Glass: clear white / clea...
Glass
Steel Prisma Circle 70 Coffee Table by Sebastian Scherer
By Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Steel prisma circle 70 coffee table by Sebastian Scherer. Dimensions: D70x H35 cm. Materials: Steel. Weight: 13 kg. Also Available: Steel (matt): snow white / light sand / sun yellow...
Glass
$4,900Sale Price|30% Off
Jonathan Bonner Granite Postmodern Coffee Table, circa 1980, Signed
By Jonathan Bonner, Judy Kensley McKie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Such character and charm in this signed Postmodern sculpture that also functions as a coffee table. Jonathan Bonner is an accomplished sculpture artist known for his solo work and hi...
Granite, Aluminum
Rare “Tovaglia” Coffee Table, 1969 – Attributed to Studio Alchimia
By Studio Alchimia
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
Rare “Tovaglia” Coffee Table, 1969 – Attributed to Studio Alchimia A striking example of Italian Radical Design, the Tovaglia coffee table (Italian for “tablecloth”) blurs the bound...
Fiberglass
$11,187 / item
Lily Round Oak Coffee Table by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Lily Round Oak Coffee Table by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Ø 122 x H 36 cm. Materials: Oak. Available in oak, evonized oak and in Navona Travertine. Custom sizes, materials or finishe...
Oak
$4,084 / item
Alwa Three Big Smoky Grey Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa three big smoky grey coffee table by Pulpo. Dimensions: D56 x H35 cm. Materials: casted and handblown glass. Also available in different colors. Normally, glass is regarded a...
Glass
$102,964 / item
Sculptural Dichroic Glass Coffee Table by ODA LIK Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural Dichroic Glass Coffee Table by ODA LIK Studio. Limited Edition. Dimensions: W 89 x D 135 x H 34 cm. Materials: Dichroic glass composition with custom chromatic properties,...
Stainless Steel
Original USM Haller Couchtisch Fritz Haller schwarz coffee table
By Usm Haller, Fritz Haller
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Couchtisch vom Schweizer Traditionshersteller USM Haller zum Verkauf an. Der Tisch, der der hier in der begehrten schwrzen Ausführung angeboten wird, v...
Steel, Chrome
$2,700 / item
Babylone Blue Babel One Coffee Table by Babel Brune
Located in Geneve, CH
Babylone Blue Babel One coffee table by Babel Brune Dimensions: D 42 x W 160 x H 30 cm Material: Charred brushed oak wood, oil finish, powder-coated steel in royal blue. An icon...
Steel
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.