Across Small Round Pink Coffee Table by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Across Small Round Red Coffee Table by Secondome Edizioni Designer: Claudia Pignatale. Dimensions: Ø 37 x H 60 cm. Materials: Iron. Collection / Production: Secondome. This piece ca...
Iron
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
$25,046 / item
Jean Bronze Round Coffee Table by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Jean Bronze Round Coffee Table by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Ø 120 x H 40 cm. Materials: Bronze. Also available in a black-patinated or white finish. Custom sizes, materials or finis...
Bronze
Kanyon Oak And Travertine Coffee Table by Studio Kali
Located in Geneve, CH
Kanyon Oak And Travertine Coffee Table by Studio Kali Dimensions: Ø 90 x H 37 cm. Materials: Oak, veneer, and travertine. Customization is possible in dimensions and materials. Can ...
Travertine
$3,252 / item
Nexus Coffee Table in Bent Iron by D´ARK Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Nexus Coffee Table in Bent Iron by D´ARK Atelier Limited Edition Of 2 Pieces Dimensions: D 40 x W 65 x H 55 cm. Materials: Aluminum and marble. Nexus, named after the Latin word for...
Iron
$4,122 / 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 colours. Normally, glass is reg...
Glass
$11,086 / item
Red Green Onyx Coffee Table by OS and OOS
By Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen
Located in Geneve, CH
Red green onyx coffee table by OS and OOS. Dimensions: 55 x 47 x 40 cm. Materials: Onyx and verde smaragd. Studio OS and OOS is design studio for small objects to larger spatial...
Onyx
1980s Travertine Postmodern Vintage Coffee Table with Angled Edge
Located in Chicago, IL
So so cool! I love the double bases and angles edges of this coffee table. The soft travertine contrasts with the shape lines. Excellent condition.
Travertine, Stone, Marble
Limited Edition Yakisugi Burnt Wood Coffee Table by Case Studios
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition Yakisugi Burnt Wood Coffee Table by Case Studios. Dimensions: W 115 x D 60 x H 30 cm. Materials: Regional oak wood (burned and sealed), 5 mm aluminum. As a result of...
Aluminum
$17,636 / item
Super White Marble Coffee Table π 01 by Atelier Dutré
Located in Geneve, CH
Super White Marble Coffee Table π 01 by Atelier Dutré Dimensions: 139.7 L x 69.85 W x 45.72 H cm Materials: Super White Marble Atelier Dutré operates at the intersection of design...
Marble
Jean Claude Dresse Rectangular Coffee Table in Off-White Resin
By Jean Claude Dresse
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Jean Claude Dresse, coffee table, resin, lacquered steel, Belgium, 1970s This eccentric coffee table is a masterful creation by Belgian designer Jean Claude Dresse. Every inch of th...
Steel
Loud Coffee Table in Fiber Wood, Plaster & Brass by WeDO
Located in Geneve, CH
Loud Coffee Table in Fiber Wood, Plaster & Brass by WeDO. Dimensions: W 110 x D 95 x H 35 cm. Materials: Medium density fiber wood, handmade black plaster finish, semi polished brass...
Brass
Willy Daro Illuminated Coffee Table in Brass and Agate
By Willy Daro
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Willy Daro, illuminated coffee table, etched brass, agate, lacquered laminated wood, Belgium, 1970s Mesmerizing coffee table by the Belgian artist Willy Daro from the 1970s. The re...
Agate, Brass
$10,708 / item
Metate Black Wood Coffee Table by David Del Valle
Located in Geneve, CH
Metate Black Wood Coffee Table by David Del Valle Dimensions: D 100 x W 100 x H 30 cm. Materials: Black wood. DAVID VALLE We are a place, a space, a woven chair, the dreams of a cra...
Wood
Marcuso Coffee Table by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, Italy 1969
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
Located in Beograd, RS
Designed by Marco Zanuso for Zanotta, the Marcuso coffee table is one of the most recognizable icons of Italian post-war design. Originally introduced in the late 1960s, the model is...
Steel, Chrome
Postmodern Coffee Table in Travertine and Walnut veneer, Germany 1982
By Hohnert Design
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking postmodern coffee table by Hohnert Design, Italy, dating to the late 1970s–1980s. The piece is distinguished by its bold geometric compositio...
Travertine
Stealth Coffee Table, Stainless Steel Sheet Metal by ORFEO STUDIO
Located in Geneve, CH
Stealth Coffee Table, Stainless Steel Sheet Metal by ORFEO STUDIO Dimensions: W 50 x D 40 x H 40 cm. Material: Stainless steel sheet metal. Finish: Black nano-technology coating. Wei...
Stainless Steel
Belvedere Black Beside Myself Square Coffee Table by Claste
Located in Geneve, CH
Belvedere Black Beside Myself Square Coffee Table by Claste Dimensions: D 106.7 x W 106.7 x H 35.6 cm Material: Marble, glass Weight: 145 kg Since 2017 Quinlan Osborne has cultivate...
Marble
Marble Skinny Coffee Table by Prospero Rasulo for Zanotta
By Zanotta, Prospero Rasulo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sleek and sophisticated coffee table designed by Prospero Rasulo for Zanotta and made in Italy. Cleverly named the Skinny table it has a slim nickel-plated steel frame with a beaut...
Marble, Metal
1x USM Haller Couchtisch Fritz Haller coffee table Beistelltisch
By Fritz Haller, Usm Haller
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Couch-/ Beistelltischen vom Schweizer Traditionshersteller USM Haller zum Verkauf an. Die Tische verfügen über eine untere Ablagefläche aus Metall, ein...
Steel, Chrome
Contemporary Coffee Table #1 by Bahraini Danish, in Aluminum
By Bahraini Danish
Located in Copenhagen, DK
‘Looking for a direction, we decided on the overall principles and dimensions and played a game of exquisite corpse. We made ourselves a shuffling deck of forms that can be combined ...
Aluminum
$44,206 / set
Set of 3 Collected Memory Coffee Tables by Claste
Located in Geneve, CH
Collected memory coffee table 1 by Claste Dimensions: D 122 x W 160 x H 30.5 cm. Material: Cararra Gioa (white), Rainbow Mist, Emperador Grey, Emperador Brown, Verdi Alpi, Nero Ma...
Marble
$5,520 / item
ÇA-Y-EST Coffee Table by Studio Uwe Gaertner
Located in Geneve, CH
ÇA-Y-EST Coffee Table by Studio Uwe Gaertner Dimensions: Ø 80 x H 32 cm. Materials: Lacquered MDF. DESIGN BY STUDIO UWE GAERTNER The furniture collection from Studio Uwe Gaertner ...
Other
$3,389 / item
Otto Gold Mirror 90 Coffee Table by VUUN ITALIA
Located in Geneve, CH
Otto Gold Mirror 90 Coffee Table by VUUN ITALIA Dimensions: D 95 x W 100 x H 28 cm. Materials: Extralight glass with gold mirror base. Available in different sizes and finishes. Pl...
Glass, Mirror
Leshe Unique Coffee Table in White Marble by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Leshe Unique Coffee Table in White Marble by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 90 x W 140 x H 40 cm. Materials: White marble. Available in different finishes and material op...
Marble
Davido Unique Coffee Table in Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Davido Unique Coffee Table in Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 60 x W 120 x H 40 cm. Materials: Travertine stone. Available in different finishes and ma...
Travertine
Lorenzo Burchiellaro Large Coffee Table in Copper 230cm/90.5 in
By Lorenzo Burchiellaro
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Lorenzo Burchiellaro, coffee table, copper, stained beech, Italy, 1960s This substantial coffee table, crafted in the 1960s by Italian designer and sculptor Lorenzo Burchiellaro (19...
Copper
Piero Fornasetti Coffee/ Cocktail, Table, "Cocktail Recipes, Removable Top
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a late coffee table and the series has been licensed by Barnaba Fornasetti and consist of plastic top and coated metal wire legs. This is a design for the Piero Fornasetti in...
Plastic
Pleto Biocomposite Tether Sculptural Coffee Table by Pleto Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Pleto Biocomposite Tether Sculptural Coffee Table by Pleto Studio. Dimensions: W 78 x D 43 x H 43 cm. Materials: Pleto Biocomposite (clay, hemp fibers, cellulose, wood shavings, eco-...
Other, Stainless Steel
Fabio Di Bartolomei Tango Coffee Table for FIAM Italia, 1996
By Fabio Di Bartolomei
Located in Praha, CZ
Rare “Tango” coffee table designed by Fabio Di Bartolomei for FIAM Italia in 1996, showcasing the sophisticated glass-forming techniques and sculptural approach associated with late ...
Glass, Wood
Postmodern Waterfall Coffee Table Karl Springer Style with Black Plinth
By Karl Springer
Located in Staten Island, NY
Peach waterfall cascade coffee table with black plinth custom made in 1980s Couple brown paint marks on one side of the coffee table. Otherwise fantastic vintage condition
Grasscloth
Flame Red Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Flame Red Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. Th...
Other
$1,145Sale Price|20% Off
MARCUSO model Modernist Design Coffee Table, Italy 1970's
By Marco Zanuso, Zanotta
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Modernist Italian Design "MARCUSO" model Coffee Table in the manner of Marco Zanuso for Zanotta. Made in Italy, 1970's / 80's period. Thick glass top with chrome cylindrical ...
Metal, Chrome
Pumpkin Orange Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Pumpkin Orange Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may var...
Other
Milky White Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Milky White Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. ...
Other
Saffron Yellow Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Saffron Yellow Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may var...
Other
Sweet Fuchsia Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary...
Other
Powder Blue Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Powder Blue Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. ...
Other
Malva Green Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Malva Green Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. ...
Other
Jet Black Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Jet Black Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. Th...
Other
Lime Green Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Lime Green Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. T...
Other
Chocolate Brown Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Chocolate Brown Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may va...
Other
Dove Grey Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Dove Grey Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. Th...
Other
Elephant Grey Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Elephant Grey Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary...
Other
Argil Grey Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Located in Geneve, CH
Argil Grey Blos Low Coffee Table by Karim Rashid Dimensions: D 42 x W 55 x H 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4,5 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. T...
Other
French ‘Saturn’ Coffee Table in the Manner of Claude Berraldacci, 1980s
Located in Chicago, IL
A French coffee table from the 1980s, made in the manner of Claude Berraldacci, and executed in travertine. The Saturn coffee table is defined by its interplay of solid and transpar...
Travertine
Large Italian Coffee Table Style of Memphis Milano, 1990s
By Memphis Milano
Located in Paris, IDF
The delicious, rule-breaking elements of postmodern design are evident in this large Italian coffee table in the style of Peter Shire and Memphis Milano, made in the 1990s. The ample...
Metal
D-TEC Couchtisch Ufo N44 Beistelltisch design coffee table
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Design Couchtisch vom niederländischen Designhersteller D-TEC zum Verkauf an. Das kleine Möbel, das unter dem Modellnamen N44 bekannt ist, steht hier i...
Steel, Chrome
Ionic Square Nero Marquina Marble Coffee Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Ionic Square Nero Marquina Marble Coffee Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 100 x H 40 cm. Materials: Nero Marquina marble, brushed stainless steel. 85 kg. Other materials available...
Marble, Steel
A rare Italian coffee table, made in Italy, circa 1960s-80s(?)
Located in Houston, TX
A rare Italian coffee table, made in Italy, circa 1960s-80s(?). It is made of Marmorino, traditional Venetian polished plaster that looks like marble and also has the weight of a mar...
Stone
1970s Vintage Italian Carrara & Bardiglio Marble Square Octagonal Coffee Table
Located in Winston-Salem, NC
Cool to the touch and softly luminous, this postmodern Italian marble squared coffee table brings a sense of calm geometry to the room. White Carrara and smoky grey Bardiglio are pie...
Marble, Carrara Marble
Small Flow Sculptural Waterfall Coffee Table in Aluminum by Veliento
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Flow Sculptural Waterfall Coffee Table in Aluminum by Veliento Dimensions: W 80 x D 60 x H 35 cm (Size Small). Materials: Aluminum. All pieces are made to order. Custom finish...
Metal, Aluminum
Vacío Unique Coffee Table in Black Marble by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Vacío Unique Coffee Table in Black Marble by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 90 x W 140 x H 40 cm. Materials: Black marble. Available in different finishes and material op...
Marble
$3,630 / item
Alwa One Big Green Black Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa One Big Green Black Coffee Table by Pulpo Dimensions: D56 x H35 cm. Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass is rega...
Steel
$3,619 / item
Alwa One Big Amber Black Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa one big amber black coffee table by Pulpo Dimensions: D56 x H35 cm Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass is...
Steel
$3,619 / item
Alwa One Big White Black Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa One Big White Black Coffee Table by Pulpo Dimensions: D 56 x H 35 cm Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass is re...
Steel
1980 Lacquer Coffee Table in the style of Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Staten Island, NY
Lacquer coffee table with faux goatskin finished, circa 1980. Custom made by the original owner, condition consistent with age
Lacquer
$21,198 / set
Set of 2 Dryade Coffee Tables by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Dryade Coffee Tables by Emilie Lemardeley Dimensions: Table I: Ø 58 x H 42 cm. Table II: Ø 55 x H 41 cm. Materials: Hand-blown glass. Designed as jewellery for the interio...
Blown Glass
$23,741 / item
D.U.D. Quartz Sand Coffee Table by Studio TOOJ
Located in Geneve, CH
D.U.D. Quartz Sand Coffee Table by Studio TOOJ Designed by Johan Wilén Dimensions: D 80 x W 120 x H 35 cm. Materials: Quartz sand. The Swedish designer's latest creation is brought ...
Other
$3,619 / item
Alwa One Big Amber Black Coffee Table by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Alwa one big amber black coffee table by Pulpo Dimensions: D56 x H35 cm Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel Also available in different finishes. Normally, glass i...
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.