$3,926 / item
4D Coffee Table by Kutarq Studio
By Kutarq Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
4D Coffee Table by Kutarq Studio Materials: Stainless steel. Dimensions: D 110 x W 110 x H 32 cm The 4D Coffee Table emerges from several years of dedicated exploration, embodying a...
Other, Stainless Steel
$1,261 / item
Bondi Coffee Table by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Bondi coffee table by Domkapa. Materials: black texturized steel, grey lacquered. Dimensions: W 95 x D 95 x H 25 cm. Also available in different materials. Bondi coffee table ...
Stainless Steel
$13,349 / item
Contemporary Coffee Table by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Contemporary Coffee Table by Dainte One of a Kind. Dimensions: D 60 x W 114.5 x H 42 cm. Materials: Crystal and wood. This coffee table is a marvel of superb craftsmanship and deser...
Crystal
$4,878 / item
Olis Coffee Table by Dalmoto
Located in Geneve, CH
Olis Coffee Table by Dalmoto Dimensions: Ø 95 x H 30 cm. Materials: Nichel Marino nickel and resin. Available in different metal and resin options. Available in two sizes. Please co...
Nickel
Coffee Table by Roy Klipp
Located in Highland, IN
Created for Chicago interior designer Roy Klipp, this stylish coffee table has a terrific modernist design with three pie-shaped legs supporting a round glass top with a bull-nose ed...
Wood
$22,368 / item
Onda Coffee Table by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Onda Coffee Table by Wentz Dimensions: D 80 x W 160 x H 28 cm Materials: Granite/Quartzite, Steel/Stainless Steel.
Granite, Steel, Stainless Steel
$14,277 / item
Crystals Coffee Table by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Crystals Coffee Table by Zieta Dimensions: D 80 x W 130 x H 45 cm. Materials: Glass and polished stainless steel. Inspired by diamonds The steel base of the CRYSTALS coffee table cu...
Stainless Steel
$3,283 / item
Slab Coffee Table by ONON DETAILS
Located in Geneve, CH
Slab Coffee Table by ONON DETAILS Dimensions: W 95 x D 95 x H 32 cm. Materials: Syzygium Cumini. ONON Details furnitures are chosen by famous design brand, domestic and internatio...
Other
$40,048 / item
ML 08 Coffee Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
ML 08 Coffee Table by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 180 x D 180 x H 31.5 cm Materials: Marble. Wooden coffee table with decomposable structure made up of three parts. Laurameroni: The ...
Marble
$6,674 / item
Arizona Coffee Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Arizona Coffee Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 87 x W 140 x H 38 cm. Materials: Walnut and oak veneer, brushed brass. 75 kg. In the remote location of Coyote Buttes lies one of ...
Brass
Postmodern Design XL Wengé Coffee Table
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Postmodern Modernist Design XL Wengé Coffee Table in the manner of Axel Vervoordt or Linteloo Designs. Made in Belgium, 1980's / 1990's period. Beautifully constructed low co...
Oak, Wenge
1980s Postmodern Pink Marble Coffee Table
By Stone International
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Pink Marble Coffee Table. Circa 1980s Features a square-shaped top with concave edges and a soft pink color with gorgeous natural marble stone veins in soft hues ...
Marble
$10,668 / item
Large Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern Dimensions: W 140 x D 80 x H 30 cm (Marble Tray Included ⌀ 52 cm) Materials: Solid Ash Bold is a refined collection of coffee tables designed and...
Ash
$4,842 / item
Small Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern Dimensions: ⌀ 50 x H 50 cm (Marble Tray Included ⌀ 42 cm) Materials: Solid Ash Bold is a refined collection of coffee tables designed and produce...
Ash
$6,053 / item
Medium Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern Dimensions: ⌀ 60 x H 41 cm (Marble Tray Included ⌀ 52 cm) Materials: Solid Ash Bold is a refined collection of coffee tables designed and produc...
Ash
Playful Italian Coffee Table in Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Coffee table, pine, Italy, 1970s This playful Italian coffee table shows minimalism in a fun and unique way. The design features four wooden spheres adorned with black stripes, whic...
Pine
Eye-Shaped Travertine Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in London, London
Eye-Shaped Travertine Coffee Table, 1980s Elegant and sculptural travertine coffee table from the 1980s, featuring an unusual eye-shaped top resting on two thick slab legs with rou...
Travertine
$20,940 / item
Bronzo Coffee Table by Marsica Fossati
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronzo Coffee Table by Marsica Fossati Dimensions: D 70 x W 50 x H 45 cm. Materials: Bronze. Dimensions and finishes available upon request. These coffee tables embody both artisti...
Bronze
$9,185 / item
Delano 5033 Coffee Table by Redeco
Located in Geneve, CH
Delano 5033 Coffee Table by Redeco Dimensions: W 140 x D 140 x H 36 cm Materials: Lightened mdf base and mdf top. ReDéco is a truly solid company, capable of building and creating f...
Wood
$7,567 / item
Delano 5035 Coffee Table by Redeco
Located in Geneve, CH
Delano 5035 Coffee Table by Redeco Dimensions: W 140 x D 140 x H 36 cm Materials: Lightened mdf base and mdf top. ReDéco is a truly solid company, capable of building and creating f...
Wood
$20,071 / item
Delano 5034 Coffee Table by Redeco
Located in Geneve, CH
Delano 5034 Coffee Table by Redeco Dimensions: W 140 x D 140 x H 36 cm Materials: Lightened mdf base and mdf top. ReDéco is a truly solid company, capable of building and creating f...
Wood
$7,567 / item
Delano 5036 Coffee Table by Redeco
Located in Geneve, CH
Delano 5036 Coffee Table by Redeco Dimensions: W 140 x D 140 x H 36 cm Materials: Lightened mdf base and mdf top. ReDéco is a truly solid company, capable of building and creating f...
Wood
"Borghèse" Coffee Table, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
By Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
The Borghese coffee table, designed by French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, is a statement piece that seamlessly blends art and functionality. Inspired by the iconic umbrella pin...
Metal
$3,141 / item
Brass Sculpted Coffee Table, Complexity, Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass cculpted coffee table, complexity, Misaya Dimensions: W 66 x L 77 x H 46 cm Hand-sculpted brass table. Sold without glasstop.
Brass
$5,627 / item
The Rat Coffee Table by Vetralia
Located in Geneve, CH
The Rat Coffee Table by Vetralia Designed by Leo De Carlo Dimensions: D 48 x H 43 cm Materials: Glass, painted steel, animal skeleton. VETRALIA Functional Art based in Venice Activ...
Steel
Vintage Italian Beveled Travertine Pedestal Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition This vintage Italian coffee table from the 1970s showcases the natural beauty of travertine through a clean, architectural form. The elongated...
Travertine
$2,250Sale Price|50% Off
Gwathmey Siegel DeMenil Coffee Table
By Gwathmey Siegel & Assoc
Located in Hanover, MA
***SUMMER SALE 50% OFF*** DeMenil Cocktail Table by Gwathmey Siegel & Assoc. for ICF. Meticulously detailed geometries of contrasting inlaid woods and brass, generously proportioned...
Maple, Walnut
Mid 19th Century Square Brass Coffee Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid 19th Century Square Brass Coffee Table This is a superb quality Italian design, the frame is made in brushed brass with turned legs and a slatted undertier for magazines, the t...
Brass
Postmodern italian marble coffee table, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Postmodern angular white marble coffee table with black metal supporst and a clear bevelde glass top. Timeless design, beautiful marble. Very good condition 1980s - Italy Dimens...
Marble
$2,201 / item
Biskut Coffee Table by Studio Kallang
Located in Geneve, CH
Biskut Coffee Table by Studio Kallang Dimensions: W 130 x D 60 x H 42 cm Materials: Solid Sungkai. Finish: Natural, Matte Black. STUDIO KALLANG IS A SINGAPORE AND SEATTLE BASED PROJ...
Wood
$1,749 / item
Eclipse Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Eclipse Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 160 x D 80 x H 30 cm Materials: Base: Veneer. With the intention of providing good taste and personality, Doimo deciphers trend...
Wood
$1,760 / item
Disco Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Disco Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: D 110 x H 25 cm Materials: Base: Veneer, Top: Smooth Leather. With the intention of providing good taste and personality, Doimo dec...
Leather
$583 / item
Confetti Coffee Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Confetti Coffee Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 63 x W 63 x H 51 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal, terrazzo. The Confetti Coffee Table is a beautifully crafted piece of furniture...
Metal
$11,100 / item
Palm Square Coffee Table by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Palm Square Coffee Table by Marioni Dimensions: W 120 x D 120 x H 50 cm. Materials: Brass structure and glazed decorative ceramic details. Wooden shelf and glass top. Product code: ...
Brass
$9,161 / item
Palm Oval Coffee Table by Marioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Palm Oval Coffee Table by Marioni Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 50 cm. Materials: Brass structure and glazed ceramic details. Wooden shelf and glass top. Product code: 02960 Palm ova...
Brass
$1,332 / item
Grey Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 96 x D 96 x H 25 cm Materials: Base: Aged steel. Also available in W 124 x D 65 x H 25 cm. Please contact us. With the intenti...
Steel
$1,451 / item
Case Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Case Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 80 x D 80 x H 25 cm Materials: Base: Stainless Steel, Top: Aged/crocco reconstituted leather. Also available in other dimensions. P...
Leather
$4,900 / item
SST014 Coffee Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST014 coffee table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 162 x W 89 x H 48 cm Materials: Marbles: Marble top corner: Marquina Marble structure: Carrara Marquina Marble top: Marquina ...
Marble
$2,391 / item
Trama Coffee Table by Rosana Sousa
Located in Geneve, CH
Trama Coffee Table by Rosana Sousa One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 54,5 x W 54,5 x H 40 cm. Materials: Oak and walnut. Every piece is one-of-a-kind due to the availability of raw mater...
Oak, Walnut
$5,044 / item
Black Offset Coffee Table by Resident
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Offset Coffee Table by Resident Dimensions: D 90 x H 35 cm Materials: Solid Oak. Weight: 40 Kg. About: Founded by Simon James & Scott Bridgens in 2011, Resident is the home ...
Oak
$4,176 / item
Natural Plane Coffee Table by Resident
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Plane Coffee Table by Resident Dimensions: W 120 x D 60 x H 32 cm Materials: Solid Oak. Weight: 30 Kg. About: Founded by Simon James & Scott Bridgens in 2011, Resident is t...
Oak
Unique Christian Heckscher Etched Brass Coffee Table
By Christian Heckscher
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Christian Heckscher, coffee table, brass, Belgium, 1980s A unique handcrafted coffee table by Christian Heckscher. Originally trained in Belgium as both a fine artist and a master c...
Brass
$1,701 / item
Converso Coffee Table by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Converso Coffee Table by Dale Italia Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 51 cm. Materials: Walnut. Coffee table in solid walnut. Available in natural/grey walnut finishes. Prices may vary. Please ...
Walnut
Postmodern Marmorino Coffee Table Sweden Circa 1980s
Located in Debrecen, HU
Distinctive Swedish postmodern coffee table dating from the 1980s, featuring a sculptural black base and a circular marmorino top. The table is defined by its expressive bent plywoo...
Plywood
Mondrian Coffee Table by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
Mondrian Coffee Table by Gabriela Campos Dimensions: W 150 x D 100 x H 35 cm. Materials: Brazilian Stones. ESTÚDIO MAIS ALMA moves toward the authentic and the unique, whether in t...
Stone
$7,697 / item
Planter Coffee Table by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Planter Coffee Table by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 35 x H 60 cm Materials: Ceramic. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment c...
Ceramic
$2,296 / item
Cubo Bronze Impronte Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Cubo Bronze Impronte Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 45 cm Materials: Bronze. Weight: 3 kg. Code: DT1012 Rectangular coffee table, top decorated with an arti...
Bronze
$3,605 / item
Quadrato Bronze Impronte Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Quadrato Bronze Impronte Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 80 x D 80 x H 35 cm Materials: Bronze. Weight: 5 kg. Code: DT1014 Rectangular coffee table, top decorated with an ...
Bronze
$5,627 / item
SST017 Coffee Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST017 coffee table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: W 119 x D 57,5 x H 43 cm. Materials: Patagonia marble. Weight: 85 kg. This coffee table is entirely made of Patagonia marble slabs,...
Marble
$2,569 / item
SST007 Coffee Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST007 Coffee table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D70 x H44 cm Materials: marbles Marble top: Grigio Orobico Marble base: Marquina Emperador Dark Calacatta Oro Rosa Egeo Traverti...
Marble
$39,025 / item
Next Coffee Table by Verena Brausch
Located in Geneve, CH
Next Coffee Table by Verena Brausch Limited Edition of 12 Dimensions: D 100 x W 130 x H 34 cm. Materials: Marquina Unito marble. Verena Brausch brings new energy and singularity of ...
Marble
$1,047 / item
Rond Coffee Table by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Rond coffee table by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 75 x H 45 cm Materials: birch wood. Available in other colors and 2 sizes: D100cm, D75cm. Rond is a coffee table made in sol...
Birch
$1,867 / item
Whale Coffee Table M by SNOC
Located in Geneve, CH
Whale Coffee Table M by SNOC Dimensions: W 72 x D 72 x H 36 cm. Materials: Sandstone. The Whale-ash Collection features an elegant and robust design style inspired by the form of ...
Sandstone
$2,546 / item
Whale Coffee Table L by SNOC
Located in Geneve, CH
Whale Coffee Table M by SNOC Dimensions: W 100 x D 100 x H 36 cm. Materials: Sandstone. The Whale-ash Collection features an elegant and robust design style inspired by the form o...
Sandstone
$1,713Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Design Reverse Pyramid Coffee Table
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Postmodern Design 'Reverse Pyramid' Square Coffee Table. Made in the 1980's. Wood reverse pyramid shape with steps on the inside. Black glass on the bottom and clear glass on top. A ...
Glass, Wood
$4,318 / item
PLINTH Base Coffee Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
PLINTH Base Coffee Table by Donatas Zukauskas. Dimensions: W 65 x L 106 x H 42 cm. Materials: Handcrafted mineral composite, varnished with a high-quality matte varnish. PLINTH is a...
Composition, Other
$7,114 / item
Ray Coffee Table 100 by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Ray Coffee Table 100 by DUISTT Dimensions: D 100 x H 35 cm Materials: Nero Marquina Marble and Bronze RAY coffee table is a combination of elegance and versatility. Its three delica...
Marble, Bronze
$3,307 / item
Element Coffee Table by Idaaf Architects
Located in Geneve, CH
Element Coffee Table by Idaaf Architects Dimensions: W 120 x D 90 x H 35 cm Materials: Century Old Oak Made of solid oak, this coffee table is one of the pieces of the ‘Element’ col...
Oak
$1,284 / item
Flat Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Flat Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 80 x D 80 x H 25 cm Materials: Base: Veneer, Top: Clear glass 8mm. With the intention of providing good taste and personality, Do...
Glass, Wood
$1,844 / item
White Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
White Coffee Table by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 140 x D 95 x H 34 cm Materials: Base: Paint, Seat: Fabric, Top: Veneer. With the intention of providing good taste and personalit...
Wood, Fabric
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.