Scrolled Pencil Bamboo Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Italian coffee table from the 1970s composed of tightly wrapped pencil bamboo over a
Bamboo
Stone Bronze Isola 500 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Isola 500 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 50 x H 45 cm Materials: black
Bronze
Stone Bronze Isola 800 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Isola 800 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 80 x H 30 cm Materials: black
Bronze
Coccodrillo Bronze Isola 500 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Coccodrillo Bronze Isola 500 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 50 x H 45 cm Materials: black
Bronze
Stone Bronze Isola 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Isola 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 60 x H 35 cm Materials: black
Bronze
Coccodrillo Bronze Isola 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Coccodrillo Bronze Isola 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 60 x H 35 cm Materials: black
Bronze
Coccodrillo Bronze Isola 800 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Coccodrillo Bronze Isola 800 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 80 x H 30 cm Materials: black
Bronze
Stone Bronze Fungo 700 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Fungo 700 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 70 x H 52 cm Materials: bronze
Bronze
Bronze Crocodile Fungo 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze Crocodile Fungo 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 60 x H 32 cm Materials: black
Bronze
Concentric Gold Isola 500 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Concentric Gold Isola 500 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 50 x H 45 cm Materials: gold
Bronze
Concentric Gold Isola 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Concentric Gold Isola 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 60 x H 35 cm Materials: gold
Bronze
Sadin Coffee Table by KV Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Sadin Coffee Table by KV Design One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 70 x W 130 x H 50 cm. Materials: Walnut
Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
Brownie Coffee Table by KV Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Brownie Coffee Table by KV Design One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 60 x W 70 x H 44 cm. Materials
Metal
Gochelo Coffee Table by KV Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Gochelo Coffee Table by KV Design One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 50/70 x W 140 x H 45 cm. Materials
Metal
Indonesia Coffee Table by KV Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Indonesia Coffee Table by KV Design One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 85 x W 110 x H 45 cm. Materials
Metal
Kai Coffee Table by KV Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Kai Coffee Table by KV Design One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 52 x W 100 x H 42 cm. Materials: Walnut
Metal
Esche Coffee Table by KV Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Esche Coffee Table by KV Design One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 56 x W 107 x H 47 cm. Materials: Ash
Wood, Epoxy Resin, Ash
Hype Coffee Table by KV Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Hype Coffee Table by KV Design One Of A Kind Dimensions: D 50 x W 100 x H 44 cm. Materials: Walnut
Metal
Atlas Coffee Table by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Atlas Coffee Table by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 8 + 2 A.P. Pieces Designer: Hillsideout
Bronze
Stone Bronze Roma 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Roma 600 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 60 x H 47 cm Materials: Bronze
Bronze
Paola Piva style Coffee Table Italy 1980s
By Paolo Piva
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Paolo Piva style coffee table . Thick Glass top . Black Steel Wire frame . adjustable
Steel
N2 Coffee Table by Aaron Scott
By Aaron Scott Design
Located in Geneve, CH
N2 coffee table by Aaron Scott Dimensions: D 122 x W 122 x H 41 cm Materials: bleached cherry
Glass, Cherry
Loch Coffee Table by Aaron Scott
By Aaron Scott Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Loch coffee table by Aaron Scott Dimensions: D 137.5 x W 137.5 x H 36 cm Materials: atlantic
Glass, Cedar
N3 Coffee Table by Aaron Scott
By Aaron Scott Design
Located in Geneve, CH
N3 Coffee Table by Aaron Scott Dimensions: D 122 x W 122 x H 41 cm Materials: Walnut, Glass
Glass, Walnut
Stone Bronze Monolite 5050 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Monolite 5050 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 38 cm Materials
Bronze
Stone Bronze Monolite 100100 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Monolite 100100 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 100 x D 100 x H 23 cm
Bronze
Stone Bronze Monolite 60125 Coffee Table by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Bronze Monolite 60125 Coffee Table by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 125 x D 60 x H 23 cm Materials
Bronze
Utterö Walnut Coffee Table by Studio TOOJ
Located in Geneve, CH
Utterö Walnut Coffee Table by Studio TOOJ Designed by Johan Wilén Dimensions: D 110 x H 36 cm
Walnut
Utterö Mahogany Coffee Table by Studio TOOJ
Located in Geneve, CH
Utterö Mahogany Coffee Table by Studio TOOJ Designed by Johan Wilén Dimensions: D 110 x H 36 cm
Mahogany
Wave Coffee Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Wave Coffee Table by Kasanai Dimensions: D 72 x W 55 x H 46 cm. Materials: Oak, mixed material
Concrete
Rec Goatskin Coffee Table by Palena Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Rec Goatskin Coffee Table by Palena Furniture Dimensions: W 129.54 x D 99.06 x H 36.83 cm Materials
Bronze, Other
Block Coffee Table by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Block Coffee Table by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 100 x W 100 x H 30 cm. Materials: MDF, painted rye
Other, Brass
Gray Coffee Table by Donatas Zukauskas
By Donatas Žukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Gray Coffee Table by Donatas Zukauskas Dimensions: D 42 x W 45 x H 43 cm. Materials: Concrete, wood
Concrete, Other
Medium Baguette Coffee Table by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Baguette Coffee Table by Morica Design Dimensions: D 40 x W 120 x H 34 cm. Materials
Metal
Playful Pop Art "Footsie" Coffee Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This 1980s Pop Art "Footsie" coffee table features four elegantly arched mannequin legs supporting
Steel
Spin 01 Black Coffee Table by Oito
Located in Geneve, CH
Spin 01 Black coffee table by Oito Dimensions: D41x W41 x H68 cm Materials: Powder coated steel
Steel
Spin 01 Red Coffee Table by Oito
Located in Geneve, CH
Spin 01 Red Coffee Table by Oito Dimensions: D41x W41 x H68 cm Materials: Powder coated steel
Steel
Spin 02 White Coffee Table by Oito
Located in Geneve, CH
Spin 02 White coffee table by Oito Dimensions: D 41x W 73 x H 75 cm Materials: Powder coated
Steel
Spin 02 Red Coffee Table by Oito
Located in Geneve, CH
Spin 02 Red Coffee Table by Oito Dimensions: D41x W73 x H75 cm Materials: Powder coated steel
Steel
Spin 02 Black Coffee Table by Oito
Located in Geneve, CH
Spin 02 Black Coffee Table by Oito Dimensions: D41x W73 x H75 cm Materials: Powder coated steel
Steel
Erode Coffee Table by Aaron Scott
By Aaron Scott Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Erode Coffee Table by Aaron Scott Dimensions: Ø 91.5 x H 30.5 cm Materials: White oak and glass
Glass, Oak
Medium Champignon Coffee Table by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Champignon Coffee Table by Morica Design Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 42 cm. Materials
Marble
Large Champignon Coffee Table by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Champignon Coffee Table by Morica Design Dimensions: D 70 x W 70 x H 36 cm. Materials: Laguna
Marble
SST013-1 Coffee Table by Stone Stackers
Located in Geneve, CH
SST013-1 coffee table by Stone Stackers Dimensions: D 36 x W 44.5 x H 55 cm Materials: Eramosa
Marble
Simone Coffee Table by Studio Gaia Paris
Located in Geneve, CH
Simone Coffee Table by Studio Gaia Paris Dimensions: ⌀ 80 x H 38 cm Materials: White Onyx and
Onyx, Travertine
Quarry Zebrano Wood Coffee Table by Andrea Giomi
Located in Geneve, CH
Quarry Zebrano Wood Coffee Table by Andrea Giomi Dimensions: D 37 x W 35 x H 31 cm Materials
Wood
Pewter Coffee Table by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Pewter coffee table by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 61 x W 91.5 x H 20.3 cm Materials: pewter on
Steel, Pewter
Console Coffee Table by Konstantin Achkov
Located in Geneve, CH
Console Coffee Table by Konstantin Achkov Limited Edition Dimensions: D 90 x W 39 x H 38 cm
Stainless Steel
Rectangular coffee table by Gangso– Denmark 1973
By Gangsø Møbler
Located in Girona, Girona
Rectangular coffee table with mahogany veneer and 4 removable legs, top with mahogany frame and 18
Ceramic, Mahogany
Object 031 Coffee Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 031 coffee table by NG Design Dimensions: D60 x W60 x H40 cm Materials: Powder coated
Steel
Concrete Pigalle Coffee Table M by SNOC
Located in Geneve, CH
Concrete Pigalle Coffee Table M by SNOC Dimensions: W 80 x H 38 cm. Materials: Concrete. Pigalle
Concrete
Concrete Pigalle Coffee Table S by SNOC
Located in Geneve, CH
Concrete Pigalle Coffee Table S by SNOC Dimensions: W 40 x H 50 cm. Materials: Concrete. Pigalle
Concrete
Whirpool Coffee Table by Olexandr Pinchuk
Located in Geneve, CH
Whirpool Coffee Table by Olexandr Pinchuk Dimensions: D 110 x H 35 cm. Materials: Wood, iron, oil
Iron
Mio Coffee Table 90 by Thorup Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Mio Coffee Table 90 by Thorup Copenhagen Dimensions: D 90 x H 37.5 cm. Materials: Stained oak
Oak
Mio Coffee Table 90 by Thorup Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Mio Coffee Table 90 by Thorup Copenhagen Dimensions: D 90 x H 37.5 cm. Materials: Oiled oak
Oak
Una Coffee Table by Giacomo Tomazzi Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Una Coffee Table by Giacomo Tomazzi Studio Dimensions: W 110 x D 110 x H 25 cm Materials: Wood
Wood
Object 012 Coffee Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 012 Coffee Table by NG Design Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H40 cm Materials: Powder coated steel
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.