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Saporiti Italian Postmodern Coffee Table w. Green Lacquered Bird's-Eye Maple Top
By Saporiti
Located in New York, NY
A round, green lacquered bird's-eye maple coffee table by Saporiti, produced in Italy circa 1980s, set above a smaller circular steel base. Good condition, consistent with age and us...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
H 15.5 in. Dm 39 in.
Plaster Postmodern Coffee Table, 1970
By John Dickinson
Located in Chicago, IL
Plaster postmodern coffee table, 1970.
Category
Vintage 1970s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plaster
Plaster Postmodern Coffee Table, 1970
By John Dickinson
Located in Chicago, IL
Plaster postmodern coffee table, 1970. Plaster column round legs and top with rounded corners.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Center Tables
Materials
Plaster
Triangular Postmodern Coffee Table in French Elm
By Giovanni Michelucci
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian Postmodern coffee table in French elm
Huuuge piece with a width of almost 8 ft. on the longest side.
A very versatile coffee table for interior design purposes.
The qual...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm
Massive Lacquered Postmodern Coffee Table
By Willy Rizzo
Located in New York, NY
Ginormous lacquered coffee table having a floating square top which rests on a lower square plinth base.
The table is in very good, original condition, showing only a couple of inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lacquer
1980s Postmodern Coffee Table Memphis Style
Located in Brescia, IT
Enameled metal frame with wood feet
Crystal top.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Postmodern Coffee Table by Kaiser Newman
By Kaiser Newman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This terrific coffee table designed and built by Philadelphia furniture legend Bruce Kaiser uses an unusual combination of metals and ceramics. This is a 42" top with 1" glass.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Minimalist Postmodern Coffee Table Att. to Saporiti
By Saporiti
Located in New York, NY
Chic architectural coffee table attributed to Saporiti. This sophisticated table is constructed of painted steel, it is square with angle corner legs. Very heavy and well constructed...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Jonathan Bonner Granite Postmodern Coffee Table, circa 1980, Signed
By Judy Kensley McKie, Jonathan Bonner
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...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Granite, Aluminum
Postmodern Coffee Table Grillo Designed by Vittorio Livi for Fiam Italia
By Vittorio Livi, FIAM
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Wonderfully shaped occasional or cocktail table designed by the founder of Italian glass design specialist Fiam Italia: Vittorio Livi. The table is almost too pretty to put anything ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
H 24.41 in. W 20.87 in. D 15.36 in.
Original Verdigris and Bronze Metal Postmodern Coffee Table by Steve Chase
By Steve Chase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
I have collected Steve Chase furniture for many years now (18 yrs plus) and this is the most spectacular coffee table of his I have seen. It was made for a 3,000,000 Rancho Mirage Es...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
H 16 in. W 58 in. D 58 in.
Postmodern Brushed Brass and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Architecturally inspired Postmodern coffee table constructed of solid brushed brass inward angle legs and floating U-shaped flat bar supports. Well made and heavy, with half-inch thi...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Custom Postmodern Square Coffee Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
Designer: Unknown- custom made/special order from the 1980s
Manufacture: Unknown
Period/style: Postmodern
Country: US
Date: 1980s
This is part of a 5 piece living room ensem...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Laminate
Postmodern Custom Square Coffee Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
Designer: Unkown- custom made/special order from the 1980s
Manufacture: unknown
Period/style: Postmodern Country: US
Date: 1980s
This is part of a 5 piece living room ensem...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Laminate
Postmodern Bellato Adjustable Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Glass and steel adjustable coffee or cocktail table. The tables are set about 1 inch apart in height and can be adjusted side to side. Bellato, 1980s.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
1980s Postmodern Memphis Group Coffee Table
Located in Berlin, DE
This couch table was designed and built in the mid-1980s in Italy.
It is made out of different plastic materials and metal.
The legs can be screw-on.
The top has got a small scrat...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Memphis Group Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Postmodern Rougier Sculptural Coffee Table, 1980s
By Roger Rougier
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Rougier sculptural coffee table, 1980s
Offered for sale is a vintage 1980s Postmodern Rougier coffee table created in a unique sculptural shape. The top is su...
Category
Vintage 1980s Canadian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Postmodern Italian Handkerchief Crystal Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Cerignola, Puglia
Crystal table handkerchief made in Italy in the 1980s, probably by Fiam.
Measurements of the top 102 x 62 cm.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Crystal
Postmodern Marble Coffee Table by Ronald Schmitt
By Ronald Schmitt
Located in Antwerp, BE
White marble and glass coffee table, Model K1000, by Team Form for Ronald Schmitt
Germany 1980s.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Postmodern Two-Tiered Extendable Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
A post modern coffee table with jet black lacquered drum bases with a silver leafed biomorphic table top cut into the side and supported, complete with a rotating circular glass tier...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Silver Leaf
Large Baker Postmodern Five-Leg Coffee Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautifully executed round Art Deco revival coffee table by Baker Furniture features mahogany and burled woods, with square column legs. Black lacquered capitals and sabots.
Category
Late 20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Pool Table by Another Human, Postmodern Acrylic Coffee Table
By Another Human
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by the endless summer, pool party culture that is often associated with Los Angeles, the pool table and Jacuzzi table are a playful experiment in form and materiality. The w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail T...
Materials
Acrylic, Foam
Postmodern Round Chrome Coffee Table After Paul Evans
By Karl Springer, Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman, Paul Evans
Located in Framingham, MA
Rare Postmodern 1980's Chrome segmented coffee table attributed to Paul Evans or possibly Karl Springer. I am not 100% sure but I came across this table in 2012 at a high end estate ...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Postmodern Pieter De Bruyne Coffee Table, Belgium, 1965
By Pieter De Bruyne
Located in Ghent, BE
Exclusive coffee table designed by Pieter De Bruyne. The table dates from 1965, and has been produced in a very limited edition.
This table is made of Padauk wood, a part of the str...
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Padouk
Postmodern Steel and Glass Coffee or Cocktail Table
By Design Institute America, Kaizo Oto
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern coffee or cocktail table with a Steampunk mechanical quality, comprised of steel armature base and a sandblasted chiseled edge glass top, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Postmodern Oak and Steel Coffee or Cocktail Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern block coffee or cocktail table rendered in white oak and steel, in the style of Milo Baughman, 1990s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mario Bellini Inspired Postmodern Square Italian Travertine Coffee Table
By Mario Bellini, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Houston, TX
Mario Bellini inspired postmodern square Italian travertine coffee table or cocktail table. This stunning well made Italian travertine coffee table has an interesting chamfered edge ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
H 17.25 in. W 48 in. D 48 in.
Contemporary Postmodern Dialogica Rectangular Coffee Table Glass Top, 1990s
By Dialogica
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a gorgeous, rectangular coffee table, with a glass top, by Dialogica, circa the 1990s. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 60" L x 42" D x 16.5" H.
Category
1990s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
H 16.5 in. W 60 in. D 42 in.
ETC.etera x Another Human Block Coffee Table, Contemporary, Postmodern
By Another Human
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This one of a kind coffee table is a collaboration between Los Angeles design firms ETC.etera and Another Human. The two studios adapted ETC.etera's block coffee table using new mate...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Acrylic, Lacquer
Brutalist Brass Spiked Custom Round Postmodern Black Coffee Table
By Paul Evans, Reeves Design + Art
Located in Houston, TX
A bold and functional piece of art for your room. This custom round coffee table features over 200 solid brass spikes spread across the top. Solid white washed oak legs protrude thro...
Category
2010s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Unique Postmodern Steel and Glass Coffee or Cocktail Table
By Maria Pergay, Memphis Group
Located in Miami, FL
Artist made one of a kind cut steel and glass sculptural coffee or cocktail table.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
1980s Italian Postmodern Modular Coffee and Nesting Tables, in Travertine
Located in DELRAY BEACH, FL
Gorgeous set of modular travertine tables. Authentic Italian design and marble from the late 20th century. Travertine has beautiful figures and veining throughout.
Three separate...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine, Marble
H 18.5 in. W 23.5 in. D 27.75 in.
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia Postmodern Freeform Coffee Table, 1980s
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional postmodern free form coffee table
By Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia
Italy, 1980s
Red lacquered tiger maple top, with tubular metal legs.
Measures: 53...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
H 11.75 in. W 53 in. D 34 in.
Memphis Style 1980s Figure Glass and Metal Coffee Table Postmodern
By Memphis Milano
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Memphis Milano style 1980s figure glass and metal coffee table. Welded metal female figure with long hair bent over holding up an oval glass top. No label or Mfg. Post-modern circa 1...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Industrial Lighted Coffee Table in Brushed Aluminum and Acrylic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This coffee table from the 1970s has an acrylic top with a brushed aluminum cylindrical base. There is a single lightbulb located in the top.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
1980s Postmodern Black Lacquer and Glass Geometric Square Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful Postmodern European 1980s geometric square coffee or cocktail table in black lacquer with glass top, circa 1980s Europe. Glass top has beveled edge and is 'inset' in...
Category
Vintage 1980s European Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 16.25 in. W 33.38 in. D 33.38 in.
Postmodern Architectural Root Veneer Coffee Table Desk Arch. Wieser, Vienna
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Postmodern architectural coffee table desk
Arch. Wieser, Vienna, 1980
Architect Wieser made is adjuration by Viennese Professor Roland Rainer in Vienna, 1970.
Maple root veneer, l...
Category
Vintage 1980s Austrian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 18.12 in. W 63 in. D 27.17 in.
Postmodern White Laminate Metal Coffee Table End Table Casters Style Brian Kane
By Brian Kane
Located in Topeka, KS
Stylish Postmodern white laminate rolling low coffee table or end table on casters in the style of Brian Kane’s rubber armchairs for Metropolitan. Comprised of maple plywood with whi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
H 12.25 in. W 29.75 in. D 29.75 in.
Ettore Sottsass Style Postmodern Crystal and Lacquered Wood Coffee Table, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Cerignola, Puglia
Coffee table in black lacquered wood and thick glass top, Ettore Sottsass style.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Crystal
H 11.82 in. W 39.38 in. D 39.38 in.
1970 Italy Postmodern Rectangular Black Wooden Top Coffee Table by Delagneau
By Jean Claude Delagneau
Located in Brescia, IT
This original coffee table was designed by the French artist Jean-Claude Delagneau, Italy based. The title is "Suspance". The tabletop seems to float over the cubes brushed steel fee...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
H 11.82 in. W 55.12 in. D 29.53 in.
Postmodern Granite and Black Tubular Steel Base Coffee or Side Tables, a Pair
By Sottsass Associati
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of postmodern black powder-coated V-shaped tubular steel base tables with solid granite marble tops from the 1980s. Can be arranged in a multitude of variations: side tables, co...
Category
Vintage 1980s Unknown Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Granite, Metal
H 15.75 in. W 26 in. D 49.25 in.
Dramatic Postmodern Glass Coffee Table Four Spheres on Pyramid Wood Base 1970s
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in National City, CA
Coffee Table
Postmodern coffee cocktail table dramatic presentation Four Spheres on Pyramid Mahogany wood mount base. Spheres are mahogany wood covered in black gloss.
Measures: 14.7...
Category
Vintage 1970s European Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Paint, Glass, Wood
H 14.75 in. W 42 in. D 42 in.
Postmodern Glass Coffee Table Tango by Fabio Di Bartolomei for Fiam Italia
By FIAM, Fabio Di Bartolomei
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Rare coffee table tango was designed in 1996 by Fabio di Bartolomei for Italian glass specialist Fiam Italia. The table has a glass top surface combined with four silver colored wood...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 15.56 in. W 51.58 in. D 26.78 in.
Postmodern Fabio Di Bartolomei Curved Glass Coffee Table "Tango" by Fiam Italia
By FIAM, Fabio Di Bartolomei
Located in Cerignola, Puglia
This coffee table was designed in 1996 by Fabio di Bartolomei for the Italian glass specialist Fiam Italia. The table has a curved glass top and four wooden legs.
No longer in produ...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
H 14.97 in. W 43.31 in. D 23.63 in.
Postmodern Brass and Smoked Glass Coffee Table in the Style of Romeo Rega, Italy
By Romeo Rega
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Italy, 1970s.
It is made in smoked glass and brass and features mirrored edges.
This coffee table might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as i...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
H 18.12 in. W 21.66 in. D 20.87 in.
Pair of Steel Cocktail/ End Ribbon Tables Postmodern
Located in San Diego, CA
Great and rare custom made end tables circa 1980s made in San Diego California, we have freshly sandblasted and powder coated them in yellow, these pair of tables can be used indoors...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Roche Bobois Postmodern Three-Tier Swivel Cocktail Table
By Roche Bobois
Located in East Hampton, NY
Postmodern Memphis style - very heavy and well made. Swivel mechanisms work perfectly and opens to a VERY large table surface area (see detail images). Black and white high gloss lac...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Midcentury Italian Postmodern Sculptural Bent Acrylic Cocktail Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An impressive molded resin coffee table from the 1970s. It features a marble swirled white acrylic resin sheet, sculpted into a modern form table.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Acrylic, Resin
Postmodern Minimalist Oak and Plaster Dining Table Base
By Sirmos, John Dickinson
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Great Postmodern dining table base constructed of oak and stucco. A great Minimalist design, perfect for a small dining space or nook. Would also make a great store fixture.
Table...
Category
Late 20th Century Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plaster
Italian Postmodern Smaller Scale Marble and Glass Square Cocktail Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This cocktail table is so architectural and modern, made in Italy, circa 1990s. It’s constructed of thick slabs of marble and clear glass. Very clean and ready for immediate use.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Midcentury Postmodern Triangular Lucite and Glass Cocktail Table with Pedestals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A super neat design from the 1980s. This table features three solid acrylic pedestals with a light blush pink color, and a floating piece of triangular glass.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Acrylic, Lucite
H 17.25 in. W 62.5 in. D 36 in.
Postmodern Smoked Chrome and Glass Cocktail Tables by DIA, ca. 1990s, Set of 2
By Design Institute America
Located in New York, NY
A chic set of two (2) designer 1990s Post-Modern 'smoked' chrome round bi-level cocktail/coffee tables with cylindrical legs and beveled clear glass tops. Designed by the Design Inst...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
H 16.25 in. Dm 25.5 in.
Postmodern Neoclassical Brass & Smoke Glass Coffee Table
By Willy Rizzo
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible anodized aluminum with brass finish and chrome trim coffee table with smoke glass top, circa 1970's very clean condition concave legs rare piece.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Center Tables
Materials
Aluminum
1980s Postmodern Italian Modern Blue, Silver, Black Memphis Group Coffee Table
Located in Berlin, DE
This couch table was designed and built in the mid-1980s in Italy.
It is made out of different plastic materials and metal.
A elegant and simple design which fits to antique, vin...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables
Materials
Metal
H 16.93 in. W 27.56 in. D 27.56 in.
Postmodern Cocktail or Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking Postmodern glass top cocktail table, circa 1980s. This sculptural square coffee table is designed of 3/4" glass enveloped and supported on all four corners with custom metal...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Chrome and Brass Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Postmodern chrome and brass coffee table, circa 1970s-1980s. This glamorous artisan crafted cocktail table is designed with a sleek chrome frame contrasted with a polished b...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome, Metal
Vintage Postmodern Marble and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Postmodern glass and marble table with cut green marble legs and beveled glass top. Top slides into groves in the tapered V-shaped legs. Overall good condition with light wear.
Dime...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Postmodern Fiberglass Coffee Table after a Corinthian Capital, Italy, 1965
Located in Quechee, VT
This clever low table is made of molded fiberglass and painted to look like the ruins of an ancient capital from a Corinthian/Ionic mix column. The base measures 24" D x 24" W x 16" ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Fiberglass
H 16.75 in. W 36 in. D 36 in.
Postmodern Glass Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Fontana Arte
By Gae Aulenti, Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
Vintage Tavolino con Ruote coffee table designed by Gae Aulenti for Fontana Arte in the 1980s.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Italian Postmodern Gilded Swivel Coffee Table in the Style of Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Macclesfield, GB
A three-tier 1970s Italian coffee table or side table with two-tier swivel action making a very functional piece of furniture that can be extended or compact. The frame of the table ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
H 16 in. W 23 in. D 23 in.
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Postmodern Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic postmodern coffee table available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, glass and stone, every postmodern coffee table was constructed with great care. Find 102 options for an antique or vintage postmodern coffee table now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect postmodern coffee table — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A postmodern coffee table is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency. FIAM, Fabio Di Bartolomei and Saporiti Italia each produced at least one beautiful postmodern coffee table that is worth considering.
How Much is a Postmodern Coffee Table?
Prices for a postmodern coffee table can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $675 and can go as high as $18,450, while the average can fetch as much as $3,445.
Finding the Right Coffee and Cocktail Tables for You
As a practical centerpiece to your living area, antique and vintage coffee and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.
Low tables that were initially used as tea 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 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 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 style on 1stDibs. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee and cocktail tables today.