SIZZLE 3 Pod Table
By Wendell Castle Collection
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sculptural statement piece, this custom Sizzle 3 Pod Cocktail Table by A. Rudin blends artistry
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
SIZZLE 3 Pod Table
By Wendell Castle Collection
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sculptural statement piece, this custom Sizzle 3 Pod Cocktail Table by A. Rudin blends artistry
Wood, Lacquer
Wendell Castle "Sizzle" Coffee Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in Astoria, NY
Wendell Castle "Sizzle" Coffee Table Fiberglass Coffee Table, manufactured by Dennis Miller
Fiberglass, Wood
Wendell Castle Large 'Sizzle' Four Pod Biomorphic Coffee Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
signature Modern Organic style. This coffee table is known as his Sizzle table and has a biomorphic shape
Epoxy Resin, Fiberglass, Hardwood
Wendell Castle 3 pod Sizzle Coffee Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
The Sizzle cocktail table is as much sculpture as it is designer furniture. The unique three-way
Large Wendell Castle "Sizzle" 4-Pod Coffee Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in Stamford, CT
A large Wendell Castle "Sizzle" 4-pod coffee table of lacquer over fiberglass with cerused oak top.
Sexy Faux Horn and Lucite Rectangular Mid Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Super glamorous Mid-Century Modern rectangular glass coffee table having a sizzling hot faux Horn
Horn, Glass, Lucite
Wendell Castle Collection Sizzle Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in New York, NY
With ebonized book-matched walnut veneered top and off white lacquered base. Provenance: Dennis Miller Associates, New York, NY.
Lacquer, Walnut
Wendell Castle "Sizzle" Coffee Table in Macassar Ebony
By Wendell Castle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
"Sizzle" table, it was offered in various finishes and colors, as well as a two leaf version.Ours is in
Wendell Castle "sizzle" Cocktail Table
Located in Cathedral City, CA
The Sizzle cocktail table is as much sculpture as it is designer furniture. The unique three-way
Wendell Castle 3 Pod Sizzle Coffee Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The Sizzle cocktail table is as much sculpture as it is designer furniture. The unique three-way
Wood
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.”
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