Mid-Century Modern Mengel Limed & Cerused Oak Telephone Bench by Raymond Lowey
By Raymond Lowey, Mengel Furniture Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
And it is beautifully finished all around so it can float in any room of your home. This telephone bench or “gossip bench” as they used to call it, is a MUST HAVE for a small entry w...
Metal
$611Sale Price|20% Off
French Telephone Bench-Red Love Seat-Gossip Bench - Style Louis XV - 70s
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
French Vintage Telephone Bench - Love Seat from the 70s. Lovely designed Telephone Bench with spacious storage compartment Walnut Wood- Solidly constructed - beautifully upholstered ...
Fabric, Cotton, Wood, Walnut, Velvet
Antique Victorian Eastlake Walnut Ball & Stick Settee Loveseat Corner Chair 34"
Located in Dayton, OH
This unique antique walnut parlor Settee or loveseat also known as a gossip bench, telephone chair or corner chair, blends striking late Victorian style with functional novelty design.
Fabric, Walnut
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H 32.68 in W 36.62 in D 16.93 in
Italian Telephone Gossip Bench - C. Savino Chaise Lounge-Style Louis XV - 60s
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
Italian Vintage Telephone Bench - Love Seat made by C.Savino in the 60s. Lovely designed Telephone Bench with spacious storage compartment Beautifully quilted cushions in mustard-gol...
Metal
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H 21.88 in W 33.75 in D 14.38 in
Chippy Heath Telephone Seat Mid-Century Modern Teak Gossip Bench
By Chippy Heath, Vinde Møbelfabrik, Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Chippy telephone seat Mid-Century Modern gossip bench, made in England.
Teak
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H 27 in W 33.5 in D 17.5 in
Mid Century George B Bent Maple Telephone Phone Gossip Bench Seat 34"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid to early 20th century George B Bent Co Inc telephone bench. Made of Hard Rock Maple featuring Colonial and early American styling with a slat back seat next to a two tiered tray...
Fabric, Maple
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H 33.86 in W 37.01 in D 16.93 in
French Telephone Bench-Love Seat-Gossip Bench - Style Louis XV - 70s
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
French Telephone Bench - Gossip Bench-Love Seat from the 70s.
Fabric, Cotton, Wood, Walnut
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H 43.31 in W 55.12 in D 23.63 in
Original Hand Carved Mahogany Victorian Telephone or Gossip Bench, Bergere
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
Original Hand Carved Mahogany Victorian Telephone or Gossip Bench, Bergere Backing and armrest rest.
Bouclé, Mahogany
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H 17 in W 38 in D 17 in
Italian Neoclassical Iron Glass Telephone Stand Gossip Bench Swivel Seat Stool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian neoclassical iron and glass telephone stand gossip bench with swivel seat. Item features round swivel seat, heavy wrought iron frame, white vitrolite glass top, quali...
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Walnut Gossip Bench by Plycraft
By Plycraft
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern gossip bench with telephone table manufactured by Plycraft circa 1960's.
Walnut
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H 26 in W 31 in L 26 in
Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Gossip / Telephone / Entrance Bench / Table
Located in Victoria, BC
This versatile piece works wonderfully at an entrance, or as a stylish accent to any room. It features solid teak legs with brass feet, solid wood dovetailed drawer fronts, and is in...
Brass
Post Modern Chair w/ Attached Telephone Table
Located in Miami, FL
This imaginative and rare chair has the desired and attached telephone table. In true gossip bench style everyone will love.
Gossip Bench Telephone Table Black Spindle Back Copper Accents
Located in Pataskala, OH
It features a spindle back. Did you have a telephone table? Growing up our gossip bench sat just inside the front door and was almost always in use by one of my older sister as th...
Wood
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