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Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 55 wide x 31.5 deep x 16.75 inches
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
H 16.75 in W 55 in D 31.5 in
Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 39.25 wide x 39.25 deep x 15.75
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
H 15.75 in W 39.25 in D 39.25 in
Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 51 wide x 27.75 deep x 16 inches
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
Mid Century Travertine Coffee Table
H 16 in W 51 in D 27.75 in
Mid Century Octagonal Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid Century Octagonal Travertine Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 60 wide x 36 deep x 16
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Large Mid-Century Italian Travertine Coffee Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Spectacular Mid Century coffee table made in Italy from the 1970’s. It has been donde in two
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Chrome

Vintage Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A vintage chrome travertine table from the 1970s, with a heavy steel base.
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage Travertine Coffee Table
Vintage Travertine Coffee Table
H 19.69 in W 47.25 in D 27.56 in
Mid Century Lane Style Walnut Coffee Table with Travertine Inserts
By Lane Furniture
Located in Doylestown, PA
Great mid-century walnut coffee table with travertine inserts, styled after Lane. The table
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail T...

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Travertine

Vintage Italian Travertine Coffee Tables
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage Italian travertine coffee tables designed in Italy, circa 1970s. The exquisite
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage travertine coffee table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rectangular travertine coffee table on a black metal 4 legged base. Beautiful porous travertine
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage travertine coffee table, 1970s
Vintage travertine coffee table, 1970s
H 17.33 in W 39.38 in D 23.63 in
Vintage Italian Travertine Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A stylish and extremely well made vintage Italian travertine coffee table, dating from the 1970’s
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage Italian Travertine Coffee Table
Vintage Italian Travertine Coffee Table
H 15.75 in W 49.22 in D 25.6 in
Vintage travertine coffee table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Gorgeous travertine 'eye' shaped coffee table by Roche Bobois. These tables have been popular
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage travertine coffee table, 1970s
Vintage travertine coffee table, 1970s
H 16.54 in W 45.28 in D 24.41 in
1980s Vintage Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Lovely coffee unfilled travertine coffee table with 4 oval legs which fit into slots on the top for
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid-Century Modern Travertine Stone & Glass Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition, 1 Minor Chip Shown in Pic Materials: Italian Travertine Stone
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid-Century Round Travertine Glass Coffee Table Italy 1970
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Discover Timeless Elegance with our Mid-Century Round Travertine Coffee Table from Italy 1970
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage oval travertine coffee table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Elegant travertine coffee table with an oval knife edged table top resting on a reeded travertine
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage oval travertine coffee table, 1970s
Vintage oval travertine coffee table, 1970s
H 16.15 in W 53.55 in D 30.32 in
Lane Rhythm Mid Century Travertine Top Square Coffee Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Countryside, IL
Lane rhythm mid century travertine top square coffee table This table measures: 28.5 wide x 28.5
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Travertine Cocktail Table
By Artedi
Located in North York, ON
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Travertine Cocktail Table, a stunning piece that effortlessly
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Brass

Mid Century Italian Travertine Coffee Table by Studio A 1970s
By Studio A
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Mid Century Italian Travertine Coffee Table by Studio A, crafted in the 1970s, is a timeless
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Italian mid-century modern Round coffee table in travertine, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Round coffee table in travertine, 1970s Coffee table with round
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage Drexel Walnut & Travertine Coffee Table
By Drexel
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Vintage Drexel Walnut & Travertine Coffee Table. Featuring a straight line
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Brass

Vintage Travertine Nesting Coffee Tables or Side Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, making them perfect for either minimalist side tables or a layered coffee table setup. The travertine
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Travertine

Vintage Travertine Hidden Bar Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage travertine hidden bar coffee table. The two table tops slide open to reveal a storage
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage Travertine Hidden Bar Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage travertine hidden bar coffee table. The two table tops slide open to reveal a storage
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage travertine and chrome coffee table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Timeless travertine coffee table with a chromed base. Beautiful rough travertine stone. Very good
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Chrome

Vintage 1980s Tear Shaped Travertine Coffee Table
Located in London, London
A 1980s teardrop-shaped travertine table. The table's top has a smooth, polished surface showcasing
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage Travertine Coffee Table With Angled Edge 1980s
Located in Chicago, IL
. DIMENSIONS: 39.5ʺW × 39.5ʺD × 17.5ʺH STYLES: Mid-Century ModernModernPostmodern TABLE SHAPE: Square PERIOD
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Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood&Travertine Giuseppe Scapinelli 1954
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in New York, NY
Available today, Giuseppe Scapinelli’s iconic Maracanã coffee table is made of Brazilian Rosewood
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Large travertine coffee table, 1960s
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Large vintage travertine coffee table. Square eye-shaped tray in good condition resting on two
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Mid-20th Century Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Large travertine coffee table, 1960s
Large travertine coffee table, 1960s
H 14.57 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage square travertine coffee table with four legs. Beautiful natural travertine stone. Good
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
H 18.12 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Set of three Vintage Travertine Coffee Tables, 1970s
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Set of 3 Hollywood Regency, vintage design travertine coffee tables or side tables, to be used as a
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage square travertine coffee table with four legs. Beautiful natural travertine stone. Good
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
H 14.57 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
1980s Square travertine coffee table
Located in GENDT, NL
Vintage design coffee table, 1980s. Travertine with metal elements. Table is in a very good
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Vintage 1980s European Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

1980s Square travertine coffee table
1980s Square travertine coffee table
H 15.75 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Monumental Italian Travertine Coffee Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage monumental Italian travertine coffee table designed in Italy, circa 1970s. The combination
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Monumental Italian Travertine Coffee Table
Monumental Italian Travertine Coffee Table
H 16 in W 42.25 in D 42.25 in
Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage travertine coffee table with two triangular reeded bases. Beautiful natural travertine
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
Travertine Coffee Table 1970s, Italy
H 14.18 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Travertine coffee table, italy 70s.
Located in Landgraaf, NL
Travertine coffee table, italy 70s. Solid travertine top and “tripod” base. The top is square with
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Travertine coffee table, italy 70s.
Travertine coffee table, italy 70s.
H 15.16 in W 41.34 in D 41.34 in
Midcentury Italian Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Midcentury Italian Travertine Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 60 wide x 30 deep x 17
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

French Mid-Century Teardrop Travertine Coffee Table in Style of Roche Bobois
By Roche Bobois
Located in Zagreb, HR
A beautiful original 1980s French travertine coffee table, in the style of Roche Bobois. Large
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Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Coffee Table in Travertine, circa 1970
Located in London, GB
A stylish rectangular coffee table in polished Travertine designed in Italy. Period: 1970s. In
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Coffee Table in Travertine, circa 1970
Coffee Table in Travertine, circa 1970
H 18.9 in W 51.19 in D 29.93 in
Mid-Century Modern "Surfboard" Coffee Table with Travertine Stone Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone

Travertine Belgium Midcentury Square Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A travertine coffee table. Belgium, circa 1970s. Particularly pleasing colouring. Good
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Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Modern Low Profile Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
boomerang form marble top with porous surface. Original vintage condition showing minor wear / patina
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Vintage Travertine Square Stone Coffee Table Marble Postmodern MCM Retro Minimal
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Karl Springer, Pace Collection, Milo Baughman, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Vintage 70s Cream Travertine Coffee Table. Vintage Light Cream Travertine Coffee Table. The table
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Vintage 1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Italian Travertine Square Coffee Table 1970's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Modern Italian Design Travertine Square Coffee Table. Made in Italy, 1970's
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Italian Travertine Square Coffee Table 1970's
Italian Travertine Square Coffee Table 1970's
H 13.78 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Travertine Gilt Brass Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Travertine gilt brass square coffee table, 1970s. In the style of Willy Rizzo. The loose tabletop
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Metal, Brass

Travertine Gilt Brass Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
Travertine Gilt Brass Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
H 14.97 in W 47.64 in D 27.56 in
MCM Italian Travertine Marble Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
travertine marble cocktail coffee table The top comes off and there is a large secret compartment inside the
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Italian Travertine Marble & Brass Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Travertine marble & brass cocktail coffee table We have many other similar tables listed separately
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Brass

Walnut Travertine Marble Cocktail Coffee Center Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Italian polished travertine marble cocktail coffee center table The top comes off and there is a large
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Edward Wormley Travertine Coffee Table ~ Model 5574
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
Travertine marble round top coffee table with dark brown lacquered ash wood base accented in brass
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Brass

Up&Up travertine triangle coffee table, Italy 1970s.
By Up & Up
Located in Landgraaf, NL
Up&Up travertine coffee table, Italy 70s. 2 triangle tables with height difference. Place them as
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Large Elm & Travertine Coffee Table, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Large elm & stripped travertine coffee table. The top's frame rests on four legs offset from each
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Travertine Coffee Table With Channeled Base, Spain 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A vintage Spanish coffee table constructed with beautifully veined travertine. This table has a
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Italian Travertine Two-Piece Coffee Table by Stone International
By Stone International, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern Travertine Stone Square Coffee Table Set by Stone International. Made in
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Travertine

Vintage Beech Coffee Table by Paolo Buffa with a Pink Travertine Top
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. This coffee table features a beech frame with brass feet caps and a pink
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Brass

Chrome Aluminium Yellow Travertine George Ciancimino Coffee Table 1975
By Mobilier International, George Ciancimino
Located in Paris, IDF
This chrome, aluminium, and beautiful Italian yellow travertine coffee table is a lovely example of
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Aluminum, Chrome

Italian Midcentury Large Sectional Travertine Marble Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Amazing and beautiful sectional coffee table in organic shape, made in Italy of full Italian
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

1970s Italian Travertine & Brass Square Coffee Cocktail Table Italy
By Mastercraft
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents 1970s Italian Brass Travertine Square Cocktail Coffee Table after Mastercraft
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Brass

Italian Modernist Live Edge Travertine Coffee Table by Stone International
By Stone International
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fantastic vintage Italian modernist travertine coffee table manufactured by Stone International in
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

1960s Low Profile Square Coffee Table Travertine and Mahogany
By Frank Kyle, Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mexican Modernism low profile square coffee table travertine stone top Measures: 42.75 x 42.75 x
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Brass

Expertly Restored - Gio Ponti Sculpted Walnut & Travertine Coffee Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Paul McCobb "Irwin Collection" Travertine Stone Top Coffee Table
By Paul McCobb, Calvin Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paul McCobb "Irwin Collection" Travertine Stone Top Coffee Table
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Brass

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Vintage Midcentury Travertine Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the vintage midcentury travertine coffee table you’re looking for. Frequently made of stone, limestone and travertine, every vintage midcentury travertine coffee table was constructed with great care. There are 405 variations of the antique or vintage vintage midcentury travertine coffee table you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect vintage midcentury travertine coffee table — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right vintage midcentury travertine coffee table, those designed in mid-century modern, modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made vintage midcentury travertine coffee table has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Up & Up, Paul McCobb and Artedi are consistently popular.

How Much is a Vintage Midcentury Travertine Coffee Table?

A vintage midcentury travertine coffee table can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,275, while the lowest priced sells for $195 and the highest can go for as much as $36,900.

A Close Look at mid-century-modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

Finding the Right coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You

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.