Handcrafted English Oak Ziggurat End Table Nightstands by SUM Furniture
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
This versatile design can be used as a nightstand, end table, or side table, and can also be commissioned to bespoke dimensions as a coffee table, sofa table, or console table.
Brass
Kitchen Island in Stainless Steel and Bronze with Calcutta Oro Marble
Located in Highwood, IL
You can spec your own dimensions, as well as shelf material and top surface. The same style of our kitchen island can also be configured as a coffee or dining table, as well as a boo...
Marble, Bronze, Stainless Steel
Cesare Lacca Brass and Burgundy Lacquered Wood Bar Cart, Italy, 1950s
By (After) Gio Ponti, Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career, which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today, as well as magazine racks...
Brass
French Cherry You and Me Nightstands with Drawers and Open Shelf, 1960s, Set of
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant pair of coffee tables or bedside tables in antique 1960s Louis XV style, fine walnut.
Cherry
Cesare Lacca Midcentury Wood and Glass Italian Trolley Bar Cart, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career—which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today—as well as magazine racks a...
Brass
French Louis XV Style Nightstands in Walnut with Drawer and Open Self, 1960s, Se
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant pair of coffee tables or bedside tables in antique Louis XV style from the 1960s, rare and fine in walnut.
Walnut
Walnut Solid Wood Low Bookcase Storage with Open Back and Thick Shelves
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
Be creative and use it as a low bookshelf or sideboard or flexible coffee table with storage. The subdued, naturally dark wood palette is key for an organic oasis.
Wood
Mid-Century French Carved Walnut Root Vide-Poche Bowl Signed Delaporte
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining table, console, or coffee table with this sculptural antique French centerpiece bowl, crafted circa 1950.
Walnut
19th Century French Silver-Plated Coffee Pot in Napoleon III Style
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant 19th century silver-plated coffee pot is a fine example of French tableware craftsmanship from the Napoleon III period. Gracefully proportioned, it features a bulbous b...
Silver Plate
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1980s Bookshelf, Walnut and Black Satin Lacquer, Sormani, Italy
Located in Arosio, IT
It is ideal to contain coffee table and large art books. Internal display: from bottom to top, the spaces are 41.4 - 62.2 - 41.4 - 41.4 in height (1.36 and 2.04 ft), with - One ...
Wood, Walnut
French Oak Nightstands with 2 Drawers, 1890s, Set of 2
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant pair of coffee tables or bedside tables in antique Louis XV style from the 1890s, rare and fine in oak wood. This pair of nightstands have particularly thin legs. In the fron...
Walnut
Modern Lage Burnished Brass and Oak Bookcase, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
The shelves are crafted from American oak veneer, stained in brown walnut with open-pore and a matte varnish, while the main shelf stands out in brushed and burnished antique brass w...
Metal, Brass, Steel
Murano Sommerso Starfish Art Glass Bowl in Pink and Amber, Attributed to Seguso
By Alessandro Mandruzzato, Seguso, Flavio Poli
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Equally appealing as a decorative bowl or a standalone glass sculpture, this piece makes a distinctive focal point on a console, coffee table, or display shelf. Its organic form and ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
Architectural Handcrafted English Oak Ziggurat Nightstand by SUM Furniture
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
This versatile design can be used as a nightstand, end table, or side table, and can also be commissioned to bespoke dimensions as a coffee table, sofa table, or console table.
Brass
Architectural Handcrafted Oak Ziggurat Nightstands by SUM Furniture, Pair
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
This versatile design can be used as a nightstand, end table, or side table, and can also be commissioned to bespoke dimensions as a coffee table, sofa table, or console table.
Brass
Liquor trolley by Cesare Lacca - brass and rosewood
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Antwerp, BE
Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career, which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today, as well as magazine racks...
Brass
Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern Wood Magazine Rack and Bar Cart, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Roma, IT
Lacca designed a great many tea carts and serving trolleys in his career—which make up a large proportion of what is available on the vintage market today—as well as magazine racks a...
Brass
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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Fans of the French film star may be surprised to learn that he had a flair for furniture with sleek lines and disco-era flash.
Like other pieces in the firm’s Candy Box collection, the cheerful limited-edition design showcases French craft.
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.
From his massive collaborative workshop in a former paper factory, the designer concocts funky furniture from disused materials, as well as luxe hotel interiors like the new Mix Brussels.
The designer’s innovative use of an unexpected material gives this console a lift.
The stately piece brings both gravitas and whimsy to any work space.
Use them as tables or stools, indoors or out.