$5,600
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 and craftsmanship in a striking, organic form. Designed as much as a work of art as ...
Wood, Lacquer
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.
Wendell Castle "Sizzle" Postmodern Fiberglass and Wood Coffee Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in Astoria, NY
Wendell Castle "Sizzle" Coffee Table Fiberglass Coffee Table, manufactured by Dennis Miller Associates, with gray wood veneer top and gray lacquered base. 16.5" H x 34" W x 20" D.
Fiberglass, Wood
Wendell Castle 3 pod Sizzle Coffee Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
The unique three-way, book-matched veneer modern table top is made only of the highest quality materials by Wendell Castle's top craftspeople.
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" Cocktail Table
Located in Cathedral City, CA
The unique three-way, book-matched veneer modern table top is made only of the highest quality materials by Wendell Castle's top craftspeople.
Wendell Castle "Sizzle" Coffee Table in Macassar Ebony
By Wendell Castle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This fantastic sculptural coffee table is almost too beautiful to place anything on! Dubbed the "Sizzle" table, it was offered in various finishes and colors, as well as a two leaf v...
Wendell Castle 3 Pod Sizzle Coffee Table
By Wendell Castle
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The unique three-way, book-matched veneer modern table top is made only of the highest quality materials by Wendell Castle's top craftspeople. Fiberglass, fully lacquered or with ...
Wood
LOB 112 Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
Designed by Christophe Delcourt for Collection Particulière, LOB is a sculptural coffee table available in walnut and unfilled travertine. This is a customisable piece, and finishes...
Stone, Travertine
Mondo Modern Coffee Table
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This Modern Coffee Table is made in the heart of Ohio with locally sourced wood. Each table is hand-made with mitered corners from white oak veneer and finished with a beautiful matt...
Oak
Nautilus Cocktail Table Dao
Located in Hollywood, FL
Maurice Barilone's design showcases a high-fashion look with concentric lines of Dao, elegantly crowned with a round glass top. The meticulous arrangement of concentric lines in Dao ...
Glass, Hardwood
S9 Coffee Table by Mascia Meccani
By Meccani Design
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the exclusive Saturno series, this coffee table is a one-off, non-reproducible piece paying homage to the fluidity of round shapes through sinuous lines. The spherical base i...
Ceramic
S6 Coffee Table by Mascia Meccani
By Meccani Design
Located in Milan, IT
A skillful combination of geometric inspiration and skilled craftsmanship marks the design of this unique coffee table, part of the Saturno series, which is made of only non-reproduc...
Wood
Large Organic Modern Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fresh contemporary form comes together to create this cocktail table. Crafted from Ofram and Beech, the striking organic tabletop design is finished in Tiber and the tapering base ...
Wood
O Coffee Table
By Scapin Collezioni
Located in Milan, IT
In its coffee table version, the O table retains the lightness of a dining table, with thin and tapered legs, but comes in air force blue to blend with an extra-clear glass top. Perf...
Other
Small Organic Modern Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fresh contemporary form come together to create this cocktail table. Crafted from Ofram and Beech, the striking organic tabletop design is finished in Tiber and the tapering base i...
Wood
S5 Coffee Table by Mascia Meccani
By Meccani Design
Located in Milan, IT
This stylish coffee table is part of the exclusive, colorful Saturno series made using wood, terracotta, and only non-toxic, water-based lacquers. The square wooden top is finished i...
Wood
Small Andrea Nesting Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Andrea Nesting table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci. Dimensions: D 74 x W 56 x H 18 cm. Materials: Travertine, bronze legs. Umberto Bellardi Ricci is an Italian sculptor and ar...
Travertine, Bronze
Drop Side Table by Egg Designs
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop side table by Egg Designs Dimensions: 60 L X 60 D X 58 H cm Materials: Antique copper plated steel, stained oak top Founded by South Africans and life partners, Greg and R...
Copper, Steel
Large Andrea Nesting Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Andrea nesting table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: D 94 x W 71 x H 28 cm. Materials: Travertine, bronze legs. Umberto Bellardi Ricci is an Italian sculptor and arc...
Travertine, Bronze
Borghese Coffee Table Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
By Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
Located in Geneve, CH
Borghese coffee table by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance Dimensions: 35 x 139 x 64 cm Solid oak tabletop, steel structure Mat Black stained wood Biography Not wishing to simply produce or ...
Oak
Doost 18" Side Table by Phase Design
By Reza Feiz
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Like a true friend—Doost means just that—this piece is built to be by your side for life. Topped with natural stone, each base is hand-turned from solid wood, giving it presence, war...
Travertine
Many Feet Coffee Table by MSJ Furniture Studio
By MSJ Furniture
Located in Vancouver, BC
Our many feet coffee table is made from solid walnut, with a solid whitened maple top. It's design mimics our original pencil sketch. keeping the movement and imperfect lines helps t...
Maple, Walnut
Serenity Fusion 50 LA Coffee Table by Alabastro Italiano
Located in Geneve, CH
Serenity Fusion LA 50 Coffee Table by Alabastro Italiano Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 50 cm. Materials: White alabaster, Iroko Wood and brushed burnished metal. Available in white alabaster...
Alabaster, Metal
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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