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Art Deco Tables

ART DECO STYLE

Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.” 

ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
  • Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
  • Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
  • Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory

ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.

Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.

The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)

Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.

From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.

The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.

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Style: Art Deco
Deep Green
Located in ARSAC, FR
This coffee table was designed by its designer to play as much as possible with the light effects of rye straw. The top is entirely inlaid with a pattern which captures the light eno...
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2010s French Art Deco Tables

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Straw, Oak

Interesting Art Deco Africanist Pedestal Table, circa 1930
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Interesting Art Deco africanist pedestal table, circa 1930 patina to redo.
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Wood, Pine

Italian Vanity Table in Beige/Cappuccino/Cream Laquered with Two Drawers
Located in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona
A delightful accent piece to complement refined modern bedrooms, this vanity table couples sleekness and luxury. Easily transferable from the bedroom to the living room, where it can...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Tables

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Upholstery, Plywood, Wood

Melting Vanity Table in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The melting vanity table's simple but elegant design, makes for an adaptable elegant piece of furniture. The cream shagreen inlaid surface is fram...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Tables

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Brass

Eclipse Stool in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Eclipse stool in cream shagreen by R&Y Augousti is geometric and sculptural. A jewel-like amorphous shape, this piece is completely inlaid in shagree...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Tables

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Brass

Nico Console Table — Small — Blackened Steel Frame — Honed Cumbrian Slate
Located in Washington, GB
A console table in blackened steel and honed Cumbrian slate, with a polished brass trim. Hand crafted in the North to order. Custom sizes and finishes are available. Measures: 120cm...
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2010s British Art Deco Tables

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Stone, Limestone, Carrara Marble, Marble, Slate, Sheet Metal, Stainless ...

Rare Mirrored Glass Occasional Side Table, 1935
Located in Rome, IT
Extremely rare occasional coffee table, circa 1935 mirrored glass, ebonized wood, seven little glass screw cover (one missing) all original condition in the style of Fontana Arte ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Glass, Mirror, Wood

Art Deco Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Deco style Hyedua veneered console table, the rectangular top supported by two offset pewter Argento panels hand-painted with flying cranes and with acrylic bases and capitals, on a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Tables

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Wood

Brass Bar Cart with Aged Mirror and Leather
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
The Vendôme Bar Cart is perfect to style any room. It is made by our craftsmen in brass, with age mirror and leather making it a unique statement piece.
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2010s Mexican Art Deco Tables

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Brass

Modernist Coffee Table by Jan Vaněk for Krásná Jizba
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Rare sculptural coffee table designed by Czech architect Jan Vanek for Krásná Jizba, Czechoslovakia in late 40's. Made of beech wood and very thick heavy glass. In very good original...
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1940s Czech Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Glass, Wood

Art Deco Scalloped Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Art Deco style scalloped side table with pacific walnut veneers, the modern circular piecrust top on an octagonal column issuing tripod cabriole legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Tables

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Wood

Set of Two Shagreen Nightstands with beveled drawers by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The iconic bedside by R&Y Augousti is one of their first designs. A Classic and functional bedside table, with subtle geometry on the beveled drawers. This bedside table is completel...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Tables

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Brass

Giorgio Collection Champagne Bird's-Eye Maple Round Dining Table in High Gloss
Located in New York, NY
Round table in champagne bird’s-eye maple veneer with high gloss polyester finish. Details top and base in chrome stainless steel. Measures: Diameter 71’’ x 30’’ height. This item ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Tables

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Chrome

Art Deco Sphere Cut Out Table in Blackened Steel Finish
Located in Seattle, WA
Combining Modern and Art Deco influences, the Vance table is a bold and practical table that plays with angles and negative space. Its durable finish and quality hand fabrication mak...
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2010s American Art Deco Tables

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Metal

"Chital" 2-Top Side Table in Bronze-Patina Brass by Kifu, Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Chital 2-top side table is both dramatic and organic it’s unique design. The 2-top sits and pair of ethereal and sculptural legs are all fully inlaid in bronze-patina brass. This...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Tables

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Brass

Gueridon 1930 Halabala
Located in Mondorf les Bains, LU
Wood veneer, circular plate, base with two quadrangular arches forming a spacer. Produced by Halabala (Czech Republic). Restoration of use and maintenance. Reference: Jindrich H...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Tables

Round and Square French Burled Walnut Side Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Perfectly scaled and gorgeous in form, this burled walnut side table makes a statement wherever it is. The burled walnut veneer give this tab...
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2010s American Art Deco Tables

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Wood, Walnut, Mirror

Shagreen Bedside Tables & Side Tables, Cream Color Shagreen & Palm Wood, New
Located in New York, NY
Decorative shagreen bedside tables or side tables with two drawers. The side tables have palm wood inside the opening. Shagreen is made of st...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Tables

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Shagreen, Palmwood

Bone Tessellated Dining Table Base
Located in New York City, NY
The crème dining table is handmade of solid wood and tessellated with camel bone to form a herringbone tessellation. The herringbone pattern run along the curves of the base making i...
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2010s Unknown Art Deco Tables

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Bone

Large 1940s Square Wrought-Iron and Granite Dining Table from France
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant Art Deco square outdoor dining table. The wrought iron base is painted a delicate grey color. It has a scrolled apron, cabriole leg...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Tables

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Granite, Wrought Iron

Graphic Art Deco Coffee Table, France 1930s - 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant Art Deco-period wrought iron coffee table with a marble top. Bold lines, with contrasting graphic zig-zags and elegant loops and scrolls. The marble top is pink and yel...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Tables

Beech Wood Table Attributed to Jean-Michel Frank
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table with three planes, made of Beech wood, lacquered in black and with the original manufacturing mat shelves. Design attributed to by Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941). France, CIR...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Beech

Wrought Iron Coffee Table with Eglomisé Mirror Top, France 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Delightful and chic round coffee table with a heavily scrolled wrought iron base with zig-zag detail and twisted gilt iron stretcher and table top surround. Gilded base. Eglomisé mir...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Tables

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Wrought Iron

Coffee Table
Located in Paris, FR
Waxed mahogany coffee table with base connected by a spacer.
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1940s European Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Mahogany

Naturalistic Wrought Iron and Marble Pedestal, France 1920s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Lovely and rare side table in hand-wrought iron with naturalistic decor, mixing both Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. Exquisitely made.
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tables

Art Deco Style Black Marble Quartz Top and Oval Brass Bar Cabinet or Counter
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Oval black bevelled quartz marble stone tray, curved and rounded lines bar or counter table sparkling and sophisticated with black lacquered wooden and brass finishes, opening shelve...
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Tables

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Marble

Art Deco bureau table - Spain 1930s
Located in Girona, ES
Art Deco table from an Architect bureau, with twelve drawers, blackened and waxed oakwood, polished aluminium cast handles and feet. Spain, Barcelona, 1934
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1930s Spanish Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Aluminum

French 1940s Iron and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Buchanan, NY
An interesting French 1940s iron coffee table with a decorative reverse painted mirror top. The elegantly scrolled base has recently bee...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Iron

Rene Prou two-tiered table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Forties Art Deco two-tiered table by Rene Prou, 1949, in gilt forged iron with glass insets. This model is pictured in Maison Francaise, November 1949. Please see photos. 28.5...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Iron

Pair of Curved Rosewood Art Deco Waterfall Nightstands End Tables
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Everyone here on team FMV adores these sinuous serpentine end tables. We don't know much (if anything) about the origin, maker or designer, but they're awesome nonetheless. This is...
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1970s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Metal

Early 20th Century French Colonial Art Deco Dining Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
An early 20th century French Colonial Art Deco dining table from Vietnam. Made of rosewood, with burled wood legs and sides. Could function beautifully as an executive desk or confer...
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Early 20th Century Vietnamese Art Deco Tables

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Rosewood

French Art Deco for Forge Wall-Mounted Console
Located in Troy, MI
French Art Deco wall-mounted console features a hand forged, hammered iron base with lots of scroll work, circa 1930s. Top is wood with faux painted finish to mimic marble. Unknown m...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Wrought Iron

Art Deco Armilar Console Table, Carrara Marble, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armilar console table, Modern collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. The Armilar console table has a modern design that pays homage to the Portuguese armillary sphere...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Tables

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Onyx, Carrara Marble, Brass

Drum End Table/Stool with Bone Marquetry- in stock
Located in New York City, NY
This handcrafted end table/stool offers tranquility to any space. Hundreds of hexagonal bone chips are individually hand shaped and mounted on a wooden drum form to create this harmonious tone-on-tone patterned stool...
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2010s Art Deco Tables

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Bone

“Linea”, Limited Edition Coffee Table, Bronze Plaster Finish, Benediko
Located in Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
The LINEA coffee table has a strong and dynamic silhouette based on the figure of the triangle. Fragments of metal, shaped and assembled in line with a secret sense of order. Each pi...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Art Deco Tables

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Travertine, Metal

Art Deco French Writing Desk in Macassar Wood
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful and very elegant Art Deco French writing desk. It is made out of Macassar wood and legs are out ebonyzecd wood. Tips of legs are wrapped with brass holders. Desk has 2 spac...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Brass

Art Deco French Console in Walnut with Chrome Stripes
Located in Houston, TX
Art Deco French console is made out walnut wood. Top is supported by 2 curved legs joined together on the bottom and decorated with 3 chromed stripes. Resting on trapezoid wide base....
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Chrome

Stunning French Art Deco Console Table Having Marble and Mirror
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Beautiful French Art Deco console table. Having marble-top with a wrought iron mirror above. Stunning scroll work with gorgeous deco details. Console: 36 in.H x 35.5 in.W x 10.5...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Tables

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Marble, Wrought Iron

Vintage White Laminate Custom Parsons Style Rectangle Dining Table
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning vintage white laminate custom made Parson’s style rectangle dining table. Gorgeous condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. The table has small flaws aka tiny chips on two of their corners that we have repaired. And it has small hairline cracks in the laminate on the sides of each leg where they meet the top. These small imperfections do not detract from the beauty or stability. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Late 20th Century. WOW! Parson’s tables are SO attractive!! And we have a striking custom-made white laminate dining Parson’s style tables to offer to you! Such a timeless, classic design that dates to 1930 when French designer Jean-Michael Frank decided he was going to design a table that was simple enough that it could fit into any home regardless of style preference. Contemporary, Art Deco, Bauhaus, Hollywood Regency, Industrial, traditional, mid-century modern, or modern, Parson’s style tables just work! They almost take on whatever style you put them with. And talk about durability! It is comprised of all white laminate so when the grandkids are over you won’t have to worry, and you don’t have to sacrifice style for stamina! What a plus! AND, it can beautifully host any type of dining chairs you place around them. This table just has endless appeal. The original Parson’s table was designed in New York City at the Parson’s School of Design by French designer Jean-Michael Frank in the 1930’s. There is an article that states, "Frank challenged students to design a table so basic that it would retain its integrity whether sheathed in gold leaf, mica, parchment, split straw or painted burlap, or even left robustly unvarnished. What grew out of Frank's sketches and the students' participation was initially called the T-square table. Parsons tables are often intended for use as modern or contemporary furniture, and their striking design has made them popular as coffee tables, dining tables, side tables, and occasional tables. Durability, Versatility, and it looks Dynamic!! What are you waiting for?? Make this white Parson’s dining table...
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Late 20th Century American Art Deco Tables

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Composition

Art Deco French Side Table in Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
Side table is made out of high quality burl walnut wool. It has ebonized rectangular flat base. Table has 3 horizontal drawers and one vertical drawer with “sphere shape” handles. C...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Chrome

Art Deco Side Table from France
Located in Houston, TX
Very stable and comfortable Art Deco side table made out of walnut wood. It has square table top that presents beautiful wood grain, table rests on the square base 14" x 14". Condit...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Walnut

“Kennerson”, Limited Edition Sculptural Console, Benediko
Located in Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
Sculptural console, both architectural and geometric in their essence. Base of plaster over iron, sensuality expressed in its patina – a blend of rough and velvety texture. Shadows t...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Art Deco Tables

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Marble, Metal

Art Deco Oxford Side Table Calacatta Marble Brass Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Oxford Side Tabel, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. In his poem "Thyrsis", the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold called ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Tables

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Onyx, Marble, Brass, Steel

Art Deco Neoclassical Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
An Art Deco cocktail/coffee table with a mirror top frame in oak wood with silvered wooden stars details at the base. Made in France.
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20th Century French Art Deco Tables

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Walnut, Mirror

Table in Wood, French, 1980
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Free shipping in florida" It was exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)". Country: French. Materials : wood. Finish: polyurethanic lacquer. It is an ...
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1980s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Wood

Art Deco Doric Side Table Calacatta Marble Gold Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Dórica Bar Table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. Like an architectural monument of the Ancient Greece, the Dórica Bar Table is a majestic piece ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Tables

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Onyx, Marble, Brass, Steel

Art Deco Dining Room Table with Extension Board, 1920 '8 People'
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Dining table Art Deco with extension board. Year: 1920 Country: French Wood It is an elegant and sophisticated dining table. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nou...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Wood

Giorgio Collection Luna Ebony Macassar and Sycamore Desk in High Gloss Finish
Located in New York, NY
Indulge in the epitome of luxury with this exquisite desk. Its ebony Macassar top, adorned with a Zebra veneer filet in high gloss polyester, exudes opulence. Velvet-lined drawers offer plush storage, while brushed stainless steel feet add a modern touch. A fusion of craftsmanship and elegance, this desk is a statement of refined taste and sophistication. Desk with top in ebony Macassar with 6 mm filet in Zebra veneer in high gloss polyester with 1 full extension drawer with bottom velvet. inside and 1 file drawer on each side. Center pencil drawer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Tables

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Macassar, Ebony

Art Deco Dining Table with Inlayed Top in Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining table, oak, France, 1940s. This well-designed dining table is architectural in its structure and alludes to the stylistics traits of the artistic Art Deco movement of the 194...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Oak

2 Consoles Style Art Deco 1930 French in Wood " Free Shipping in Florida "
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Free shipping in florida" It was exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)" Consoles Art Deco Year: 1930 Country: French Wood Finish: polyurethanic lacq...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Wood

Adolf Loos Six-Legged 'Haberfeld' Table, F.O. Schmidt, Brass Wood, Austria, 1899
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic and extremely rare 'Haberfeld' table with six legs manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, in 1900s. It is made of walnut stained wood with brass shoes and a bra...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Deco Tables

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Brass

Tessa Bench, Antique Copper by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition, Hand Repousse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tessa bench Antiqued copper Hand repousse Limited edition Each piece is individually crafted and is unique Repousse´ is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorative relief o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Tables

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Copper

Art Deco Ironwork Coffee or Side Table with Black White Marble Top
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco iron table, custom made exclusively for Art Deco Collection in the original Fer Forge French tradition with a top made of richly veined bl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Art Deco Tables

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Marble, Iron

Italian Vintage Globe Cocktail Bar
Located in Austin, TX
Globe from Italy with hand-painted décor from the 20th century in Italy. The globe rotates and is supported by an intricate, hand-carved ebonized four-legged structure on casters. Th...
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1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Tables

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Wood

Dakota Jackson French Art Deco Postmodern Mahogany Executive Partners Desk 96"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Dakota Jackson post modern Art Deco style executive partners desk featuring mahogany with leather insert and stainless steel frame. A V-Shape pattern veneer top with Black Leather inset. 2 pedestal cabinets below: each with 2 standard drawers and 1 file drawer, front and back. Polished Stainless Steel drawer pulls, post, floor plates, and arced trestle supporting desktop. DJ Chelsea Black Leather, Polished Polyresin finish. Dakota Jackson (born August 24, 1949) is an American furniture designer known for his eponymous furniture brand, Dakota Jackson, Inc.,[1] his early avant-garde works involving moving parts or hidden compartments,[2][3] and his collaborations with the Steinway & Sons piano company.[1] Jackson helped establish the art furniture movement in 1970s SoHo,[4][5] later becoming a celebrity designer in the 1980s.[6][7][8] His background in the world of stage magic helped him get his first commissions and is often cited as the source of his point-of-view.[6][9] Early life Dakota Jackson was born on August 24, 1949, and grew up in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens, New York. Stage Magic Jackson's father, Jack Malon, was a professional magician.[10] Mr. Malon learned the trade from his own father, who studied stage magic in early 20th century Poland.[1] Jackson began studying magic at a young age and sometimes performed with his father.[11] Jackson's name, in fact, grew out of a road trip to Fargo, North Dakota.[11] Throughout his adolescence and into his early 20s, Jackson immersed himself in the world of magic.[2] In 1963, Jackson began to perform in talent shows at his junior high school, William Cowper JHS 73 (which is known today as The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School),[12] and at children's birthday parties.[13] Jackson also began to build his own props, including large boxes for sawing a woman in half and small boxes from which doves would emerge in full flight.[11] Jackson acknowledges the importance of these early experiences with magic to his later career as a furniture designer: "The demands of performance taught me how to discipline myself to achieve aesthetic ends."[1][2][14] After Jackson graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1967, he continued performing as a magician, working in art galleries, night clubs, touring in the Catskills, and giving private performances at society events.[2][13][15] When he was 17, Jackson had studied with magician Jack London to learn the dangerous bullet catch trick.[16] "What appealed to me was the notion of doing things that appeared miraculous" Jackson once recalled.[6] "I was interested in spiritualism. I was interested in things like bullet catching, things that really challenged individual sensibilities, that were frightening, on the edge."[2] He didn't find the opportunity to perform the trick publicly until a decade later at Jackson's final professional performance as a magician.[1] It was documented in Andy Warhol's Interview (magazine), in a story titled "Dakota Jackson bites the bullet."[1][16] Jackson admits that he sometimes tires of references to his magician background, although he acknowledges it as an important part of his history.[2] The Downtown Arts Scene In the late 1960s, Jackson moved into a loft on 28th Street in Chelsea.[1][17] Jackson became part of the Downtown scene, a community of "artists, dancers, performers, and musicians" who moved to the neighborhood for the cheap rent and social life.[1][8][17][18] In October 1970, Jackson performed with the Japanese group Tokyo Kid Brothers at New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (also known as Café La MaMa) in a rock musical production called "Coney Island Play" ("Konī airando purē).[19] The show explored themes of cross-cultural communication and understanding[19] and was a follow up to the group's debut performance of "The Golden Bat" at La MaMa earlier that summer.[20][21][22] Jackson played the part of a "clever conjurer."[19] Over the next few years, Jackson became interested in minimalist dance and performed in the dance companies of Laura Dean and Trisha Brown.[2][15][23] Jackson credits his exposure to minimalism and minimalist dance in particular as having had a strong influence on his approach to design; in 1989, Jackson told the Los Angeles Times: For me the essential fineness of a design is in the idea, not the object itself ... In minimalism, the object is pared down to its basic meaning by stripping away all the excrescence ... —those elements that do not contribute to the pure idea.[24] Design career In the early 1970s, as he experimented with performance and dance, Jackson began branching out as a special effects consultant to other magicians, film producers, and musicians[2][23] such as Donna Summer.[6][9] The loft also gave Jackson an opportunity to apply his creativity and building skills: "These were times when lofts were not ... luxury condominiums. These were tough, tough raw spaces ... and we artists, bohemians, creative people, we created our environment. So I had to build".[17][25] Recognizing his skills as a builder, Jackson decided to shift away from performance and become a full-time maker.[1][15][17] He began making a variety of objects, including furnishings for other artists and magic boxes with hidden compartments for art collectors and galleries.[17][24] Jackson's social connections helped spread word about his work[15] and this led to his first commissions.[1] Early Commissions Desk for John Lennon by Dakota Jackson In 1974, Jackson's career as a designer began when Yoko Ono asked him to build a desk with hidden compartments for husband John Lennon.[26] "She wanted to make a piece of furniture that would be a mystical object; that would be like a Chinese puzzle," Jackson recalled in a 1986 interview published in the Chicago Tribune.[6] The result was a small cubed-shaped writing table with rounded corners reminiscent of Art Deco era style.[15] Touching secret pressure points opened the desk's compartments.[23] This commission helped build Jackson's reputation and allowed him to merge his experience as a magician and performer with his developing interest in furniture.[27] In 1978, a bed designed for fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg garnered Jackson even more notoriety.[8][10][28] [29] Called "The Eclipse", the bed was described in The New Yorker as "large, astounding, sumptuous, with sunbursts of cherry wood and quilted ivory satin at head and foot."[10] A lighting system positioned behind the headboard switched on automatically at sunset and spread out rays of light "like an aurora borealis,"[2][17] which grew brighter and brighter until turning off at 2 am.[23][30] Commissions like these continued to come in[8] and Jackson soon became known as a designer to the rich and famous.[30] Some of his other clients from this period included songwriter Peter Allen, Saturday Night Live creator and producer Lorne Michaels, Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, and soap opera actress Christine Jones.[8] The American Art Furniture Movement and the Industrial Style In the late 1970s, Jackson was among a small group of artists and artisans producing and exhibiting hand-made furniture in New York.[5][31] Jackson and his peers were part of the "American Art Furniture Movement," a group sometimes called the "Art et Industrie Movement,"[32] named after the leading art furniture gallery of the era,[32] Art et Industrie, founded by Rick Kaufmann in 1976.[33] In a 1984 Town & Country article titled "Art You Can Sit On," Kaufmann said he created the gallery to "serve as a locus to the public for artists and designers creating new decorative arts."[31] The works on display were "radical objects" that drew from a number of fine art traditions, including "Pop, Surrealism, Pointillism and Dada [which were] "thrown together with the severe lines of the Bauhaus and the Russian avant-garde, mixed with Mondrian's color and filtered through a video sensibility—all to create a new statement."[31] The article described Jackson as a "ten-year veteran of the genre" and pointed to the "clean forms and quiet colors" of his furniture.[4] Jackson showed a variety of industrial-looking lacquer, metal, and glass works at Art et Industrie, including his Standing Bar (also known as the Modern Bar),[33] a lacquered cabinet that Jackson designed in 1978 for his wife (then-girlfriend) RoseLee Goldberg.[13] Other works from this period include the T-Bird Desk, Self-Winding Cocktail Table, and the Saturn Stool...
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