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Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
"Phantom" Coffee Table by Designer/Artist Florian Roeper
Located in Napa, CA
Can a design, Minimalist and austere in nature, also be warm and engaging all at once? We dare say yes. Introducing the PHANTOM Collection, a groundbreaking series of tables, bold and captivating, designed to shatter the belief that “modern” must automatically equal cold and unapproachable. With 20 years of experience in woodworking, California-based designer/artist, Florian Roeper...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Gold Leaf

1970s Roger Capron Style Oak Coffee Table with Ceramic Tile Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury Roger Capron and Tue Poulsen style square oak coffee table with hand glazed tile with geometric graphic design inset into the oak frame. The top sits on the oak frame, and...
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Ceramic, Oak

Antique Moroccan Center Table Hand Carved from Atlas Cedar
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Exceptional craftsmanship and uniquely beautiful wood, both of a bygone era. This 12-sided center table or coffee table is constructed of Atlas Cedar. A wood unique to pockets of the...
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19th Century Moroccan Moorish Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Cedar, Wood

Modern Sculpted Curved Glass Coffee Table
Located in North York, ON
Modern sculpted curved glass coffee table. Unique curved modern design all constructed and moulded from glass. American, circa 1980s, all original. Glass top has rounded corner detai...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass

Treasures of Decay Limited Glass Edition, Sculptural Tables by Studio Roeper
Located in Napa, CA
Introducing Treasures of Decay Glass Edition, a limited edition of solid wood stumps sculpted by the forces of nature and time. In this body of w...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Copper

Egg Table 36 Minimal, Organic Center or Cocktail Table
Located in Paddington, NSW
All of our pieces are made one at a time with hand selected timbers and proprietary finishing techniques. This listing represents a new custom size. The image shown is 26' diameter...
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21st Century and Contemporary Australian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Gianfranco Frattini Nesting Tables for Cassina, Reversible Tops, Italy, 1960s
Located in London Road, Baldock, Hertfordshire
A set of nesting tables designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina Italy and produced in the 1960s. Consisting of four tables which form a cylinder shape, despite each table havi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Sculptural Coffee Table in Concrete, Italy, 1960
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Mesmerizing sculptural coffee table made by unknown artist in Italy in the 1960s. The table looks interesting from every angle, in some ways it looks like a female body which support...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Concrete

Globewoo Coffee Table in Clear Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Organic, whimsical, elegant. A seamless marriage of glass and wood, the GlobeWoo intertwines undulating form with a contemporary minimalist sensibility, resulting in a unique table e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Oak

Handcrafted Architectural Walnut Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
Large Architectural post-modern American black walnut pillar - sofa/coffee table. Designed and handcrafted in England using traditional techniques using the finest American black wal...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Carlo Hauner Large Coffee Table with Various Compartments for Forma, Italy 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Carlo Hauner large coffee table with various compartments for Forma, Italy 1960s. Six compartments covered with interchangeable trays, one with a plastic container made for plants.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Plastic, Wood

Monumental Organic Modern Woven Rattan Wicker Ottoman Coffee Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 20th century monumental ottoman, bench, or coffee table crafted from woven rattan wicker. The ottoman features a large rectangular wooden frame enclosed with woven rattan and to...
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20th Century American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Fabric, Wicker, Rattan, Wood

Vintage Country Style Burmese Rattan Coffee Table with X-Form Cross Stretcher
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Country Style Burmese rattan coffee table from the Mid-20th Century, with X-form cross stretcher and braided motifs. Created in Burma during the midcentury period, this cha...
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Mid-20th Century Burmese Country Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rattan

Coffee Table in Expressive Marble and Oak, 1970s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Coffee table in expressive marble and oak, 1970s. This is a wonderful coffee table with a base in oak and a marble top. The marble features a very expressive and colorful vain and...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Chinese Zhenzhu Meditation Stone Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This one-of-a-kind coffee table is topped with an expansive stone slab formed of zhenzhu stone, a conglomerate limestone extracted from Lake Tai in Jiangsu province. Speckled with al...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone

Oversized Italian Art Deco Birch and Black Coffee Table
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Italy, this circa 1930s oversized coffee or cocktail table has a blond wood table top that we believe to birch with a graphic decorative panel in the center and contrasting ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Birch

Italian Carved Polychrome Moor Statue Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Izegem, VWV
Exceptional pair of book-matched blackamoors supporting a glass top. This captivating mid-20th century coffee table features two beautifully hand carved polychromed wooden Moor figur...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Plaster, Wood

Solid Walnut Drink Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Newly made solid walnut drink table with carved ribbed detailing on stem. Circular top and circular base. Made in Los Angeles. Multiple quantity available.
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2010s North American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Flower Vase in Red Marble, by Karen Chekerdjian, Made in Italy in Stock
Located in Milan, IT
The value of change in a simple act. Karen Chekerdjian’s new creation puts design front and centre: from one foundation, multiple possibilities. Whether empty or filled with flowers,...
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2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Modernist Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modernist chrome and glass coffee table from France circa 1950. Wear is consistent with age and use.
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20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Art Deco Organic Circular Vintage Walnut Green Coffee Table, circa 1940, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco vintage organic circular coffee table or side table from solid walnut topped with green laminate circa 1940 Italy. A beautiful circular like coffee table from solid walnut ...
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1940s European Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Laminate, Walnut

Contemporary Wood Strata Coffee Table in Walnut and Brass by Fort Standard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary, minimal wooden coffee table features a hardwood top and solid brass legs with our signature tenon detail and precision machined leveling feet. Shown here with a w...
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2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Midcentury Burl Coffee Table in the Style of Milo Baughman, 1970s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Midcentury burl coffee table, 1970s. Beautiful and elegant large coffee table in bookmatched burl veneer. Great proportions and a very timeless design. Very similar to works by Mi...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Burl

Italian Marble Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice Italian coffee table handcrafted out of marble, 1970s. The rectangle top and the two feet are made of very beautiful marble. The fabulous marble features a very nice pa...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee Table Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Italian Mid-Century Modern wood and glass top coffee low cocktail table. In the mood of Gianfranco Frattini, Knoll, Gio Ponti, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Glass

Beautiful Artempo Coffee Table Made from 17th Century Oak
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Beautiful Artempo coffee table made from 18th century oak. The top one solid heavy board of 17th century oak. Perfect patina. This is a mto article. After you have placed the order...
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2010s German Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Art Deco Coffee Table with Glass Top, 1940s
Located in Greding, DE
Coffee table with glass top on square tapering legs with brass sabots and intermediate shelf. The glass top is rounded on the narrow sides, as is the table top underneath. The table ...
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1940s European Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Brutalist Solid Oak Coffee Table with Peg Fastened Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning brutalist round coffee table is made from solid oak and features a beautiful peg tension fastening base. In original condition with visible wear and patina consistent with i...
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Yngve Ekström Coffee Table Produced by Westbergs Möbler
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare coffee table designed by Yngve Ekström. Produced by Westbergs Möbler in Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Teak

70sGuy Lefevre black and golden Coffetable, Sofatable,France
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing coffe table in black lacquered and gilded wood ,rectangular profile with 4 legs and a table top in lacquer with gold by Guy Lefevre for Maison Jansen .Its symmetry and its architectural design combine to create a pleasant sensation of the 70s. Its look is minimalist and elegant, offering a timeless, simple yet sophisticated look, characteristic of Guy Lefevre's work Born in Madagascar to Reunionese parents, Guy Lefèvre has spent his entire career as a stained glass artist in the Indian Ocean, in Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius. Paris-based design firm Maison Jansen was one of the most well-known and influential interior decorating houses of the 20th century, patronized by royalty, socialites, leaders of nations, and other luminaries of elite society. It was also one of the first truly global design firms. Founded in 1880 by Dutch designer Jean-Henri Jansen (1854-1928), Maison Jansen originally sourced existing antiques or contracted outside cabinetmakers to produce furniture when producing custom interiors for clients. By the 1890s, however, the firm began to manufacture furnishings in-house. Soon, Maison Jansen’s luxury, traditional-style pieces earned an international reputation. Their most sought-after pieces reflected the influence of erstwhile designs from the Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Directoire, and Empire eras, as well as objects Jansen encountered during his travels to Japan and Turkey. By the 1920s, Maison Jansen had offices around the world, including London, New York, Buenos Aires, Havana, Cairo, Prague, Rome, and Rio de Janeiro. During the early 1920s, Stéphane Boudin (1888-1967) joined Jansen as the chief designer and director. His attention to detail, concern for historical accuracy, and ability to create dramatic and memorable spaces brought ever-more work to the firm. Among his many projects, Boudin was responsible the renovations of the White House—including the Red Room, designed in collaboration with Paul Manno—during the administration of John F. Kennedy. By the 1930s, Maison Jansen’s five-story, Paris atelier employed over 700 highly skilled artisans and would go on to employ many famous designers, including Pierre Delbée (1900-1974), Carlos Ortiz-Cabrera, Francis Chaillou, Serge Robin, Henri Samuel, Claude Mandron, and Arthur Kouwenhoven. Maison Jansen’s design aesthetic was forward-thinking and counter-cultural, even as the firm came to specialize in high-end reproductions. Among the many styles Maison Jansen’s furniture and interiors drew from are 18th-century Bourbon Court, the Aesthetic Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Moderne, and even midcentury modernism. The firm’s genius lay in mining the past for forms, colors, and materials that were sure to make an impact. Maison Jansen was commissioned by an array of impressive clients, including William III of the Netherlands, Alfonso XII of Spain, the Duke & Duchess of Windsor, King Leopold II of Belgium, the Shah of Iran, the oil magnate Charles Bierer Wrightsman, Leed’s Castle, Hotel Parr in Vienna, the German Reichsbank, the Rockefellers, Bartolomé March, Coco Chanel, Elsie de Wolfe, and the Kennedys, among many others. In 1989, sixty years after the death of its founder, Maison Jansen closed its doors. Today, Maison Jansen’s designs are highly sought-after by collectors, fetching high prices at auction that range between $5,000 and $20,000—though it is not uncommon to see even higher prices. The most valuable and collectible examples of Maison Jansen furniture are 18th-century antiques that were appropriated and re-upholstered by Maison Jansen in the late-19th century. To date, the record for highest priced Maison Jansen piece was set at Christie’s in London in 2005, when a suite of Louis XVI...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Gold Leaf

1940s Art Deco Coffee Table by Jean-Charles Moreux
Located in London, GB
A fine Art Deco low coffee table by Jean-Charles Moreux dating from the 1940s. ? A pioneer of the Art Deco Neo-Baroque movement, Moreux’s work merges natural and primitive form wi...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood&Travertine Giuseppe Scapinelli 1954
Located in New York, NY
Available today, Giuseppe Scapinelli’s iconic Maracanã coffee table is made of Brazilian Rosewood, as known as Jacaranda and travertine. The top has a circular wood base that holds t...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Travertine Coffee Table Manta Ray, 1970s
Located in PARIS, FR
Sculptural coffee table in travertine Ray Manta. Top resting on a glass plate and appearing to levitate. Excellent condition.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Green Marble Coffee Table
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
An exquisite scagliola on green marble cocktail table , beautifully decorated with fruits and placed on two antique wooden bases in perfect conditions. It's an important coffee table...
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Late 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Carrara Marble

Tulip Oval Coffee Table in Marble by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International
Located in Porto, PT
Tulip Oval Coffee Table in Marble by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International pedestal collection The marble top is 2cm thick; white laminate is 3cm thick The base is heavy, made wit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Metal

Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Two Tones of Hardwood by G. Scapinelli, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this iconic Mid-Century Modern coffee table made in hardwood & glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli in the fifties is fabulous. The coffee table is entirely made in Pau ...
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1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Square Burl Wood Coffee Table by Roche Bobois, 1980s
Located in LYON, FR
Beautiful elm burl wood coffee table made in France, by Roche Bobois, from the 1980s. Really stunning! Lightweight and easy to fit in any interior. Good overall condition, light t...
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1980s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Elm, Burl

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood & Marble, G.Scapinelli 1950s, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Brazilian Modern coffee table in hardwood and marble designed by Giuseppe Scapinelli in the fifties in Brazil is sculptural and very elegant! The coffee tabl...
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1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Tree Trunk Seating Group in Solid Elm, France, 1960
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Playful seating group made by an unknown artisan in France, 1960s. This beautiful handcrafted set consists of 6 stools and a small coffee table. A very nice and sculptural set made i...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm

Pink Veined Granite Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
Vintage granite coffee table from the 1980s-1990s. Pink veined granite! Top and base separately. As good as new! Measures: 100x100x37 cm.
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1980s Belgian Minimalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Granite

1970s Green Glass Coffee Table by Giacomo Sinopoli for Liwans
Located in Roma, IT
An exceptional piece of Italian design history. Liwans 1970s dark green glass and brass coffee table found in Italy. This spectacular mid-century modern design piece was made by the ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Allan Gould, Coffee Table, Iron, Carrara Marble, USA, 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A carrara marble and black-painted iron coffee table designed by Allan Gould and produced by Reilly-Wolff Associates, USA, 1950s.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Carrara Marble, Iron

Heavy Brutalist Round Solid Oak Coffee or Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heavy Pierre Chapo style round Brutalist coffee table is made from solid oak and has three sturdy square legs. In original condition with visible wear and patina consistent with its ...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Maison Regain, Elm Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maison Regain: elm coffee table France, circa 1970.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm

Modernist Vintage Metal Glass Sofa Table Francois Monnet, circa 1970, France
Located in Vienna, AT
Modernist vintage coffee table or sofa table made from stainless steel and clear glass designed by Francois Monnet, circa 1970, France. A beautiful coffee table with structured meta...
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1970s French Space Age Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Pair of Free Form Coffee Tables in Polished Steel with Black Glass Tops, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Artisan made free form coffee tables in polished stainless steel with inset black glass tops in the style of Karl Springer, custom design, American 1980's. These tables are beautiful...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Midcentury Coffee Table Porcelain Ceramic Brass by Tommaso Barbi, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern coffee low or cocktail table in white cream porcelain ceramic brass elements, bronze mirror glass top by the designer Tommaso Barbi. Famous designer like Frigerio,...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Rare Midcentury Danish Coffee Table
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fantastic large coffee table with two side drawers that run the length of the table. We bought this table at an auction in Germany in the summer of 2021. We fell in love with i...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Raza Sculptural Coffee Table by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Raza center piece by Andres Monnier One of a kind. Dimensions: W 40 x L 160 x H 40 cm. Materials: Portoro black marble. Stone options available: Grey, black and white marble, natural...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Mexican Modern Free Edge Sabino Wood and Iron Coffee / Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Mexican Modern coffee table with a sabino wood top with natural free edge supported on three angled wrought iron legs ending in bronze ball feet.
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20th Century Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Iron, Brass

Brutalist Square Oak Coffee Table, Belgium
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful midcentury heavy oak square coffee table with clean boxy design, exposed support beams and thick rectangular legs. This table is in original condition with visible signs of...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Chelmsford Oxidised solid brass and Glass Coffee Table in Cider Orange
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Inspired by 1960’s Italian design, the Chelmsford table marries steel and glass, a combination complemented by subtle colour combinations. A bold and nostalgic piece, it displays Lem...
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2010s South African Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' Coffe Table for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Dube for Fontana Arte. Duilio Barnabe (1914-1961) A stunning Fontana Arte coffee table, with chiseled edge back painted glass top by Duilio Barnabe in...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Art Glass

Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Ebony Hardwood & Glass by G.Scapinelli, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Brazilian Modern coffee table in hardwood with Ebony finish and glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli, 1950s is gorgeous! The coffee table is entirely made in hardwoo...
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1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood, Glass

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood & Glass, Giuseppe Scapinelli, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Brazilian Modern coffee table in Hardwood and Glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli, 1950s, Brazil is absolutely gorgeous! The coffee table is made in hardwood painte...
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1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Coffee Table by Arno Declercq
Located in Geneve, CH
Coffee table Milan Collection by Arno Declercq Limited Edition of 8 Dimensions: D 160 x W 80 cm x H 30 cm Materials: Japanese natural stone & patinated steel Signed by Arno Decle...
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2010s Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Steel

DeCastelli Parsec 120 Coffee Table in Brass by Emilio Nanni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Parsec collection of coffee tables is characterized by the interwoven tube structure which forms the base. The legs create diagonals connected by a central joint upon which the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Milo Baughman Style Olivewood Column Coffee Cocktail Table Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Marvelous Milo Baughman Olivewood columns and glass coffee table. We love the simplicity of the 4 rectangular columns holding up a 3/4" square glass top. This table measures 16"t x 4...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Burl

Antique, New and Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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 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 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. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee and cocktail tables today.

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