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Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Item type: Antique and Vintage
Pair of Copper Coffee Tables, France, circa 1970s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Fun pair of round coffee tables with a drop center. The tops are covered in sheet copper with a patinated effect and nailhead trim, and the...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wooden Coffee Table on an Wooden Base
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional wooden coffee table in teak wood, bleached exceptional one piece wood used as top.
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
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 Coffee and Cocktail Tables
French Late 19th Century Louis XVI St. Gilt Iron and Glass Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French late 19th century Louis XVI st. gilt iron and glass coffee table. The table is raised by lovely curved square supports with a superb and most decorative twisted wre...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Brass Coffee Table by Christian Krekels, Belgium, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Brass coffee table by Christian Krekels, Belgium, 1970s.
Category
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Coffee Table in Iron and Glass by Abraham Palatnik, Brazil
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
A rare piece designed by Abraham Palatnik.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Coffee Table
Located in Paris, FR
Waxed mahogany coffee table with base connected by a spacer.
Category
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Provincial Style Walnut Tea Table with Stone Top, 19th Century
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Louis XV Provincial style walnut tea table with stone top, Early 19th century. Great Scale And Patina. Feel free to call with questions.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Maitland Smith Large Shagreen-Ebony Coffee Table
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful manufactured coffee table by Maitland Smith shows the delicate work with materials like coral stone, shagreen and ebony. The curved structure of the legs is covered by...
Category
20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Coral
Space Age Mid-Century Mosaik Beistelltisch von Heinz Lilienthal, 1970er Jahre
Located in Mainz, DE
Wunderschön verarbeiteter Beistelltisch von Heinz Lilienthal. Original 70er Jahre Tisch des bekannten Glasmalers. Die Keramik Teile sind handwerklich perfekt in den Tisch eingearbeit...
Category
1970s German Space Age Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Ming Style Tessallated Stone and Horn Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in West Hartford, CT
Beautiful MIng style rectangular cocktail table features tessallated stone with a tessallated horn border.
Category
Late 20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone
1937 Coffee Table by André Arbus and Jean Dunand
By André Arbus
Located in Paris, FR
Low coffee table or gue´ridon in irregular turtle-shell color Chinese lacquer. Basin shape top with curved sides. Four shaped legs. Mirror top with a gilded 'e´glomise´' decor of a r...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lacquer, Mirror, Wood
Vintage Modern Marble Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting marble coffee table featuring a full marble construction including the base. The top sits on without latches or fasteners.
Please confirm item location (NY or NJ).
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Isamu Noguchi Herman Miller Second Generation IN-50 Cocktail table
Located in Ferndale, MI
Iconic Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) for Herman Miller. coffee / cocktail table . The table has a triangular glass top that rests on a cherry tone base that consists of two sculpted so...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vladimir Kagan (1927-2016) Patinated Etched Brass Top Teak Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Germantown, MD
An iconic coffee table designed by Vladimir Kagan For Kagan-Dreyfuss, New York, 1950s.
Very unique Patinated etched / embossed and Bookmatched brass top over three large legs joined ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Imported Vintage Danish Modern Rosewood Low Console Coffee Table with wood inlay
Located in Seattle, WA
This Table Features wood Inlay Accents on Each of the Three Drawer Pulls. Beautiful Wood Grain throughput. Imported From Denmark. No Maker’s Mark. Vintage Condition Consistent with A...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
c.1960 kidney shaped, 2 tiered coffee table with sculptural legs & glass insert
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exceptional and beautiful , Mid-Century Modern biomorphic two tier kidney shaped sculptural walnut and glass cocktail coffee table in the style of Adrian Pearsall, circa 1960’s. Rich...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Oak Brutalist Rustic Coffee Table or Cocktail Table, 1960s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Rustic coffee table.
Striking French design from the 1960s.
Solid oak base with original solid oak top.
This wonderful Mid-Century Modern Brutal...
Category
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Coffee Table in Oak and Black Cleft Slate
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Coffee table, oak, cleft slate, The Netherlands, 1970s
A sleek coffee table with a well-designed frame featuring clear lines and concise geometric shapes. The style reminds of the '...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Slate
T.H Robsjohn-Gibbings WAP Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings WAP Coffee Table
Clean mahogany finish on the Base
the top has been Replaced with identical Green Edge Glass
Category
1950s North American Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Ilana Goor Style Iron Brutalist Table Base
By Ilana Goor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Impressive large Ilana Goor style Iron coffee table base with her typical rebar type construction.
Stunning Ilana Goor iron coffee table base with amazing sculptural Industrial Bruta...
Category
1980s American Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Minimalist Brazilian Rosewood Coffee Table
Located in Dronten, NL
Beautiful Brazilian rosewood Mid-Century Modern architectural coffee table.
Refined geometrical base in solid rosewood with clear glass top.
Brazilian rosewood, also known as Dalber...
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1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
Antique Long Chow Legs Coffee Table with Waisted Pierced Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty period long coffee table from the early 20th century with chow legs and waisted apron. This exquisite late Qing Dynasty long coffee table, dating from the early 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Coffee Table, Wabi-Sabi, Early 20th Century
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a Japanese antique coffee table produced in the Taisho period.
This furniture was made by applying traditional techniques used in Japanese shrines.
The material is high-qua...
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Early 20th Century Taisho Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Baroque Pine Coffee Table with Turned Legs, Single Drawer and Carved Stretchers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Baroque English pine coffee table from the 19th century with turned legs, single drawer and carved side stretchers. This 19th-century Baroque English pine coffee table exudes a dis...
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19th Century English Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Pine
Vintage 1970's Hermes Style Chrome & Lucite Glass Top Coffee Table
By Hermès
Located in West Chester, PA
Vintage Giovanni Banci for Hermes style glass top coffee table with chrome base having x stretchers attached to lucite disc. Circa 1970's with no makers mark found.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen for France & Søn Coffee Table in Teak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen for France & Søn, coffee table, model 'FD 515' teak, brass, Denmark, 1950s
An impeccably crafted coffee table, designed by the renowned design du...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Brutalist Coffee Table in Black Stone Look Resin
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cocktail table, resin, Northern-Europe, 1970s.
This deep black robust coffee or cocktail table is from the 1970s. The thick round shaped top is supported by a smaller column. The wh...
Category
1970s European Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Resin
Mid 20th Century walnut fire screen table
Located in Martlesham, GB
Mid 20th Century walnut fire screen / coffee table, the glazed screen having a needlepoint scene of an idyllic countryside setting, housed within a shaped and carved walnut frame, th...
Category
1950s British Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Cast Bronze Dancing Cherubs Coffee Table Base with Dark Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage lost wax bronze dancing cherubs coffee table base from the mid 20th century, with dark patina. We have two table bases available, priced ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Paul Kingma rectangular coffee table Netherlands 1978
By Paul Kingma
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
One off coffee table designed by Paul Kingma and manufactured in his own atelier, Netherlands 1978. The tabletop has beautiful features like the orange/red square tile pieces or the ...
Category
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone, Concrete, Slate, Metal, Brass
Square Coffee Table in Rosewood and Glass by Sven Ellekær, 1960's
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Coffee Table in Rosewood and Glass by Sven Ellekær, 1960's
Additional Information:
Material: Rosewood and glass
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
Produced by Chr. Linneberg Møbelfabr...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Glass
Gio Ponti Domus Nova coffee table Italy 1950
By Gio Ponti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Iconic coffee table by one of the most important Italian architects of all times, Gio Ponti. A solid caramel walnut table crafted by Domus Nova. It's got that classy Gio Ponti shape ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
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 been refinished in a matte black paint with hand-...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Karl Springer "Chinese Curved Coffee Table" In Embossed Lizard Leather 1970s
Located in New York, NY
"Chinese Curved Coffee Table" in bisque lacquered embossed lizard leather by Karl Springer, American 1970's. The curvature of the table’s form and edges showcase Springer’s superb cr...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Lizard
Brass Vereinigte Werkstätten München Side Coffee Table 1950s Hollywood Regency
Located in London, GB
An elegant and rare Mid-Century Modern tripod side table designed and manufactured by Vereinigte Werkstätten, in 1950s Germany.
This side table stands on a brass tripod base where a...
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1950s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Triangular Coffee Table in Elm and Raw Glass Top by Axel Einar Hjorth, 1940's
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Coffee Table in Elm and Raw Glass Top by Axel Einar Hjorth, 1940's
Additional Information:
Material: Elm and raw glass top
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
...
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm, Glass
French Scrolled Iron Coffee Table With Marble Top
Located in Buchanan, NY
This elegant French coffee table features an ornate black frame with dramatic “S” scrolled legs and a horizontal stretcher with a collar that is highlighted in hand-applied gold. Thi...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Brutalist Rectangular Slate Stone Coffee Table by Sculpter Paul Kingma 1996
By Paul Kingma
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Brutalist coffee table designed and made by sculpter Paul Kingma († 2013), The Netherlands 1996
Introducing the Brutalist Round Coffee Table by renowned sculptor Paul Kingma, crafte...
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1990s Dutch Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Concrete, Slate, Brass, Copper
French Gilt Iron Coffee Table With Pink & Black Marble Top
Located in Buchanan, NY
This elegant French 1950s coffee table features a unique twisted iron frame with hammered demi lune stretchers between the legs that support the central stretcher. The legs have exte...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Space Age Vintage Rectangular Transparent Lucite Glass Coffee Table circa 1970
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage coffee table or sofa table rectangular shape from lucite and glass attributed to Charles Hollis Jones circa 1970.
A beautiful sofa table features a base from transp...
Category
1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lucite, Glass
Stoneware Tile & Rosewood Coffee Table by Ole Bjorn Kryger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stoneware & Rosewood Coffee Table by Ole Bjorn Kryger
Dimensions: 50"w x 33"d x 19"h
Designer: Ole Bjorn Kryger
Material: Rosewood w/ Hand Glazed Stoneware Tiles
Manufactured by Mult...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Rosewood
Italian Brass Swan Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
A chic and elegant 1950s Italian brass swan coffee table with swan head legs and original glass.
Well-made and heavy.
Dimensions base:
Wid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Genaro Alvarez Six Piece Butterfly Mosaic Cocktail Table Mexico 1950s
Located in Camden, ME
Six Piece Studio Mosaic table by Genaro Alvarez composed of intricate inlaid glass mosaic designs of 6 butterflies, on six triangular, interchangeable mahogany bases created at the G...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Alveo Burl Wood & Brass Coffee Table by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, Italy 1970s
Located in Geneva, CH
Vintage Burl wood and brass "Alveo" coffee table by Willy Rizzo produced by Mario Sabot, Italy ca. 1970s
Wood in very good condition. Traces of oxydation on the brass parts.
L 130 x ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Coffee Table in mosaic brass and stainless steel by Jean Claude Dresse
Located in Brussels, BE
Jean Claude Dresse, square coffee table, mosaic brass an stainless steel, Belgium, 1980.
This unique coffee table by Dresse was owned by a Belgian private collection from Brussels....
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1980s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Brass
Coffee Table / Bench by Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Company
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful coffee table model #5004 designed by Paul T. Frankl, 1948 for Johnson Furniture Company. Constructed from mahogany and cork, this Asian inspired coffee table can also funct...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Cork
Tommaso Barbi Coffee Table Hollywood Regency Style
Located in Buxton, GB
This vintage large Tommaso Barbi coffee table in white ceramic and brass is a stunning addition to any room. The rectangular shape and fully assembled design make it a convenient and...
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20th Century French Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Light-Up Cocktail Table with Lacquered Woven Top
Located in Elkton, MD
Mid-Century modern coffee table featuring a lacquered woven notch corner top resting on a light-up platform base.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Resin
Gufram Porfido table - Piero Gilardi 1974
Located in Perpignan, FR
Rare table en édition limitée de Piero Gilardi datant de 1974.
Il s'agit d'une pièce ancienne numérotée 169/500.
Les dimensions sont de 38 x 26 x 14 pouces.
Ressemblant à un anci...
Category
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Foam
Antique English Victorian Bagatelle Flip Top Game Table on Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A fun and unusual 19th century Victorian English mahogany Bagatelle game board table with nicely aged patina.
Featuring a rectangular folding portable game board with warm, rich mahogany wood case exterior, and a patinated brass hinged lid lift top that flips open to extend and reveal the baize (green felt like billiards material) lined gaming surface with semi-circular bentwood bumper at one end adorned with nine numbered holes, arranged with one in the center of the bentwood gallery and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. Framing the board, twenty-four contrasting inlay panels set with five holes run along either side of the board, originally used to keep score. circa 1890
The game board rests partially inset in a fitted mahogany stand base, raised on four straight square legs joined by ‘H’ stretcher.
A wonderful piece of game board history, originally designed to sit on top of a dining table or games table, this piece features a fitted stand, making it the ideal size and proportions for use as a one-of-a-kind coffee table, chair side table, cocktail table, low console, or simply displayed as a distinctive decorative folk art piece.
Dimensions (approx):
18" High, 31.25" Wide, 15.75" Deep
Open: 60" Wide
Good condition overall, especially considering age. Dark rich patina over the whole, enhanced by heavy buildup lustrous sheen and antique mahogany glow. No game pieces or accessories included. Age appropriate wear including various imperfections, with expected signs of use, including losses, checking, wear to finish and baize liner, staining, minor splitting to bent wood, all wear consistent with age and indicative of use. All of which adds to the elegant warmth, sophisticated antique character, and overall authenticity.
Please refer to photography for complete condition.
Delivered lightly cleaned, hand waxed, polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use as furniture.
History:
The origins of Bagatelle (or its many iterations) are even less clear than most games of a similar history, although we do know it has ties to French Kings, American President Abraham Lincoln, and developed into bar billiards, eventually leading to the development of pachinko and pinball.
Bagatelle was a game involving sticks and balls that evolved from efforts to bring outdoor games like ground billiards, croquet, and bowling inside for play during inclement weather. Dating all the way back to the 15th century, the most recent version came about in the 18th century.
In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of Louis XIV, billiard tables were narrowed, with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table, and players would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end, in a game inspired as much by bowling as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when knocked down, so they were eventually fixed to the table, and holes in the bed of the table became the targets. Players could ricochet balls off the pins to achieve the harder scorable holes. Quite a number of variations on this theme were developed.
In 1777 a party was thrown in honour of Louis XVI and the queen at the Château de Bagatelle, recently erected at great expense by the king's brother, the Count of Artois. Bagatelle from Italian bagattella, signifies 'a trifle', 'a decorative thing'. The highlight of the party was a new table game featuring a slender table and cue sticks, which players used to shoot ivory balls up an inclined playfield. The game was dubbed bagatelle by the count and shortly after swept through France.
From 1770 to 1850 Bagatelle was just as popular as Billiards throughout England and Britain.
Some French soldiers carried their favorite bagatelle tables...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Japanese Antique Wooden Low Table / Display stand / WabiSabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
A exhibition stand made of old materials.
Probably, is the top board a zelkova and the legs an oak.
There is a very valuable wood grain, and it looks like an art created by nature....
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Other Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
Pierre Cardin Transformative 'Éventail' Coffee Table in Mahogany
By Pierre Cardin, Francia
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pierre Cardin for Francia, 'Eventail (fan) coffee table, mahogany, France, 1984
A rare masterpiece designed by the the groundbreaking fashion designer Pierre Cardin (1922 - 2020). C...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Burl Wood Coffee Table With Brass Bar By Jean Charles for Maison Charles, 1970's
Located in Zwijndrecht, Antwerp
Rectangular Burl Wood coffee table designed and signed by Jean Charles for Maison Charles in the 1970's. This table is a refined tribute to the opulent ambiance of 1970s high-society...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Wharton Esherick Coffee Table and Stools in Cottonwood and Ash
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wharton Esherick, coffee table, ash, United States, 1954
This exquisitely crafted coffee table exemplifies the artistic mastery of American designer Wharton Esherick. Its dynamic sh...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ash
Roger Capron ‘Shogun’ Coffee Table in Ceramic
By Roger Capron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Roger Capron, coffee table, ceramic, stained beech, France, 1960s
Lovely French coffee table with wonderful composed ceramic tiles by French designer Roger Capron. Both the tiles as...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Beech
Paul McCobb for Calvin Mid Century Bleached Mahogany and Brass Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Paul McCobb for Calvin Mid Century Bleached Mahogany and Brass Coffee Table
This coffee table measures: 66 wide x 32 deep x 16 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in wha...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Square Gilt Iron and Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Square gilt iron and glass top coffee table in neoclassical style with fluted, tapered legs and a curved X base stretcher that meets with an open geometric design. An elegant and ch...
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique, New and Vintage Coffee Tables 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 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. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee table and cocktail tables today.
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