Coffee and Cocktail Tables
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Walnut
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1870s English High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1920s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
19th Century Indonesian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
1840s English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1920s Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch, Walnut
1920s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
19th Century English Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Burl
1920s Chinese Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Damask, Wood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Spanish Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1880s Italian Minimalist Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1860s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1920s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1890s Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
19th Century Belgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
1920s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century British Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
19th Century Guatemalan Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Spanish Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Chestnut
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
1860s English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Guatemalan Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Sycamore, Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 1800s Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Burl
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
19th Century Japanese Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century European Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century European Grand Tour Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century North American Brutalist Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1920s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
19th Century Indian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak, Walnut
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
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.”
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