Coffee and Cocktail Tables
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper, Brass
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century English Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Late 20th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Teak, Glass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Plate
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Soapstone
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Copper
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
1920s Czech Jugendstil Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Beech
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Antique and Vintage Coffee Tables for Sale: Shop Mid-Century Coffee Tables, Travertine Coffee Tables and More
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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