Coffee and Cocktail Tables
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
1650s Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s American Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chestnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1990s Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Rosewood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
1850s Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bone, Ebony
Mid-19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Plate
Late 20th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Teak, Glass
Mid-20th Century English Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
20th Century Unknown Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Silver, Silver Leaf
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Fruitwood, Paint
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Soapstone
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Late 17th Century French Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wrought Iron
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wrought Iron
18th Century French Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century French Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
20th Century Belgian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
1960s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
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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