Coffee and Cocktail Tables
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
2010s Italian Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Gold Leaf
2010s American Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1860s English High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Abalone, Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1990s Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Rosewood
Early 1900s Italian Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fruitwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1850s British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1920s French Victorian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ebony, Glass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Leather
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
20th Century British Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Faux Bamboo
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
20th Century American Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Soapstone
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Tin
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fruitwood
20th Century English Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
1960s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
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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