Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
1980s Chinese Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 2000s American Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 1900s Italian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century Burmese Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Giltwood, Lacquer, Hardwood
1950s French Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
20th Century Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
Mid-19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
19th Century Japanese Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
Early 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm, Oak
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak, Paint
1950s French Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1950s Belgian Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century Spanish Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch, Beech
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1960s French Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wrought Iron
20th Century Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Driftwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Teak
1910s Czech Jugendstil Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1970s Belgian Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Wood
Early 20th Century French Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Indonesian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak, Walnut, Fir
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Walnut, Fir
Early 20th Century Indian Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century Indian Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hide, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Walnut, Fir
Late 20th Century Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mexican Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century American Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
1980s American Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
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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