Coffee and Cocktail Tables
1850s Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bone, Ebony
Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1860s English High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Abalone, Wood, Paper
Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Oak, Pine, Beads
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1920s French Victorian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Alabaster, Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century Danish Louis XV Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Porphyry
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Paper
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Leather
1840s Baltic Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Burl
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Early 20th Century English Georgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Mirror
1920s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century Danish Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Fruitwood, Paint
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1750s French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
18th Century French Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century French Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Wood
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Tin
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
18th Century English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Early 18th Century American Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1920s French Louis XV Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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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