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Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1910s
Wrought Iron and Comblanchien Limestone "Ruban" Coffee Table by Jean Royère
By Jean Royère
Located in New York City, NY
Impressive, refined "Ruban" coffee table by Jean Roye`re.
The wrought iron and brass frame is quintessentially modern, an impressive feat given the table was designed in 1949.
...
Category
1940s French Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Limestone, Brass, Wrought Iron
Square Italian Side Table in Blue Ceramic Tile on Black Metal Frame
Located in London, GB
Tiled side table in stoneware was born out experiments in clay in the mid-20 century in Italy. The bold bright deep blue glazes and geometric patterns emphasize on the irregular brick work formation of the tiles and its gleaming uneven surfaces. The ceramic tiles rest on a square black metal frame. The dense ceramic is fired at high temperature to make it resistant to liquid and therefore more durable than other kinds of pottery. The stoneware tiles were made in the coastal town Albissola widely known for its pottery production. It became a prosperous hub for avant-garde ceramic art and design in the early and mid-20th century. During this period of activity (1929-1963) artist including Lucio Fontana, Wifredo Lam, Piero Manzoni came to produce sculptures and unorthodox household objects...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Italian Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Elegant mid century tripod coffee table. Beautiful very dark brown table base with a nice clear glass round top.
Beautifully crafted table legs.
...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Danish Spider Leg Coffee Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Danish teak spider leg coffee table with clear glass top and patinated brass sabot legs. Base folds for easy transportation and storage.
Similar to designs ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
Wooden Coffee Table like Perriand, Chapo, Jeanneret, Tripod Base Wabi-Sabi 1940
Located in Paris, FR
French massive oak wooden coffee table like Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Chapo, Jeanneret, trapezoidal tripod base, Wabi-Sabi.
It also reminds the work of Baley and Zimbacca architects.
1940s
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Brutalist work - popular.
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Trapezoidal tripod base.
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Dimensions :
Height : 38 cm
Length : 91 cm
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Sublime patina.
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Charlotte Perriand was born in 1903 in Paris to a father (Charles Perriand) a seamstress, and a mother (Victorine Denis) a seamstress for haute couture. After three years spent in Moulery in Burgundy where she was raised by her maternal great-uncle, she returned to the 1st arrondissement of Paris, Place du Marché-Saint-Honoré with her parents2. In 1920 she entered the school of the Central Union of Decorative Arts. She graduated in 19253, she exhibited with the school wall panels representing nine muses for a music salon at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 19252. She presented a "living room corner" at the Salon des artistes decorators of Paris from 1926, including an armchair, a pedestal table with a glass top and a library...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Restored Vintage Biomorphic Amoeba Rattan & Mahogany Coffee Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Biomorphic rattan coffee table with an amoeba shaped mahogany top, circa 1950. This table features a grouped pole leg design and stick r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rattan
Rattan Coffee Table
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This unusual coffee table is all made of rattan. This is a French work. circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rattan
Wrought and Hammered Iron Art Deco Gueridon with White Marble Top
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice Gueridon is made of wrought and hammered iron with a thick round white marble top. This is a French Work form the Art Deco period. Circa 1930
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Mexican Modernist Cocktail Table by Arturo Pani
By Arturo Pani
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Made in Mexico, circa 1950s, designed by Arturo Pani, the table has original mirror and glass, can be delivered polished and can be disassembled for better shipping.
We have found s...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Hollywood Regency Coffee Table / Center Leaping Panther 1960 Maison Jansen
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exceptional & timeless! This ''Leaping Panther'' Hollywood regency coffee table by Maison Jansen 1960.
A stylish combination of bronze & brass presented on a carved base of Spanish ...
Category
1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Flamed Birch Coffe Table Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Valby, 84
Rare and important elegant Swedish coffe table in Flamed birch and birch by an unknown Swedish manufacturer, the table is very similar to pieces by Austrian/Swedish designer Josef Fr...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Birch
Floating Walnut Coffee Table by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern, angular, walnut coffee or low side table by Jens Risom features a floating top with sculptural base. A matching taller side table is also available listed separat...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fully Renovated Walnut Spider Table H 259 by Jindřich Halabala, 1950s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Square coffee table in the shape of spider designed by Jindrich Halabala, with distinctive curved legs, rounded corners. Walnut wood. Made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1950´s....
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Ceramic Coffee Table by Roger Capron, France, 1960s
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic Coffee table by Roger Capron, France, 1960s.
Category
1960s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Coffee Table
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Art Deco cofee table professionally stained and repolished.
Category
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Danish Teak Coffee Table by HE Mobler 1960
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Superb large Scandinavian coffee table. Elegant top with rounded corners and aerial legs that give this piece of furniture a very nice look. Stamped HE Mobler Danish Furniture Makers.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Abstract Mosaic Glass Tile Cocktail Table, C1955
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous mid-century mosaic cocktail table with colored glass tile and a Formica top. Walnut base with splayed legs. Measures: 72 inch x 24 x 14.25H makes this a statement piece. In ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Art Glass, Formica, Walnut
Senufo Bench from Ivory Cost, Monoxyle 1950
Located in LYON, FR
Large Senoufo African bed, from the 1950s, from the Ivory Coast. This is an entirely original and vintage collector's item. The bench has never been waxed ...
Category
1950s Ivorian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid Century English Bleached Teak Root Coffee Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa Mid 20thc
Mid Century English Bleached Teak Root Coffee Table
sku 1373
W57 x D54 x H45 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
Mid 20th Century inlaid birch coffee table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century inlaid birch coffee table circa 1950.
Coffee / occasional table. A little bit of an unusual height makes this more suited to a sofa / side table.
Rectangular top ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Birch
Midcentury E. Sottsass Style Wooden, Formica and Steel Coffee Table 50s Italy
Located in Palermo, IT
Triangular shaped coffee table with double wooden shelf covered in yellow (upper level) and black (lower level) Formica. Three tubular l...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Paul Evans Style Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern table with city scape style chrome base and thick glass top.
(Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer).
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Cesare Augusto Nava dry bar coffee table Italy 1970
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice and versatile dry bar coffee table by Cesare Augusto Nava, Italy 1970. This recognizable almost constructivist coffee table has a...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb Model 1761 Coffee Table, 1953, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This spectacular Model 1761 coffee table by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb has beautiful walnut grain and was just refinished - gorgeous and ready for immediate use. Signed und...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Monteverdi Young Smoked Glass Walnut Coffee Table
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Mid-Century Modern Monteverdi Young Smoked Glass Walnut Coffee Table
Elevate your living space with a touch of vintage sophistication! Introducing this fully refinished, stylish smo...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Coffee Table Italian Midcentury from the Sixties
Located in bari, IT
Coffee table metal frame with wooden top Italian production 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Harvey Probber Coffee Table, Signed
Located in Trenton, NJ
Striking Mid-Century Modern coffee table by Harvey Probber features floating top style with clean lines and two tone finish. The beautiful vintage design makes the perfect center pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Harvey Probber Style Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Charleston, SC
I’m offering this excellent Harvey Probber long coffee table at this exceptional price because the original top seems to have been replaced with a marble top. I would even say that i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Eric Maville and Jean Claude Mahey Sliding Coffee Table with Hidden Bar
Located in London, GB
An Eric Maville and Jean Claude Mahey sliding coffee table with mirrored top and clad in faux tortoise shell acrylic. The top slides open to reveal a mirrored and chrome hidden bar w...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mirror, Acrylic, Wood
Midcentury Alvar Aalto Blonde Birch Bentwood Leg Coffee Table or Bench
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Midcentury coffee or cocktail table or Bench by Finnish architect and designer Alvar Allto. Stands on 4 birch bentwood legs and table top surface rectang...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Birch, Bentwood
Teak Coffee Table Danish
Located in Otley, GB
A stunning midcentury Danish coffee table in teak. The coffee table is manufactured by France & Son & designed by Tove & Edvard Kindt Larsen. It is beautifully elegant & of quality d...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
Gio’ Ponti Coffee Table Brass Wood Marbre, 1950, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio Ponti coffee table.
Insieme al certificato GIO PONTI ARCHIVES
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Mid-Century Modern 1950s Low Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Mid-20th century, circa 1950s coffee table designed by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb. The beautifully grained wood is expressed in a strip design on the top of the table. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
4 Pieces of French Brass Quarter Round Neo-Classical Tables by Maison Baguès
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful set of four quarter-round nesting tables by Maison Baques, dating circa 1970. The 4 identical tables have neo-classical solid brass columns joined by a quarter-round apro...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Restored Biomorphic Rattan & Mahogany Coffee Table W Cubby Storage
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Biomorphic rattan coffee table with a Biomorphic shaped mahogany top and unique cubby storage underneath, circa 1950. This table features a stacked pole leg design and unique shape R...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rattan, Mahogany
Hand Hammered & Marble Hollywood Regency Maison Baguès Style Occasional Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
An elegant occasional table in the manner of Maison Baguès having hand hammered iron base with Marmo Rosa del Garda marble top. Italy Circa 1960. In exquisite condition having chip/c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Black Lacquered Metal Coffee Table with Ceramic Top
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful design coffee table is made of a black lacquered metal base with ceramic tiles decorated with stylized fish and corals. This is a French work in the style of famous de...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Greek Key Coffee Table Attributed to Paul Frankl, circa 1940s
By Paul Frankl
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Asian Influenced Greek Key Design Coffee Table, attributed to Paul Frankl, unsigned, American, circa 1940s. Retains it's original thick glass top in that beautiful Coke bo...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
McCobb for Winchendon Planner Group Nesting Tables c 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Rare set of nesting tables designed by Paul McCobb for Winchendon Furniture. The rectangular tables nest, for easy storage and display. Both tables are selling in as is, as found condition, both show significant cosmetic wear, and will need to be refinished, the smaller table is missing the screw in end cap feet, please see images. Although the tables need some restoration, they are an unusual and hard to find form, and will clean up nicely as the tops are solid wood, and the wrought iron frames can easily be repainted.
Larger Table 36 W x 18.5 D x 20 H inches
Smaller Table 24...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Bauhaus Coffee Table, Czechoslovakia, 1930s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This coffee table was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1930´s.
Fully renovated, the chromed part was cleaned and rubbed, the table top was painted to a high gloss with pol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Vintage Rectangular Black Wood and Patinated Copper Turquoise Top Cocktail Table
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage elongated rectangular cocktail table is black stained oak with an artistic top of patinated hammered copper that results in mottled turquoise and green colors with tan b...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Copper
Paul Frankl Low Cork Table/Bench 1940’s Fot Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Hudson, NY
Paul Frankl low cork table / bench 1940’s manufactured by Johnson Furniture Co. fully restored.
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cork
Vintage Rectangular Brass Coffee Table with Mirrored Glass Edges, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
This beautiful table features a brass frame and a smoked glass top and lower shelf, both with mirrored edges.
It is a vintage item, therefore it might show light...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
John Wisner for Ficks Reed Pagoda Coffee Table/Bench, Bamboo and Cane, 1950's
Located in Round Rock, TX
Offered is a fun and unique Pagoda style coffee table or bench designed by John Wisner for Ficks Reed. Offered as part of Ficks Reed "Far Horizons" line which debuted in 1954 and features heavy Eastern influence.
Constructed from a thick rattan frame and basket weave raffia center surface. The black lacquer trays are removable, exposing wonderful parquetry design underneath.
A truly unique table that would work well in any mid-century modern, contemporary, or bohemian decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Cane
Vintage Xl Coffee Table Coffee Table Knud Michel Danish
By Knud Michel
Located in GRONINGEN, NL
Vintage Xl Coffee Table Coffee Table Knud Michel Danish
Rare handmade coffee table by Knud Michel. Large format with inlaid tiles on a metal frame.
Period 60s
designs Knud Michel De...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone, Metal
Mid-Century Round Coffee Table Vallauris Ceramic Capron Barrois, France 60s
By Vallauris
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Mid-century round coffee table from Vallauris with artist handmade Ceramic Tiles.
Signed Barrois
Solid and stable. France 1960s.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
1970s English Traditional Hinged Solid Mahogany Butler's Tray Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Solid Mahogany Butler's table, center table, coffee table. Very sturdy and in excellent condition.
Table measures 34" in width by 22" in depth by 21" in height with sides up. With s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Italian Slatted Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Slatted coffee table, in wood and metal with brass feet, Italian production in the 1950s, completely restored.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Iron
French Plexiglass and Glass Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Coffee table with Plexiglas base and 1cm thick glass top. Stamp "Les invisibles du marais" on the feet. Rare superficial traces of use on the tray but remains superficial. Very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Plexiglass
Aquilon Teak Coffee Table by Pierre Guariche, Les Huchers-Minvielle, 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
Aquilon teak coffee table by Pierre Guariche, Les Huchers-Minvielle, 1960
Rare Aquilon furniture by Pierre Guariche
Pierre Guariche (1926 - 1995) is one of the legendary French designers of the 1950s, who left his mark on his era with purely aesthetic, functional and accessible pieces. A graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs, he published his first designs on his own, including the famous Rotaflex lamp, which he exhibited at the Salon des Arts ménagers and then at the Salon des Artistes décorateurs. It was a great success with the public, and soon attracted the interest of publishers. Pierre Guariche went on to create furniture, lighting and decorative objects for Airborne, Pierre Disderot and Steiner. In 1954, he also joined forces with decorators Michel Mortier and Joseph-André Motte, with whom he founded the Atelier de recherche plastique. ARP went on to create furniture for Charles Minvielle's living room, dining room and bedroom. At the end of the 1950s, as artistic director of the Belgian furniture company Meurop, he gradually turned to interior design. In 1965, he was awarded the Prix René Gabriel. Pierre Guariche's original creations have become iconic pieces such as the Amsterdam chair...
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1960s European Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Teak
Coffee Table Mid-century Glass and Gilt Brass Twisted Legs, France 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Coffee table with glass top and gilt twisted brass legs
France circa 1960
In good original condition with only minor marks with a small shard of glass in a corner, below the top (p...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid 20th century Scandinavian elm root coffee table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century Scandinavian elm root coffee table circa 1950.
Made using stunning matched elm root veneer. Rectangular top with rounded edges with further veneer around the apro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Birch, Elm
Early Alvar Aalto Finsven Inc. Occasional Table
By Finsven, Alvar Aalto
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Early Alvar Aalto for Finsven Inc. Side Table, End Table, Coffee Table, Circa 1940. Featuring a rectangular form, newly relacquered Black surface, multi layered Birch bentwood legs, ...
Category
1930s Swedish Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Enamel
Italian Coffee Table Pink Marble & Brass Sabre Legs, Angelo Mangiarotti, 1960s
Located in Odense, DK
Amazing 1960s round coffee table in stunning pink marble and patinated brass sabre legs. In the style of Angelo Mangiarotti.
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Showcase Coffee Table, Brazilian Rosewood, Carlo Hauner & Martin Eisler, C.
1955
By Forma
Located in Knokke-Heist, BE
Martin Eisler (1913-1977) designed this rosewood coffee table for Forma S.A. Móveis e Objetos de Arte. It belongs to a furniture category commonly found during the midcentury period ...
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
Art Deco High End Figured Walnut Sectional Book Table, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Very stylish Art Deco English book table dating to the 1930s. A very fine example that can be used for multiple purposes, a centre, end, coffee table. An innovative asymmetric design...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid 20th century Scandinavian teak coffee table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century Scandinavian teak coffee table circa 1960.
Stylish teak and oak shaped coffee table. Teak top with oak border. Standing on tapered oak legs united by a shaped h f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak, Teak
Kvalitet Made Danish Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish coffee table with ceramic tile pattern in a rosewood frame.
Please confirm location NY or NJ.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Rosewood
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.”
Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee table and cocktail tables today.
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