Coffee and Cocktail Tables
1870s Austrian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Paper, Faux Bamboo
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
19th Century British British Colonial Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century African Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1840s English Country Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Breccia Marble
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1920s Norwegian Rococo Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Softwood, Lacquer
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Leather
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
1920s Italian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century British Georgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Satinwood
Early 19th Century Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century British Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1920s German Expressionist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1890s Danish Other Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Rococo Revival Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hide, Wood, Paint
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Macassar, Padouk
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech, Walnut, Spruce
19th Century Portuguese Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1890s Italian Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cast Stone
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Scagliola
1920s Unknown Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century European Directoire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Kingwood, Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cherry, Maple, Nutwood, Spruce
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bamboo
19th Century Unknown Louis XIV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Ming Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chestnut
1920s Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1920s American Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1880s English Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Baize, Mahogany
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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