Coffee and Cocktail Tables
1950s Dutch Country Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wenge
Late 19th Century Spanish Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Chestnut
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Early 1800s Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
19th Century Guatemalan Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Brass
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
Mid-19th Century Spanish Louis XIII Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1950s Macedonian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
19th Century European Grand Tour Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century North American Brutalist Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
19th Century Guatemalan Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century American Country Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Rosewood
1950s English Hollywood Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1950s Philippine Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
1950s Country Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Laminate
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech, Walnut
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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