Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Yew
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1920s Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Mid-18th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century English Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Bronze, Iron
Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1880s Italian Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wrought Iron
1920s Georgian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Early 1900s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Belgian Black Marble, Brass, Bronze
1910s French Louis XV Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Early 1900s French Georgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1860s English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1840s English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Walnut
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1870s English High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Burl
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
19th Century British Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century English Georgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Burl
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech, Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cherry
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1860s Italian High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
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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