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Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1960s
Painter's Palette Marble Coffee Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A very unusual small coffee table or side table in marble mosaic in the shape of a painter's palette supported by a trio of slender metal legs capped in brass spheres.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Oval Coffee Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut inlaid oval coffee table having a magnificent quality burr walnut inlaid oval shaped top wit...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Scandinavian rectangular teak coffee table
Located in Brescia, IT
Original vintage 1960s bench table,
Square, regular lines distinguish this mid-century Nordic-made coffee table. The essential teak frame consists of a rectangular table top and lon...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
Coffee table with wooden bases and glass top
Located in Roma, RM
Coffee table with wooden bases and glass top
Product details
Dimensions: 120L x 50H x 70D cm
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Amanta Cofee-Table by Mario Bellini from C&B
Located in Lucca, IT
Amanta Table. Coffee Table model Amanta by Mario Bellini from C&B Italia 1960s This Amanta Table is marked. This Amanta Coffe Table is first edition 1960s ,...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plastic
Saburo Inui for Tendo Mokko Square Coffee Table, Japan, 1960s
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Stunning Mid-Century Modern coffee table by Saburo Inui for Tendo Mokko from Japan 1960s.
Laminated, curved and richly grained wood.
This...
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bentwood, Plywood, Laminate
Dark Purple Goatskin Parchment Coffee Table by Aldo Tura 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Paris, IDF
This glossy varnished goatskin parchment, in rich shades of purple and dark purple, makes this beautiful coffee table typical of designer Aldo Tura. It was made in Italy in the late ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Goatskin
Danish Round Coffee Table in Mahogany, 1960s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Charming Danish Round Coffee Table in Mahogany, the 1960s. This table has a gold-colored lining across the table and the tabletop. It has a mi...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Set of Three Mid-Century French Tiled Tables 'circa 1960s'
Located in London, GB
Set of three vintage French tiled coffee and end tables (circa 1960s). Subdued hues shade the ceramic tiles which sit upon simple frames and black...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Oval Rattan and Bamboo Dutch Coffee Table with Glass Top, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury oval rattan and bamboo coffee table with glass top. This fantastic item was designed in the Netherlands by Dirk Van Sliedrecht for Rohe Noordwolde during the 1950s...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Bamboo, Rattan
Original Rectangular Oak Table, Czech Mid-Century Modern, 1960s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Oak table
Czech Mid-Century Modern
Material: Oak
Period: 1960-1969.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak, Lacquer, Wood
Mahogany Coffee Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Regency mahogany coffee table, the shaped rectangular top having molded edge raised on a pedestal base and splayed legs. This table has b...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
French Neoclassical Raphael Brass and Opaline Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Paris, IDF
The black opaline surface of this coffee table appears reflective, calling to mind a still POOL of deep water, the result being a luxurious, timeless piece that, coupled with the int...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Very Fine 19th Century Gilt Brass Dolphin Italian Carrara Marble Coffee Table
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important 19th century gilt brass Dolphin base French marble coffee or cocktail table
A truly sublime table, the base is ...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
1960s Hans J Wegner Solid Oak Coffee Table 'AT-15' for Andreas Tuck, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
- Item has been carefully refurbished.
- Stamped by producer.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Coffee Table Decorated With Tiles Made In Rosewood From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
The coffee table adorned with tiles in rosewood Danish design from the 1960s is a stunning example of mid-century modern craftsmanship and style. This piece combines the warmth and r...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Chinese Low Kang Coffee Table with Painted Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period low kang coffee table from the 19th century, with painted décor and pierced apron. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this low kang coffee table ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Ole Gjerlov-Knudsen France & Sons Teak Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee Table
Located in Wayne, NJ
France & Sons teak Danish Scandinavian Modern coffee table. Designed by Ole Gjerlov-Knudsen and Torben Lind. If you are in the New Jersey , New York City Metro Area , please contact...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
Late 19th Century English Labeled Papier Mache Tray on Later Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This very nice old papier-mache tray produced approx 1885 comes from England while the stand is a modern addition creating a useful and attractive small coffee table. The base is mad...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Other
Coffee Table, Danish Design, 1960s, Renovated
Located in Chorzów, PL
A table of Danish production. The furniture was produced in the 1960s, in a very good condition, after professional renovation.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Illum Wikkelsø Coffee Table
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Illum Wikkelsø coffee table veneered in rosewood.
Two extension leafs.
Made by Kofoed's møbelfabrik.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Mid-Century Modern Italian Bamboo Coffee or Side Table, 1960s
By Bonacina
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian bamboo and rattan coffee or sofa table, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Antique Primitive Tree Trunk Table from 19th Century, France
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Antique primitive tree trunk table with beautiful patina from France.
Category
19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Italian Coffee or Sofa Table by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, 1960s
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian mahogany coffee or sofa table with Smoked Glass Top by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina.
The table is in really good vintage conditions. The Glass top has ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Mahogany
Regency Leather Gun Case on Base
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with hinged top and brass corners, red felt interior with paper gun makers label. On a later brass base.
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Leather
1880 Black Round Victorian Table Coffee with Top in Fabric Embroidered Oriental
Located in Palermo, Sicily
1880 black round Victorian coffee table with top in fabric embroidered with oriental scenes, ebony.
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Silk, Wood
Late 19th Century French Parquetry Inalid Side / Coffee Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality French late 19th century parquetry inlaid Kingwood side / coffee table, having gilded ormolu moldings, raised on elegant cabriole legs.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Monteverdi Young Mosaic Cocktail Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an beautiful mosaic coffee table by Monteverdi and Young, Los Angeles, circa 1965
The item is on display in our Los Angeles Arts District...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Art Glass, Walnut
Neoclassical Style Coffee Table from Ritz-Carleton, Montreal
Located in Montreal, QC
Neoclassical style polished steel and gilt bronze coffee table with frosted glass top. The four legs decorated with a cast bronze pine-cone and joined by x-stretcher.
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Category
1960s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Painted Heavy Cast Iron Coffee Table w/glass top
Located in Washington, DC
Painted Heavy Cast Iron Coffee Table with Glass Top
Category
19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Mid Century Cocktail Table Cartouche Shape Mirrored Top
Located in Asheville, NC
Mid Century Cocktail Table, Cartouche with Gold Veined Mirrored Top, hand fashioned and stamped by maker.
Category
1960s American Rococo Revival Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Large Coffee Table Cart on Wheels
Located in Washington, DC
A Wonderful Large Coffee Table with Glass Top. Made from an Old 19th Century Wooden Cart with Metal Wheels.
Category
19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Solid Oak Round Coffee Table, France, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Solid oak round coffee table in style of Charlotte Perriand, France, 1960s.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Pair of Italian Pietra Doré Specimen Marble Plaques/Tops with Porphyry, Jasper
Located in New York, NY
An early antique pair of Italian pietra doré specimen marble plaques or table tops, Italian Grand Tour, each plaques of exquisite quality with rare types of marbles such as purple an...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Vintage Modern Marble Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting marble coffee table featuring a full marble construction including the base. The top sits on without latches or fasteners.
Please confirm item location (NY or NJ).
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Roger Capron ‘Shogun’ Coffee Table in Ceramic
By Roger Capron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Roger Capron, coffee table, ceramic, stained beech, France, 1960s
Lovely French coffee table with wonderful composed ceramic tiles by French designer Roger Capron. Both the tiles as...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Beech
Oak Brutalist Rustic Coffee Table or Cocktail Table, 1960s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Rustic coffee table.
Striking French design from the 1960s.
Solid oak base with original solid oak top.
This wonderful Mid-Century Modern Brutal...
Category
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Baroque Pine Coffee Table with Turned Legs, Single Drawer and Carved Stretchers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Baroque English pine coffee table from the 19th century with turned legs, single drawer and carved side stretchers. This 19th-century Baroque English pine coffee table exudes a dis...
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19th Century English Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Pine
Stoneware Tile & Rosewood Coffee Table by Ole Bjorn Kryger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stoneware & Rosewood Coffee Table by Ole Bjorn Kryger
Dimensions: 50"w x 33"d x 19"h
Designer: Ole Bjorn Kryger
Material: Rosewood w/ Hand Glazed Stoneware Tiles
Manufactured by Mult...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Rosewood
Francois Monnet Coffee Table Smoked Glass and Brushed Steel , pair available
Located in Miami, FL
Francois Monnet coffee table Mid-Century Modern from the 1960s.
Brushed steel frame with elegant smoked glass top.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique English Victorian Bagatelle Flip Top Game Table on Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A fun and unusual 19th century Victorian English mahogany Bagatelle game board table with nicely aged patina.
Featuring a rectangular folding portable game board with warm, rich mahogany wood case exterior, and a patinated brass hinged lid lift top that flips open to extend and reveal the baize (green felt like billiards material) lined gaming surface with semi-circular bentwood bumper at one end adorned with nine numbered holes, arranged with one in the center of the bentwood gallery and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. Framing the board, twenty-four contrasting inlay panels set with five holes run along either side of the board, originally used to keep score. circa 1890
The game board rests partially inset in a fitted mahogany stand base, raised on four straight square legs joined by ‘H’ stretcher.
A wonderful piece of game board history, originally designed to sit on top of a dining table or games table, this piece features a fitted stand, making it the ideal size and proportions for use as a one-of-a-kind coffee table, chair side table, cocktail table, low console, or simply displayed as a distinctive decorative folk art piece.
Dimensions (approx):
18" High, 31.25" Wide, 15.75" Deep
Open: 60" Wide
Good condition overall, especially considering age. Dark rich patina over the whole, enhanced by heavy buildup lustrous sheen and antique mahogany glow. No game pieces or accessories included. Age appropriate wear including various imperfections, with expected signs of use, including losses, checking, wear to finish and baize liner, staining, minor splitting to bent wood, all wear consistent with age and indicative of use. All of which adds to the elegant warmth, sophisticated antique character, and overall authenticity.
Please refer to photography for complete condition.
Delivered lightly cleaned, hand waxed, polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use as furniture.
History:
The origins of Bagatelle (or its many iterations) are even less clear than most games of a similar history, although we do know it has ties to French Kings, American President Abraham Lincoln, and developed into bar billiards, eventually leading to the development of pachinko and pinball.
Bagatelle was a game involving sticks and balls that evolved from efforts to bring outdoor games like ground billiards, croquet, and bowling inside for play during inclement weather. Dating all the way back to the 15th century, the most recent version came about in the 18th century.
In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of Louis XIV, billiard tables were narrowed, with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table, and players would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end, in a game inspired as much by bowling as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when knocked down, so they were eventually fixed to the table, and holes in the bed of the table became the targets. Players could ricochet balls off the pins to achieve the harder scorable holes. Quite a number of variations on this theme were developed.
In 1777 a party was thrown in honour of Louis XVI and the queen at the Château de Bagatelle, recently erected at great expense by the king's brother, the Count of Artois. Bagatelle from Italian bagattella, signifies 'a trifle', 'a decorative thing'. The highlight of the party was a new table game featuring a slender table and cue sticks, which players used to shoot ivory balls up an inclined playfield. The game was dubbed bagatelle by the count and shortly after swept through France.
From 1770 to 1850 Bagatelle was just as popular as Billiards throughout England and Britain.
Some French soldiers carried their favorite bagatelle tables...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Coffee Table in Burl Wood by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, Italy, 60s
Located in Lucija, SI
Very rare coffee table designed by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Burl
Georgian Mahogany Butlers Tray on Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality George III period mahogany oval butlers tray of panelled construction, having original brass hinges and pierced handles to folding sides, housed on later square leg mahogany stand.
During the 18th and 19th centuries a coffee table was not what we regard as a coffee table in the 21st century. Coffee tables back then were always full height, effectively side tables. The modern, low, coffee table is really something which began to be seen during the early 20th century onwards.
Based on the above there is a variety of different methods to incorporate a coffee table into an interior for people who wish to furnish their properties with genuine antique furniture, whilst still allowing for the practicalities and function which is required in modern times.
Therefore as is now normal with by far the majority of these butlers trays which we see, due to the fact they make absolutely perfect coffee tables, this has been removed from its original, tall, folding stand at some point and fitted onto a lower, more practical and sturdy stand constructed from old antique wood. It's worth noting that generally this means an old broken table...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Tapio Wirkkala for Asko Cocktail Table in Birch
By Tapio Wirkkala, Asko
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Tapio Wirkkala for Asko, coffee table, birch, metal, Finland, 1960s.
Coffee table with wooden inlay motifs designed by Tapio Wirkkala. The table is produced by Asko. This coffee table is one of Wirkkala's iconic furniture designs. Made with four oval shaped wood inlays that are made of the core of a tree with annual rings. Elegantly designed tapered legs with solid brass details.
One of Finland's leading designers was Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) who made a great contribution to Scandinavian mid-century modern design of the 20th century. Born and raised in Helsinki, Wirkkala started his education at the National School of Applied Arts in the capital. Afterwards, he began his career in graphic design. At the age of twenty-five, the outbreak of the Second World War started and Wirkkala soon served the Finnish army. As the war ended in 1945, Wirkkala continued his work as a designer by joining the glass manufacturer ‘Iittala’, where he worked on numerous designs till the end of his life. Wirkkala's approach to design was highly innovative and ranged from furniture, porcelain, glass, jewelry and tableware. His talent excelled in combining organic forms into industrial manufactured designs. A striking example are his inlaid coffee tables that he designed for Asko. For this, he used laminated sheets of plywood sanded to a smooth surface that resembles an abstract leaf. It represents the main approach in his designs; a sculptural and elegant modern exterior...
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1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Eames La Fonda Slate Top Coffee or End Table for Herman Miller
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Handsome La Fonda coffee or large end table designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured by Herman Miller. The series was originally designed for Alexander Girard's La Fonda re...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Slate, Metal
Chrome Ring Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chrome ring coffee table, in the manner of Milo Baughman, circa 1960s.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Rectangular tiled coffee table - Juliette Belarti Unique brutalist table
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Rectangular tiled coffee table by Juliette Belarti dating back from the late 70’s. The tiles are made of ceramic and are handpainted. mounted on a beautiful chrome frame. An absolute beautiful combination of brutalist tile...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
ceramic coffee table by Roger Capron dating from the 1960s Vallauris, France.
By Roger Capron
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Rectangular Garrigue coffee table by Roger Capron dating from the 1960s, Vallauris, France. The table has a metal structure and legs with a ceramic top with inlaid herbarium motifs. ...
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1960s French Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Coffee Table
Located in Tulsa, OK
Adrian Pearsall Stingray Coffee Table. Beautiful and well constructed. Solid Walnut frame and thick 3/8-in glass top. Above aver...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Teak
Coffee Table Model 751 By Ico Parisi For Cassina, Italy 1962
By Ico Parisi
Located in Hellouw, NL
This beautiful timeless coffee table has an architectural character and can be used effortlessly in a variety of interior styles. It was designed in 1962 by the famous Italian archit...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
Stoneware & Wenge Coffee Table by Tue Poulsen
By Tue Poulsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stoneware & Wenge Coffee Table by Toe Poulsen. Wenge base w/ Hand Glazed Stoneware Tiles. Signed by Tue.
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Wenge
Roger Capron Round Coffee Table with Garrigue Tiles, France 1960s
Located in Malibu, US
Impressive Roger Capron ceramic coffee table with Garrigue tiles from France, circa 1960s.
The handcrafted Garrigue tiles were produced by a technique in which real leaves were pres...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Pierre Chapo Style Brutalist Oak Coffee Table with Curved Legs
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Brutalist coffee table, made of solid oak with four curved legs. Echoes the work of French Designer Pierre Chapo, The wood is attractively rustic and has some visible we...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Ico Parisi for Singer & Sons Walnut and Brass Rectangular Slat Coffee Table
Located in Troy, MI
A rare coffee table designed by Luigi and Ico Parisi for M Singer & Sons
Model 2185 circa 1960s
Walnut surface with single side drawer and lower slat shelf
Brass frame legs and fitt...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Philip and Kelvin Laverne Chan Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful 1960s Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Chan coffee table. This table from the iconic father & son duo is in great vintage condition and has a really nice age appropriate patina wi...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Johannes Andersen for CFC Silkeborg Rosewood Coffee Table, c. 1960's
Located in Norwalk, CT
Chunky and stylish, this cocktail table by Johannes Andersen for CFC Silkeborg features thick bookmatched rosewood veneer, sculptural tapered legs, and integrated drawers that disapp...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Qing Dynasty Chinese 19th Century Dark Red Lacquer Coffee Table with Rattan Top
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese Qing Dynasty period dark red lacquer wooden low coffee table from the 19th century, with rattan top, low-relief carved meander motifs and spandrels. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century, this low coffee table features a rectangular top with woven rattan inset, sitting above two recessed panels adorned with a careful arrangement of meander motifs carved in low-relief. Raised on four straight feet with carved scrolling spandrels on the front and strengthened with side stretchers, the table boasts an elegant dark reddish brown lacquered finish. With its small proportions and skillfully carved décor, this antique 19th century Qing Dynasty period Chinese low coffee...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Harvy Probber Style Terrazzo and Stone Inlay Surfboard Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Harvey Probber attributed Terrazzo and Stone Inlay Surfboard Coffee Table. Octogonal Walnut Base with a Cut out design influenced from Moorish origins which had a resurgence in des...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Terrazzo, 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.”
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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