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Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1990s
Pr of Reduced French Empire Yew Wood Banquette Tables Designed by Jacob Freres
By Jacob Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Age: 1800 - 1850
Furniture Style: French Empire (Napoleon) (1805 - 1815)
Overall Dimensions: Width - 60" Depth - 18" Height -18"
Pair of French Empire Yew Wood Banquette Tables De...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Yew
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
postmodern granite and mirrored chrome rounded corner table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
granite and mirrored chrome, rounded corner table, coffee table or side table. extraordinary and substantial. Can stand alone in front of seating, or quarter circle 90-degree design ...
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1990s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Granite, Chrome
Side Table of Walnut with Carved Lyre Legs and Top, Spanish, 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Side table of walnut with carved lyre legs with carved edges in top.
The lyre legs are carved inside and outside.
Beautiful iron stretcher, Spanish, 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Postmodern Glass & Laminate Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
- 17"H, 40"sq.
- Postmodern square glass top coffee table with four laminate legs in the style of Karl Springer circa 1990s
- Glass can be removed from th...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Laminate
Italian Sculpture "Kamasutra" Coffee Table 20th Century Concrete Molded
Located in Milano, IT
20th century 1990 "kamasutra" coffee table with white base sculpture in molded concrete, oval glass top 1.8 cm thick.
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Concrete
Continental 19th Century Louis XIV St. Bronze, Marble, and Ormolu Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Continental 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu, patinated bronze, Alabastro and black Belgian marble coffee table. The rectangular coffee table is raised by six elegant an...
Category
19th Century Unknown Louis XIV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Tulipwood, Mahogany and Ormolu Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome and unusual French 19th century Louis XV St. tulipwood, mahogany, and ormolu mount coffee table. The table is raised by charming cabriole legs with original ormolu ac...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Italian 19th Century Renaissance St. Rosewood and Alabastro Side/Cocktail Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very unique Italian 19th century Renaissance st. Rosewood and Alabastro side/cocktail table. The table is raised by lovely circular mottled feet below exceptional and ...
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Unique Globe Table with Plexi Base
Located in Antwerp, BE
Unique round globe table, Europe, 1990s
A modern twist on the Classic 19th century English tabletop globes.
Consist of a Plexi base with a resin top.
Measures: W126, D 126, H...
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1990s European Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Resin, Plexiglass
Louis XV Provincial Style Walnut Tea Table with Stone Top, 19th Century
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Louis XV Provincial style walnut tea table with stone top, Early 19th century. Great Scale And Patina. Feel free to call with questions.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
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...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Small 1890's Louis Vuitton Monogram Steamer Trunk, Vuitton Trunk in Woven Canvas
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This lovely little Louis Vuitton steamer trunk features the very sought after monogram woven canvas, leather trim, solid brass corners, solid brass locks, and side handles. Its bras...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Walnut Coffee Table From the Late 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Walnut Coffee Table From the Late 19th Century
A small table made of walnut wood, with a walnut veneer top featuring a beautiful pattern. The table's top has rounded corners and a w...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Stacked books coffee table with 3 drawers and display window
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Figurative, in the style of Maitland Smith.
Gorgeous, well built.
A stunning piece of furniture in any room.
Made to look like a classic stack of books.
This cocktail/ coffee table has three large drawers for your storage needs.
The top drawer is felt lined.
There is a beveled glass display top with a view into the felt lined drawer...
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1990s Unknown Other Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Brutalist Oval Coffee Table by Sculptor Paul Kingma Dutch Design Netherlands
By Paul Kingma
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Brutalist Oval Coffee Table by Sculptor Paul Kingma †, Netherlands 1994
Introducing the Brutalist Round Coffee Table by renowned sculptor Paul Kingma, crafted in the Netherlands in ...
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1990s Dutch Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Slate, Concrete, Multi-gemstone, Brass, Copper
Sculptural carved tree trunk coffee table in oak, France ca. 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1850 / tree trunk coffee table / oak wood / mid-century / rustic / design
Exquisite tree trunk coffee table, a unique and captivating addition to any living space. Crafted ...
Category
1850s French Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
Italian modern Gray and white metal round coffee table with double shelf, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Gray and white metal round coffee table with double shelf, 1990s
Coffee table with double shelf in gray-beige painted metal. The two tops are positioned at different h...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
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
Scandinavian Modern Glass Coffee Table, 1980s/1990s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Scandinavian Modern coffee table, 1980s/1990s. Mahogany frame with glass table top. Good vintage condition, minor patina and wear on the glass consistent with age and use. Beautiful ...
Category
1990s Unknown Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Antique Jennens & Bettridge Chinoiserie Black & Gold Cocktail Tray Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Jennens & Bettridge Chinoiserie Black & Gold Cocktail Tray Table.
Category
1860s British Chinoiserie Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese 'Shou Sugi Ban' Low Cedar Coffee Table, 19th Century
Located in Coronado, CA
An extraordinary 19th century antique Japanese low table constructed from an incredible and substantial, old growth cedar plank, with 4 out swept legs. This piece was made in Japan, ...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cedar
Johannes Foersom & Peter Hjorth-Lorentzen for Erik Jørgensen, Coffee Table
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Johannes Foersom & Peter Hjorth-Lorentzen for Erik Jørgensen. Coffee table with marble plate.
Frame in steel with satin finish.
Model EJ 66-G. Made by Erik Jørgensen.
Category
1990s Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Slate, Stainless Steel
19th Century English Carved Inlaid Burl and Walnut Oval Pedestal Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a den or living room with this elegant antique cocktail table. Crafted in England circa 1860, the large table stands on a center carved walnut stem supporting four curved le...
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Mid-19th Century English Chippendale Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Japanese Antique Low Table/Japanese paper pasting/1868s-1912s WabiSabi Primitive
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a low table using old wood and old Japanese paper.
The top board is stacked with old Japanese paper on a pine tree and dyed with persimmon juice, ink, and black Urushi.
Whi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Pine
Antique scrubbed oak French 2 drawer coffee table
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Great example of a 19th century scrubbed oak coffee table
French circa 1880’s with 2 drawers
H: 49 cm (19 5/16")
W: 75 cm (29 1/2")
D: 160 cm (63")
Reduced in height , to make a coff...
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1880s French Country Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Contemporary Hexagon Coffee
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W45.5 D39.5 H17.75
Gently used well preserved fun hexagon coffee table. Item features colorful grain throughout and shows well with no major areas of wear. Pick this up at a fractio...
Category
1990s Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Laminate
Scrubbed oak coffee table
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
19th century fabulous ;scrubbed oak coffee table, with single drawer and chunky round brass handle.
This piece has been washed and scrubbed to give it a contemporary feel. French cir...
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1870s French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Black & Gilt Iron Coffee Table Base Built with 19th Century French Gate Balcony
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a den or a formal living room with this elegant cocktail table. Built with an ornate antique gate from France, circa 1850, and almost 5 feet long, the unique table stands on...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique painted oak coffee table
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
19th century oak farmhouse coffee table, two short drawers.French circa 1880.Painted with a black chalk paint having a distressed finish.
Height 19 inches or 48 cms
Length 69 inches ...
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1880s French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Rustic Peg Leg Coffee Table, Hungary circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
The appeal of this coffee table comes from the rustic wood top that originally served as a work table and rests on original thick peg legs.
The many scratches, nicks, gouges, stains...
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Late 19th Century Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Charming and practical antique coffee table with two drawers, beautiful color
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered is this charming and practical antique coffee table with two drawers and a beautiful color.
With this wooden coffee table, you bring a charming yet practical table into you...
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1890s Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Solid Light Oak Coffee Table - Quality Occasional Side Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Vintage Solid Light Oak Coffee Table - Quality Occasional Side Table with X-Stretcher Base. Constructed in the late 20th Century.
This pi...
Category
1990s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Chinese Qing Dynasty Elm Opium Bed Coffee Table with Rattan Top and Distressing
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Chinese Qing Dynasty period elm wood opium bed coffee table from the 19th century, with hand-woven rattan top and original lacquer. Crea...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm, Rattan
Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood & Marble Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and finely detailed Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Giltwood, Sienna Marble, and Breccia Pavonazza marble coffee table. This beautiful table is raised on four scrolled G...
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19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Rustic Farmhouse Trestle Base Pine Coffee Table, Sweden circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
Rustic farmhouse pine coffee table just under 5' long with trestle style base and loaded with vintage character.
The unique construction with tray style top reveals it likely served ...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Pine
1990’s Coffee Cocktail Table Natural Rustic Twisted Tree Limb Base & Glass Top
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage coffee or cocktail table with natural Rustic twisted tree limb base and rectangle glass top. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new s...
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1990s Unknown Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Gas Aulenti Jumbo Coffee Table for Knoll
By Knoll, Gae Aulenti
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gae Aulenti Jumbo coffee table for Knoll. Architect and designer Gae Aulenti's Jumbo coffee table is her most iconic creation made from honed white Carrera marble in Italy, this tabl...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Side Table of Walnut with Carved Lyre Legs and Top, Spanish, 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Side table of walnut with handmade inlays .
Spanish, 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th century tea table
Located in Firenze, IT
Rosewood tea table, mid-19th century.
Inside, the coffee table has specially designed compartments to hold two teacups and the necessities for making the drink.
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19th Century European Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Italian 19th Century Table Basse - Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome mid-19th century Table Basse - Coffee Table from the Bologna region of Italy. Soundly constructed from walnut and chestnut with a solid board top and nicely turned l...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chestnut, Walnut
Antique Low Table Coffer
Located in New York, NY
Antique Low Table with three drawers. Very nice Elm wood low table coffer with drawers, keyed horse hoof feet with a beautiful carved apron. Wonderful antique low table capable of ...
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1890s Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm
Qing Dynasty Coffee Table Custom Lacquered with a Distressed Blue Finish
Located in Yonkers, NY
A one of a kind antique Chinese Qing Dynasty period coffee table with carved apron and horse hoof legs, newly custom lacquered in blue distressed finish. Step into a world of timeless elegance with this Chinese Qing Dynasty coffee table...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Hardwood Camel Cart Turned Into Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful hardwood strapped with decorative iron
Formerly a camel cart - legs have been made from the original wheels
Waxed and retains a beautiful patina.
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19th Century African Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Oriental Hardwood 19th Century Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive Late 19th Century Chinese Export, Oriental Hardwood Coffee Table Of Rectangular Form, Having Inset Marble To Top Over Profusely Carved & Pierced Frieze, Raised On E...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Glass Biomorphic Coffee table on casters
Located in New York, NY
Nice Biomorphic Kidney shaped Glass coffee table on casters. Longer side is 46 by 11 deep, wider side 36 deep by 9, measuring the glass on either side of the center of the legs. Ve...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
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...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Brutalist Square Slate Stone White Agate Coffee Table by Paul Kingma
By Paul Kingma
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Brutalist coffee table designed and made by Paul Kingma, The Netherlands 1991.
Introducing the Brutalist Round Coffee Table by renowned sculptor Paul Kingma, crafted in the Netherla...
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1990s Dutch Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Agate, Multi-gemstone, Concrete, Slate, Metal, Brass
19th Century Ebonized Baroque Spanish Side Table with Lyre Legs
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish trestle table in walnut. This piece has a great scale, lovely carved lyre legs and beautiful ebonized top.
This table could be used as an end table, nightstand ...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th century French walnut coffee table
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Antique walnut coffee table with 2 drawers from France. Table has a beautiful patina. Completely in perfect condition.
Origin: France
Period: Approx. 1820
Size:148cm x 77cm x h.50cm
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1820s French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Chow Leg Kang Table with Weathered Rustic Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Qing Dynasty period low Kang coffee table from the 19th century with chow legs and weathered, rustic patina. This Qing Dynasty period low Kang table, transformed into a contemporar...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Trébol Coffee Table Attributed To Oscar Tusquets For Casas Spain 1990s
Located in Norwich, GB
A superb Trébol coffee table, attributed to Spanish architect and designer Òscar Tusquets for Casas. Circa 1990s.
The table's base has an organic clover form, and is covered in a ta...
Category
1990s Spanish Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Leather, Glass, Fiberglass
19th Century Chinese Wooden Coffee Table
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th-century Chinese coffee table is a wonderful piece that harmoniously blends functionality with ancient tradition. Crafted from solid wood, its design reflects the practicali...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
"1928" coffee table, by A. Chanaux &J-M. Frank, Ed. Ecart Int. France circa 2000
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table model « 1928 », designed by Jean-Michel Frank and Adolphe Chanaux. This table is an Ecart International edition circa 2000.
Wood and natural sycamore veneer.
Biography
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1990s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Sycamore
Vintage Carved Oak Octagonal Coffee Table With Drawer, American 1950, H1196
Located in Vancouver, BC
Vintage Carved Oak Octagonal Coffee Table With Drawer, American 1950, H1196
America 1950
Solid Oak
Original finish
Octagonal shaped top with carved leaves on border
Single Pull out ...
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1860s American Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Elegant Brass & Bevelled Glass Two Tier LaBarge Coffee Table
By LaBarge
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant LaBarge brass and bevelled glass two tier coffee table having side handles (add 3.5" to width, 2" to h) and decorative finials in the four corners that extend 1" above the to...
Category
1990s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Louis XVI Wine Table
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Early 19th Century Louis XVI Wine Table
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th century Elm coffee table
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very attractive 19th century coffee table made of Elm and what looks like cherrywood. Beautiful patina with a great sheen to the top. The hidden drawer is a lovely detail a...
Category
19th Century Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm
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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