Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Yew
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
1940s French Empire Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
20th Century Mexican Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1930s French Empire Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Giltwood
Early 1800s Austrian Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Brass
Late 20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century European Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Scagliola, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Scagliola, Wood
Late 20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cherry, Satinwood, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1880s Austrian Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
2010s Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Gold Leaf
1940s Argentine Empire Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Gold Leaf
20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1840s Baltic Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Danish Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
1960s American Empire Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1950s Italian Empire Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
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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