Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Yew
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1940s French Empire Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century British Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century Mexican Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer
Late 20th Century Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1980s American Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1930s French Empire Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
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
19th Century Tibetan Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm, Lacquer
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
Late 18th Century European Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1970s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut, Lacquer
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Elm
Late 20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble
1990s Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak, Lacquer
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm, Lacquer
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Linen, Elm, Lacquer
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Elm
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Elm, Lacquer
1990s Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm, Lacquer
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Elm
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Linen, Elm, Lacquer
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Elm
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Elm
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Zitan
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Elm, Lacquer
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bamboo, Wood, Elm
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Linen, Elm, Lacquer
20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Linen, Wood, Elm, Lacquer
1920s Indonesian Chinese Export Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm, Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1990s Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Elm
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, 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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