Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf
1970s Indian Folk Art Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper, Lead
1940s European Folk Art Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Shell, Glass, Wood
1790s Swedish Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Late 20th Century European Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine, Glass
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
1960s Folk Art Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Olive
Late 20th Century Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Giltwood
1920s Norwegian Rococo Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1930s Danish Rococo Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1970s Unknown Folk Art Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wicker, Wood
Late 20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1930s Danish Rococo Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
1980s Folk Art Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Mid-18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Lacquer, Paper
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Oak, Pine, Beads
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Porphyry
2010s Italian Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Murano Glass, 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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