Coffee and Cocktail Tables
2010s Italian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze, Iron
2010s Mexican Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 2000s American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Polish Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
20th Century American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
1990s Italian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1950s French Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Glass
1920s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
20th Century American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary German Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century Belgian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1960s French Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf
1970s American Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Zinc
1960s European Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
1920s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1940s Czech Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Lithuanian Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
1990s Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron, Metal, Steel
Late 20th Century American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
1940s American Industrial Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood, Natural Fiber
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1870s American Industrial Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Iron
Late 20th Century European Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine, Glass
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Iron
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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