Coffee and Cocktail Tables
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
20th Century British Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1880s British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Silk, Wood
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1860s English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Mid-18th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1920s Syrian Victorian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Teak
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
1870s English High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1840s English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
20th Century American Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
19th Century British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Burl
19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
1860s English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Paint
19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech, Walnut
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1860s Italian High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cherry
1990s American Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Silver, Bronze
Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century Unknown Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Philippine Napoleon III Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1890s Italian Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cast Stone
Mid-20th Century European Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
20th Century French Napoleon III Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1930s Syrian Early Victorian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century British Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Hardwood
1860s English High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
1880s English High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Bronze
Early 20th Century Indian Early Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
20th Century English Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Hardwood
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Paper, Faux Bamboo
Early 20th Century Syrian Late Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Bone, Mother-of-Pearl
Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Burl
19th Century French Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1920s Syrian Victorian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Walnut
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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