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Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Color:  Black
1880 Black Round Victorian Table Coffee with Top in Fabric Embroidered Oriental
Located in Palermo, Sicily
1880 black round Victorian coffee table with top in fabric embroidered with oriental scenes, ebony.
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1880s British Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Silk, Wood

English Scalloped Tole Tray on Stand With Peacock and Floral Motif, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
English scalloped Tole tray with decorative Peacock and foliage motif resting on a painted faux bamboo stand with cross stretchers. Early 19th Century.
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1830s English William IV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Tin

19th Century Black Lacquer and Gilt Low Table with Cabriole Legs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning black lacquer and gilt Chinese low table. The top of the table exhibits extremely fine painted landscape scenes while the frieze and legs are decorated with gold meanders ...
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19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

English Hand-Painted Black Japanned Rectangular Tray Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular tray with rounded edges finely painted with Mallard ducks and ducklings in a pond, with foliate sprays to the exterior; the later stand raised on cluster column legs...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

Regency Papier Mache Tray On Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality Regency Period Oblong Papier Mache Tray With Very Attractive Hand Painted And Gilded Decoration Raised On Elegant Later Faux Bamboo Design Stand.  What better way t...
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Paper

Pair of Chinese Lacquered Panel Coffee Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of similar Chinese end tables with black lacquered panel tops (19th Century) having figural and parcel gilt highlights within an inset painte...
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Italian 19th Century Florentine St. Wrought Iron, Gilt Metal And Marble Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Florentine st. wrought iron, gilt metal and Pietra Dura marble cocktail table. The circular table is raised by a striking wro...
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19th Century Italian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble, Metal, Wrought Iron

19th Century Papier Mâché Scalloped Tray Table on Faux Bamboo Base
Located in Savannah, GA
Scalloped shape black papier mâché tray table with very vibrant and detailed floral design. The stunning tray was mounted later on a faux bamboo custom wooden base.
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Paper, Faux Bamboo

Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Bamboo Low Coffee Table with Slatted Top
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty bamboo low coffee table from the 19th century, with slatted top. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this low bamb...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bamboo

19th Century Chinese Export Leather Trunk on Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Chinese export pigskin leather leather trunk with original beautifully aged deep red finish on fitted wooden stand. Excellent original condition.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Leather

French Industrial Coffee Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual French industrial coffee table with a burnished old finish. This piece comes from the Saut-du-Tarn, a steel factory located in the town of Albi, Southern France. 1890. Dim...
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19th Century French Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

Hand Wrought Iron Low Table
Located in Norwood, NJ
Wrought iron coffee table, 19th century Italian in the Rococo style. Most likely from Florence, this hand wrought beauty has an inset glass top to reveal the substantial but delicate...
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Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

19th Century Day Bed Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century elmwood low table, day bed, bench, and or cocktail table. Round leg construction with round corner apron, very solid, very strong, rustic low table...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Elm

Coffee Table, Teak Wood
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Large coffee table in teak wood with nice old patina Southeast Asia, Thailand.
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Late 19th Century Thai Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Antique 19th Century Spanish Rustic Black Solid Chestnut Wood Coffee Table
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful dark coffee table that originates in Spain, circa 1840. The table is completely made in solid chestnut wood and shows the marks of man...
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Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chestnut

Late 19th Century English Labeled Papier Mache Tray on Later Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This very nice old papier-mache tray produced approx 1885 comes from England while the stand is a modern addition creating a useful and attractive small coffee table. The base is mad...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Other

19th Century Chinese Black Lacquered Pigskin Trunk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare 19th century Chinese pigskin trunk featuring a black lacquered finish. Beautiful distressed patina with a smooth soft finish. Brass-mounted ...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Regency Style Faux Bamboo Painted Tole Tray Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Regency style painted tole tray inset in a black lacquered faux bamboo stand. The English tole tray is decorated with birds, flowers, and a butterfly with a double foliate...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Large Japanese Black Lacquered Storage Chest, 19th Century
Located in Southall, GB
An absolutely stunning large Japanese black lacquered storage chest, 19th century. This chest is offered with superb hand carved wooden plum and ...
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19th Century Asian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Black Lacquer Coffee Table with Two Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty antique black lacquer coffee table from the 19th century, with two drawers, dragon-carved spandrels and raised motifs. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this coffee table features a rectangular top with central board, sitting above two drawers carved with floral motifs and fitted with brass hardware. The table is raised on four straight slightly splaying legs connected to the top's underside thanks to dragon-carved spandrels. Boasting a dark patina, this 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty coffee table...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Italian 19th Century Marble, Wrought Iron and Ormolu Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive Italian 19th century marble, wrought iron and ormolu coffee table. The marble plateau is raised by a stepped black marble base below four most decorative scrolled w...
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19th Century Italian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble, Wrought Iron, Ormolu

French 1892 Iron Balcony Fragment Made into a Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French iron balcony fragment from the late 19th century, made into a coffee table with glass top. Featuring a French iron fragment dated 1892 on the central cartouche, this coffee ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

19th century English Black Lacquer and Gilt Papier-Mache Tray on Stand
Located in Savannah, GA
Oval shaped papier mâché tray table featuring inlaid abalone in a delicate floral design with gold leaf scroll work accents. The sturdy wooden Chinoiserie style stand is not antiqu...
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1860s English High Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Abalone, Wood, Paper

Small Black Painted Swedish Tray Table
Located in Round Top, TX
There is a tremendous amount of character packed into a small space in this unique English table with it's removable black painted metal tray. Notice the mother of pearl inlay that i...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Pair of English Faux Bamboo Toleware Tray Tables
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Elegant pair of English tole or toleware tray tables featuring later faux bamboo brass bases. Gorgeous hand-painted trays with scalloped edges. Sup...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Tôle, Tin, Brass

Coffee Table of Cast Iron and Glass
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Coffee / salon table with a base of heavy riveted cast iron with an Italian crystal glass top. The cast iron base was made circa 1880.
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1880s French Industrial Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

19th Century English Victorian Papier Mâché Tray on Later Stand
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a Classic black English Victorian papier mâché tray with an interior gilt border. The tray is fitted to a latter ebonized faux bamboo stand, circa 1860 (tray).
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Art Deco Coffee Table, Industrial Antiques, Steam Punk
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Stylish designer coffee table, Industrial antiques, steam punk The coffee tabletop is made from a 19th century clocking in clock, the Dey Howard Brothe...
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Late 19th Century English Steampunk Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass

Venetian Coffee Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Venetian grotto coffee table with onyx top.
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19th Century Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Onyx

Burled Root Table Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful organic burled root table base with polished and leveled areas that would support a glass top (not included).
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Early 19th Century Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

English Georgian Mahogany Decanter Tray Table
Located in Port Chester, NY
Lovely piece, use for a tray table, coffee table, end table or a side table. Very versatile piece. Original brass castors are very elegant, Height is to top of the gallery.
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Victorian Papier Maché Tray on Stand
Located in Montreal, QC
Victorian rectangular papier-mâché tray, on later stand. This is an outstanding example, which got our attention by its many unusual qualities. It is large, with a dished rim, gilt ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Tin

Regency Black and Gilt Papier Mache Lacquer Tray with Later Stand, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Chinoiserie decorated black and gilt rectangular tray stamped on the reverse "Clay, King St. Covent Garden.”.
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Rare Irish Armorial Pietra Dura Low Table with Seashells
By J. Darmanin & Sons
Located in New York, NY
The double serpentine form top made of various specimen marbles and inlaid with the armorial for the Baker family of County Tipperary, with motto "Hono Virtutis Satelles" s...
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Mid-19th Century Maltese Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble

American Tole and Mahogany Tray on Stand, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
American hand-painted decorative tole tray on carved mahogany stand. Tray has two side handles with hand-painted floral, fruit and medallion motif. Stand was made for tray with a car...
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1830s American American Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Tin

Chinese Lacquer Tray Table
Located in Stamford, CT
An oval CHinese lacquer tray mounted on a later stand. The tray depicts daily life in 19th century China with figures of musicians and river vendors.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian Wrought Iron Black Colored Coffee Table with Glass Top & Ornate Scrolls
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wrought iron coffee table with glass top. This rectangular shaped coffee table features 19th century Italian fragments used to make the very intricate cross stretcher. The ornately...
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19th Century Italian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron, Iron

English Scalloped Paper Mache Tray on Stand. Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
English scalloped paper mache tray on stand with hand painted floral decoration. Stand was made for tray at later date. Dealers please call...
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19th Century British Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Neo Renaissance Cocktail Table
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Manufactured in the southeastern part of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, private estate Romania. Veneer restored and repolished. First used by Count Zelenski, Neudorf (Romania) unti...
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19th Century Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

19th Century Pair of Chinese Coffee or Side Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century pair of Chinese coffee or side tables. Beautifully constructed of wood. Originally used for meals while seated on the floor. Dimensions: 44.5" W x 22" D x 19" H.
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Elm

Fine Italian Ebonized and Marquetry Inlaid Low Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Italian ebonized and marquetry. Inlaid low table. 19th century. The rectangular top with marquetry inlaid throughout over a frieze with three dovetailed drawers all resting o...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Oriental Hardwood Coffee Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A late 19th century oriental hardwood coffee table, or plant stand having well figured panel top and elegant carved frieze standing on square ...
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19th Century Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Hardwood

Regency Black and Gilt Papier Mâché Tray, c1810 with Later Custom Stand
Located in valatie, NY
This exceptional papier mâché tray is highly decorated and sits on a clustered bamboo style frame. The black and gilt painted scene is of an Asian country estate with a typical stone...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Paper

A Fine Early Russian Tray on Stand
Located in Sheffield, MA
The tray depicts a woman standing in a wooded landscape; it is also stamped on the back and dated 1885. The tray is set in a later steel and gilt bronze stand.
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19th Century Russian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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.”

Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee table and cocktail tables today.

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