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Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Color:  Black
French Art Deco Wrought Iron Coffee or Side Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A round French Art Deco wrought iron table with a green and white marble top that can be use as a coffee or side table. We are the rare source that specializes exclusively in French...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Wrought Iron

Art Deco Ironwork Coffee or Side Table with Black White Marble Top
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco iron table, custom made exclusively for Art Deco Collection in the original Fer Forge French tradition with a top made of richly veined bl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Iron

Coffee Bar Table in Checkered Burl Wood and Black Stained Veneer, circa 1970
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Elevate your living space with the exquisite beauty of this stunning Coffee Bar Table, masterfully crafted in the style of the esteemed Willy Rizzo. Dating back to circa 1970, this ...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

French Forged Iron and Limestone Coffee Table by Gilbert Poillerat, c. 1940.
Located in London, GB
A forged iron and limestone coffee table by Gilbert Poillerat (1902-1988), from a drawing by Jacques Adnet (1900-1984). French, c. 1940.
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Limestone, Iron, Wrought Iron

21st Century Art Deco Elie Saab Maison Hammered Brass Palace Side Table, Italy
Located in Mariano Comense, CO
21st century Art Deco Elie Saab Maison Hammered brass Palace side table, Italy The Palace side table faithfully interpret the stylistic elements that characterize the Middle Eastern...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

French Art Deco Wrought Iron and marble Coffee Table
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A French Art Deco ornate wrought iron centre table produced in the 1920’s having six curved upright supports with scrolled feet produced by expert craftsmen with a circular marble to...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Wrought Iron

Lacquer Table, Late Meiji Period, Japan, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Lacquer table, Art Deco period, Japan, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s Japanese Art Deco Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Lacquer

Art Deco Coffee Table in Giltwood and Black Lacquer, 1930s
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
Important coffee table, from Art Deco period to 1925/1930, forming pedestal table or tea table, in black lacquer and gold leaf The leaf gilding has been restored Very good conditio...
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Gold Leaf

Wrought and Hammered Iron Art Deco Gueridon with White Marble Top
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice Gueridon is made of wrought and hammered iron with a thick round white marble top. This is a French Work form the Art Deco period. Circa 1930
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Wrought Iron

In-Stock, Art Deco Style Coffee & Side Table in Copper Finish
Located in New York, NY
Presenting an exquisite coffee table that exudes the allure of Art Deco design in a captivating copper color. Crafted with a combination of steel and synthetic marble, this table is ...
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2010s Spanish Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Coffee Table Wood Lacquered Black Maison Jansen by Gerard Mille, 1950/70
By Gerard Mille
Located in Paris, FR
1950/70 Coffee Table Wood Lacquered Black Maison Jansen 121 x 81 cm Maison Jansen coffee table lacquered wood and gilded bronze ornaments, directo...
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1970s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Art Decó Chrome Coffee Table with Fumé Glass Top and Ebonized Base
Located in Miami, FL
Amazing side or coffee table with curved chrome pedestal leg and the base of the table is made of ebonizd wood. The smoked glass surface rests on the chrome pedestal The chrom...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

1940s Art Deco Coffee Table Attributed to Jean-Charles Moreux
Located in London, GB
A fine Art Deco low coffee table Attributed to Jean-Charles Moreux dating from the 1940s. A pioneer of the Art Deco Neo-Baroque movement, Moreux’s work merges natural and primitive form with playful Surrealist imagery. Known for his use of shell, plaster, exotic woods and the forged iron from which this piece is cast, Moreux has finely crafted a smooth, stepped rectangular top to mount the glass surface, resting this on the bold heads of four pulling horses...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Shagreen Cocteau Coffee Table with Bronze Patina Brass Accents by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Cocteau II coffee table by R&Y Augousti is a truly one of a kind piece. The sculptural and ethereal piece has abstract forms, shapes and figures within it that one could interpre...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Shagreen Nesting Coffee Tables with Bronze-Patina Brass Inlay by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Set of 2 Licol nesting coffee tables by R & Y Augousti in black shagreen with bronze-patina brass details explore the brand's iconic DNA of bringing old world artisanal craft int...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Shell Inlaid Coffee Table with Bronze-Patina Brass Inlay by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Nymphea round coffee by R & Y Augousti in pen shell with bronze-patina brass details explores the brand's iconic DNA of bringing old world artisanal craft into a contemporary and...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Art Deco Side Table in Wrought Iron and Marble Top, France, circa 1940
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Elegant rectangular coffee / side table made of a very beautiful brown / taupe colored marble and a twisted wrought iron base imitating ropes. Beautiful black and golden brown pati...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Wrought Iron

Art Deco Coffee Table in Marble and Wrought Iron, France, circa 1940
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Elegant wrought iron coffee / side table with pink marble top. The wrought iron structure is painted dark green. Beautiful ironwork. Art Deco, France, circa 1940. Unsigned. In ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Wrought Iron

French Art Deco 1940s Wrought Iron Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
An elegant French Art Deco 1940s wrought iron coffee table. Understated in it simplicity the forging of this piece has been executed with great precision the interior of each of the...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wrought Iron

Fossilized Stone Inlay Coffee Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
The vibrant pattern of this table is created using Marquetry, the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures. there ar...
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2010s Philippine Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Limestone

Art Deco Black Lacquered Coffee Table
Located in North York, ON
Art Deco black lacquered coffee table. America circa 1950’s, original art deco design with beautiful sculpted leg details. Finished in a polishe...
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1950s American Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Warren McArthur Streamline Modern Aluminum Black Coffee Table Model 1559-s 1930s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Warren McArthur Coffee table, model 1559-s Warren McArthur Corporation USA, c. 1930 enameled aluminum, laminate 18½ h × 30 dia in (47 × 76 cm) literature: Warren McArthur Corporation, Donnelly, pg. 50 Warren McArthur Jr. was an innovator in Machine Age/ Art Deco furniture design. McArthur moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1929 to pursue metal furniture manufacturing; he founded the Warren McArthur Corporation there in 1930. His furniture designs while unique were true to the Machine Age aesthetic. Machine Age design emphasized sleek forms inspired by automobiles, locomotives and airplanes. These objects were symbols of progress and modernity to the American consumer and industrial designers began constructing furniture in streamlined designs from steel, chrome and aluminum. Prior to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, known as the “Century of Progress Exhibition.” The fair’s tagline, “See America Streamlined,” and the abundance of metal furniture and home goods exhibited finally presented the concept of utilizing metal designs in the typical American household. The Museum of Modern Art followed suit in subsequent years with exhibitions like "Machine Art," (1934), and "Bauhaus 1919-1928" (1938), further exposing the American public to this design style. The Warren McArthur Corporation moved manufacturing to Rome, New York in 1933, just as metal furniture was gaining popularity; the company’s products were sold out of a showroom in New York City on Park Avenue. As a manufacturer, McArthur filed numerous patent designs which he utilized in advertisements to exhibit the innovations he developed. The company also proudly printed patent numbers on furniture...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum

Coffee Table Vivace by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table with an enameled hand painted ceramic leafs hand-crafted by the French artist Véronique Rivemale. Top in green forest marble honed.
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2010s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Enamel

Andre Arbus and Gilbert Poillerat Small Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Forties Art Deco petite drinks/coffee/cocktail table designed by Andre Arbus and executed by Gilbert Poillerat, circa 1945 in patinated iron with gilt details. This small gem ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Rattan Coffee Table with Shell and Bronze-Patina Brass Inlay by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Nymphea round coffee by R & Y Augousti is a part of their new Rattan capsule launch. The piece explores the brand's iconic DNA of bringing old world artisanal craft into a contemporary and utterly luxury feel. This table is done in a blue rattan...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Quartz, Brass

Coffee Table with Handmade Ceramic Tiles Maze Black, in Stock
Located in Lisbon, PT
Round coffee table with structure made of lacquered metal in black color and top made of handmade ceramic tiles in color black lustrine, transparent glass top for protection. Measu...
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2010s Portuguese Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Rattan Coffee Table with Quartz and Bronze-Patina Brass Inlay by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Nymphea round coffee by R & Y Augousti is a part of their new Rattan capsule launch. The piece explores the brand's iconic DNA of bringing old world artisanal craft into a contem...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Quartz, Brass

Rattan Nesting Coffee Tables with Quartz and Brass Inlay by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Set of 2 Licol Nesting Coffee Tables by R & Y Augousti are a part of their new Rattan capsule launch. The pieces explore the brand's iconic DNA of bringing old world artisanal cr...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Quartz, Brass

French Art Deco Macassar Sunburst Coffee Table
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco Macassar sunburst coffee table with ebony accents. Very nice high French polish finish.    
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

"Similar Table at Radio City Music Hall" , Attributed to Donald Deskey, Art Deco
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Amaizing coffe table. Material: Chromed and marble Style: Art Deco Country: American If you want to live in the golden years, this is the coffe table that your project needs. We hav...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Chrome

Rare 1930s Art Deco Art Moderne Black Chrome Coffee Table Attr Wolfgang Hoffmann
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare Art Deco or Art Moderne black and chrome coffee table. Very possibly shown in the 1939 Worlds Fair. Attributed to Wolfgang Hoffmann ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Table in wood and silver plated, 1930, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table Material: wood and silver plated France We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your di...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Marble Center Table Design Contemporary Sergio Prieto Dovain Studio
Located in Lisbon, PT
This coffee table is handmade by our artisans, located in Lisbon (Portugal). At Dovain Studio we like to work with artisans and stones from the area to achieve a more sustainable and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Custom Made Martinez Martini Table Blackened Steel and Marble
Located in London, GB
As Louis Vuitton reinvents its iconic pattern each year, Casa Botelho does the same with the Martini Collection. While João always stays true to the original form - inspired by the golden age of Hollywood and the iconic martini cocktail - this year, he will be partnering with Decorum Est and artisan Peter McGuire, to create sensual surfaces that will adorn the beloved Martini petite tables. The rectangular Manhattan table...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass, Steel

Sidetable "Tableau Sépia" Black with Colored Glass Top
Located in Greven, DE
Very light and open design side table that can change color. This great side table adapts to your environment and mood with the help of numerous colored Lacobel panels (almost like a sépia). Noble and elegant, this side table fits into almost any room concept. We manufacture stylish furniture to order...
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2010s German Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Birch, Glass

French Art Deco Wrought Iron Coffee Table Base Att. to Raymond Subes
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Art Deco metal work table base, attributed to Raymond Subes. Heavy gauge metal stock, formed by a master craftsman, this example probably had...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wrought Iron

Large Black Lacquer Art Deco Chinese Inspirated by Maurice Rinck, France, 1930
Located in Brussels, BE
Elegant art deco black lacquer circular coffee table. Designed by Maurice Rinck. France 1930.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Art Deco Chrome & Glass Modernist Occasional Cocktail Table, English, C1930's
Located in Devon, England
Superbly stylish Art Deco tubular table in chrome with a thick glass insert top. The glass has a mirrored edge and jet black center. Often the m...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Round Bistro Table Art Deco Style in Black Piano Lacquer by Tischlerei Hänsdieke
Located in Greven, DE
Bistro table in Art Deco style piano black lacquered - Highcloss. Black colored glass plate on the table top. Art Deco Bistro table style furnitu...
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2010s German Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Birch

20th Century X-Form Iron and Saddle Stitched Leather Coffee Table
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., black X-form iron base with tan saddle stitched leather top, in style of Jean Michel Frank, (1895-1941, French), unmarked. This classic X-form base table packs substantial s...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Round Side Table Art Deco Style in Black by Tischlerei Hänsdieke.
Located in Greven, DE
Side table in Art Deco style matt black lacquered Art Deco side table style furniture - own design With this design we were inspired by the Art Deco and Bauhaus tables and created a ...
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2010s German Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Birch

Art Deco Side Table Around 1930 with Beautiful Veneer and Black Highcloss
Located in Greven, DE
Art Deco side table from Paris around 1930 with beautiful veneer and black high-gloss lacquer. Unique side table with beautiful reddish veneer. The shape is rarely found - together ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Beech, Walnut, Lacquer, Kingwood

Shagreen Cocteau Coffee Table with Shell and Brass Accents by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Cocteau coffee table by R&Y Augousti is a truly one of a kind piece. The sculptural and ethereal piece has abstract forms, shapes and figures ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Streamline Black Lacquer Chrome Coffee Table by Royalchrome
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Streamline Art Deco coffee table manufactured by Royal Chrome. The table features chromed U-shaped tubular legs with a sleek black lacquer tabletop.
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Jacques Adnet Leather Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Well proportioned French modernist leather coffee table by Jacques Adnet. Iron frame entirely wrapped in black leather, with delicate bends give this piece stunning presence. Very we...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Metal

Parchment Cocteau Coffee Table with Brass Accents by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Cocteau coffee table by R&Y Augousti is a truly one of a kind piece. The sculptural and ethereal piece has abstract forms, shapes and figures ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Art Deco Sidetable with Walnut and Black Piano Lacquer
Located in Greven, DE
The side table has a wonderful veneer pattern with diagonal walnut veneer and maple band inlays - beautiful work. The solid frame is lacquered with black piano lacquer...
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1940s German Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Beech, Walnut, Lacquer

Paul Vera, Art Deco Table in Iron and Tile, France, 1946
By Paul Vera
Located in New York, NY
This long side table has a ceramic top assembled from tiles created by the master ceramist Paul Vera, each depicting a fanciful vignette or design and glazed in black and white. The base, in wrought iron, is assembled of long thin legs, and possesses a shelf, swirling on its sides and latticed at its center. This work is typical of Véra’s output during the Second World War. Despite being removed from his home by German forces, he continued his artistic research and production, albeit with more modest means, and explored a variety of ceramic possibilities. He created tiles with exuberant and whimsical characters such as peasants and gardeners (his brother André Véra was a famous gardener) in the kiln of his friend Jean-Paul Luthringer, a sculptor in St-Germain-en-Laye. At Salon de l’Imagerie 1946, he exhibited models of ceramic tiles for bathrooms, swimming pools, fish shops and post offices. That same year, La Maîtrise of Galeries Lafayette department store ordered ceramic tiles for the decoration of an oak sideboard by Marcelle Maisonnier.   The Musée Paul & André Véra of St Germain-en-Laye has in its collection a ceramic tobacco pot with very similar figures of doves and characters painted in white on a dark brown background. This box was given as a wedding gift by Paul Véra...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wrought Iron

Polished Black French Art Deco Side Table with Floral Inlay
Located in Köln, NW
Elegant french Art Déco side table / coffeetable with claw legs and centered with a fine floral inlay of different fruit woods. The table was ebonized and po...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Lacquer, Wenge, Walnut, Mahogany, Wood

Art Deco Coffee Opium Table with Chinese Decor
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Art Deco coffee Opium table. Hand-painted Chinese decor, France, 1920s. Lacquer in good original condition. Table solid and stabile. Note: Very nice sy...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Lacquer, Wood

Italian Art Deco Black Lacquer and Pink Mirror Coffee Table, 1940s
Located in Meda, MB
This Art Deco coffee table was produced in Italy at the end of the 1940s. The elegant structure is black lacquered, while the top is a pink mirror. Completely restored.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mirror, Lacquer

Josef Frank Art Deco Vintage Circular Walnut Black Glass Side Table Vienna, 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco era vintage circular side table or coffee table by Josef Frank circa 1925 Vienna from walnut veneer and solid walnut topped with a...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Walnut

Austrian Thonet Bentwood Black Distressed Dining Set Table 4 Chairs, 5 Pieces
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Austrian Thonet bentwood distressed black dining room set table and 4 chairs - 5 pieces. Item features (1) 12" leaf, (4) dining chairs with attra...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Fabric, Wood

Shagreen Coffee Table with Bronze Patina Brass Accents by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The parsons coffee table by R&Y Augousti is classic and elegant staple piece for your home. The clean lines of the overall piece, inlaid in coal black shagreen, are accentuated by th...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Custom Made Martinez Martini Table Blackened Steel and Glacier Glass Cast
Located in London, GB
As Louis Vuitton reinvents its iconic pattern each year, Casa Botelho does the same with the Martini Collection. While João always stays true to the original form - inspired by the golden age of Hollywood and the iconic martini cocktail - this year, he will be partnering with Decorum Est and artisan Peter McGuire, to create sensual surfaces that will adorn the beloved Martini petite tables. The rectangular Manhattan table...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass, Steel

Shagreen Coffee Table with Shell and Bronze Patina Brass Accents by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Metropolis 3-top coffee table by Kifu Paris is a dramatic and sculptural design that demonstrates the incredible and signature artisanale work ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Shell Coffee Table with Bronze-Patina Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Arianne coffee table by R&Y Augousti is one of a kind statement and whimsical piece. The overall piece is inlaid in black pen shell accentuated with intricate bronze-patina brass...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Coffee Table in Shagreen Shell and Bronze Patina Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Metropolis 3-top coffee table by Kifu Paris is a dramatic and sculptural design that demonstrates the incredible and signature artisanale work from her Augousti genes. The bronze...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

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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