Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Shell, Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1980s Folk Art Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Mid-18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
1990s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
1970s American Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
Late 20th Century Colombian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century English American Colonial Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1920s Syrian Victorian Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Teak
1980s South American Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Pine
1950s French Rustic Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Wood
Late 18th Century Romanian Rustic Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Early 1900s French Country Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
1980s Finnish Folk Art Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1880s African Folk Art Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Indian Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
Late 20th Century Indian Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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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