Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Item Ships From: USA
Color: Gold
Brass "Cheval" Horse Head Coffee Table by Maison Charles, France
Located in Stamford, CT
French bronze horse head glass top coffee table by Maison Charles circa 1970.
Category
1950s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Modern Infinity Coffee Tables, Calacatta Marble, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Infinity Coffee Table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Infinity marble coffee table captures the passage ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Gold Leaf
Douglas Fanning, Bean, Contemporary Bronze Coffee Table, United States, 2019
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Fanning's unique Bean table has an amorphous, dappled bronze top and rests upon curved, blackened steel legs. This beautifully abstract creation fun...
Category
2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Maison Jansen Bronze and Marble Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
Superb coffee table by Maison Jansen…., brass and vert mer marble top. Very high quality made in France in 1950.
Totally restored and refinished.
Category
1940s European Neoclassical Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Bronze Double Monkey Coffee Table Base with Verde Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage bronze double monkey coffee table base from the mid-20th century, with verde patina. The top is not included but shown on the photos to a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Cast Bronze Dancing Cherubs Coffee Table Base with Dark Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage lost wax bronze dancing cherubs coffee table base from the mid 20th century, with dark patina. We have two table bases available, priced ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Bronze Cherub Glass Coffee Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
Italian mid century bronze cherub holding an piece of glass forming a coffee table. Each cherub is on its knees and extending their arms outward to hold the glass piece that makes the table top portion of this coffee table. There is wonderful patina on the cherubs. Great small details as the cherubs are also holding a bow and arrows on their bodies. There is a small ivy wrapped around the arms for added textures and details. Measures approx - 65w x 28d x 15h
This 3 piece coffee table...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Willy Rizzo Style Coffee Tables
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Miami, FL
A superb pair of coffee tables in the style of Willy Rizzo.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Brass Mastercraft Coffee Table with Mirror
By Mastercraft
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Brass Mastercraft coffee table with mirror, Mid-century Modern.
Category
20th Century North American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Volcano Coffee Table by Barlas Baylar
Located in New York, NY
The Volcano Table comprises of High gloss H9 wood top, jeweled and welded bronze trimming, eloquently designed on a black lacquer base. The bold, sleek c...
Category
2010s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fluxo Coffee Table (Polished Bronze) by Newel Modern
Located in New York, NY
The "Fluxo" Contemporary coffee table having asleek glass top sitting atop a sculptural base constructed of hand-forged bronze, combining organic forms, warm bronze and an industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Metal
La Gravite Table by Barlas Baylar Parchment Top
Located in New York, NY
Focusing solely on architectural precision to obtain an overall balance, the La Gravite table consists of a parchment tabletop balanced on a sturdy, blackened plate of stainless stee...
Category
2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
La Gravite Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
Focusing solely on architectural precision to obtain an overall balance, the La Gravite table consists of a parchment tabletop balanced on a sturdy, blackened plate of stainless stee...
Category
2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
La Gravite Table by Barlas Baylar High Gloss Lacquer
Located in New York, NY
Focusing solely on architectural precision to obtain an overall balance, the La Gravite table consists of a high gloss tabletop balanced on a sturdy, blackened plate of stainless ste...
Category
2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Authentic Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Warren Platner for Knoll in Bronze
By Warren Platner, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An iconic classic circular cocktail table designed by Warren Platner for Knoll. It features a dark bronze wire base with round clear glass top. Very nice condition.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Philip and Kelvin Laverne "Chan" Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Philip Laverne vintage modern etched bronze top coffee table on bronze faux bamboo legs. This table is tamped and tagged by the designer, fitting for...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Stephane Boudin for Maison Jansen Gilt Bronze and Glass Cocktail Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exceptionally rare Jansen design. A chic modern take on a Louis XV-style low coffee table, the shaped 1.5" thick green glass top raised on beautifully cast and thickly gilt bronze acanthus-form legs. From a Maison Jansen decorated Park Ave. estate. An identical table was in the library of Jayne & Charles B. Wrightsman's Palm Beach house, a well-documented Jansen commission, illustrated in J.A. Abbott, Jansen, New York 2006, p. 291 (photo provided), as well as architectural sketches of the original design by the hand of Stephane Boudin...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Philip and Kelvin Laverne Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
An Oval form etched bronze Coffee table designed by Philip and Kelvin Laverne. This unique coffee table is of two tone depicting chinoiserie figures.
Category
1970s American Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Organico Coffee Table (Bronze) by Newel Modern
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary "Organico" Round coffee table constructed of hand-forged bronze with tempered glass top.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Brass
Bronze and Glass Coffee Table by Jacques Quinet for Maison Malabert
Located in New York, NY
Bronze and glass coffee table by Jacques Quinet for Maison Malabert. Polished bronze and glass coffee/cocktail table by Jacques Quinet for Maison Malabert. Signed and stamped "broncz...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Philip & Kelvin LaVerne Erotica Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Philip & Kelvin LaVerne Erotica Coffee table of unusual design. This highly important and rare table depictis six scenes of nude females in patinated bronze and pewter by Phil...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
Post-Modern Round Tessellated Stone Side Table With Gold Brass Supports
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Please inquire if you are interested in a custom size / shape glass top and we'll send you a quote.
Nineteen-Laties (1970s-1980s) tessellated occasional table with round glass top...
Category
1970s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone, Brass
1950s Sculptural Bronze Coffee Side Table Arturo Pani Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Mexican Modernist side coffee table sculptural bronze
Bronze with glass tabletop. Arturo Pani Mexico City
Unmarked.
Rectangular shape round corners curvy wishbone legs.
29.5 x...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
1960s Modular Square Two-tone Cocktail Table Arturo Pani Mexico
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Modular Square Cocktail Table Arturo Pani made in Mexico
Aluminum and Bronze
43.25 x 43.25 x 15.75 h
Glass area 39.25 x 39.25
Original vintage unr...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze
Paolo Castelli Imperfect Gold Metal Coffee Table
Located in Boston, MA
Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this coffee table is artfully composed of three individual metal sheets, each measuring a substantial 8mm in thickness. These sheets are ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Gold
Philip and Kelvin Laverne Kuan Su Coffee table
Located in New York, NY
A Unique Philip & Kelvin Laverne Kuan Su Bronze coffee table of rectangular form.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
"Fluxo" Coffee Table by Newel Modern
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary "Fluxo" coffee table with a glass top sittting atop a sculptural base constructed of hand-forged bronze, combining organic forms, two-tone contrasting textures and an in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Manta Coffee Table by Newel Modern
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary "Manta" / Biomorphic coffee table with organic, modern design inspired by the contours of a Stingray, constructed of hand-forged bronze, finished in a black patina.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Bronze 'Chan' Coffee or Large End Table by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, 1960s Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a rare iteration of the classic and highly sought after 'Chan' coffee table by father and son team, Philip and Kelvin LaVerne (New York), produced in the 1960s and signed with the artists names on the top (see photos). Ingeniously designed with international patination and polychromed bronze and pewter, this rare form coffee table which also functions excellent as a large end table...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
Curvaceous X-Base Bronze Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Curvaceous X-base bronze coffee table, American, circa 1990s. The bronze retains it's warm original patina.
Category
1990s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Tivoli Coffee Table 4 Legs Round Travertine Top Burnished Brass Base
By Ten10
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ten10 Tivoli coffee table with 4 legs and a round travertine top. The base is stainless steel tube plated in burnished brass. Other finishes are av...
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
"Porto" Organic Loop Design Polished Bronze and Glass Coffee Tables
Located in New York, NY
3 Contemporary / Modern "Porto" biomorphic coffee tables with looping abstract bases constructed from polished bronze supporting an organic form clear glass table top.(PRICED EACH)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Botanico Biomorphic Bronze Coffee Table by Newel Modern
Located in New York, NY
2 "Botanico" Biomorphic coffee tables featuring an intricately carved leaf-inspired tabletop and base constructed of polished hand-forged bronze. (PRICED EACH)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
"Flora" Biomorphic Coffee Table by Newel Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Flora" Contemporary Coffee table with an Biomorphic sculptural base constructed of hand-forged bronze with a two-tone finish contrasting matted black and shiny bronze and includes a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Bronson Low Table in Chased Bronze & Travertine Novona
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bronson low table is a stunning piece of furniture that embodies luxury and rugged elegance. It features a unique design with a hammer-sculpted bronze base that is beautifully fi...
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine, Bronze
Cast Bronze and Figured Sycamore Coffee Table from Costantini, Enzio, in Stock
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Enzio Cast Bronze and Figured Sycamore Coffee Table from Costantini
Measurements are 60 "L x 24 "W x 17 "H
The Enzio Coffee Table features a modern take on a classic Queen Anne form in its cast bronze legs. Available as shown with a figured Sycamore top, or in any size, shape or material including stone, metal, or other wood species and finishes.
About Costantini Design
Costantini is a furniture design and manufacturing company founded in 2002 by artist and designer William C Stuart. The name Costantini comes from his maternal grandfather, a first generation Italian-American. Born in New York City and raised upstate, William majored in studio art at Colgate University with a year abroad in Paris, graduating with honors. In 2001, he traveled to Buenos Aires and fell in love with the culture and craftsmanship instantly. He designed his first collection soon after and opened an art and design gallery in Los Angeles. A decade later, he came home to New York and now has a studio in the famed West Chelsea Arts Building where his works blur the lines between art and functional design. The team of artisans continue to produce the majority of the furniture in Argentina. Aside from private collections, some notable public projects include the Hotel Bel Air, the Sultanate of Oman, Bergdorf Goodman, NoMad Hotels...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maison Baguès Mid-Century Modern Round Glass Brass Bronze Coffee Cocktail Table
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Maison Baguès Mid-Century Modern round glass top, with faux brass / bronze bamboo style structure.
Measures: 30" Round x 26" H.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Paul Evans Sculpted Bronze Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul Evans sculpted bronze coffee table. Signed PE 72. Table is being offered as a base only, no glass top will be provided. Beautiful verdigris patina ...
Category
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture Coffee Table of Semi Nude Women
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page.
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Bronze Semi-Nude Women Sculpture...
Category
Late 20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Antique Southeast Asian Bronze Rain Drum
Located in Pasadena, CA
This a very large Southeast Asian patinated cast bronze rain drum or frog drum.
The intended use of the rain drum was ceremonial and was used to invoke rain and serve as an instrum...
Category
Late 19th Century Southeast Asian Chinoiserie Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Tivoli Coffee Table 3 Legs Burnished Brass Plated Stainless + Travertine Top
By Ten10
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ten10 Tivoli coffee table with 4 legs and a round travertine top. The table measures 39" diameter x 13" high. The base is stainless steel tube plat...
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine, Stainless Steel, Brass
Italian Bronze Neoclassical Putti Di Mare Mermaid Cocktail Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Italian nautical cocktail table or coffee table featuring a pair of patinated bronze Putti Di Mare mermaids supporting a thick glass pan...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Signed Silas Seandel Coffee Table
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Signed silas seandel coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Tivoli Coffee Table 4 Legs Round Travertine Top Oil Rubbed Bronze Base
By Ten10
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ten10 Tivoli coffee table with 4 legs and a round travertine top. The base is stainless steel tube plated in oil rubbed bronze. Other finishes are ...
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine, Bronze, Stainless Steel
Tivoli Coffee Table 3 Legs Oil Rubbed Bronze Plated Stainless + Travertine Top
By Ten10
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ten10 Tivoli coffee table with 3 legs. The base is stainless steel tube plated in oil rubbed bronze. The top is 3 cm thick vein cut unfilled honed ...
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine, Stainless Steel, Bronze
Continental 19th Century Louis XIV St. Bronze, Marble, and Ormolu Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Continental 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu, patinated bronze, Alabastro and black Belgian marble coffee table. The rectangular coffee table is raised by six elegant an...
Category
19th Century Unknown Louis XIV Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Large Laverne Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
A midcentury patinated bronze coffee table with verdigris patina by LaVerne.
Measurements:
Length:69"
Width: 23"
Height: 16".
Category
1960s American Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Etched Brass Coffee Table by LaVerne
Located in New York, NY
An etched and patinated circa 1960's coffee table by Phillip and Kevin LaVerne.
Measurements:
Height 25"
Diameter 39.25".
Category
1960s American Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
1970's Mid-Century Modern Ibex Coffee Table with Bronze Base & Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our extraordinary mid-century modern ibex coffee table, a hand-crafted masterpiece that combines artistic design with functionality. Expe...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Mid-Century Bronze and Clear Glass Hoof Foot Coffee / Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century square coffee / cocktail table with a bronze frame with curved legs ending in hoof feet and an X-stretcher base, supporting a thick clear glass tabletop.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
French Modern Maison Jansen Attrib Mixed Metal Greyhound Table
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning rare midcentury French mixed metal two-tier table attributed to luxury Parisian design house Maison Jansen (Paris, France; 1880-1989)
Mid-20th Century, having a patinated silver-tone brushed steel frame, gilt metal accents, featuring sculptural bronzed figural greyhound heads, two colorless glass tiers, rising square and tubular legs, terminating in paw feet.
Having the ideal Size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a cocktail - coffee table, sofa end table, chair side table, bedside nightstand, etc. as well as a elegant, sophisticated, and highly decorative refined style that compliments many of today's most popular interior design styles, such as Mid-Century Modern, Hollywood Regency Glam, Art Deco, transitional Industrial, and more.
Dimensions: (approx)
21.75" High, 25.5" Wide, 25.5" Deep
Condition:
Great original unrestored vintage condition. Strong, sturdy, stable, and structurally sound. Presents splendidly, nicely aged patina - patinated with scattered spots of oxidation, heavily worn gilt finish, typical signs of wear consistent with age and use including minor scuffs, scratches and expected character marks. Overall a wonderful example!
Maison Jansen:
Maison Jansen (English: House of Jansen) was a Paris-based interior decoration office founded in the late 19th century and is considered the first truly global design firm, serving prominent clients in Europe, Latin America, North America (including the White House, numerous past presidents and celebrities) and the Middle East.
In 1880, at the height of the Belle Époque, Jean-Henri Jansen emigrated from Holland to open a furniture shop on the Rue Royale in Paris. No one could have anticipated that his little business (one of the forerunners of interior decoration as we know it) would grow into an Empire, but within Jansen’s lifetime, his emphasis on historical research, his focus on client needs, and his comprehensive approach to transforming space, would earn his firm a faithful client base of wealthy, royal, and otherwise elite clients—clients they would keep for almost a century to come.
Maison Jansen was a success from the very start. The shopkeeper made such a splash with his lavish and detailed window displays, and unique approach to selling furniture—Jansen was one of the first dealers to carry everything necessary to furnish a home—that within ten years Maison Jansen was no longer a store but a rapidly expanding design firm with a wealthy and faithful client base. By 1890 Jansen had established a prominent antiques trade, had opened up a workshop on the Rue Pergolese (where the company produced furniture of its own), and had achieved his first great feat of interior decoration—remodeling the Palace of Laeken at the behest of King Leopold II of Belgium.
By 1900 Jansen’s reputation was monumental. His firm represented not merely the royalty of Europe, but the wealthy and powerful from all over the world. What’s more, by the turn of the century his furniture was heralded as some of the finest in Europe. The spectacular Art Nouveau writing desk the firm presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle remains, to this day, in the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and is considered one of the supreme examples of the period. Maison Jansen would not miss an important show thereafter, and participated in the 1925 Exhibition...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Steel, Iron
Polished Bronze Stainless Steel Transition Coffee Table Limited Edition
By WARM, Corinna Warm
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Warm was commissioned by contemporary fine art gallery Galerie Artempo to continue their experimentations in merging seemingly incongruent metallic materials into a seamless finish. ...
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Metal, Sheet Metal
Vintage Silas Seandel Brutalist Lotus Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Silas Seandel brutalist lotus coffee table. Overall measurements with the glass top are 52" x 30". Fascinating metal work which po...
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bronze and Forged Iron Coffee Table in the Style of Diego Giacometti
Located in Pasadena, CA
Etruscan style coffee table of forged and hammered iron with a stretcher base, curved legs that support figural panther heads made of bronze and paw feet. Glass top rests upon the ba...
Category
1980s American Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Hollywood Regency Gold Gilt Italian Faux Bamboo Oval Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency gold gilt faux bamboo base with 3/4 thick oval glass top coffee table. The iron faux bamboo form base has antiqued gold gilt finish, which is in fin...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Triumphant, Unique Cocktail Table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in New York, NY
Bronze, glass. Extraordinary, handmade abstract bronze form with overall textured surface. This particular treatment was created by meticulously dripping solder over the surface of t...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, Coffee Table Acid-Etched Pewter, Bronze, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A rare round coffee table or cocktail table by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, New York, United States, 1960s.
Produced in acid-etched and patinat...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
Glass Top Bronze Figurine Coffee Table by Maitland Smith
Located in Pomona, CA
The beveled glass top sits on four bronze figures the bottom shelf is covered in embossed leather.
Category
Late 20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
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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