Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Color: Gold
1970 ‘Coffee Table with Eagles in Gilt Bronze Signed by Boeltz for Roméo Paris
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table composed of 2 gilt bronze eagles supporting a glass slab circa 1970 good condition.
Measures: Length: 120cm
Width: 80cm
Height: 44cm.
Category
1960s Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Brass Swan Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
A chic and elegant 1950s Italian brass swan coffee table with swan head legs and original glass.
Well-made and heavy.
Dimensions base:
Wid...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, 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 ...
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Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
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...
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Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
French Midcentury Bronze Drum Drinks Table with Intertwining Oval Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French vintage bronze drum drinks table from the mid-20th century with intertwining oval motifs. Born in France during the midcentury period, this bronze drum table...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern 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...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Onyx, Gold Leaf and Brass Mosaic Italian Coffee Table, 1960s, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Gorgeous mosaic coffee table made from Italian onyx, gold leaf and brass.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
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
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maison Jansen Parchment and Gold Gilt Table
Located in London, GB
A very good quality table by Maison Jansen, with elaborate gold gilt supports in the Rococo manner, and a shaped top in parchment. Stamped Jansen underneath.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
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...
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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
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...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Midcentury Chippendale Style Bronze and Onyx Coffee Table, Italy, 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Rectangular Chippendale style coffee table with onyx top and bronze structure with relief decorations. Italian manufacture, 1950s.
We...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Brutalist Coffee Table Brass Bronze by Salvino Marsura Sculpture Midcentury
Located in Berlin, BE
Gorgeous coffee table handcrafted by Italian Artist and Sculptor Salvino Marsura, who passed away in May 2020.
The coffee table shows an amazing tree in heavy gilt wrought iron.
On...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
1960s Arturo Pani Guy Muller of Mexico Golden Marble Cocktail Table
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mexican Regency Round Marble Golden Coffee Cocktail Table
1960s Arturo Pani Guy Muller of Mexico
Stunning vintage presence
15 tall x 32 diameter
Solid Bra...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass, Gold Leaf
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
Maison Baguès Bronze Saint Gobain Gilded Glass Coffee Table 1950s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful coffee table by French house Maison Baguès was created in the early 1950s with solid bamboo shaped bronze structure and an amazing Saint Gobain dalle de sable gilded t...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century O. Borsani Marble and Bronze Coffee Table, Italy 50s
Located in Palermo, IT
Very stylish coffee table with shaped top in light marble and bronze saber-legged structure with curvilinear intertwining of metal tubes. Attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, Italy in the ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Signed Large Square Bronze Coffee Table Jacques Quinet for Broncz, 1960s
By Jacques Quinet, Broncz
Located in Paris, IDF
This large coffee table signed by Jacques Quinet and stamped by Broncz, is a rare remarkable find. It features a strong, bronze base constructed to last. This coffee table will not o...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Hollywood Regency Gilded Coco Chanel Style Sheaf of Wheat Coffee Table
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Gorgeous occasional or coffee table consisting of a nature inspired base made of gilded sheaves of wheat, with a round glass top.
This is the kind of table the famous French designe...
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1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
1950-1970 Coffee Table Maison Jansen Glazed
Located in Paris, FR
Maison Jansen coffee table in bronze and brass, uprights with gunmetal patina, characteristic of this brand
glass shelves,condition of use. circa 1950-1970.
Smoked glasses
Measure...
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1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Large Mid Century Bronze Nude Coffee Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa mid 20thC
Large Mid Century Bronze Nude Coffee Table
W110 x D110 x H30cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
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...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Steel, Iron
1960s Arturo Pani Stellar Gold Leaf Coffee Table Base Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Arturo Pani Gold Leaf Coffee Table Base
Sculptural Base
No tabletop glass is included.
Unmarked
Measures: 15 tall x 14.25 D x 29 W.
Preowned original vi...
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1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
C. Conndray Bronze Figural Art Nouveau Sculpture Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Louis Icart
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Beautifully patinated, absolutely exquisite Art Nouveau figural bronze coffee table by C. Conndray. This coffee table is a perfect example ...
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1960s American Art Nouveau 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 ‘Enlightening Bonzai Coffee Table Butterfly Gilt Bronze Isabelle Faure
Located in Paris, FR
1lluminating gilt bronze coffee table, 4 bulbs, representing a bonsai on a sand dune with a bronze butterfly and blue agate wings,
circa 1970, good condition
Attribued to Isabelle ...
Category
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Double Tray Bronze & Glass Coffee Table in Maison Jansen Style
Located in Miami, FL
Double tray Mid-Century coffee table in Maison Jansen Style. Neoclassical style Bronze frame and crystal glass top.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maison Bagues Coffee Table
Located in Houston, TX
Maison Bagues brass and glass coffee table with faux bamboo design and slightly splayed foot at end. Glass has some scratch marks from previous use but perfectly usable.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
1950s Sensational Round Cocktail Table Bronze & Églomisé Arturo Pani Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Sensational round cocktail table Bronze and Églomisé Arturo Pani Mexico City
Unmarked.
13.25 x 47.25 glass diameter and 51.5 overall diameter
Preowned original vintage condi...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Salvino Marsura Vintage Bronze Handcrafted Trinidad Brutalist Coffee Table, 1960
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous sculptural organic coffee table handcrafted by Italian Artist and Sculptor Salvino Marsura, who passed away in May 2020.
The table base is showing two people hand-crafted of...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Vintage Lost Wax Cast Bronze Verde Coffee Table Base with L Shaped Legs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage lost wax cast bronze coffee table base from the mid 20th century, with verde patina and L motifs. Created with the traditional ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
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...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Coffe Table in Marble and Bronze, 60°, Country France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Coffe table
Year: 1960
Country: France
It is an elegant and sophisticated coffe table.
You want to live in the golden years, this is the dining table that your project needs.
We hav...
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1960s French Space Age Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Midcentury Spanish Two Tier Square Brass and Bronze Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Spanish two tier brass and bronze coffee table.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Iron and Gilt Coffee Table, in the Style of Poillerat, C. 1940
Located in Chicago, IL
French iron and gilt coffee table, in the style of Poillerat, c. 1940. The curved iron legs support the glass top through which you can view ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Coffe table Art Deco , 1930 in bronze and chrome
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Coffe table
Material: bronze and chrome
Italian
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 d...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Chrome
1950s Arturo Pani Elegant Modernism Bronze Coffee Table Glass Rectangle Mexico
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Arturo Pani Elegant bronze coffee table glass rectangle
Refined Mexican Modernism
Unmarked. Custom original piece Arturo Pani Mex...
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1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Faux Bamboo Bronze Coffee Table Attributed to Maison Baguès France 1940s
Located in London, GB
This coffee table from the late 1940s is attributed to Maison Baguès. The Faux Bamboo frame of this coffee table is made of quality bronze with a brand-new cognac safety glass top.
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1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Set of Three Coffee Tables in Bronze and Smoked Glass, 70s
Located in Paris, FR
Three nesting coffee tables in bronze, brass and smoked glass from the 1970s, in the taste of the Houses of Ramsay and Jansen. The structur...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Vintage Lost Wax Cast Bronze Coffee Table Base with Triple Rearing Horses
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage lost wax cast bronze triple horse table base from the mid 20th century, with bronze patina. Created with the traditional technique of the lost-wax (à la cire Perdue) that a...
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Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Paintated Bronze Laverne Table
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's patinated bronze Laverne coffee table with etched decoration.
Measurements:
Length: 62"
Width/depth: 26" at widest
Height: 17.5".
Category
1960s American Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Lost Wax Cast Bronze Triple Heron Coffee Table Base with Dark Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage lost wax cast bronze triple heron coffee table base from the mid 20th century, with dark bronze patina. We currently have several availabl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Deco Gilded Iron Coffee Table
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
1950's -60's coffee table in gilded bronze and scroll legs with uniquely shaped thick glass top, French.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Frances Table Attributed to Maison Bagues Art Deco
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Amaizing coffe table.
Material: Bronze and glass
Style: Art Deco
Country: France
If you want to live in the golden years, this is the table that your project needs.
We have speciali...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne 'Generation' Bronze Sculpture Table, c. 1964, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This important and documented bronze sculpture table named "Generation" by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne was sculpted circa 1964 and a similar example was featured on the cover of “Phili...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maison Baguès foliage Bronze Chinese Lacquered Coffee Table 1960s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful coffee table by French house Maison Baguès was created in the early 1960s with solid foliage shaped bronze structure and an amazing Chinese...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Paul Evans Studio Sculpted Bronze Cocktail Table Mid Century Brutalist Modern
By Paul Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Signed Paul Evans Studio coffee table from New Hope PA circa 1969. Sculpted bronze on steel with clear glass top. Very good overall condition. Glass size can be customized to fit you...
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Rare "Fragonard Pierced Coffee Table" 1960s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional and rare “Fragonard Pierced Coffee Table” in pewter and bronze, intricately carved with hand-painted polychrome enamels and gold and co...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Pewter, Gold Leaf
Amaizing Italian Table 1960 in Glass, Bronze and Iron
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Amaizing Italian table.
Materials: iron, bronze and glass
If you want to live in the golden years, this is the coffe table that your project needs.
We have specialized in the sale o...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron, 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...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
Mid Century Gilt Metal 'Flower' Occasional Table, Italy, C.1960's
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare Mid Century gilt metal 'flower' occasional table - flexible wire stems - ring finial/handle - 20" round glass top with polished edge - unsigned - Italy - circa 1960's.
Excell...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
French Mid Century Gilt Bronze Faux Bamboo Mirror Top Side Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1950
French mid century gilt bronze Faux bamboo mirror top side table.
Measures: W 62 x D 62 x H 42cm.
Category
1950s Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
LaVerne Etched Bronze Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's American acid-etched and patinated bronze LaVerne coffee table with chinoiserie motifs, original patina and an octagonal base.
Measurements:
Diameter: 35.25"
Height...
Category
1960s American Vintage 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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