Coffee and Cocktail Tables
20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf, Iron
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
20th Century French Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
20th Century Mexican Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 2000s American Empire Revival Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Giltwood
Late 18th Century European Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
1890s French Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
1950s French Empire Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze, Steel
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century Russian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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.”
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