Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
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Column Contemporary Side Table in Porcelain and Corten Steel
Located in London, GB
Porcelain cylinders and corten steel plates form the basic elements of this series, with which it is possible to create shelving, side tables, low tables and stools. The porcelain pa...
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2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
1970's Cantilevered Brass and Glass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
1970's Steel cantilevered base with glass top brass plated coffee table in the style of Pace, in vintage original condition with some wear an...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Set of 2 Organic Modern MUSHROOM SOLID' tables Tall & Low in white cast stone
Located in PALEA FOKEA, ATTIKI
European 21st century contemporary sculptural handcrafted in white cast stone table set MUSHROOM SOLID size TALL and LOW.
The 'Mushroom Solid' table is...
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2010s Greek Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cast Stone
Single Tier Ruffle Ceramic Side Table & Stool in Chrome Green by Bzippy
Located in Sun Valley, CA
Single Tier Ruffle ceramic side table in Chrome Green. Made to order.
BZIPPY ceramic goods are one-of-a-kind stoneware / earthenware editions including furniture, planters and ho...
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Gothic Renaissance Style Brass Pedestals and Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Plainview, NY
An exceptional Italian gothic renaissance revival style coffee table with a thick (0.75 inch ) glass top. The intricate design of this unique table is one of the best depiction of th...
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20th Century Gothic Revival Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Design and Antic Style White Concrete Stone Side Table
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Graphic and Italian design with an antic roman style side table in white concrete stone.
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Classical Roman Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Concrete
21st Century Art Déco Elie Saab Maison Dunes Glass Bronzed Coffee Table, Italy
Located in Mariano Comense, CO
21st century Art Déco Elie Saab Maison Dunes glass bronzed coffee table, Italy.
Inspired by the harmonious forms of the dunes of the Arabian desert, the Dunes coffee table...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Lunar Eclipse Coffee Table by Sten Studio, Represented by Tuleste Factory
By Sten Studio
Located in New York, NY
Lunar Eclipse by Sten Studio
Obsidian and brass
Measures: 16.5 x 37.4 x 39.3 in
Lunar eclipses, produced by the interposition of the Earth between Sun and Moon, are natura...
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2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Single Tier Ruffle Ceramic Side Table & Stool in Marshmallow by Bzippy
Located in Sun Valley, CA
Single Tier Ruffle ceramic side table in Marshmallow. Made to order.
BZIPPY ceramic goods are one-of-a-kind stoneware / earthenware editions including furniture, planters and hom...
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century G. Reggiani Glass and Chrome Metal Round Coffee Table, Italy 70s
Located in Palermo, IT
Stylish circular coffee table with double top in smoked glass with curved tubular support in chromed steel. The upper shelf, with a larger diameter than the lower one, has a circular hole in the center, to allow you to place bottles of liquor...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Coffee Table by Preben Fabricius & Jorgen Kastholm for Kill International
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A beautiful rectangular coffee table designed by Preben Fabricius & Jorgen Kastholm, manufactured by Kill International in Germany around 1960.
This high quality piece feature...
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1960s Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Short Ruffle Ceramic Planter in Marshmallow by Bzippy
Located in Sun Valley, CA
Short Ruffle ceramic planter in Marshmallow. Made to order.
BZIPPY ceramic goods are one-of-a-kind stoneware / earthenware editions including furniture, planters and home accesso...
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic
Maison Jansen Style Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Glass and nickel coffee table in the manner of Maison Jansen. France, 1970s.
Square coffee table with nickel-plated base and tinted gl...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Nickel
Double Tier Ruffle Ceramic Side Table & Stool in Marshmallow by Bzippy
Located in Sun Valley, CA
Double Tier Ruffle ceramic side table in Marshmallow. Made to order.
BZIPPY ceramic goods are one-of-a-kind stoneware / earthenware editions including furniture, planters and hom...
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic
B&B Italia by Paolo Piva Alanda Glass Coffee Table, 1980s
By B&B Italia, Paolo Piva
Located in Zagreb, HR
Alanda coffee table is a true design classic of the 20th century.
Originally it was designed by Paolo Piva for B&B Italia in the 1980s.
The minimalist architectural form of the ...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Set of Two Low Coffee Table Mount Made of Stainless Steel by Dali Home
Located in Berlin, BE
Unusual combination of art product design and functionality. The idea of building genuine eco & sustainable brand, using mostly tested materials, which we cover with lifetime warranty.
DALI HOME...
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2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian Mid-Century Coffee Table in Glass and Steel, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century coffee table in glass and steel, 1970s.
Coffee table with steel structure and leaning glass top.
1970's.
Very good condition
...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Coffee Table Mid-century Glass and Gilt Brass Twisted Legs, France 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Coffee table with glass top and gilt twisted brass legs
France circa 1960
In good original condition with only minor marks with a small shard of glass in a corner, below the top (p...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Salvante C2 Coffee Table by Piotr Dąbrowa
Located in Geneve, CH
Salvante C2 coffee table by Piotr Dabrowa
Unique Piece
Dimensions: D 70 x H 34 cm
Materials: Calacatta marble, Rosa Peralba marble.
Also available: Calacatta Viola marble, Walnut...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Gorgeous Pia Manu Slate and Ceramic Mosaic Artwork Coffee Table, Belgium
By Pia Manu
Located in Voorburg, NL
Fantastic brutalist coffee table designed by Pia Manu for Amphora in Belgium, 1970s. The table consists of a Chromed steel base with a Handmade Sl...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Slate, Steel, Chrome
Midcentury Square Lucite Coffee Table with Chromed Metal Details
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of midcentury square lucite coffee tables with chromed metal details.
We have matching pair square coffee table available 60cm x 60cm.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Neoclassical Round Brass Coffee Table with 4 Nesting Tables by Maison Baguès
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This eoclassical round coffee table is made of brass with 4 corner nesting tables. This is a French work by famous Frenvch designer Maison Bagués...
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1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Coffee Table Monumental Modern Handmade Geometric Blackened Steel Large Waxed
Located in Bronx, NY
***instock / archived one of one***
Table no. 11 - coffee table
Materials: rich patina, hand hewn quality, hand hammered steel bowls
J.M. Szymanski
d. 2018
Handmade entirely ...
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel, Iron
Contemporary Limited Edition Clear Glass Table, Panorama V1 by Edizione Limitata
Located in Milano, IT
Panorama V1 is a 21st Century side table made by Italian artisans in sanded clear glass. The piece is manufactured in a limited edition of 1000 signed and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Modern Italian Coffee Table with Metal Frame and Glass Top Ø 31.5, Bontempi
Located in Titusville, PA
This coffee table model is available with three different diameter sizes that can be matched together. Its shape is inspired by the concept of light spread by means of luminous rays ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian International Style Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Split Ruffle Ceramic Side Table & Stool in Marshmallow by Bzippy
Located in Sun Valley, CA
Split Ruffle ceramic side table in Marshmallow. Made to order.
BZIPPY ceramic goods are one-of-a-kind stoneware / earthenware editions including furniture, planters and home acce...
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic
Maison Bagues Style Gilded Iron Faux Bamboo Coffee Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa Mid-20th Century.
Maison Bagues Style Gilded Iron Faux Bamboo Coffee Table
sku 1472
W117 x D72 x H42 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Contemporary Containa Side Coffee Table in Frosted Glass
Located in London, GB
Editions 01, 02, 03, 04
Open Edition Encased Furniture Series.
Containa is an encased furniture series that explores the narrative of the vessel and its contents.
Editions 01, 02, 03 + 04 focus on an organic, sculptural, wood-turned form, housed within mitre bonded shards of frosted glass, protected, still, and delicately floating in what appears to be a blanket of fog.
Attained through a combination of natural materials combined with traditional and modern machining techniques. This results in a functional art piece that is perceptible in both design precision and organic composition, a symbolic exploration of confinement and protection.
Designed + Crafted in Melbourne.
Additional info:
The wooden box is included in the price.
Vessel - Mitre bonded shards of frosted glass.
Contents - Hand turned wood sculpture...
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2010s Australian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Lacquer
Rattan Coffee Table with Patagonia 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
Materials
Quartz, Brass
Jean-Pierre Ryckaert Tan Leather Strap and Steel Coffee Table
Located in Hastings, GB
Superb Leather Strap and Steel Brutalist coffee or centre table, designed by Jean-Pierre Ryckaert in France in the 1950s. the thick leather straps wraparound the bent steel legs and ...
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1950s French Brutalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Postmodern 1980s Adjustable Cocktail Table by Italian Manufacturer Bellato
Located in Vilnius, LT
Glass and metal adjustable coffee or cocktail table.
Exclusive design allowing the table legs to be repositioned.
Postmodern style table that would be a very stylish and unique...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Romeo Rega Brass, Chrome and Smoked Glass Square Italian Coffee Table, 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant brass, chrome and smoked glass square coffee table. Romeo Rega designed this elegant coffee table during the 1970s in Italy.
The unique combination of straight and pure lines with superb materials, makes this item a go-to for Italian midcentury lovers.
This piece smoked glass top will add seductive elegance to a midcentury living room or a studio.
Measures (cms):
width - 70
depth - 70
height - 40
Romeo Rega is born in Rome on 10 October 1925, third of six children, born and raised in the Trastevere district, in the heart of Rome.
In 1943 , at the age of 18, he joins the army as a driver, a position that he holds for the next two years. In 1945, the year of Liberation, he comes into contact with whom he himself calles “the Master”, an excellent blacksmith and forger, from whom he learnes the art of iron. This way he starts his path after his father Piero, also a craftsman. Nine years later he gets married and opens a small shop in Via della Pelliccia, in the Trastevere district. Here he starts to work wrought iron, discovering himself capable of inventing, designing and realizing gates, railings and iron furniture.
He is 27 years old when, in 1957, he enrolls in the Albo provinciale delle imprese artigiane (Provincial Register of Craft Enterprises) and opens his first workshop in Vicolo della Frusta 6, where he collaborates with talented masters of wrought iron and forging. At this point arrives the first important order: the design and manufacturing for Cinecittà of the chariots for the American colossal film Ben-Hur, which will be published in 1959. He stays in Vicolo della Frusta until the end of the 1960s, a period in which he dedicated himself to his favorite activity: the design of his own pieces and the relations with people. Among his clients there are personalities from the world of cinema and entertainment, such as Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Rascel and his wife Giuditta Saltarini, Massimo Ranieri.
In 1970 he met the filmmaker Massimo Saraceni who encouraged him to broaden his entrepreneurial horizons. The 1970s represent a real revolution for the Italian culture, here start the “golden years” of design. In this roaring context, Romeo manages to apply with creativity the traditional methods usually used to process forging and wrought iron to new industrial materials such as brass, steel and perspex. This is how the famous “Romeo Rega” brand is born, and the serial production of his furniture starts in Vicolo Pian due Torri, in the Magliana district of Rome. The “four-rod” tables, the “Z-shaped” consoles...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Portuguese Side Table Poppy with Jade Top and White Marble Base by Mambo
Located in Lisbon, PT
Poppy table is an emblem of nature and organic growth, behind this design lies an essence of naivety effortlessly found within natural forms. Poppy tables are a finely tuned example ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Salvante C1 Coffee Table by Piotr Dąbrowa
Located in Geneve, CH
Salvante C1 coffee table by Piotr Dabrowa
Unique Piece
Dimensions: D 120 x H 34 cm
Materials: Calacata marble, Rosa Peralba marble.
Also available: Calacatta Viola marble, walnut...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Other
Sculptural Kipferl Desk by Lara Bohinc in Arabescato Corchia Marble
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The Kipferl marble desk is made from rosa portugalo marble and has sculptural batons, reminiscent of sponge fingers, which support its top, a semi-circular crescent sug-gesting a sug...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Maison Charles Extremely Rare Gold Plated Bronze Palm Leaf Coffee Center Table
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Charles for Maison Charles exceptionally rare 'Palme Pieds' (Palm legs), large gold-plated cast brass/bronze French coffee/center/side table. This is an early example which has the '...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze
1965 La Fonda Coffee Table By Charles and Ray Eames for La Fonda Restaurant
Located in Seattle, WA
This La Fonda Coffee Table was part of the "La Fonda Group" Furniture line for Alexander Girard's La Fonda Restaurant in the Time-Life Building. ...
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1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Coffee or Side Table in Granite, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice Italian coffee table handcrafted out of granite, 1980s.
It is made of beautiful granite.
Please take notice of the very nice patterns.
The table is in very good cond...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Granite
Salvante S1 Side Table by Piotr Dąbrowa
Located in Geneve, CH
Salvante S1 side table by Piotr Dabrowa
Unique Piece
Dimensions: D 50 x H 50 cm
Materials: Calacatta marble. Rosa Peralba marble.
Also available: Calacatta Viola marble, walnut B...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Italian Architectural Base Modernist Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful architectural steel brass plated base with 3/4'' inch thick polished glass top coffee table, made and designed in Italy in 2016 with minor wear and patina there is a tiny c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Pair of St Paul Plaster Side Table by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier 'Petit Modèle'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Organic in shape, this plaster side table with its pedestal base is a unique piece and very versatile. This medium scale side table works well in both traditional and modern interior...
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2010s American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plaster
St Paul Plaster Nesting Tables by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This grouping of two of our St Paul Plaster table create a versatile table option. The two tables can be arranged to work as a coffee table, or side tables. They nest together or sta...
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2010s American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plaster
Contemporary Clay Coffee Table Multileg by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
These vibrant tables are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Severin Coffee Table
Located in PARIS, FR
The Severin coffee table is a coffee table in steel and glass. The steel frame is hand polished and hand welded, with a mat black powder coated finish. The glass top is water-jet cut...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Vintage Springer Style Grasscloth Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fantastic vintage grass cloth plinth base coffee table in the unmistakable style of German-American designer Karl Springer. It's natural textu...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Grasscloth
21st Century Matteo Zorzenoni CantileverSide Coffee Table Marble Red Scapin
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Cantilever S side table
Designed by Matteo Zorzenoni for Scapin Collezioni
Cantilever is a collection of small tables characterized by their visual imbalance created because its cantilevered top is supported by a small base. Designed in two versions, a low model for the armchair and a higher version that enables the top to get over the seat of the sofa, the elements are presented in stained wood, marble, and in several colors.
Cantilever è una collezione di tavolini caratterizzati dal loro sbilanciamento visivo creato dal loro piano...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Other
Magnussen Ponte Mactan Stone or Fossil Stone Shell Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice coffee or side table by Magnussen Ponte, 1980's.
It has a beautiful shape of a oyster with a pearl inside.
This stunning table is made of rough edged brick motif Mactan stone or Fossil Stone.
The round glass plate is facet cut.
This stunning piece is not that heavy because of the Mactan stone technique.
It is easy to carry with 2 people...
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1980s Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Pd 04 Coffee Table by Piotr Dąbrowa
Located in Geneve, CH
PD 04 coffee table by Piotr Dabrowa
Unique Piece
Dimensions: W 166 x D 90 x H 25.5 cm
Materials: Arabescato Grigio Orobico marble, oxidised brushed steel.
Also available in other...
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2010s Polish Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
Pink Veined Granite Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
Vintage granite coffee table from the 1980s-1990s. Pink veined granite!
Top and base separately.
As good as new!
Measures: 100x100x37 cm.
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1980s Belgian Minimalist Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Granite
Rare Coffee Table by Jacques Avoinet
By Jacques Avoinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare coffee table by Jacques Avoinet. Signed J.AVOINET on the underside of the top. Made in France circa 1960s.
Jacques Avoinet is the maker of th...
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1960s French Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Concrete
Set of Four Plaster St Paul Side Tables by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This grouping of four of our St Paul Plaster tables create a versatile table option. The four tables can be arranged to work as a coffee table, or side tables. They nest together or ...
Category
2010s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plaster
Pair of St Paul Side Table by Bourgeois Boheme, 'Moyen Modèle'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Organic in shape, this plaster side table with its pedestal base is a unique piece and very versatile. This medium scale side table works well in both traditional and modern interior...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plaster
Wonderful Pair of Whimsical Monkey Motife End Tables Coffee Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Show stoppingly fun whimsical pair of vintage monkey motife end tables having cast plaster painted apes dressed in red bellhop outfits lying in fantastic acrobatic positions on their...
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1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Plaster
Mona Center Table with Travertine Top, Jade Lacquered Feet and Wood Structure
Located in Lisbon, PT
The strong shapes of these tables play between them in an alluring game of proportion and color which results in the creation of a perfect balance and tension of Material and negativ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Cast Resin 'Millstone' Low Table, Coal Stone Finish by Zachary A. Design
Located in Chicago, IL
An anchor to the organic world. A rounded base draws the eye downward to earth, keeping you grounded.
Dimensions: Diameter 36 in. (91 cm), height 14 in. (35.5 cm). Weight 40 lbs. (18 kg) No assembly required.
Finish color options:
White stone
Natural stone
Aged stone
Keystone
Coal stone (shown)
Materials: resin, stone aggregate and fiberglass.
Durable and designed to be used outdoors in all four seasons and in residential or hospitality environments.
Designed by: Zachary Bitner
Made to order in Chicago, Illinois.
About Zachary A. design:
Founded by Zac Bitner and based in...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
Lina Contemporary Design Coffee Table Stainless Steel
Located in Milano, IT
Stainless steel contemporary coffee table
A piece of furniture that is defined by its user. Lina tries to find the essence of itself. A monolith made up of 4 slabs sewn together bec...
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2010s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Portuguese Side Table Poppy with Pink Top and White Marble Base by Mambo
Located in Lisbon, PT
Poppy table is an emblem of nature and organic growth, behind this design lies an essence of naivety effortlessly found within natural forms. Poppy tables are a finely tuned example ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Italian Marble Coffee Table, 1980's
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice round Italian marble coffee table with a thick glass plate, 1980's.
The fabulous marble features a beautiful pattern of di...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
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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