Steel Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Welded polychrome steel table base created by Paul Evans for Directional. The brazed, geometric panels are created by layering multiple materials such as paint and varnish. Base ...

A stunning Paul Evans model PE-14-42 'Four-Pyramid' cocktail table which was part of the "Sculptured Metal Collection" for Directional. This dramatic petal shaped cocktail table is c...

Outstanding brutalist cocktail table with sculptural welded steel base and thick rectangular glass top. The base is comprised of two welded horizontal pyramids with abstract designs ...

Artisan welded coffee table with hand-painted polychrome enamels, zig zag design with glass top, by Paul Evans, American 1969 (signed and dated “PE...

Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Stalagmite circular coffee table, Brutalist, 1970s A fine condition table base by Paul Evans and signed PE on the base supporting a large thick 42 i...

One of the most recognizable and important names in the American studio craft movement of the 1960's and 70's, Paul Evans was a groundbreaking pioneer in brutalism. Collaborating as well as sharing a showroom with Phillip Lloyd Powell until 1964 when Evans met the owner of Directional Furniture and created a line of 6 coffee tables to go into the Directional High Point, NC booth for the spring Market. As the story has been recounted by Dorsey Reading, the tables never even made it to the showroom floor. Evans soon found out the tables never even had the opportunity to be sold; obviously disappointed, owner of Directional, BG agreed to put the tables out on the showroom floor in New York City to placate Evans. What happened can probably best be compared today with "going viral." The coffee tables started flying off the floor, and the orders came rolling in. This fervor led to Evans creating eventually over 800 designs with Directional-- with the very first series being the "Sculptured Metal" Collection which was publicized in 1968. We believe this is one of the original first designs as its photograph is featured as such in the documentary "Paul Evans, Cold Metal into Furniture Art." This piece specifically is the PE-11 Angle Cocktail Table in Oxidized Steel and Bronze. This piece is signed and dated by Evans "PE 68" making it an early example of this piece, and line of furniture. It's extremely important to note: Directional Furniture showrooms in New York City and Chicago were private to-the-trade only showrooms, so only interior designers and their clients were able to custom order these pieces through the showroom. There was never any "inventory" of furniture. Each and every piece was a custom, hand crafted work of art, created to order. No two of any piece were ever alike. Evans eventually went on to employ a team of nearly 90 people, working two shifts-- helping to hand-craft his designs. This could easily explain why not every piece is hand signed, therefore making an early, had-signed piece like this even more desirable for a collector. This piece has a wonderful patina, with vibrant colors and while still brutalist in nature, it's a bit more subdued and could effortlessly be blended into any contemporary environment. We currently have this piece in the gallery paired with a Vladimir Kagan serpentine cloud sofa, and a Karl Springer goatskin credenza...

Paul Evans for Directional Brutalist welded steel coffee table having abstract geometric pattern designs colored with acid pigments in red, blue and yellow under a 1" tempered glass ...

Spectacular and dramatic stalagmite coffee table by Paul Evans, circa 1972. This coffee table which was part of the "Sculptured Metal Collection" for Directional. Model PE-128. Signe...

After Paul Evans Brutalist Zig Zag coffee table Model PE-11 with Welded and Painted Body and Glass Top. Glass measures 47.875 x 20 x 0.375. Base measures 38.75 x 13.25 x 15.875. In o...

Authentic PE-128, bronze "Stalagmite" coffee table from the "Sculpted Metal Collection Designed by Paul Evans" for directional. Table is signed PE 70. Great example of the uniqueness...

A stunning Paul Evans brutalist Cocktail table which was part of the "Sculptured Metal Collection" for Directional. This dramatic cocktail table is comprised of a dark patinated bron...

Paul Evans model PE 11 zig-zag coffee table for Directional, circa 1970s. W shaped (zig zag) sculpted and welded steel patchwork design. Multi colored enameled steel with bronze acce...