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Material: Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Style Reclaimed Teak Wood Oval Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful grain on this natural reclaimed teak wood oval coffee table. Three slabs were joined to produce a minimalist mid century style coffee table. Own an Andrianna Shamaris orig...
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2010s Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Mahogany Chippendale Style Coffee Table with Leather Top and Drawers by Imperial
Located in Doylestown, PA
Stately mahogany Chippendale style coffee table by Imperial of Grand Rapids, c. 1940's. A great table featuring a dual panel leather top and two dovetailed drawers with bronze finis...
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1940s North American Chippendale Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany

Italian Modern Granite Marble and Bentwood Coffee Table, Italy 1980s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Italian Modern Granite Marble and Bentwood Coffee Table, Italy 1980s A design piece from the 1980s, a perfect blend of elegance, craftsmanship, and iconic Italian style This stunni...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Contemporary Landscape Nesting Coffee Table Set/2, Marble, Handmade Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Coffee Tables, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Landscape nesting coff...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx, Travertine, Granite, Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel

Late 20th Century Vintage Boho John Richards Campaign Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of bohemian sophistication to your living space with this Vintage Boho John Richards Campaign Coffee Table. With American craftsmanship and timeless design, it blends fun...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Leather, Wood

Wooden Square Storage Coffee Table Carlo Hauner for Forma, Italy 1960s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We offer you a unique and versatile piece of furniture designed by Carlo Hauner in the 1960s for Forma, Italy. The square walnut veneer table is not only aesthetically pleasing, but ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Plastic

Minimalist Solid Walnut Hari Coffee Table - by Mokko
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Inspired by the simplicity of traditional Japanese architectural timber structures. The low coffee table balances three minimalist volumes composed of solid wooden parts. Designed b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Fine French Art Deco Mahogany Low Table with a Parchment Top and Bronze Detail
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Art Deco mahogany coffee table with a parchment covered top and bronze details.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Illum Wikkelso Brazilian Rosewood Coffee Table with Tray
Located in Oakland, CA
Stunning Mid-century Brazilian Rosewood coffee table, designed by Illum Wikkelso, Denmark. The coffee table features fine joinery and beautifully grained Brazilian rosewood with dyna...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rosewood

Vintage Industrial Cart Coffee Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Vintage industrial rustic rolling cart made of wood planks and cast iron wheels and brackets, the loader has two end wheels that swivel and are slightly shorter than the larger sides...
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Early 20th Century American Other Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Tavolino basso postmoderno Willy Rizzo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Questo tavolino basso di Willy Rizzo degli anni '70 è un'opera iconica del design che incarna lo stile e l'eleganza di quell'epoca. Featuring clean, minimalist lines but with a touch...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Illmari Tapiovaara, Coffee table in solid pine circa 1960
Located in Hägersten-Liljeholmen, Stockholms län
Rare Illmari Tapiovaara coffee low table made in solid pine and produced by Laukaan Puu in Finland in the 60's. The table is designed in a japonese style really low and simple. A rea...
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1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Pine

Large Brutalist Coffee / Cocktail Table Solid Pine by Sven Larsson Sweden 1970
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
An oversize coffee table or sofa table in solid pine designed by Sven Larsson and produced in the early 1970s In good vintage and original condition with signs from age and use. Rare...
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Pine

George Nakashima, Early Conoid Coffee Table, 1962, American Black Walnut
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
George Nakashima Conoid Coffee Table, 1962 American black walnut single slab top with two free edges, several exposed knots, and expressive grain Inscribed to underside with client's...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Oval, Centre Table by Raka Studio
Located in Cape Girardeau, MO
One of the Studio's Classic oval coffee table designs. A minimal design achieved by bending wood which reveals beautiful details at a closer look. The walnut stain finish enhances th...
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2010s Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Bentwood

Large Round Rope and Wood Coffee Table in the Style of Audoux Minet, circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This large round coffee table is made of wood and of a very nice and fine rope work. This is a French work in the Style of Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet (Audoux Minet). Circa 1970.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rope, Wood

20th Century Restored Czech Bauhaus Chrome Small Table, Oakwood, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Small Czech chrome Bauhaus table. Period: 1930-1939 Source: Czechia.
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Bauhaus two tiered coffee table model 503, W.H.Gispen, 1930s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
Bauhaus coffeetable or conference table by W.H. Gispen with a lino top. High quality timeless design, after almost 100 years it is still very stable, sturdy and only shows small sign...
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1930s Dutch Bauhaus Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Aluminum

Liena Round Coffee Table
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee Table Liena Round with base structure in solid wood in bronzed lacquered finish. Table top in solid wood covered with genuine suede leather in white cream finish. Also availab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Suede

Jules Leleu Coffe Table Signed and dated 1955
Located in CA, CA
A beautiful coffee table signed Jules Leleu and dated 1955. Raised on sycamore stave legs off musical form, brass bound edging holding the original antiqued mirrored glass top. Pr...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mirror, Wood

Modern Oak and Bronze Cocktail Table Designed by Greg Sheres;"Seville". In stock
Located in Hilton Head Island, SC
Modern Oak and Bronze Cocktail Table Designed by Greg Sheres; "Seville" The Seville Cocktail table features a dynamic design with the Oak wood appearing to "fold" around the open in...
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2010s Chinese Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Pierluigi Colli Midcentury Italian Brass and Wood Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This table was designed by Pier Luigi Colli. The construction has three large simplified but very decorative leaves that contain a small wooden tray in the center, the top in silk-screened glass...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Crystal, Brass

Jules Leleu Style Art Deco Pedestal Table With A Beautiful Rosewood Sunburst Top
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Jules Leleu Style Art Deco Gueridon Table With A Beautiful Rosewood Sunburst Top On An Open Frame Ebonised Base Item is highly polished and extremely well executed with a beautiful...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Lacquer, Wood, Rosewood

George Nelson, Rare Coffee Table, Walnut, USA, 1946
Located in High Point, NC
A very rare modular walnut coffee table, Model 4651, designed by George Nelson and produced by Herman Miller in 1946.
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Nomon Coffee Table by Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Long Coffee Table in Walnut. Surprising by long proportions and the layout of its walnut legs in diamond-shape. Available in: Walnut Black Stained Ash
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Unique Olive Wood Coffee Table by Behaghelfoiny
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique olive wood coffee table by BehaghelFoiny Unique piece From the series "Design Brut: Philia & Kids" Materials: Olive wood Dimensions: W 105 x D 50 x H 50 cm "Design Brut...
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2010s French Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Century Furniture Ebonized Ming Style Fretwork Coffee Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a 55" long Ebonized Ming style coffee table by Century Furniture .This table has some exquisite fretwork built into the top. The fretwork is protected by a glass top. It's a ...
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Mid-20th Century American Ming Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Coffee Table Set In Custom Wood And Lacquer Finishes With Glass Top
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Handcrafted of Eucalyptus Fumé Matte base holding bronze glass top. Detailing in black texturized & gold stainless steel Low table dimensions: 43.5" x 43.5" x 14" H High table dimens...
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2010s Spanish Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Modern Radius Table by Vladimir Kagan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Exceptional and a beautiful table designed by Vladimir Kagan. Created from curved walnut panels connected by a polished chrome tri-star designed spoke. Glass is flawless.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Solida Squared Table, by Rain, Contemporary Center Table, Solid Garapá Wood
By RAIN
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
The Sólida series’ main characteristic is the synthetic character of its design contrasted with the use of a natural material. Each piece in the collection is composed of two or thre...
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2010s Brazilian International Style Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Black Marble and Walnut Prospect Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The prospect coffee table features a stone top that rests atop a sculpted American walnut or white oak base with two cutouts for drum tables on either end. The Lawson-Fenning Colle...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Acca coffe table designed by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
A Coffe Table designed by Kazuhide Takahama between the 60s and 70s and produced from Gavina a company founded by Dino Gavina who will subsequently sell the company and related objec...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Rosewood, Plywood

Roger Capron Oval Coffee Table with Fauna Imprints in Ceramic and Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Roger Capron, coffee table, ceramic, stained wood and plywood, France, 1960s This table is another exquisite example of Roger Capron’s work, showcasing an oval tabletop composed of ...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Ceramic, Wood, Plywood

1970s Paul Evans Cityscape Burled Wood Chrome Base Coffee Table, Signed
Located in Hartville, OH
Spectacular cityscape Coffee Table from Paul Evans. Signed. Typical even crazing throughout indicative of vintage lacquering. Original finish. It’s monumental. The color is magnifice...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Biedermeier Side Table
Located in Vienna, AT
Manufactured middle of the 19th century. Walnut, veneered. The middle leg rest on a triple-recessed base plate with a ovel top and drawer.
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1840s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut, Softwood

19th Century Baroque Spanish Side Table with Marquetry Top and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century Baroque Spanish side table with marquetry top and iron stretcher 19th century Spanish trestle table in walnut. This piece has a great scale, lovely turned legs and be...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Swedish Modern teak/birch long coffe table Bruno Mathsson, 1950's
Located in Uccle, BE
From the Annika series. 1950's. Stamped. Patinated wood. As the descendant of four generations of Swedish master cabinetmakers, Bruno Mathsson was born to design furniture. Mathsson was known as a methodical perfectionist who made usefulness the fundamental attribute of his works, yet he was also a ceaseless experimenter, who constantly searched for improvements in form, materials and methods of making. Like the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto, Mathsson was one of the first Scandinavians to embrace undulating, biomorphic forms in furniture. His early pieces such as the Eva and Pernilla series of chairs incorporate dramatically flowing bent beechwood frames, making them some of the most instantly recognizable works of 20th-century design. Mathsson was also a pioneer of ergonomics — he is said to have based the contours of his chairs on the impression his body made when he sat in a snow bank — and used supple, accommodating woven webbing for seats. His concern for practicality is shown by pieces such as the Maria table. An elegant design with gate legs and hinged leaves, the table measures more than nine feet long when fully extended, but folds down to just nine inches in thickness. From the mid-1940s through the 1950s, Mathsson focused on architecture, designing and building houses with insulated, triple-glazed window walls...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Birch, Teak

Victorian Walnut Inlaid Oval Coffee Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian Walnut Inlaid Oval Coffee Table Item Code: 1270 A richly figured Victorian oval coffee table, crafted in beautifully patinated walnut and showcasing exquisite craftsmanship...
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19th Century English Antique Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

De Sede DS 76 Buffalo Leather & Glass Square Coffee Table, 1970s, Switzerland
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Sculptural "monolite" couch table made in 1970s by De Sede, Switzerland. Plywood base upholstered with Buffalo leather with very thick insert smoked glass top. Easy combinable with m...
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Brutalist Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Leather, Smoked Glass, Plywood

Antique Indian Sheesham Wood and Iron Exterior Door Made into a Coffee Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian exterior door made into a coffee table with sheesham wood and iron details. Embrace the opulent tapestry of Indian heritage with this spectacular coffee table, masterfully repurposed from an antique Indian exterior door. A marvel of ingenuity and craftsmanship, this coffee table is a symphony of sheesham wood and iron, woven together in perfect harmony. The rectangular top showcases an antique exterior door...
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19th Century Indian Antique Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Small Scale Hollywood Regency Faux Bamboo Wood Brass Tray Cocktail Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A smaller scale coffee table from the 1970s attributed to Baker Furniture. It features a solid wood bamboo form base, with a brass framed glass top. Very clean and ready for use.
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1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Bastogne Walnut Single Slab Live Edge Coffee Table, in Stock
Located in Calgary, CA
A single slab of figured Bastogne Walnut folded to create a waterfall effect over the ends of the table. An organically sculpted drawer is seamlessly tucked away into one corner. Th...
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2010s Canadian Organic Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Walnut

Iron structured Louviers cocktail table with ebonized top, brass caps & details
Located in Bosques de las Lomas, MX
An allusion to Art Deco. It is an apparently simple design but it implies specialized manufacturing to achieve solidity in its angles without losing finesse. Has an iron structure co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

18th/19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Root-Wood Low Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare Chinese ebonized rootwood table, Qing Dynasty, dating to the second half of the 18th century to early 19th century. The impressive black lacquere...
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Art deco Swedish carved birch and elm coffee table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Art deco Swedish carved birch and elm coffee table, circa 1930. Circular Art Deco period coffee, with quarter veneer burr birch center, strung edge and elm veneered outer edge. Stan...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm

Industrial Coffee Table
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Industrial coffee table. It features iron legs and old wooden plate with very nice patina. Weight 49 kg.
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Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Ico Parisi Mid-Century Modern Italian Mahogany Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This coffee table has been attributed to Ico Parisi and was produced in the 1950s, the coffee table has been restored and polished with shellac, the feet are in brass.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Olive Burl Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage modern coffee table features a unique two-tone "X' base that joins together underneath. A wonderful square top design with elegant burl wood grain throughout. T...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Spanish rectangular coffee table with turned legs and four drawers
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish rectangular coffee table with turned Legs and iron stretcher. This tables has two working drawers in each side, perfect for a sofa table.
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Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Andrianna Shamaris Bleached Teak Wood Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Impressive natural organic formed coffee table made from a hundred year old reclaimed teak root. We have added a light polish to the top for protection. The sides are sanded and blea...
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2010s Organic Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Mid Century Elm Coffee Table
Located in London, London
1960s Coffee table This stunning elm coffee table showcases the natural beauty and unique characteristics of the wood. Crafted in the 1960s, it features a live edge design that pres...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm

Table Basse Lausanne
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Table Basse Lausanne by Hugues Chevalier The Table Basse Lausanne is the most contemporary model in Hugues Chevalier’s collection. Crafted with a solid wooden structur...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

French Pedestal Wine Table, Turned Screw Column, Reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt
Located in London Road, Baldock, Hertfordshire
A French pedestal wine table with a turned column stem, reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt designs. The table form most probably dates from the early 20th Century with the turned screw column...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Antique Anglo-Indian Tray Table with Collapsable Spider Legs & Engraved Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique tray table is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from India and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Angro-Indian s...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mid Century Carpathian Elm Burlwood Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mid Century Carpathian Elm Burlwood Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 33 wide x 33 deep x 14.25 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in w...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Burl

American Mid Century Modern Walnut Coffee Table Designed by Barney Flagg Drexel
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful walnut original finish on this classic American walnut coffee table , designed by Barney Flagg for Drexel , circa 1950's nice original finish we have cleaned and oiled look...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Large Coffee Table
Located in Annville, PA
A Large Coffee Table from Niagara Furniture with all of the bells and whistles including four drawers, reeded legs, solid brass capped feet and cookie sha...
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2010s Renaissance Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany

Large Coffee Table
Large Coffee Table
$2,405 / item
Table Art Deco, France, 1920, Materials, Wood, Glass and Gold Leaf
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Coffe table Material: Wood, glass and gold leaf Style: Art Deco France We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any que...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Gold Leaf

Mid-Century Modern Landscape Coffee Table Calacatta Marble Handmade Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Coffee Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel

Giuseppe Scapinelli, "Costela" coffee table. Wood and Glass. c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
Giuseppe Scapinelli (1911-1982) Coffee Table with Planter, c. 1960 This exquisite coffee table, designed by the Italian-Brazilian master Giuseppe Scapinelli, exemplifies his signatu...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Wood Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Antique and Vintage Wood Coffee Tables for Sale: Shop Burl-Wood Coffee Tables, Rosewood Coffee Tables and More

As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage wood coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior. 

Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. And even as metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, natural materials like wood and stone remain consistently in demand, as designers report a desire to bring natural aesthetics into the home. Walnut coffee tables, rosewood coffee tables and other pieces of wood furniture remind us of the wider world outside our walls and help create a peaceful, soothing atmosphere.  

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. 

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 — shop a collection of antique and vintage wood coffee tables and cocktail tables today.

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