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Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

BRUTALIST STYLE

The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave. 

ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN 

  • Use of industrial materials — tubular steel, concrete, glass, granite
  • Prioritizes functionalism, minimalism and utilization of negative space
  • Spare silhouettes, pronounced geometric shapes
  • Stripped-down, natural look; rugged textures, modular construction
  • Interiors featuring airy visual flow and reliance on neutral palettes

BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.

Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. The severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.

Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.

Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.

Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Brutalist
Peter Ghyzcy Coffee Table with Wooden Legs Model T56/2
Located in Oirlo, LI
A beautiful coffee table by the Hungarian designer Peter Ghyzcy. This version was produced in the 1970s in the Netherlands. This T56/2 coffee table has c...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Round vintage Brutalist coffee table by VAD Trævarefabrik with a copper top
By VAD Trevarefabrikk
Located in Breda, NB
Round vintage Brutalist coffee table by VAD Trævarefabrik with a copper top. This powerful coffee table by VAD Trævarefabrik is an impressive example of Brutalist design. Its robust...
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1970s Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Copper

Sculpted Bench or Coffee Table N12 in Solid Oakwood
Located in Paris, IDF
Bench or side table in solid oak (+ linseed oil) (Outdoor use OK) SÓHA design studio conceives and produces furniture design and decorative objects in solid oak in an authentic sty...
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21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

French Terracotta Tiles & Chestnut Top & Wrought Iron Coffee Table, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
French terracotta top and wrought iron coffee table. The terracotta tiles are framed in a chesnut structure. Feet of wrought iron and chesnut. This smale coffee table can also be use...
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1960s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wrought Iron

Minimal Coffee Table Serie 73 – Sereno by NONO for Elegant Spaces
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Minimal Coffee Table Serie 73 – Sereno by NONO for Elegant Spaces ——— Sereno Coffee Table Series – A Note from Joel Escalona What happens when structure becomes art? These are t...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Black & Bronze Brutalist Sculpture Torch Cut Coffee Table Atrib to Daniel Gluck
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Smoked Glass Black & Bronze 1960's Brutalist Sculpture Torch Cut Coffee Table Attributed to Daniel Gluck Fabulous vintage Black and bronze colored coffee table...
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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

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

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Marble

Center Table Helene Carved Natural Marble Stone Black, Rose, Off-white
Located in Lisbon, PT
Helene center table is unique in its conception. The combination of different marbles like Estremoz marble, Nero Marquina and Estremoz pink marble makes this piece a sign of unconfor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Wrought Metal Black Stone Square Coffee Table, France, 1970s
Located in Rīga, LV
Black Wabi Sabi stone tabletop with wrought metal base. Weighty item.
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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Iron

Custom contemporary organic modernism Brutalist style steel coffee table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limited/ made to order production. Each build is unique. With each build the steel rods flow and bend in new patterns. Photos are examples of previous iterations. Hand crafted in Lo...
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2010s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Peter Ghyczy Glass Coffee Table with Stainless Steel Frame Biri T29
Located in Oirlo, LI
This beautiful coffee table was designed by the Hungarian designer Peter Ghyczy in the 1980s. The table consists of a 30 mm thick glass plate that rests on a stainless steel frame. This frame is made of a continuous square tube of 4 x 4 cm. Both the legs and the resting points on which the table top rests are decorated with gold-coloured details. The resting points are depicted as little monks holding up the table top. The model of the table is T29 and comes from the Biri series, named after Ghyczy's nanny. The entire Biri series stands for sturdy yet graceful design, based on simple geometric shapes. Peter Ghyczy's work as a designer. Peter Ghyczy is one of several designers in the 20th century who were also immigrants – among them Henry van de Velde, Marcel Breuer, Hans Gugelot, Peter Maly – and had a major impact on German and international design. In 1968 he took a leading position at the company Elastogran in Lemförde in southern Lower Saxony, where he was responsible for the development of products made from polyurethane. Owner of the company Gottfried Reuter, former chemist at Bayer in Leverkusen, was an expert in the field of polyurethane production, for which he held several patents. In the 1960s he formed a company group (with a turnover of a few hundred million Deutschmarks based on these patents). Between 1968 and 1972 Peter Ghyczy developed many innovative designs, which identified him as one of the most productive designers of these years. In 1970 the Design-Center in Lemförde was inaugurated, built according to Ghyczy's design, made completely from polyurethane and being the first of its kind. It was one of the early German design studios, whose close cooperation between product design and technical development was unheard of in the plastics industry until then. This design studio gave birth to many novel, modular components, such as shelters, facade elements...
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1980s Dutch Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Rustic Antique Coffee Table, France, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Made from dark wood, this low-profile coffee table has a simple, sturdy design. The central ring and angled legs give it a slightly industrial, brutalist look. Signs of wear add char...
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1960s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

"Brutalist" coffee table or bench in carved elm France, circa 1980
Located in Paris, FR
A very pretty Brutalist-style bench or coffee table in carved elm. Lenght: 165 cm (65 in /5.42 ft) Width: 49 cm (19.2 in) Width in the middle: 38 cm (15 in) Height: 45 cm (17.7 in)
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1980s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm

Portuguese Dining Table Poppy in Beige Natural Travertino Stone 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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2010s Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Brutalist Construction Table Base by Marc Creates
Located in Chicago, IL
Brutalist Construction Table Base by Marc Creates Base is being sold "sans" top. A very structurally sound base form that can support a variety of size tops for either a large end/...
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Solid Wood Decor Unseen Force #56: Joel Escalona's Oak Coffee Table
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Solid Wood Decor Unseen Force #56: Joel Escalona's Oak Coffee Table Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or carbonized finish. Due to the nature of the production process, each piece may vary in grain, texture, shape or even size. The dimensions provided refer to the table only. The dimensions and shape of the sculpture may vary. — About the Concept. Unseen Force Coffee Tables and Side Tables, design by Joel Escalona for NONO When Tables Talk Art...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Solid Wood Fundamenta 58 Unique Shapes, Elegant Finish by NONO
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Solid Wood Fundamenta 58 Unique Shapes, Elegant Finish by NONO Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or black tinted fin...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Portuguese Console Poppy with Nude 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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2010s Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Joel Escalona's Unseen Force #39 Coffee Table Art, Solid Wood Decor
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Joel Escalona's Unseen Force #39 Coffee Table Art, Solid Wood Decor Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or carbonize...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Sculpture Fusion Unseen Force #33 Solid Oak Table by Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sculpture Fusion Unseen Force #33 Solid Oak Table by Joel Escalona Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or carbonized finish. Due to the nature of t...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Joel Escalona's Unseen Force #31 Solid Oak Coffee Table, Sculptural Art
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Joel Escalona's Unseen Force #31 Solid Oak Coffee Table, Sculptural Art Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or carbonized finish. Due to the nature...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Sculptural Chic Unseen Force #16 Solid Wood Table by Joel Escalona, Art Decor
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sculptural Chic Unseen Force #16 Solid Wood Table by Joel Escalona, Art Decor Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or carbonized finish. Due to the...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Gallery-Ready Unseen Force #13 Joel Escalona's Solid Wood Coffee Table
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Gallery-Ready Unseen Force #13 Joel Escalona's Solid Wood Coffee Table —— Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or carbonized finish. Due to the natu...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Oak Artistry Unseen Force #10 Joel Escalona's Coffee Table, Sculpture Blend
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Oak Artistry Unseen Force #10 Joel Escalona's Coffee Table, Sculpture Blend —— Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or carbonized finish. Due to the...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Portuguese Center Table Poppy in Beige Natural Travertino Stone 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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2010s Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Gufram Porfido table - Piero Gilardi 1974
Located in Perpignan, FR
Rare table en édition limitée de Piero Gilardi datant de 1974. Il s'agit d'une pièce ancienne numérotée 169/500. Les dimensions sont de 38 x 26 x 14 pouces. Ressemblant à un anci...
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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Resin, Epoxy Resin, Foam

Contemporary Handcrafted Center Table in Brazilian Hardwood by Leo Strauss
Located in Atibaia, BR
Solid wood, processed in large width and thickness dimensions, and it adds life to this piece of straight and modernist shapes. In its artisan production, traditional woodworking ...
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2010s Brazilian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Hardwood

Portuguese Dining Poppy with Nude 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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2010s Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

French Coffee or Side Table in Solid Oak Wood, 1960's
Located in Barcelona, ES
Square coffee or side table in solid oak wood, France, 1960's. Solid construction with four legs.
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1960s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Oak

Set of 4 Rustic Industrial Metal Corners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 Rustic Industrial Metal Corners These unique corners can serve as a coffee table, Can be broken apart to serve as side tables or stools, Or can serve as a base for a glass ...
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1980s Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Percival Lafer Brutalist Parquet Hardwood Block Relief Brazilian Cocktail Tables
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Sold as a pair. Please consider and compare the quality of this set to similar offerings. You won't find a more beautifully restored example anywhere. These 1970's Mid-Century, Br...
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1970s Brazilian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rosewood, Glass, Walnut

Sculpted Steel Flower Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Beautiful sculpted flower cut steel brutalist coffee table with a clear round glass table top. Striking Brutalist design Good condition 1970s - Germany Dimensions: Heigh...
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1970s German Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Cut Steel

Brutalist Coffee Table done in Solid Oak with Rosso Luana Marble Top, Italy 1980
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a gorgeous Brutalist coffee table. The base of the table is done in solid oak, while the top is made of rough, unpolished Rosso Luana marble...
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1980s Italian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble

Contemporary Wrought Iron Coffee Table by Nicolas Thevenin
By François Thévenin
Located in London, GB
One of the kind coffee table by Nicolas Thevenin in a brutalist style. Impressive sculptural forged iron base with black patina, original glass top. Signed with plaque. Nicolas Theve...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

French Brutalist Side Table, Mid-Century Modern, Solid Wood, Single Top
Located in Hasselt, VLI
Solid wood - Brutalist center or side table - Circa 1950 France. Fully handmade with amazing carved details. The top is made out of one solid tree trunk. Lovely patina and color. ...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Welding Art Coffee Table in Stainless Steel and Glass
Located in Izegem, VWV
This coffee table was hand made in stainless steel and has a glass table top. It stands on four swivel castors. The surface has been treated to give it an unique look. In the center you can find a piece of abstract welding art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Modern coffee table by Donna in steel and marble - DO1
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Modern handcrafted coffee table by artist Donna in a contemporary brutalist style. Welded metal structure and white marble top. Unique handmade piece. Excellent condition, modern cre...
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2010s French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Steel

1960s Clouded patinated Iron Coffee Table
Located in Paris, FR
1960s coffee table composed of a star-shaped base in cloudy patinated iron and a smoked circular glass top.
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1960s Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Polished and Patinated Bronze "Octo" Coffee Table by Henri Fernandez
Located in Montreal, QC
Polished and patinated bronze "Octo" coffee table by Henri Fernandez the diameter is the glass top.
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1970s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Acid Etched Copper and Agate Coffee Table on a Black Base, Lova Creations, 1980s
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Polished acid etched brass coffee table made by the Lova Creations, Belgium, 1980s. The beautiful copper tabletop is inset with agate decorations and rests upon a black Brutalist style base.
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Agate, Brass

Pierre Giraudon Resin Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Resin with inclusion over a metal base.
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Late 20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Pierre Giraudon Resin Coffee Table
Pierre Giraudon Resin Coffee Table
$2,000 Sale Price
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Brutalist Hammered Metal and Glass Sculptural Octagonal Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in West Hartford, CT
Introduce a bold statement piece to your living room with this midcentury Paul Evans Style Brutalist Coffee Table. Inspired by the iconic design of Paul Evans, this table exudes a un...
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1970s American Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

XXL (104 Inch Long) Brutalist Artisan Coffee Table in Solid Oak, France 1960s
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive large brutalist coffee table in very good original condition. The top of this handmade table is created from a large solid slab of oak which measures approximately 104 in...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Oak

Mid-century Peter Ghyczy Square Brass Glass Oak Coffee Table 1970
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Mid-Century Peter Ghyczy Square Glass Brass Coffee Table Bring timeless sophistication to your living space with the Peter Ghyczy Square Glass Coffee Table. With its impeccable desi...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mona Side 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

Mona Side Table with Travertine Top, Ivory 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

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Marble

1970 Coffee Table with Gilded Bronze Branches Dlg Agostini
By Guido Agostini
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table with branches in gilded bronze, work in the style of Agostini, the base was made in 7 pieces, we can distinguish the fittings w...
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Modernist oak side table by Jan Vaněk for Krásná Jizba
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Designed by duo of Czech architects Jan Vaněk and Ladislav Bartoníček for Krásná Jizba / Družstevní práce, Czechoslovakia 1947. Made of solid oak wood and oak veneer. In good origina...
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1940s Czech Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

1970 Wrought Iron Coffee Table with Interlacing In The Style Of Agostini
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table decorated with intertwined lianas, wrought iron and gilded. Measures: 80 x 60 x H 40 cm Top in glass diameter 80 cm.
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1970s Italian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Sculpted Steel Low Table
Located in New York, NY
Paul Evans (1931–1987) was a visionary American furniture designer, sculptor, and artist celebrated for his groundbreaking role in the American Craft Movement of the 1970s. Renowned ...
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1960s North American Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Sculpted Steel Low Table
Sculpted Steel Low Table
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Brutalist coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Brutalist coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage coffee and cocktail tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, more furniture and collectibles, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Brutalist coffee and cocktail tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original coffee and cocktail tables, popular names associated with this style include Joel Escalona, Paul Evans, Mambo Unlimited Ideas, and Silas Seandel. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for coffee and cocktail tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $330 and tops out at $64,500 while the average work can sell for $4,501.

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