Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
CHINESE EXPORT STYLE
Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.
The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.
Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.
Style: Chinese Export
Color: Brown
Antique Chinese Lattice Work Coffee Table
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A Chinese table produced around the 1900s from hardwood with great light colour with light carved details, lattice work top and new glass top, the table is in original condition with minor losses and wear has benefitted from a wax finish
Age: 1900
Style: Chinese Antiques
Origin: China
Material: Hardwood
Condition: Original
Restoration: new toughened glass...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Shanxi Province Elm Scroller Leg Low Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province elm scroller leg low table
Circa: 1900
Dimensions:
H 11.5”
W 64”
D 15.5”
The Antique Shanxi Province Elm Scroller Leg Low Table is a captivating vintage p...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Elm, Lacquer
Antique Shanxi Province Elm Coffee Table Cut from Chinese Bed
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Elm Coffee Table Cut From Chinese Bed
Circa 1880s
H 13”
W 58.5"
D 20"
Introducing our Exquisite Handcrafted Elm Wood Coffee Table - a remarkable piece repurposed from a traditional Chinese bed, embodying the rich history and artistry of Chinese craftsmanship. This coffee table is a testament to the ingenuity of repurposing, transforming a traditional bed...
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1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Oriental Satin Walnut Low Table, Coffee Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Oriental Satin walnut low table, coffee table
This is a very attractive piece, the table is in the style of an opium table, it has a carved border beneath the plate glass top
The...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Elegant Elmwood Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Low Coffee Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sophisticated and elegant elm Chinese coffee table having handsome carvings on all sides and beautiful Asian style legs that turn in at the ends.
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Scholar's Table
Located in New York, NY
Low Chinese scholar's table with fretwork sides and legs, possibly of Zitan wood, with burlwood inset sides, early 20th century. Measures: 16.25" H x 3...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Zitan
Small Huali Kang Coffee Table, c1880
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Chinese antique Quing Hauli wood table
This intricately carved Small Huali wood Kang Table from c1880 is a collector's dream. Crafted of traditional jointe...
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1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Chinese Lacquered Wood Table Stone Top with Carved Essay
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese antique table from Northern China likely Shanxi Province circa late Qing dynasty to Republic period (late 19th century). The square for...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone
Antique Shanxi Province Elm and Bamboo Small Tea Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi province elm and bamboo small tea table.
This antique elm and bamboo small tea table has its original color and patina. Can be used ...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Wood, Elm
Asian Round Coffee Table Carved with Dragons and Peacocks, Indonesia, circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb Asian side table / tea or coffee table in carved solid wood.
The carved top represents a majestic peacock surrounded by two serpents or mythologi...
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1920s Indonesian Vintage Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Shanxi Province Elm Low Bed Bench / Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province elm low bed bench / coffee table.
This antique elm low bed bench can also be used as a coffee table or a display table. It has a ric...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Vintage Shanxi Province Elmwood Long Narrow Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Shanxi province elmwood long narrow coffee table
This vintage Chinese elm carved coffee table has carved curved legs and stretchers...
Category
1990s Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Elm
Faux Bamboo Square Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
19th century style square cocktail table with a carved faux bamboo edge to the entire frame, a brushed and textured veneered top, and four bold ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand Carved Shanxi Province Coffer Sideboard
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Hand Carved Shanxi Province Coffer Sideboard With Drawers
Circa: 1900
Dimensions:
W: 64"
D: 21"
H: 20.5"
The Antique Hand Carved Shanxi Province Coffer Sideboard With Dra...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Elm
Modern Asian-Style Square Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Asian-style square coffee table of reclaimed pine, a classic style inspired by the far east. This table is a square shape with horse hoof-style legs, a design that dates back to the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Shanxi Province Elmwood Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Shanxi Province Slate Elmwood Coffee Table with Carved Legs
Circa: 1999
Dimensions:
W: 71"
D: 27"
H: 13.5"
Introducing our Elegant Elmwood Coffee Table - a masterpiece o...
Category
1990s Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Elm, Paint
Asian Style Ebonized Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Asian-style ebonized finish square coffee table, a classic style inspired by the far east. This table is a square shape with horse hoof-style legs, a design that dates back to the 14...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Asian Style Reclaimed Pine Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Asian-style reclaimed pine coffee table, a classic style inspired by the far east. This table is a large square shape with horse hoof-style legs, a design that dates back to the 14th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid 19th Century Chinese Hardwood Low Table
Located in London, GB
A mid 19th century Chinese hardwood low table of attractive golden colour, having fielded panelled top, supported on scrolled legs with “roundel” feet.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Lovely Vintage Signed Hand Painted Chinese Oriental Coffee Cocktail Side Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely vintage hand painted and signed Chinese coffee table
A very good looking and well made piece, the top is in some kind of hardwood, its signed...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Chinese Style Lacquered Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Chinese style cocktail table, a fresh modern update on a classic Chinoiserie silhouette. The rectangular tabletop with a beautiful pierced and wavy apron is set on inswept legs.
Sho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
'Kang' Coffee Table, Susanne Hollis Collection
Located in Pasadena, CA
Our take on a 19th century Chinese kang table. Clean, simple stretchers on four straight legs. Even in patina and surface. Lead time 4-6 weeks.
Custom sizes available.
Category
2010s American Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Oriental Brass Tray Charger on Teak Stand
Located in Vienna, AT
Oriental brass tray charger or coffee table on teak stand.
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Painted Chinese Coffee Table Shanxi
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Age: 19th century
Style: Chinese Antiques
Material: elm
Origin : Shanxi provence China
Condition: Very good
Restoration: wax polish
Dimensions: 52 H X 203 W X 59 D ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm
Antique Style Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
With influences from the east and west, this modern wooden coffee table has marquetry and painted top with a bronzed finish frame.
Dimensions: 56.25" W x 33.75" D x 19" H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Lacquered Chest on Stand
Located in Sheffield, MA
A very handsome Chinese lacquered trunk or coffee table with exceptional heavily embellished hand-hammered hardware -- iron handles, hinges, corner plates and lock which uses a cross...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Chinese Elm Coffee Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
One of a pair of newly made elm tables, re-imagined from salvaged pieces of an antique bed. Could be paired with a similar piece (PB2186), though not an exact pair.
Category
1990s Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm
Antique Chinese Low Rosewood Table
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 19th Century) low narrow hardwood table or bench with a smooth, top slanting upward at each end, supported by two legs with subtly-scalloped cutouts.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
Antique 19th Century Oriental Hardwood Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A late 19th century oriental hardwood stand or coffee table having marble inset
Shaped top and carved decoration raised on cabriole legs with under t...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Marbel Topped Tea or Coffee Table Using Vintage Carved Giltwood Panels
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage marble topped Chinese tea table constructed with vintage circa 1940 hand carved giltwood panels
A very good looking and well...
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1940s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Asian Chinese Style Wooden Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese export (mid-20th Century) hong (black) wood low rectangular coffee table with cabriole legs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beautifully Shaped and Decorated Chinese Lacquer Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful Chinese black lacquer cocktail table having a fabulous shape and meticulous decoration in gold.
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Octagon Chinoiserie Decorated Mirror Top Low Coffee Table with Carved Wood Base
Located in Stamford, CT
Octagon chinoiserie decorated mirror top low coffee table with carved wood base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Glass
Antique Chinese Huanghuali Hardwood Round Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
Antique Huanghuali hardwood round low center table with great patina. very nice original wear. Elegant appearance. Structurally sound. Apparently unmarked. Measures: Approximate heig...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
20th Century Vietnamese Hand-Carved Asian Coffee Low Table with Elephant Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Inset glass top deep relief carved Vietnamese low table. Heavily carved throughout depicting elephants working in a forest. Very nicely done with figural carved legs/feet and floral ...
Category
Late 20th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Teak, Glass
Hollywood Regency Coffee Table with Poly-Chromed Mirrored Scenes in Chinoiserie
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency coffee table with poly-chromed mirrored scenes in chinoiserie. This stunning and very sweet coffee or low table has one lower distressed mirror shelf with a distres...
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Mid-20th Century English Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Asian Chinese Style Brown Lacquered Gilt Medallion Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese-style (20th Century) brown lacquered square coffee table with gilt star trim and a large round center medallion with figure...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Gold Plate
Antique Chinese Lacquer Panel, Coffee Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative 19th century Chinese lacquer panel inset into a coffee table. Having inlaid soapstone carvings of flowers, vases on hardwood s...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Soapstone
19th / 20th century Round Chinese Low Table
Located in Troy, NY
Petit Chinese coffee or side table of interesting geometric design. The round top supported by a base of interlocking circles, connected at the base by a circular frame on five flat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese, hard wood, Kang Table, 20th Century
Located in Camden, ME
A hardwood Kang table, 20th century.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Chinese Hardwood Opium Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Chinese carved hardwood circular Opium table, having in inset figured burr wood top, carved decoration to the frieze and r...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Export coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export 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, asian art and furniture, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, hardwood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export coffee and cocktail tables made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China 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 Henredon, and Susanne Hollis. 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 $450 and tops out at $42,500 while the average work can sell for $3,085.
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