Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
EMPIRE STYLE
From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.
Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.
Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.
Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.
Find a collection of antique Empire tables, lighting, seating and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Empire
Black Marble Coffee Table with metal and Brass Base Handmade in Italy Cupioli
Located in Rimini, IT
Coffee Table, Black Marble Top, Metal Base, Handmade in Italy Cupioli
Black Slate coffee table top with scagliola art inlays , whrought metal ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Slate, Wrought Iron
$5,444 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Gilded Wrought Iron Empire Coffee Tables
Located in Miami, FL
This rare 1920's French Empire swan coffee tables are made of wrought iron with gilded accents. Very heavy and sturdy with two tier glass tops. Good vintage condition with normal cos...
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Mid-20th Century European Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
French Empre Style Coffee Table W/ Green Marble
Located in Astoria, NY
Exquisite mid-20th-century French Empire-style coffee table, sourced from Provence. The piece features a graceful oval top in deep green Italian marble with striking white veining, b...
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
1930s French Brass and Marble Top Coffee or Side Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage 1930s French Empire solid brass and Carrara marble top cocktail or side table.
An elegant table with delicate floral motifs throughout and graceful cabriole legs. The inset ...
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1930s French Vintage Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
French Empire-style gilt bronze mounted malachite coffee table
Located in London, GB
French Empire-style gilt bronze mounted malachite coffee table
French, Early 20th Century
Height 52cm, width 123cm, depth 63cm
Exemplifying all that is grand and regal about the fan...
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20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
French Empire Style Round Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Anchored by a quartz top with a refined moulded surround, this table balances classical elegance with luxurious materials. Its bold brass frame features cast tapering legs adorned wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Quartz, Brass
$9,597 / item
Vintage French Empire Mahogany 25" Round Coffee Table with Brass Gallery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Mahogany 25" Round Coffee Table with Ornate Brass Gallery and Carved Tapered Legs. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 21.5" H (to gallery) x 25" W x 25" D. 2...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Tavolino Quadrato Intarsio Scagliola, Base Marmo Giallo, Fatto a Mano in Italia
Located in Rimini, IT
Handmade coffee table with artistical decoration on the square top and carved edge made precious by gold leaf finishing. Royal Yellow marble base.
T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Scagliola, Wood
Baker Furniture French Empire Inlaid Cherry and Burl Wood Coffee Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Empire or neoclassical style coffee or cocktail table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Late 20th Century
Inlaid cherry wood top, with burl wood banding, ebonized co...
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Late 20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style Cocktail Table Speckled by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical round coffee or cocktail table lacquer speckled by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The table is made in the French Napoleonic empire style featuring bronze mounted ...
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20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Maitland Smith Empire Style Large Banded Inlay Mahogany Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Maitland Smith Empire Style Large Banded Inlay Mahogany Glass Top Coffee Table. Item features beveled glass, inset top, 6 saber legs, 2 tier band...
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Late 20th Century Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
A French ebonized Empire style marble top coffee table with bronze mounts.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French ebonized Empire style marble top coffee table with bronze mounts circa 1940.
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1940s French Vintage Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Empire Style Coffee Table Lacquer Speckled by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical French empire style coffee cocktail table lacquer speckled by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The oval table features a two-tier design with dramatic eagle's head l...
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20th Century Mexican Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Square Coffee Table Scagliola Art Top wooden base Handmade in Italy by Cupioli
Located in Rimini, IT
Handmade coffee table with artistical decoration on the square top and carved edge made precious by gold leaf finishing. Hand painted wooden central base formed by 4curved elements, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Scagliola, Wood
Square French Empire Brass Swans and Wrought Iron Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
French Empire style coffee table with inset beveled glass top on metal base with swans.
Category
20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
$401 Sale Price
42% Off
Original antique Empire Table circa 1860 - 1880 Mahogany veneer bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Empire table circa 1860-1870 from an Empire room.
The table stands on 3 feet of each foot 1 empire head cast in bronze.
Top condition.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Tavolino Ferro Battuto e Piano Marmo Bianco Intarsiato a mano in Italia Cupioli
Located in Rimini, IT
Tavolino da salotto realizzato con la tecnica decorativa dell' intarsio in scagliola su piano in marmo bianco Carrara, che appoggia su di un basamento in ferro battuto decorato in fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
$4,269 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Marble Top Fluted Wood Corinthian Column Pedestal Base Round Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
42" round green marble-top fluted Corinthian column coffee table. Item features a substantial green marble top with very attractive "wave" pattern veins. The marble top rests on a ca...
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Mid-20th Century Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
French Empire Neoclassical Cornucopia Base Round Pink Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Neoclassical Style Marble Top Coffee Table. Item features a triple cornucopia carved wood base, pink round marble-top, off white original painted finish and rol...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Vintage faux tusk coffee table, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Striking vintage faux tusk coffee table made from tesselated stone with a beveled clear oval glass top.
Beautiful and elegant coffee table which will be, without a doubt an eye catc...
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1980s Italian Vintage Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone
Mid-Century Empire Style Pacel Gilt and Mahogany Coffee Table
Located in Germantown, MD
An impressive mid-century Empire Style parcel gilt and carved Mahogany coffee / cocktail Table.
Measures 46" in width, 27.75" in depth and standing 17.5" tall.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood
$1,331 Sale Price
25% Off
Baker Furniture Empire Burl and Cherry Wood Coffee Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Empire or neoclassical style coffee table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1980s
Cherry wood, with burl wood banding and satinwood string inlay.
Measures: 38" W x...
Category
Late 20th Century American Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cherry, Satinwood, Burl
1950-1970 Bronze Coffee Table with Swans and Its Six Pieces of Sofas Signed GAD
By Artelegno
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table with two-level, swan decorated with glass shelves, the structure is made of bronze or patinated brass, feet are eagle claws clasping a ball in the Chippendale style, its...
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1950s Italian Vintage Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
A Fine French Early 20th Century Gilt-Bronze Center Table Attr. Francois Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French early 20th century Empire style ormolu and figural patinated bronze-mounted amboyna and veined Verde d'Alps marble top "Gueridon" attributed to François Linke (185...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Danish Empire Mahogany Salon Table
Located in San Marino, CA
A 19th century Empire mahogany salon table, featuring a pair of drop leaves and delicate inlay design of a vase as the focal point with foliage designs mirroring each other on both s...
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19th Century Danish Antique Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Inlaid empire side table circa 1800
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Inlaid empire side table circa 1800 professionally stained and repolished.
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Early 1800s Austrian Antique Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Empire Style Card or Tea Table, Vienna 1880-1900
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique card or tea table dates back to around 1880-1900 and comes from Vienna. It has an elegant mahogany veneer and gorgeous bronze fittings. The small table has a fold out top...
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1880s Austrian Antique Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Baltic Mahogany and Brass Mounted Games Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A Northern European Empire games table. Flamed mahogany top opens to reveal felt lined game surface. Brass mounts embellish a neoclassic sensibility.
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1840s Baltic Antique Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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Italian Deco Wooden 1930s Coffee or Smoke Table
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A Carved French Limestone Round Coffee/Cocktail Table
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Raymond Subes Style Marble Top Coffee Table
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French Empire Coffee Table Mahogany Interiors
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Italian Vintage Green Marble Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Stunning green marble coffee table. The table consists of four elements that can be fitted together. The two triangular legs hold the lower t...
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Rene Drouet Style French Bronze Coffee Cocktail Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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Coffee Table in Black Lacquered Metal, Brass and Travertine, 1960's
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
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20th Century Swedish Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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$8,919
H 19.89 in W 49.22 in D 31.5 in
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Baker Stately Homes Sir Humphry Wakefield Satinwood Empire Coffee Table
Located in Dayton, OH
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Empire table, France, circa 1820.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Empire table, France, circa 1820.
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dimensions: height 75 cm x length 160 cm x depth 115 cm.
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Vintage Empire Style Custom Mahogany Marble Top Coffee Table with 2 Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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French Extending Dining Table, Elm Burl & Brass, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
Round dining table table, in the Empire style and made in France circa 1920.
Elm burl and brass.
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French Vintage Oval Marble & Brass Coffee Table-Cocktail Table-Lounge Table-70s
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French "Bout de canapé" End or Side Table, Massive Mahogany & Marble, circa 1960
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H 20.87 in Dm 21.86 in
Antique Empire Table, Scandinavia, circa 1900s, Restored
Located in Chorzów, PL
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Antique Empire Table, Scandinavia, circa 1900s, Restored
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Vintage French Empire Revival Coffee Table 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning Vintage walnut and marquetry inlaid French coffee table, in the elegant Empire style, with fabulous decorative ormolu mounts, dating from the last quarter of the 2...
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French Empire Style Midcentury Walnut Drinks Table with Ebonized Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
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19th Century Empire Style, Bronze Dragon with Thick Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This Empire style coffee table, has as a base a gilded bronze casting, lost wax casting, depicting a dragon, the glass top has a thickness of two centimeters, the edge is hand chisel...
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1890s French Antique Empire Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Empire coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Empire 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 and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire coffee and cocktail tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France 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 Modenese Gastone, Baker Furniture Company, Cupioli made in Italy, and Ira Yeager. 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 $556 and tops out at $74,500 while the average work can sell for $4,034.
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