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Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

MINIMALIST STYLE

A revival in the popularity of authentic Minimalist furniture is rooted in history while reflecting the needs and tastes of the 21st century. Designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s aphorism that “less is more” influenced the evolution of 20th-century interiors with an emphasis on function and order. This was a shift from the 19th century, with its lavish Victorian decorating, and was spread around the world through design styles including Bauhaus and brutalism.

Yet Minimalism was present in furniture design long before the clean lines of modernism, such as in the simple and elegant utility of Shaker furniture. Although the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s and ’70s had little crossover with furniture design, artist Donald Judd was inspired by the Shakers in creating his own spare daybeds and tables from sturdy wood. (Judd, whose advocacy of symmetry also informed his architectural projects, furnished his Manhattan loft with unassuming but poetic works by iconic modernist designers such as Gerrit Rietveld and Alvar Aalto.)

Understatement rather than ornamentation and open space instead of clutter are central themes for a Minimalist living room and bedroom. As opposed to Maximalism, the focus for Minimalist furniture and decor is on simplicity and considering the design and purpose of every object.

Furnishings are usually made in neutral or monochrome colors and pared down to their essentials — think nesting coffee tables, sectional sofas and accent pieces such as ottomans. And Minimalist ceramics can help achieve a decor that is both timeless and of the moment. The organic textures and personalization of handmade craftsmanship associated with these works have served as a sort of anti-Internet to screen-weary decorators. That said, while the thoughtful ergonomics of Scandinavian modern furniture, with its handcrafted teak frames, are at home in Minimalist spaces, so are the quietly striking pieces by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa that employ industrial materials like stainless steel, aluminum and plastic.

Minimalist furniture is not for making flashy statements; it boasts subdued appeal and excels at harmonizing with any room. And, as it encompasses many different movements and eras of design, it also never goes out of style, owing to its tasteful refinement.

Find a collection of Minimalist tables, seating, lighting and more furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Minimalist
"Heritage" White Oak Solid Steel-Leg Coffee Table or Desk with Butterfly Inlays
Located in Frankfurt, KY
Custom-made solid steel butterfly inlays interlock book-matched White Oak atop a solid cold-rolled flat bar steel base. Honoring the North American origins of White Oak; a large, tall, imposing tree with wide spreading branches forming a distinctive and beautiful canopy. This unique table perfectly captures White Oak's fine grain pattern, understated figure, and light color. Finished in custom-blended Michael Madley Naked Oil...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bronze

'Riva' Minimalist Organic Coffee Table in Brazilian Hardwood by Knót Artesanal
Located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
Minimalist yet full of subtle details, Riva is a combination of craftsmanship and creativity. Thoroughly modern though containing organic features seen both in the table top shape an...
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2010s Brazilian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Copper

21st Century, Minimalist, European, Coffee table in Lacquer and Oakwood Handmade
Located in Tinos, Cyclades
Coffee table (on hidden casters) with storage space made of solid oakwood and second storage space additionally, externally lacquered with mat beige color. This coffee table is stru...
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2010s Greek Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Ward Bennett Claw Side Table for Brickel Associates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Minimalist side table by Ward Bennett for Brickel Associates, circa 1970s, USA. The round table features a steel chrome plated frame with three tubular legs. The table earned its nam...
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1970s American Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Prairie Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Square Maple Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Blood Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Round Walnut Gray
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Round Walnut Mustard
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut Blood Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Square Walnut Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Square Maple Yellow
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Square Maple Brassy Gold
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Oval Walnut Gray
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut Yellow
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut Brassy Gold
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Oval Walnut Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Oval Walnut Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Oval Walnut Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Round Maple Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Square Maple White
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Yellow
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Round Maple Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Oval Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Clarke Industrial Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut White
Located in Cincinnati, US
The Clarke Collection comes in ten different table top sizes, two wood species, and two metal finishes. The exposed stainless steel bolts blur the line between Scandinavian and Indus...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Coffee Table Curva
Located in Floresta, MG
A common item in steel houses, the 180º curve is the starting point for the development of the collection. Using this element of industrial origin and organic format, we seek to crea...
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2010s Brazilian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Coffee Table Curva
Coffee Table Curva
$2,365 / item
Unique Geometric Granite Coffee Table by Rik Vermeersch
Located in Izegem, VWV
This handcrafted coffee table with a chiseled granite top was created by Belgian painter/sculptor Rik Vermeersch, son of the famous sculptor José Verm...
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Late 20th Century Belgian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Granite

Kanyon Coffee Table with Travertine, Contemporary Round Smoked Oak in Stock
Located in Istanbul, TR
Kanyon is an authentic coffee table which combines functionality and sculptural posture with simplicity, beautiful materials and exquisite craftsmanship. Inspired by the topographi...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stone, Travertine

Large Chrome and Glass Round Low Table, Italy, 1970s
Located in London, GB
High quality large chrome and glass round low table, Italy, 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Sculpture Table with Coral from countries around the world
Located in Coral Gables, FL
This one of a kind piece brings attention to humanities relationship with our oceans and natural environment. 20% of proceeds go to a sustainable living organization. This stunning ...
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2010s North American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Zinc

Focus, Solid Black Oak & Welsh Slate Contemporary Side Table by Made in Ratio
Located in London, GB
The contemporary Focus collection combines carved blackened oak from FSC certified wood with the organic richness of dark Welsh slate, locally sourced from a family-run historic quar...
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2010s British Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Oak

21st Century Bagatto Brass and Glass Contemporary Coffee Table by Ilaria Bianchi
Located in Milan, IT
21st Century Bagatto Brass and Glass Contemporary Coffee Table by Ilaria Bianchi is light and ethereal. In this coffee table four handmade polished brass geometrical elements suppor...
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2010s Italian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

John Eric Byers, "Reveal Block", Table, 2022
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This solid maple piece from John Eric Byers merges modern, simplified geometries with traditional craft, painstakingly hand carved and lacquered with a distinctive textured pattern t...
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2010s American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Maple

Carol Egan, Sculptural Hand-Carved Walnut Coffee Table, USA, 2013
Located in New York, NY
This sculptural hand-carved table is part of a line of contemporary furniture designed by blending digital technology with fine traditional craftsmanship. Carved of walnut, the piece...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Minimalist coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Minimalist 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, building and garden elements, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Minimalist coffee and cocktail tables made in a specific country, there are North America, Europe, 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 Kevin Frankental, Pieter Compernol & Stephanie Grusenmeyer , Zachary A. Bitner, and Woodendot. 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 $329 and tops out at $48,000 while the average work can sell for $2,807.

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