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.
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Style: Minimalist
Period: Late 20th Century
Travertine Minimalist 80s Square Cocktail Table
Located in Fort Collins, CO
1970s travertine coffee table with pedestal base. The beautiful motion of the veining in this particular stone is breathtaking.
42.5ʺW × 42.5ʺD × 15ʺH
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Oval Glass Coffee Table mod. Adam by Luigi Massoni for Gallotti & Radice, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s - 1980s.
This stunning coffee table is made in 1.2-cm thick glass and has chrome-plated metal parts.
It is still produced by Gallotti & Radice, but without meta...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Fiam Italia Ponte Glass Coffee Table by Angelo Cortesi
By FIAM
Located in New York, NY
Fiam Italia Ponte Coffee Table by Angelo Cortesi crafted of clear high-quality glass.
Italy, circa 1980.
Signed on base.
Dimensions: 50.5” L x 27.5” W x 16” H
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Honed Cipollino Marble Coffee Table, Italy 1970s
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking 1970s coffee table constructed entirely of Italian Cipollino marble with beautiful gray, beige and pink hues. It has a honed finish and a minimalist silhouette, which is e...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Italian travertine coffee table with floating top, 1970's
Located in Temse, BE
Wonderful travertine coffee table with a floating top plate.
The square base supports a glass plate which holds te travertine top, giving the impression that the top floats in the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Vintage Ercol Pandora Console Coffee table on wheels
By Ercol
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
Solid elm, Ercol’s ‘Pandora’ table makes a stunning centrepiece. Featuring two drawers and open-sided ‘portholes’ on the other sides providING a lot of storage space. On round casto...
Category
1970s European Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm
Pair of Giovanni Offredi Round Coffee Tables
Located in New York, NY
A matching pair of Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti round coffee tables.
Made in Italy, circa 1970.
Crafted from wood featuring a birdseye maple veneer, The base is supported by four ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Marcel 148 low coffee table by Kazuhide Takahama for Simon Gavina 1970s
Located in Stavenisse, NL
Minimalist design coffee table, inspired by Mies van der Rohe with simple abstract lines. The metal lower and upper frame are bent steel and consist of 1 part. The entire design look...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Platos polished stone coffee table Circa. 1988
Located in Ranst, BE
Platos coffee table mde from polished stone with chromle legs.
The table was purchased from the we renowned design furniture shop; Dominique Rigo in Brussels in 1988.
We have the...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone
1980s Etched Glass Waterfall Table by Angelo Cortesi for Fiam
By FIAM, Angelo Cortesi
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
1980s Etched Glass Waterfall Table by Angelo Cortesi for Fiam.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Aquamarine Glass Coffee Table Ascribable to Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
This stunning coffee table is made in curved tempered thick glass.
The design of Pietro Chiesa dates back to 1932, but it was realized in the 1980s.
It is a vi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
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...
Category
1970s American Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Minimalist Aluminum & Lacquered "Cubo Bar" Cini & Nils OPI Milano Italy 1970's
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Franco Bettonica, "Cubo bar", for Cini & Nils, Italy 1970's.
This high quality production is made in lacquered wood and aluminum laminated top finish
T...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Pink Veined Granite Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
Vintage granite coffee table from the 1980s-1990s. Pink veined granite!
Top and base separately.
As good as new!
Measures: 100x100x37 cm.
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Granite
Vintage Minimalist Nicos Zographos Round Glass and Stainless-Steel Coffee Table
Located in Secaucus, NJ
A stunning Minimalist round glass and stainless steel coffee table designed by Nicos Zographos in 1960 and remains a current timeless and elegant design today.
Zographos' signature ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Designer Table
Located in Нұр-Сұлтан, KZ
An oak coffee table will perfectly fit into the interior for people who appreciate the subtlety of the beauty of nature.
Diameter 60cm.
Brass base.
Height 15cm.
Gift,stylish tabl...
Category
Late 20th Century Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Gilles Derain Coffee Table Lumen Edition, circa 1985
Located in Paris, FR
Important coffee table by Gilles Derain (1944-) Lumen edition circa 1985
Chromed metal and medium wood MDF
Very good condition, some slight traces and marks of use
Chromed me...
Category
1980s French Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Italian Minimalist Octagonal Travertine Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Particular octagonal table in Travertine with grooved bases to allow the lowering of the top, the table is mounted with brass bolts, with a minimalist shap...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Granite
Coffe and Cocktail Table 1980 Black Piramid Satin Glass Top Italian Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Coffe and cocktail table 1980 black piramid satin glass top Italian design.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Dutch Design 'Z' Coffee Table by Harvink, 1980s
Located in MIJDRECHT, NL
Dutch Design 'Z' table by Harvink, 1980s.
The Harvink "Z" coffee table is undoubtedly one of the design classics of The Dutch minimalist design of the 1980s.
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Coffe and Cocktail Table 1980 Black Piramid Satin Glass Top Italian Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Coffe and cocktail table 1980 black piramid satin glass top Italian design.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Custom Square, Tiger's Eye Table with Gold Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Customsquare, tiger's eye table with gold legs.
Category
Late 20th Century Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone
Pair of mid-century minimalistic side tables or coffee tables in brown-grey marb
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a fantastic pair of grey-brown marble side tables or coffee tables made in France in the 1960s. The tables have a white Carara marble base and are covered with diago...
Category
Late 20th Century French Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Nicos Zographos 35 Series Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Elegantly minimalist cocktail table rendered to precise specifications in stainless steel with a 3/4 inch glass top. A Nicos Zographos design and production from his 35 series of low tables, circa 1970s. Zographos's 1960s updates on International Style furnishings graced interiors by iconic modernist architects such as Gordon Bunshaft, I.M. Pei, and Louis Kahn.
Category
1970s American Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Large Chrome and Glass Round Low Table, Italy, 1970s
Located in London, GB
High quality large chrome and glass round low table, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Brushed and Polished Stainless Steel and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This Minimalist modern coffee or cocktail table has a very refined line. It is beautifully made of thick, polished and brushed stainless steel with clear evidence of the hand constru...
Category
1970s American Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sergi Devesa Bajet "Chincheta" Coffee Table for Disform, Spain, 1988-1989
By Sergi Devesa Bajet
Located in Sharon, CT
"Chincheta", inspired by a "tack", this coffee table of Minimalist design, and constructed simply by cutting and bending and spray painting sheet aluminum with a flat black epoxy is ...
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Post Modern Satinwood Cocktail Table Pyramid Base Philippe Starck style
Located in Buffalo, NY
Minimalist satinwood Cocktail Table,Very unusual form,, Modern Deco,Contemporary,,Beautiful quilted satinwood top..Pyramid base,Extremely well crafted.
Category
Late 20th Century American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Rare One-Off Lighting Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
One-off lighting table.
Enameled blue metal frame support a bottom up mirrored glass pyramid with a light in the lower part. Adjustable feet and thick transparent glass top.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Square Brass Coffee Table with Glass Shelf and Mirrored Top, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
Ascribable to Romeo Rega.
This coffee table features a brass frame, a glass shelf and a mirrored top.
It may show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but i...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
1970s Chrome Round Cocktail Bar Cart with below Smoked Glass and Crystal Above
Located in Vigonza, Padua
French 1970s metal chrome round cocktail bar cart with under smoked glass and transparent crystal above.
Excellent conditions
Measures in cm: Height 80, diameter 65.
Category
1970s French Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
‘Lunario’ Coffee Table by Cini Boeri for Gavina, Italy 1970s
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in West Reading, PA
This is an early ‘Lunario’ coffee table, designed in 1968 by Cini Boeri for Gavina.
The piece features a chromed-steel teardrop pedestal base, which is internally weighted to counte...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel, Iron
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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