Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Modern
Neoclassical Two-Tier Brass and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Maison Jansen style two-tier square brass contemporary coffee table has inset glass surfaces and is square. Original and beautifully ag...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Brassed Metal Smoked Glass Sculptural Vintage Coffee Table Sofa Table 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Brassed metal vintage coffee table or sofa table in sculptural shape designed 1970s with a rectangular smoked glass plate and 4 black sabots...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Domino Coffee Table by Rosenthal
By Jan Wichers
Located in Munich, DE
Designed by Jan Wichers and Alexander Blomberg.
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Acrylic
Silas Seandel, Freeform Coffee Table, Polished Steel, Studio, America, 1968
Located in High Point, NC
A polished stainless steel coffee table designed and produced by Silas Seandel, New York, America, 1968. Signed.
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Jay Spectre Custom Coffee Table
By Jay Spectre
Located in Chicago, IL
Jay Spectre custom coffee table, solid marble with bull-nose edge, custom inlaid stainless steel and stainless steel legs connected cradle for marb...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Exceptional Large Bone Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
Large bone coffee table made in Colombia, 1980s.
Very good condition without damages.
Category
1980s Colombian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bone
Coffe Table by Belarti
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
a coffee in mahogany and tiles signed Belarti.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic
1970's Black and White OP Coffee Table, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
1970's rectangular black and white coffee table with chrome details in so called OP style representative of the era. The materials used are lacquered wood and chrome.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Triangular Blush Pink Lucite and Glass Cocktail Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Glamorous 1980s triangular blush pink satin Lucite and glass cocktail table in the style of Karl Springer.
The table is constructed of three solid satin Lucite 8.75” diameter cylinde...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Live Edge Oak Organic Slab with Resin Inlay Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary live edge oak slab coffee table with poured amethyst resin in knot holes. Slab rests on three solid wood rectangular legs.
Category
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Resin, Oak, Wood
Vintage Italian Coffee Table in Burl and Glass
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Italian coffee table in burl veneer with a diagonally striped glass top in gray. Details in metal on the corners as well as on bottom of the legs.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Rectangular Maple and Steel Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary rectangular coffee table with maple top and short sides on a steel rectangular frame.
Category
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel
1970s Modern Hollywood Regency Lucite Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Wayne, NJ
Lucite glass top coffee table. The glass measures approx. 66" long and 38" wide. If you are in the New Jersey , New York City Metro Area , please contact us with your delivery zip co...
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lucite
Leather and Chrome Coffee Table by Stanley Jay Friedman
Located in New York, NY
Leather and chrome coffee table by Stanley Jay Friedman for Brueton. The table is dark blue leather and the base has three round weighted chrome balls.
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Low Glass Table by Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte, 1948
Located in Berlin, DE
Chic round low table with black lacquered, wooden legs. Manufactured by Fontana Arte, designed by Pietro Chiesa.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture Teak Coffee Table/Bench by Michael Taylor
Located in Toledo, OH
A great modern teak coffee table/bench by Michael Taylor for Baker Furniture. This table features an original finish, a floating top, straight lines with an inverted base. This great...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
X-Form Polished Steel Cocktail Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and substantial X-form polished stainless steel cocktail table was acquired from a Palm Beach yacht and thus it has a substantial wei...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Low Side Table or Stool Designed by Richard Meier for Knoll
Located in Stamford, CT
A Maple side table / stool designed by Richard Meire for Knoll circa 1982.
Literature: Richard Meier: Architect, Meier, pg. 234 Richard Meier: Art and Architecture, Blouin MacBain,...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Maple
Modern Organic Shaped Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Modern organic shaped coffee table. The table has a silver gilt trim and a black lacquered frame.
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Silver
Pair White Lacquered Cocktail Tables
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage pair of 70s modernist di-cut oval tables newly lacquered in white auto paint.
Dimensions: 23.75" W x 18" D x 18" H each table, overall width with both tables together 47.5...
Category
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Coffee / End Table with Cityscape Lucite Base and Glass Top, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Coffee / end table with elaborate cityscape base in solid lucite with thick glass top, American 1970's. This is a unique sculptural design. It could take a much larger pieces of glas...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Waterfall Pace Collection Smoked Glass Coffee/Cocktails Table and Chrome Steel
Located in Firenze, IT
USA, 1970s
A Waterfall style Pace International high quality grey smoked glass table with metal chrome steel connectors. The pleated metal give...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Modern Organic Shaped Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Modern organic shaped coffee table. The table has a gold gilt trim and a black lacquered frame.
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Rosewood Coffee Table from Czechoslovakia, 1970s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This rosewood coffee table was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1970’s. It features a very attractive design, the tabletop is placed between rounded and pointed four legs wit...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
Large Rectangular Powder Coated Sunshine Yellow Cocktail Table, Italy, 1980s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Modern shine yellow powder coated rectangular coffee table.
This Italian bold and bright Mid-Century Industrial style coffee table has a glass top with etched silvered diagonal lin...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Roger Sprunger Tri-Mark Round Coffee Table with Nickel Legs and Glass Top
By Tri-Mark
Located in New York, NY
A contemporary, round coffee table designed by Tri-Mark, the base, made of nickel, in the form of four upswept U-shaped elements supporting a round top. Additional pricing for glass...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Nickel
Jay Stanger Inlaid Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Signed, Jay Stanger inlaid coffee table with dyed veneers to the top and a painted steel base. Table has a geometric shape.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Wild Abstract Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unusual wood base table with round glass top. The sculpted wood base zig-zags to make sharp angles, and has additional black forms that act as a leg and glass rest. Contemporary styl...
Category
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Design Institute of America Hollywood Regency Brass & Glass Cocktail Table, 1984
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Milo Baughman style modern Hollywood Regency coffee or cocktail table.
By the Design Institute of America,
USA, 1984
Brass frame with beveled glass top.
Measures: 38.5...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Square Travertine Cube on Wheels
Located in Den Haag, NL
Square tessellated Travertine cube on wheels. Comes with a herringbone motif
Coffee side end occasional table or wide pedestal on wheels. Very nice and useful table, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Donald Drumm Brushed Aluminum & Glass "Starburst" Coffee Table
By Donald Drumm
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Donald Drumm Minimalist round cast aluminum & glass cocktail table, circa 1970. Classic. Large. Modernist. Geometric. 2 pieces. Base 15H x 30.5W. Glass measures .5D x 42W. Kindly no...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Post Modern Sculptural Plaster Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Post modern sculptural plaster coffee table. The table is plaster over a wood frame with a painted off-white and tan color.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Plaster
French Gilded Iron Table with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A French gilded iron table with marble top.
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Neoclassical Teardrop Coffee Table by John Tavis
By John Tavis
Located in Pasadena, TX
Neoclassical style coffee table in the manner of John Tavis,
1950s
An interesting design featuring an organic shaped top paired with a classical pede...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Cocktail Table in Glass and Brass Made in Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Elegant square vintage end table in three levels in brass with mirror glass and amber colored glass. The base level is made as a dry bar for bottles etc. which opens diagonally from ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Guy Lefevre, Large Coffee Table, Maison Jansen, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guy Lefevre, large coffee table in wood and stainless steel, Maison Jansen, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Chrome and Glass Coffee Tables
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of chrome and glass coffee tables with tubular chrome structures and glass slabs in great condition. We love the clean lines and impressive feel these tables bring to a space.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Milo Baughman Styled Burl Coffee Table
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A beautiful burl olive wood coffee table with square chromed tubed base, this table makes a statement and will provide years of enjoyment. Manufactured in the style of Thayer Coggin ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Olive
Grass Cloth and Brass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Clad in grass cloth, the table has two pull out trays with brass legs. The front of the trays are trimmed in brass.
In the style of Karl Springer.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Leon Rosen for Pace Chrome and Marble Cocktail Table
Located in Houston, TX
A 1970s Leon Rosen for pace seamless chrome and marble cocktail or coffee table.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Chrome
'Generation' Bronze Sculpture Table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, c. 1964 Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This important and documented bronze sculpture table named "Generation" by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne was sculpted circa 1964 and was featured on the cover of “Philip & Kelvin LaVerne: Sculpture III". Its large size allows this to be used as a coffee or cocktail table, console table or display table or can be simply displayed as sculptural fine art.
This pièce de résistance for collectors of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne is exceptionally rare and highly coveted. Within one single work of functional fine art the artists explored several different techniques the LaVernes were known to employ. Two heavy cast bronze figures, a boy holding a cat and the opposite side a girl, holding the table top which features a gorgeous torched bronze surface with inlaid colorful enamels, one bearing the LaVernes signature. Another acid washed bronze...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Karl Springer "Dorchester Coffee Table" in Figured Anigre, 1990s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
"Dorchester Coffee Table" in figured Anigre with Marquetry border inlay on top with gold leaf accents by Karl Springer, American, 1990s (signed with Springer label). This table is me...
Category
1990s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
Biomorphic Grasscloth and Carrara Marble-Top Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Biomorphic Grasscloth and Carrara marble-top coffee table. The tables have grasscloth bases and can be used together or separately as end tables.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Mid-Century Modern Picasso Style Figural Female Sculptural Coffee Table Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Picasso style figural female sculptural coffee table base sculpture. Item features sculptural woman form compos...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Composition
Square Acid Etched Brass Table by Jenalzi
By Jenalzi
Located in Stamford, CT
A signed acid etched and shaped brass coffee table. Designed in Belgium by Jenalzi, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Percival Lafer Rosewood Set of Three Tables
Located in Toledo, OH
Set of three vintage Percival Lafer tables. Pieced stacked rosewood top with new glass tops. Coffee table measures 47" x 24.5" x 14.5". Two side...
Category
Mid-20th Century Central American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Signed Silas Seandel 'Knot' Cocktail Aluminum Coffee Table USA, 1970's
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Signed Silas Seandel 'Knot' Cocktail Aluminum Coffee Table USA, 1970's
Signed Silas Seandel 'Knot" cocktail aluminum coffee table 1970's, signed. 42" square with 3/4" thick glass top...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
High Quality Acrylic Coffee / sofa Table with 4 Carrying Swans and big glass top
Located in Berlin, DE
Made in Italy
Coffee table with 4 swans in acrylic connected with a brass frame.
Beautiful curved glass plate
Below with mirror.
The glass plate and mirror have a small chip.
Mi...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Acrylic
Square Coffee Table, Covered with Rope.
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Simple and unusual coffee table lined in rope - You can also put a crystal -
M/1205.
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Rope
Tessellated Bone and Black Lacquer Wood Restored Cocktail Table Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing and beautiful fully restored pagoda shape style cocktail table is tessellated inlay bone and has a black lacquer wood base. It is in the style of Karl Springer and from ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bone, Wood, Lacquer
Modern Blue and Clear Glass Vintage Coffee Table Seguso attr. c 1980, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern blue and clear glass vintage coffee tables or side tables by Seguso attributed, Italy, circa 1980.
The coffee tables feature three aq...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Bruno Contenotte "Metaphisica Quantica" Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Bruno Contenotte "Metaphisica Quantica" coffee table.
Liquid pigment moving freely within the top.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Modern Vintage Beechwood Glass Coffee Table or Sofa Table circa 1970 Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern vintage beechwood glass coffee table or sofa table, which was designed and manufactured circa 1970 in Germany.
The base of the coffee table shows an elegant beechwood construc...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Beech
Sculptural Chrome and Glass Coffee Table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural chrome and glass coffee table designed by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Furniture.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Ronald Schmitt Coffee Table in Black Steel with Glass Top, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table model K-185 in black steel with thick glass top by Ronald Schmitt, American, 1970s. This coffee table has an industrial chic element to it. Very well made and heavy.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
1980's Fossil Stone Coffee Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A 1980's vintage coffee table with wood base and inset fossil stone top.
Category
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone
Maxime Old Saturne Table Made of Cuba Mahogany Wood and Glass
By Maxime Old
Located in Paris, FR
Saturne table
Maxime Old,
1961
Size: 59" x 18.11"
Cuba mahogany wood and glass in the center
Saturne table has been made in 1961 by Maxime Old for the VIP lounge of Marseille-Marig...
Category
1660s French Antique Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Set Frederick Keisler Cast Aluminium Nesting Tables, 1980s Palazzetti Re-Edition
By Frederick John Kiesler
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Original Palazzetti re-edition of 1935 Frederick John Keisler designed Cast Aluminum Low Nesting Coffee Table. Featuring balanced, sturdy, low...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Modern coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern 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, seating, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern coffee and cocktail tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America 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 Greenapple, Sebastian Scherer, Bari Ziperstein, and Studio Superego. 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 $1 and tops out at $247,010 while the average work can sell for $4,120.
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