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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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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
Coffee Table in Chrome Metal and Crystal, 1970s
Located in Parma, IT
Coffee table in chrome tubulars with smoked crystal top, 1970s Italian production. In excellent vintage conditions.  
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Crystal, Metal

Italian modern glossy black laminate pair of display units or tables, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern glossy black laminate pair of display units or coffee tables, 1980s Geometric shaped display units, coffee tables or bedside tables, with surface entirely covered in g...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Laminate

Triumphant, Unique Cocktail Table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in New York, NY
Bronze, glass. Extraordinary, handmade abstract bronze form with overall textured surface. This particular treatment was created by meticulously dripping solder over the surface of t...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Rectangular Chrome and Glass Coffee Table
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
chrome and glass coffee table from the early 70's, has some small details caused by time, I can gladly send video upon request.
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1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Lorin Marsh High Style Mixed Metals, Rolling, Swiveling Cocktail / Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
American High Style (circa 1980) coffee / cocktail table comprised of three swiveling circular tiers made from polished and satin brass, copper and chrome plated steel resting on rol...
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20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Brass, Copper, Chrome

American Designer, Coffee Tables, Raffia, Brass, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of raffia and brass coffee tables designed and produced by an American designer, USA, 1970s. Measurements stated are of both tables placed together. Measurements of la...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Karl Springer Exceptional "Ming Coffee Table" in Python 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally crafted "Ming Coffee Table" in black and white python by Karl Springer, American 1980's. The skins are in like-new condition. The craftsmanship of this table is superb. Reference: Karl Springer LTD red binder catalog published in the 1980’s, section “Coffee Tables...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Python

Large Modernist Mable and Stainless Steel Coffee Table by Stendig, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental and striking coffee table by Stendig, Italy c1980. We have replaced the old marble with beautifully figured Italian marble.
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Stainless Steel

Willy Rizzo Steel and Brass Cocktail Table
Located in Houston, TX
Classic Willy Rizzo Flaminia model coffee table features a polished steel frame finished with brass edges and glass top.
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Karl Springer Reptile Embossed Leather Cocktail Table, Signed and Dated 1983
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous Karl Springer (signed) reptile embossed leather coffee table is signed and dated 1983, the same year that brought us Risky Business, Scarface, National Lampoon...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Leather

Modern and Contemporary Italian Coffee Table Blackened Metal and Glass Top, 1990
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Modern Italian coffee table, base in blackened metal with magazine rack and triangular-shaped glass top, 1990. " If you like it please make your offer and we will evaluate it, it co...
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1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Crystal, Metal

Low Coffee Table Gir A2 Made of Steel and Solid Wood
Located in Berlin, BE
Unusual combination of art product design and functionality. The idea of building genuine eco & sustainable brand, using mostly tested materials, which we cover with lifetime warrant...
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Late 19th Century Ukrainian Antique Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Gerald McCabe for Orange Crate Custom 3 level Steel and Glass Low Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Gerald McCabe Custom Steel and Glass Cocktail Table
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1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Pair of Black Marble Square Block Coffee Cocktail Tables
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic pair of black square block coffee, cocktail, or center tables with a variegated finish. The tables appear as two solid blocks with smooth edges and polished finishes. The ma...
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20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Extraordinary Italian Venetian Cocktail Table in Green Blown Murano Glass 1990s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Extraordinary Italian Venetian Cocktail Table in Green Blown Murano Glass, 1990s. This refined Murano glass table is made of a sturdy brass base, a green glass column and a circular ...
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1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass

Italian Modern Plastic Side Table by Giotto Stoppino for Elco Scorze, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern white plastic side or coffee table designed by Giotto Stoppino for Elco Scorze Itlay, 1970s period. Coffee table or side table or night tabl...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Plastic

Modernist Cocktail Table with Shagreen Top & Brass Fittings by Lorin Marsh
Located in New York, NY
This stunning and dramatic modernist cocktail table was realized by the esteemed 20th century designer Lorin Marsh in the United States circa 1987. Sittings on brass castors, the pie...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Italian Modern Cast Iron Base and White Resin Top Low Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern cast iron base and white resin top low coffee table, 1980s Low coffee table with round base in cast iron, central stem in chromed steel with round section and always ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel, Iron

Rare Cocktail Table by Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in New York, NY
Walnut, brass. Retailed by M. Singer & Sons, New York. Made in Italy for the American market. Published : Ico Paris & Architecture, Pgs. 198 & 199 for examples of cocktail & console ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Embossed Leather Cocktail Tables by Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Wood, embossed leather and chromed metal. 2 cocktail tables of cream-colored leather, embossed with lizard pattern & chromed metal feet. Label affixed to the bottom of each table.
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1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Chrome

Low Coffee Table Gir A2 Made of Steel and Solid Wood
Located in Berlin, BE
Unusual combination of art product design and functionality. The idea of building genuine eco & sustainable brand, using mostly tested materials, which we cover with lifetime warrant...
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Late 19th Century Ukrainian Antique Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Modernist Glass and Bronze Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Modernist sculptural bronze and glass coffee table. One side features a flat sheet of bronze in counterpoint to the support and legs opposite. A glass piec...
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Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Bronze

Chrome and Brass Coffee Table by Peter Ghyczy
Located in London, GB
From the Biri range, with brass accents and figures supporting the thick glass top. Peter Ghyczy, child of a widespread aristocratic family, grew up in Buda, a fine district of Budapest. After the invasion of the Red Army 1945, in which his father was killed, he was sent to the family's property Vásárosnameny in the Puszta plains, where he also visited the village school. In 1947 he was brought to Belgium by the International Red Cross for one year, where he learned French. After the family was expropriated of their estate, he returned to his mother in Budapest, where he finished primary school. From 1954 on he attended the Benedictine Secondary School in Pannonhalma connected to a famous monastery. 1956, after the crushing of the Hungarian uprising against the communist regime, he fled with his mother and brother via Vienna to Bonn. In 1960 he attained his "Abitur" (A level) and started to study architecture at the Technical University of Aachen specializing on constructional engineering. Beginning in 1961 he assisted professor Rudolf Steinbach, a renowned German architect, and later worked at the institute of plastic research. In between he took jobs in Paris and at a Unesco project in Kalabsha, Egypt, which was saving antique ruins...
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Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Black Tubular and Glass Swivel Cocktail Coffee Table in the Milo Baughman Style
Located in New York, NY
A Modern style Postmodern period three tier black coated tubular metal and glass swivel cocktail table in the style of designer Milo Baughman, circa late-20th century, 1970s or later...
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Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Faux Bamboo Giltwood Beveled Glass Top Cocktail Table Coffee Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Faux bamboo giltwood beveled glass top cocktail table coffee table in excellent condition. Measures 50 inches in width, 24 inches in depth...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Giltwood

Brass, Chrome and Lucite Coffee Table by Belgo Chrome
Located in London, GB
A Brass, Chrome and Lucite coffee/Cocktail table by Belgo Chrome circa 1970. The chrome and brass plinth base with a curved lucite support holding the thick glass top.
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Late 20th Century European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Kibrel S. Terry for Scope Reductive Square Nickel Cocktail / Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
American International Style (circa 1960) square polished nickel coffee / cocktail table frame with an inset glass top. (KIBREL S. TERRY FOR SCOPE)
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20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Nickel

Brocatello Marble + Brass Coffee Table, Italy 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A rectangular coffee table with a patinated brass base and stretcher details. This table features a stunning book-matched Brocatello marble tabletop with captivating coral and plum v...
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20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass

Mexican Modern Free Edge Sabino Wood and Iron Coffee / Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Mexican Modern coffee table with a sabino wood top with natural free edge supported on three angled wrought iron legs ending in bronze ball feet.
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20th Century Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Iron, Brass

1980's Enrique Garces Tessellated Bone Coffee Table
Located in North Miami, FL
Intricate and elegant stair-stepped 1980's Enrique Garces tessellated bone coffee table, professionally restored to a rich, creamy matte finish. Beautiful condition ...  
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20th Century Colombian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bone

Christian Krekels Coffee Table in Etched Brass, Belgium, 1990
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Coffee table designed and produced by Christian Krekels in Belgium in 1990. This organically shaped coffee table is a true piece of art and features a gold-colored brass table top an...
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1990s Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Brass

1980s Danish Modern Gentry 86 Peter Hvidt Style Teak Cube Base Glass Table
Located in Basel, BS
Absolutely stunning, one-of-a-kind, RARE, high-end designer table acquired from a very avid Mid Century Danish Modern furniture collector. It features sculptural detailing throughout...
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Late 20th Century Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Teak

Faux Bamboo Metal and Glass Top Cocktail Table Coffee Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Faux bamboo metal and glass top cocktail table or coffee table in good condition. Measures 37.5 inches in width, 19.75 inches in width and stands 17 inches tall.
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Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Multifunctional Table, Mid-20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Coffee table with oval table top and conical legs and x-shaped brace. By extending the table top and inserting a center piece (black), it can be converted into a dining table. Dimens...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Italian Modernist 'X' Frame Steel and Glass Coffee Table 'Manner of B&B Italia'
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Italian Modernist style coffee table with a stainless steel X-shaped base supporting an inset clear glass table top. (Manner of B&B Italia or Cappelli)
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20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Steel

Black Painted Wood Coffee Table with Blue Glass Top
Located in Chicago, IL
A black painted wood coffee table with rounded edges and fluted legs. This table features a vibrant blue reflective glass tabletop and ...
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20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood, Paint

Mid Century Glass Turtle Top with a French Gilt Iron Base
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant glass turtle top with gilt iron cocktail table. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Glass is perfect and 3/4 thick.
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1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Mid-Century Modern Marble Top Round Coffee Table Carved Base
Located in Toledo, OH
Mid-Century Modern round marble top table with carved wood base. Very nice to excellent condition. Dimensions: 40" in diameter x 19" H.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

mid-century red ceramic Coffee Table by Amphora, Belgium 1960
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Vermilion red coffee table produced by Amphora, Belgium. Ceramist Rogier Vandeweghe has build up the company together with his wife and ceramic painter Myranna Pyck in the early sixt...
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20th Century Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Post-Modern Sandstone Coffee Table, c 1990s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredibly stylish sandstone coffee table has such gorgeous stone grain and color. Similar look as Travertine but much more unique, the sand stone pattern has similar vibe as mo...
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1990s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Sandstone

Late 20th Century Flower Shape w/ Opaline Glass & Ceramic Balls Coffee Table
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
Stunning flower shape coffee table with enameled brass, ceramic balls and brass details basement. The wood top is covered with a marquetry of three color...
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1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Keith Haring 'After' Low Pop Art Sofa Table Red Metal Bretz 1998 Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Pop Art Keith Haring ( after ) low sofa table of coffee table from metal in red and green color by Bretz circa 1998, Germany. A Keith Haring low sofa t...
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1990s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Round Polished Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Houston, TX
Round polished travertine coffee table circa 1980-1999.
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Illuminated Omnibus Coffee or End Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this rare Illuminated Omnibus low table composed of a white finished wood case elevated on a lucite sled base. The top is...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Plastic, Acrylic, Wood

Custom Made Turkish Rug Ottoman with Iron Base
Located in Brea, CA
Custom made Cocktail ottoman Size: 48" x 48" x 18" Iron base finished in antique bronze finish. This item was constructed using a vintage turkish rug, this hemp and wool rug is a ...
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20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Iron

Faux Bois Coffee Table
Located in Danville, CA
Faux Bois Coffee Table attributed to Michael Taylorfrom during the golden age of San Francisco design. Glass top can be overlayed on top or inset to order.
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Karl Springer "Chinese Cube Style Coffee Table" in Platinum Leaf 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Stunning “Chinese Cube Style Coffee Table" in lacquered platinum leaf by Karl Springer, American 1980's. The subtle shape, color and craftsmanship of this...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Platinum

Stanley Jay Friedman for Brueton Stell and Granite "Macao" Low Table
Located in Downingtown, PA
Stanley Jay Friedman for Brueton, Steel & Granite, "Macao" Low Table, Circa 1970 The polished mirrored steel with removable polished black granite inset top with waterfall ste...
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1970s North American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Granite, Steel

Shlomi Haziza Modern Sculptural Lucite and Glass Cocktail Table, 1980s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional modern coffee or cocktail table By Shlomi Haziza circa 1980s Sculptural Lucite base, with beveled glass top. Measures: 48" W x 48" D x 16.25" H. Excelle...
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1980s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Lucite

Modern Brown Plastic Table by Alberto Rosselli and Isao Hosoe for Bilumen, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Brown plastic table by Alberto Rosselli and Isao Hosoe for Bilumen, 1980s Brown round table divisible in two parts, completely in plastic. Designe...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Plastic

Karl Springer Petit Coffee Table in Lacquered Linen 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Petit waterfall coffee table covered in lacquered linen by Karl Springer, American 1970's. A beautiful jewel of a table. As with all Springer tables,...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Linen, Wood, Lacquer

Italian modern metal structure and glass double round top, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern metal structure and glass double round top, 1980s Beautiful coffee table with metal base and central stem with round section that supports two round shelves...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Unique Vincent Poujardieu Free Form Oak Wood Coffee Table 1992
By Vincent Poujardieu
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful coffee table designed and produced by Vincent Poujardieu in the early 1990s is sure to add an element of French flair to any living room. This is a unique piece, special order directly from the artist in Bordeaux in 1992. Directly carved from solid French oak wood, its shape is reminiscent of the Jean Royère trèfle...
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1990s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Philip and Kelvin LaVerne 'Generation' Bronze Sculpture Table, 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 a similar example was featured on the cover of “Phili...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Sculptural Stainless Steel and Glass Coffee Table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar stainless steel and glass center table, 1970c. We have 2 in stock.  
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome, Stainless Steel

Stanley Jay Friedman for Brueton Steel and Granite "Eclipse" Low Table
Located in Downingtown, PA
Stanley Jay Friedman for Brueton, "Eclipse" Low Tables, Circa 1970-80 The polished mirrored steel has a removable polished black granite top. There is a steel band at the base ...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Granite, Steel

Teak Coffee Table by Pierre Jeanneret
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Jeanneret coffee table model PJ-TB-04-A from Chandigarh India, circa early 1960s. This form for this table was created from a design by Charlotte Perriand in 1938 for the BCC and l’Equipement de la Maison. Elegant design of three symmetrical legs and circular table. Top connected to base with three screws. Although the table was lightly restored, it still shows some signs of wear. There are some dark spots on the table and small imperfections. literature:  Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p. 136, fig. 8 for a 'L’Equipement de la Maison' prospectus Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure...
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1960s Indian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Modern Italian Golden Brass and Lucite Trolley
Located in Roma, IT
Golden brass and lucite trolley from the 1950s. The trolley has two glass shelves finished in brass. The shelf edges are in elegant golden brass. The...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

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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