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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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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Style: Modern
Period: 1970s
Large Coffee Table circa 1970, in the Style of Jean-Claude Mahey
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large coffee table, circa 1970. In the style of Jean-Claude Mahey
Brass and blacken laminated.
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1970s European Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Modernist Coffee Table by Marizo Cecchi
Located in New York, NY
Modernist coffee table by Marizo Cecchi.
Travertine veneer.
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Vintage Coffee Table by J.Šmídek and M.Požár for ÚP Závody, 1970s
By Up Závody
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This walnut coffee table was designed by Czechoslovak architects Jaroslav Šmídek and Mojmír Požár. It was made by the famous company, ÚP Závody in the former Czechoslovakia in the 19...
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1970s Czech Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Horn Low Table
Located in New York, NY
Horn Low Table
Designed by William Piedrahita for Thomas Britt
Measures: 18 ½ x 36 x 36 inches
1 available
2036b.
Category
1970s Colombian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Horn
1970' Coffee Table in Lucite Roméo
By Maison Romeo
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table in Lucite, 2 glass trays, amounts call back an embiellage or one pulls cork, completely knockdown circa on 1970, manufacturing for Roméo. Measures: 0m90 x 1m80.
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1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lucite
Neo-Regency Chrome Cocktail Table
Located in Danville, CA
Beautifully crafted Neo-Regency Elongated Octagonal Chrome Coffee Table with Faux Bamboo stretchers and inset glass top. Chrome ball finials.
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Large French Steel Coffee Table with Clear Glass Top & Black Glass Lower Shelf
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large-scaled and shapely French 1970s steel square-form coffee table with clear glass top and black glass lower shelf; the square top with exaggerated rounded corners inset with a ...
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1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Large Scale Polished Stone Veneer Serpentine Coffee Table
Located in Danville, CA
Huge sculptural coffee table veneered with tiles of polished fossil Stone. Thick beveled glass top.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Coral
Italian Modernist Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
An Italian modernist cocktail table.
Geometric design in brass with
aged mirror glass segmented top.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Maison Jansen Style Glass Acrylic Modern Cocktail Table
Located in North York, ON
In the style of Maison Jansen, this excellent modern style cocktail coffee table features a combination of clear glass, stainless steel accents and acrylic tubular legs. Imported fro...
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1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Maison Jansen, Coffee Table, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Maison Jansen, coffee table, circa 1970.
Brass leg, marble imitation in resin on the top.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Octagonal Carrara White Marble and Chrome Table, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A substantial Italian '70s modern or postmodern [Post-Modern] chrome and Carrara white marble side, end or coffee/cocktail table from Italy, circa 1970s. Carrara marble octagonal top...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Chrome
Unique Coffee Table with a Handcrafted Metal Cricket Sculpture Base
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This decorative coffee table can be dated in the 1970s and is probably made in Belgium.
The large handcrafted metal cricket sculpture is the base of...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Stainless Steel Waterfall Cocktail Table by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Wilton, CT
A marvellous piece of modernist design from the renown experts of stainless steel manufacturing. This waterfall design cocktail table is exquisitely crafted, expecting nothing less f...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Leather and Glass Square Coffee Table
By De Sede
Located in Tourcoing, FR
De Sede coffee table DS19 / 93 model design 1970s-1980s, with graphical and geometric lines, structure furnished with chocolate-colored leather decorated with a black lacquered glass...
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1970s Swiss Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood
1970 Modernist Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sleek designed coffee table intricate cut-glass top on a chrome base. Unique design.
Table is located in our space in the NY Design Center, 200 Lexington Ave.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Karl Springer White Lacquered Crocodile Leather Coffee Table 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table covered in white embossed crocodile leather by Karl Springer, American, 1970s. A beautiful and luxurious Karl Springer design.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Lacquer
1970 Sculpture Coffee Table
Located in Milano, IT
1970 "S" sculpture coffee table in travertine and tempered glass.
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1970s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Pair of Vintage 1970s Stainless Steel and Marble Topped Coffee Tables
Located in Hudson, NY
These vintage marble topped coffee tables resting on stainless steel legs are simple and elegant designed to set side by side in front ...
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1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron, Stainless Steel
Solid Brass Coffee Table of the 1970s
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This solid brass coffee table is a nice example of luxury 1970s design. The sand cast brass feet are visible fixed with screws. The top is mad...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Pace Round Glass-Top and Glass Base Coffee Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Tripod glass base and round top glass coffee table.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
French Modernist Beige Resin Coffee Table in Marie-Claude Fouquieres Manner
Located in New York, NY
French Modernist design (1970s) rectangular off-white crackled resin coffee table on a matching base. (in the manner of MARIE-CLAUDE FOUQUIERES)
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Resin
Acrylic and Brass "Metric Line" Cocktail Table by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A glamorous polished acrylic and brass with thick glass top coffee table designed by Charles Hollis Jones in the 1970s.
The base has some minor wear.
Measures new: 72" wide, 36" ...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Mies van der Rohe Style Stainless Steel Glass Table Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great set in the style of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. This set is in great vintage condition with very little wear.
Coffee Table: 36"w x 36"l x 15"h
End tables: 20"w x 3...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Oval Glass and Lucite Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage oval glass and Lucite table. This table has a glass top and a Lucite base of cylinders in a pan flute arrangement. This stylish Lucite cof...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Illuminated Sculptural Table by Ph Jean for Galerie Eric and Xiane Germain Paris
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Beautiful and super rare illuminated coffee table by French sculptor Philippe Jean edited by the highly prestigious and renowned Galerie Eric and Xiane Germain ,Paris, 1970. The galerie Germain in Paris specialized in high end, small edition furniture and design art by the best contemporary artists of the 1960s and 1970s including the famous 'siege Homme' by Ruth Francken...
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1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome, Stainless Steel
French Modernist Brass Cocktail Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A square brass coffee or cocktail table with an inset glass top. Simple column legs are braced with an "X" stretcher beneath. The brass has been professional polished a lacquered to ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Modish French 1970s Chrome and Glass Rectangular Coffee/Cocktail Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A modish French 1970s chrome and glass rectangular coffee/cocktail table; the inset glass top within a chrome frame with geometric openwork apron.
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1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Les Prismatique Chrome and Lucite Coffee Table
Located in Danville, CA
Beautiful Lucite and chrome cocktail table by Les Prismatique. The base is comprised of 3" diameter Lucite dowel with chrome fixtures and stretchers with slash cut ends. The thick gl...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
An Early 1970's Modernist Chrome & Glass Cocktail Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
This simple and elegant table is a base of chrome over solid mahogany with 4 steel pads beneath. The table top is a 3/4 inch thick square cut glass.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Large Brass Cornered Cocktail Table
By Romeo Rega
Located in Danville, CA
Impressive scale coffee table with brass plated steel legs. The large scale corner fixtures holds a 3/4" slab of glass. The table can be reconfigured to almost any size; square or re...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Ceramic Shogun coffee table by Roger Capron, France, 1970's
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Shogun coffee table by Roger Capron, wood and ceramic, signed, 1970's
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic
‘Lunario’ Coffee Table by Cini Boeri for Gavina, Italy 1970s
By Cini Boeri
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1970s Italian ‘Lunario’ coffee table by Cini Boeri for Gavina. This iconic piece features a chrome plated teardrop shaped pedestal base, which is weighted to counterbalance an off-...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Late 20th Century White Murano Art Glass and Brass Set of Two Oval Coffee Tables
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
Set of two off-white textured Murano Art Glass & Brass "Yin & Yang" Coffee Tables. The tables have two different heights: the lowest is 34 cm. while the tallest is 39 cm. Each part o...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Rectangular Slate Coffee Table
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage rectangular slate coffee table circa 1970-1989. Rectangular slate top raised upon three-part slate trestle base.
Patina from decades of outdoor u...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Slate
Pair of Modernist Sculptural Foliage Tables
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Modernist sculptural foliage tables.
Smoked glass tops and gilded metal bases.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Lucite and Illuminated Metal Coffee Table by Philippe Jean, France, 1970s
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Illuminated lucite and metal coffee table by Philippe Jean, France, 1970s. Smoked glass top. Lighting in the central part of the table.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Blown Glass, Lucite
Vintage Chrome and Lacquer Cocktail Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage chrome and lacquer cocktail table, 1970s. Polished chrome pedestal base with top in 'Opium Red' lacquer over wood.Vintage chrome and lacquer cocktail table, 1970s. Polished c...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
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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