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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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: Late 20th Century
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
Three Tria Coffee Table, Gianfranco Frattini for Morphos, Acerbis, 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Three tria coffee table is an original design furniture set realized by Gianfranco Frattini for Morphos of Acerbis International
Division (Manufacture Label) in Italy during 1980s....
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
White Marble and Glass Coffee Table Model K1000 by Team Form for Ronald Schmitt
Located in Berlin, DE
White Marble and Glass Coffee Table Model K1000 by Team Form for Ronald Schmitt
Coffee table designed by Team Form for Ronald Schmitt in the 1970s. The base of this table is made fr...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Modern Upgraded Chromed Steel Grey Color Glass Round Center Table, Italy, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Side table made from an original Italian chromed steel structure from the 1970's and upgraded witn an actual glass top designed by IKB191 in white, black and shades of grey.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
1970s Round Coffee Table with Two Rotating Satellites, Crystal, Chromed, Marble
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Modern 1970s triple round coffee table with two rotating satellites in sandblasted crystal, chromed metal structure with black marble base. Spherical swivel wheels. Very accurate and robust execution of the object. The two satellite tables...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Peter Ghyczy, Square Coffee or Side Table, 1970s
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice design this side table or coffee table cast bronze legs, comes with a thick glass top.
Good quality table.
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Alanda Coffee Table by Paolo Piva with Square Glass and Metal Structure
By B&B Italia, Paolo Piva
Located in Renens, CH
Alanda coffee table by Paolo Piva with square glass and metal structure
This beautiful and minimalist coffee table is composed by a glass top with rounded edges sitting on an almo...
Category
1980s European Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
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
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
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
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
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
Glass Vintage Coffee Table Sofa Table Genio by Massimo Iosa Ghini, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Modernist vintage coffee table or sofa table from glass waterfall like named Genio designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini, Italy, 20th century.
Through the clear curved waterfall shape the c...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Round Lucite with Brass Side Table, Modern Design Table, France, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Stunning round side table made of Lucite and brass with a thick glass tabletop.
These circular drink table - coffee table or cocktail table dates from the 1970s.
It has nice brass d...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Chrome Coffee Table, 1970
Located in London, GB
Italian coffee table in chrome with smoked glass top
two available.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
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
Vintage Monumental Steel Marble Block Black Square Coffee Table, France, 1980's
Located in New York, NY
Vintage monumental steel marble black square coffee table, France.
Chic black marble/granite and steel glass coffee table, chic in any mod...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Karl Springer Sculptural Lucite Cocktail Table Base with Brass Caps Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful angled and sculptural Karl Springer lucite table base has brass caps.There is no glass provided for this great base. One...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Ron Seff Starburst Marquetry Cocktail Table, Newly Restored
By Ron Seff
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and outstanding modern starburst marquetry coffee or cocktail table
Inspired by Jean Michel Frank
By Ron Seff,
USA, circa 1980s
Lacquered raffia in a dazzling star...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Enamel
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
Italian Glam Sliding Coffee Table by Willy Rizzo, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hollywood Regency Mid-Century Modern coffee table with sliding panels
Black lacquered wood hides a burl veneer
A play of triangles and squares
Willy Rizzo style
Italy, 1970s.
Me...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Burl, Lacquer
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
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
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
Modern Vintage Metal Glass Coffee Table Sofa Table Paolo Piva Style Italy 1980s
By Paolo Piva
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern vintage coffee table or sofa table Paolo Piva style from chromed tube steel and clear glass.
The sofa table is very similar to Paolo Piva and shows a square chromed tube stee...
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
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
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...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Chrome and Glass French Vintage Coffee Table
Located in Austin, TX
A French vintage chrome and glass coffee table featuring a tight chromed steel base topped with an antiqued mirrored top. This pi...
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
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.
Category
1970s European Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Karl Springer Large "Chinese Style Coffee Table" 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Large "Chinese Style Coffee Table" in pale yellow lacquered linen by Karl Springer, American, 1980s.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Linen, Lacquer
Marble and Chrome Cocktail Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful 1970s marble and chrome with a round 48” diameter 1/2” thick glass top cocktail table. The table has a new glass top. The table bases can be arranged in different positio...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, 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
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
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
Signed Karl Springer Side Table with Cantilevered Glass Top
Located in Stamford, CT
A gunmetal and glass cantilevered cocktail table designed by Karl Springer. Singed at foot of base.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Round Glass and Chrome Metal Adjustable Coffee Table, Italy, circa 1980
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Round glass and chrome metal adjustable coffee table. Italy, circa 1980.
Dimensions open: 135 cm width, 105 cm depth, 45 cm height.
Dimensio...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
1970 "S" Shaped Sculpture Rectangular Coffee Table Cristal Top and Marble Base
Located in Milano, IT
1970 "S" shaped sculpture rectangular coffee table cristal top and marble base.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Pierangelo Gallotti, Coffee Table in Chromed Metal and Smoked Glass
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pierangelo Gallotti, coffee table in chromed metal and smoked glass. Edition Gallotti e Radice, 1970.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Glass Beech Coffee Table/ Side Table, Italy, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
This vintage glass coffee table / side table shows a sickle-shaped glass top and three beech legs. The coffee table was designed and made in...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Beech
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.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lucite
Large Neo Art Deco Coffee Table with Hand Painted Crane Pastel
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large 42" x 42" white Neo Art Deco coffee table with hand painted crane pastel protected by a 1/2" inch glass top. The table has a large almost cement look with signed Japanese crane pastel painting. Great 1980s Miami...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Plaster
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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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