DIA Mid-Century 'Paperclip' Coffee Table Base (manner of Milo Baughman)
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (circa 1970) \'Paperclip\' design coffee / cocktail table comprised of brass plated steel D-shaped sections arranged in a circle to form the table base supportin...
Brass
Brass Flat Bar 2-Tier Coffee Table in the Style of Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Dallas, TX
This Milo Baughman inspired sculptural work of art is as functional as it is beautiful! Incredible two-tier, brass plated metal and glass coffee table. In good overall vintage condit...
Metal
Hand Shaped Coffee Table with Steel Base and Drawer
Located in Oceanside, CA
Designed to accent our Folsom Couch, but never the less this table will definitely enhance any sitting environment. The top is constructed from 50 pieces of solid ash wood with a sap...
Brass, Steel
$2,193Sale Price|20% Off
Oval Glass Coffee Table with Portoro Marble and Iron Base, Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Its design reminds us Parisi's style. This coffee table features a 17-millimeter thick glass top and a varnished iron, nickel-plated brass and Portoro marble frame.
Marble, Brass, Iron
$3,890 / item
Downtown Table 30" by Phase Design, Smoked Brass
By Reza Feiz
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Downtown Tables are composed of three separate tables, intended to be used individually or in conjunction with one another. An offset leg allows for nesting these tables in vario...
Steel
Pair of Antique Chinese Lacquered Low Tables with Porcelain Warming Plates
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Chinese lacquered low tables with porcelain warming plates Chinese, 18th and 19th Century Height 30cm, width 51cm, depth 51cm This pair of lacquered low tables fitte...
Brass
Handmade personal cocktail table for one glass made of solid cast Brass
Located in London, GB
Designed and manufactured by Andrew Kornat Designs this gorgeous little individual cocktail table is a unique personal touch to any room. Designed to hold one glass the cast Brass Co...
Brass
Handmade individual cocktail table made of solid cast Brass in polished Nickel
Located in London, GB
Designed and manufactured by Andrew Kornat Designs this gorgeous little individual cocktail table is a unique personal touch to any room. Designed to hold one glass the cast Brass Co...
Brass, Nickel
Pierre Cardin Cocktail Table
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Chicago, IL
Pierre Cardin geometric grid table, intersecting brass and chrome patterns with polished 3/4" glass top with radius corners.
Chrome, Brass
$15,000
Jules Leleu Low Round Table
By Jules Leleu
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A Jules Leleu rosewood and chromium-plated metal and glass low table. Literature: Viviane Jutheau, Jules and Andre Leleu, 1989, page 75 for a similar example done by Leleu for the ...
Brass
Carrocel Custom Modern Marble Top Cocktail Table
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
Introducing the epitome of modern luxury and sophistication - the Custom Modern Marble Top Cocktail Table by Carrocel. This exquisite piece of furniture is expertly hand crafted by t...
Marble, Metal, Brass
$816Sale Price|41% Off
Decorative Art Deco Table circa 1930 with Elephants
Located in Wien, Au
Decorative Art Deco table circa 1930 with elephants Steel pipe nickel-plated Brass polished and stove enameled.
Steel, Brass, Nickel
King Pin Occasional Table in Oak or Walnut with Machined Metal Collar
By Stuart Scott
Located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Possessing a beautifully curvaceous shape accentuated by the use of a dark ebonized finish and punctuated by its copper detail, this unique occasional table would complement any of o...
Brass, Copper, Nickel
Maison Charles Extremely Rare Gold Plated Bronze Palm Leaf Coffee Center Table
By Maison Charles
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Charles for Maison Charles exceptionally rare 'Palme Pieds' (Palm legs), large gold-plated cast brass/bronze French coffee / center / side table.
Metal, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze
Maison Charles Rare Mid-Century Gold Plated Bronze Palm Leaf Coffee Center Table
By Maison Charles
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Charles for Maison Charles exceptionally rare 'Palme Pieds' (Palm legs), large gold-plated cast brass/bronze French coffee/center/side table.
Metal, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze
Vintage Malachite Marble Green Gold Gilded Brass End Nest Tables Coffee Table
By Giuliano Tincani, Yann Dessauvages, Willy Daro, Maison Jansen
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Mid-Century Modern malachtite and gilt brass nesting tables - set of 3 Material: Malachite, brass, gold plated Style: Mid-Century Modern, Vintage, Hollywood Regency, Modernist Origin...
Malachite, Marble, Gold Plate, Brass
Distortion Series Object 1 Marble Coffee Table by Emelianova Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 1 marble coffee table by Emelianova Studio Distortion Series Vol 1 Limited Edition of 20 Signed and numbered Dimensions: 154 × 88 × 29.4 cm Materials: Silver plated, hand ...
Marble, Silver Plate, Brass
"Tavolino 1932" Coffee Table Designed by Gio' Ponti for FontanaArte
By Fontana Arte, Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tavolino 1932" is a classic coffee table, originally designed by Gio' Ponti in 1932 and manufactured by FontanaArte, made of two 0.59" th. discs of float glass and featuring a frame...
Brass, Nickel
As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.
Low tables that were initially used as tea tables or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. Early coffee tables surfaced in Victorian-era England, likely influenced by the use of tea tables in Japanese tea gardens. In the United States, furniture makers worked to introduce low, long tables into their offerings as the popularity of coffee and “coffee breaks” took hold during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
It didn’t take long for coffee tables and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. In recent years, however, metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, and design hasn’t been restricted to the conventional low profile, either.
Visionary craftspeople such as Paul Evans introduced bold, geometric designs that challenge the traditional idea of what a coffee table can be. The elongated rectangles and wide boxy forms of Evans’s desirable Cityscape coffee table, for example, will meet your needs but undoubtedly prove imposing in your living space.
If you’re shopping for an older coffee table to bring into your home — be it an antique Georgian-style coffee table made of mahogany or walnut with decorative inlays or a classic square mid-century modern piece comprised of rosewood designed by the likes of Ettore Sottsass — there are a few things you should keep in mind.
Both the table itself and what you put on it should align with the overall design of the room, not just by what you think looks fashionable in isolation. According to interior designer Tamara Eaton, the material of your vintage coffee table is something you need to consider. “With a glass coffee table, you also have to think about the surface underneath, like the rug or floor,” she says. “With wood and stone tables, you think about what’s on top.”
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