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Baroque Glass Top Coffee Table

Antique Italian Baroque Coffee Table
Located in Buxton, GB
beautiful gilt finish. The table top is upholstered with a glass top while the base is made of wood and
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Upholstery, Glass, Wood

Antique Italian Baroque Coffee Table
Antique Italian Baroque Coffee Table
$1,716
H 39.38 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Baroque Style Round Steel and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Contemporary Baroque style steel and glass round coffee table has a large thick, beveled glass top.
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2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

French Giltwood and Black Glass-Top Coffee Table by Hirsch
By Maurice Hirsch
Located in Pembroke, MA
A French giltwood Baroque style coffee table, with nicely-carved acanthus decoration and paw feet
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Mid-20th Century French Baroque Revival Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

French Giltwood and Black Glass-Top Coffee Table by Hirsch
French Giltwood and Black Glass-Top Coffee Table by Hirsch
$4,200 Sale Price
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H 16.25 in W 44.5 in D 25.5 in
Italian 19th Century Baroque St. Giltwood, Faux Painted Marble Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
glass coffee table. The table is raised by an exceptional and most decorative scalloped shaped giltwood
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood, Giltwood

19th C. Italian Giltwood Tripod Table w/ Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a unique coffee table featuring a round glass top and an intricately carved gilt wood base
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Giltwood

19th C. Italian Giltwood Tripod Table w/ Glass Top
19th C. Italian Giltwood Tripod Table w/ Glass Top
$1,800 Sale Price
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H 18 in Dm 36 in
Italian Giltwood Tripod Table w/ Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unique table has an eclectic design. It features a round glass tabletop with a beveled edge
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Giltwood

Italian Giltwood Tripod Table w/ Glass Top
Italian Giltwood Tripod Table w/ Glass Top
$1,800 Sale Price
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H 23 in Dm 36 in
Neoclassical Revival Style Coffee Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Making a major statement in size and detailing, this coffee table is composed of a glass top with
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20th Century Unknown Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Silver, Silver Leaf

Neoclassical Revival Style Coffee Table
Neoclassical Revival Style Coffee Table
$9,500
H 18 in W 55 in D 55 in
Hollywood Regency Carved Giltwood Coffee Table, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Baroque giltwood carved Regency style coffee table. Glass top with brass details, made in Belgium
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Vintage 1940s Belgian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Hollywood Regency Carved Giltwood Coffee Table, 1940s
Hollywood Regency Carved Giltwood Coffee Table, 1940s
$1,280 Sale Price
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H 15.36 in Dm 37.41 in
19th Century Italian Painted Coffee Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand-carved and painted wooden coffee table from Italy. The end supports are trestle
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Fruitwood, Paint

19th Century Italian Painted Coffee Table
19th Century Italian Painted Coffee Table
$3,975
H 20.75 in W 60 in D 32 in
Antique Iron Garden Gate Coffee Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Stylish antique iron gate coffee table with a 3/8" thick flush-mounted tempered glass top
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Early 20th Century American Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Antique Iron Garden Gate Coffee Table
Antique Iron Garden Gate Coffee Table
$2,900
H 18.38 in W 42 in D 24 in
1970 s Italian Parquet Olive-Wood Coffee Table
Located in Alhambra, CA
glass top. Wood is in excellent vintage condition, with one scratch on the table top (detail shown in
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Late 20th Century Baroque Revival Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood

1970
s Italian Parquet Olive-Wood Coffee Table
1970
s Italian Parquet Olive-Wood Coffee Table
$1,200
H 17.75 in W 47 in D 23 in
French Modern Neoclassical Gilt Wrought Iron Coffee / Side Table by Rene Drouet
By René Drouet
Located in New York, NY
to accommodate an inset glass top. The "verre eglomisse" (reverse painted) glass top is also in gold
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Fine European Reverse Paint And Gilt Cocktail Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A highly decorative Cocktail Table with a reverse paint, gilt and silver leaf top. The octagonal
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20th Century European Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Italian Carved Wood Palm Tree Base Dining Table
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian Coffee Table – Solid Wood & Glass – 1970s This exceptional Italian coffee table from the
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20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood

Italian Carved Wood Palm Tree Base Dining Table
Italian Carved Wood Palm Tree Base Dining Table
$8,943
H 18.51 in W 44.89 in D 25.99 in

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Italian Painted Baroque Style Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful painted Italian Rococo style coffee table. Great look this piece with hand-carved
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Damascene Coffee Table with Antiqued Mirror Top
By Alidad Ltd
Located in London, GB
The Damascene coffee table, shown here in studded red velvet with antiqued mirror top, is part of
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21st Century and Contemporary British Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Damascene Coffee Table with Antiqued Mirror Top
Damascene Coffee Table with Antiqued Mirror Top
H 19.69 in W 53.15 in D 53.15 in
Carved and Painted Coffee Table Signed Thomas W. Morgan, 1995, Los Angeles
By Thomas W. Morgan
Located in Alexandria, VA
A large bench-made carved and painted wooden coffee table with canvas painted top. Bold Baroque
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Late 20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Venetian Polychrome Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Hixson, TN
1940s Venetian polychrome glass top coffee table. Exceptional Baroque carvings and style. The X
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Vintage 1940s Italian Baroque Revival Coffee and Cocktail Tables

French Rococo Baroque Style Gold Italian Round Fancy Glass Top Tall Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Rococo Baroque Style gold Italian round tall coffee table. Item features solid wood
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Mid-20th Century American Rococo Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Italian Baroque style coffee table
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Baroque style coffee table with glass top inset in shaped carved and gilt wood frame and
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Vintage 1950s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Giltwood, Glass

Italian Baroque style coffee table
Italian Baroque style coffee table
H 17 in W 52 in D 33 in
Baroque Style Occasional Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Baroque style gilt wood and glass occasional table with a painted and gold foil decorated top, mid
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Vintage 1950s Unknown Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Glass, Paint

Bronze and Glass Coffee Table by Garouste Bonetti, France, 1990
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Four bronze feet (stamped BG) with a thick oval glass top. Néotu edition, France, circa 1990. Litt
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1990s French Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Italian Neo-Classical Baroque Style Floral Design Coffee or Cocktail Table
Located in Plainview, NY
An Italian Neo-Classical Baroque style coffee or cocktail table—an exquisite fusion of opulence and
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20th Century Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Coffee Table by Garouste and Bonetti
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Miami, FL
Coffee table by Garouste and Bonetti, model Zeus Four polished bronze feet, Thick round glass top
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Vintage 1980s French Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Hollywood Regency Coffee Table Green Leather Brass Italy 138cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
leather top, as well as a ring stain from a glass, but this table still looks fantastic, check the photos
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Vintage 1970s Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid 20th Century, Ribbed Metal Trunk with Glass Top
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
of paper labels. English, mid-20th century. Now with glass top for a coffee table. Trunk: 30 1/2" w
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Mid-20th Century English Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Stunning Bronze Hollywood Regency Coffee Table Mid-20th Century
Located in London, GB
middle of the 20th Century. The coffee table is of elegant oval shape and features a clear glass top
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Vintage 1950s Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Stunning Hollywood Regency Sphinx Coffee Table, Mid-20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly stunning Hollywood Regency plate glass and giltwood coffee table in timeless
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Vintage 1950s Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Giltwood

19th Century Carved and GildedWood Wrought Iron Legs Italian Venera coffetable
Located in Valladolid, ES
Stunning piece of Italian altarpiece, 19th century, transformed into a oval shape coffee table with
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Antique 1860s Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Gilt Wood and Metal Center Table With Glass Top, Late 19th Century
Located in Harlingen, TX
An antique gilt wood and metal coffee table with glass top. This gorgeous piece features gilded
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Baroque Revival Center Tables

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Glass, Giltwood

20th Century Italian Venetian Baroque Style and Painted Dining Room Set
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
. The round table with glass top that protects the precious painting. The hall is certainly the
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Vintage 1950s Italian Baroque Dining Room Sets

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Fabric, Wool

Silver Cutlery Set for 12 People in Showcase Vienna Jarosinski Vaugoin ca 1925
By Jarosinski Vaugoin
Located in Vienna, AT
is kept in a sleek, glazed table showcase. The surface is shellac hand-polished. At the top there is
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Silver

Art Deco Silver Cutlery Set For 6 People in Showcase, Germany Vienna, ca 1925
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Jarosinski Vaugoin
Located in Vienna, AT
is kept in a sleek, glazed table showcase. The surface is shellac hand-polished. At the top there is
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Silver

Auguste Moreau Bronze Mermaid coffee table France
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful Solid Bronze Mermaid coffee table ,After August Moreau 1834 -1917 Superb patine .The
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Vintage 1970s French Baroque Revival Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Italian Baroque Style 20th Century Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Baroque style 20th century coffee table with giltwood filigree base and removable oval
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20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Giltwood

French Baroque Style Wrought Iron Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French Baroque style wrought iron coffee table with round glass top.
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Vintage 1930s American Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wrought Iron

Glass Top Coffee Table with 18th Century Architectural Relic
Located in Dallas, TX
Glass Top Coffee Table with 18th Century Architectural Relic support is an ingenious re-purpose of
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Antique 1740s European Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Oak

Italian Baroque Painted Carved Wood Pedestal Round Églomisé Glass Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Baroque style round coffee table. Item features an antiqued / églomisé distressed
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mirror, Wood

Italian Giltwood Coffee Table w/ Mirrored Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Italian giltwood coffee table exudes Old World opulence with its ornate craftsmanship and
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mirror, Giltwood

Mastercraft Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A scroll legged modern heavy brass coffee table with polished brass and glass top. Fine details in
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Vintage 1960s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mastercraft Coffee Table
Mastercraft Coffee Table
H 15 in W 40.5 in D 40.5 in
19th Century Painted Wrought Iron Coffee / Cocktails Table
Located in Tarry Town, NY
the charm and character of this 19th Century wrought iron and glass coffee table. Its detachable glass
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Antique 1880s Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wrought Iron

Bronze and Wrought Iron Coffee Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular tempered glass top over turned tapered legs joined by shaped X-form stretcher with
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Vintage 1920s European Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Bronze and Wrought Iron Coffee Table
Bronze and Wrought Iron Coffee Table
H 17.75 in W 35 in D 21 in
Venetian Style Antique Mirrored Coffee Table on Palm Frond Carved Legs
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This gorgeous Venetian style coffee table features antiqued mirrored top and friezes, the latter
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Cut Glass, Mirror, Wood

Bernini Style Square Coffee Table, Italian Design, 1950 s, Mid-Century Modern
By Bernini
Located in Antwerp, BE
Coffee Table; Contemporary; Vincent Van Duysen Bernini, Baroque-inspired square coffee table in glass
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Two-Tiered Sliding Coffee Table with Hidden Bar by Aldo Tura, Italy 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Whether inspected from a purely material or aesthetic point of view, this coffee table is an outstanding
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Mirror, Lacquer

Figural Table Bases of Two Exotic Male Figures Paint and Gilt Composition, 20 C.
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
These figural table bases can hold a glass tabletop (tops) of your freferred size and shape. The
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Composition

19th Century Spanish Marquetry and Inlays Side Table with Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
Superb Spanish Marquetry inlay side table with rectangular top. Spain, 19th century. End table with
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Antique Early 19th Century Spanish Baroque Side Tables

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Iron

French 1940 s Wrought Iron Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Southampton, NY
1940'S FRENCH WROUGHT IRON COFFEE TABLE WITH TWISTED IRON TOP MOULDING-- STYLIZED CABRIOLE LEGS
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Vintage 1940s French Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wrought Iron

Italian Giltwood and Mirrored Glass-Top Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Italian giltwood Baroque Style coffee table, with beautifully carved acanthus decoration and paw
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Giltwood, Mirror

Carved wooden cocktail table in the Baroque style
Located in New York, NY
Carved wooden table base in the Baroque style with glass top
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Vintage 1960s Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass

Italian 19th Century Gold Gilt Wood Craved Vine Grapes Coffee Table
Located in Dorchester, GB
A stunning Italian hand carved 19th century gilt wood coffee table. It has a beautiful
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

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Pair of custom pillows made with metallic gold & celadon colored Fortuny style fronts and celadon silk backs. Down filled inserts w/ hidden zippers for easy cleaning.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Pillows and Throws

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Cotton, Silk

Pair of Fortuny Gold 
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Soft Green Pillows
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20th Century Persian Kirman Persian Rugs

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French Country Lantern - Verdigris Finish
$5,960 / item
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$4,293 Sale Price
20% Off
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Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Trumeau Mirrors

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Monumental Antique French Painted Trumeau Mirror With Courtship Scenery
Monumental Antique French Painted Trumeau Mirror With Courtship Scenery
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Located in Sheffield, MA
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Elm

Antique Reclaimed Wood Console Table
Antique Reclaimed Wood Console Table
$3,200
H 32 in W 67 in D 14.75 in
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Brass, Steel

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Baroque Glass Top Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal baroque glass top coffee table for your home. A baroque glass top coffee table — often made from glass, metal and wood — can elevate any home. There are 16 variations of the antique or vintage baroque glass top coffee table you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the baroque glass top coffee table you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right baroque glass top coffee table, those designed in Baroque, Art Deco and mid-century modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made baroque glass top coffee table has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Jarosinski Vaugoin, Fratelli Dutto and Maurice Hirsch are consistently popular.

How Much is a Baroque Glass Top Coffee Table?

Prices for a baroque glass top coffee table start at $1,400 and top out at $34,800 with the average selling for $4,864.

Finding the Right Coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You

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.”

Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.

Questions About Baroque Glass Top Coffee Table
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    You can substitute a number of things for a glass table top. Try painted wood, marble or sheet metal. To decide what to use, consider the overall style of your room and the other types of materials featured in the space. Shop a selection of tables from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.