Modern Plastic Coffee Tables
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Plastic
Vintage 1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Agate, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Plastic, Laminate, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
2010s Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic, Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Vintage 1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic, Laminate, Beech
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic, Wood
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Steel
2010s Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic, Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Steel
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables
Metal
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Plastic
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Glass, Plastic
2010s German Modern Tables
Plastic
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Plastic
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Plastic
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Plastic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Leather, Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Sofa Tables
Stainless Steel
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Materials: Plastic Furniture
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
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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.”
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Modern coffee tables tend to be low because they’re most commonly placed in front of couches and chairs. Historically, coffee tables were placed behind the couch which necessitated a taller table. Over time, as styles changed and coffee tables came to be positioned in front of couches, their heights were lowered to accommodate the modern arrangement. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of vintage and contemporary coffee tables from some of the world’s top sellers.
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