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Rare Signed Modernist Base "Chan" Laverne Coffee Cocktail Table, circa 1960s
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
If you look around, you'll notice this table is different from other "Chan" Laverne coffee tables
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
A Vintage Square Modernist Architectural Pencil Reed Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This mid century modern pencil reed coffee table is designed in a modernist style reminiscent of
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Reed, Glass, Wood
Modernist Oak and Aluminum Surfboard Coffee/Cocktail Table, John Keal Attributed
By Brown Saltman, John Keal
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist oak and aluminum surfboard coffee/cocktail table, attributed John Keal. Truly a piece of
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Leon Rosen For Pace Modernist Steel and Glass Coffee Table
By Leon Rosen
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1970's Mid-Century Modern solid steel legs with 1/2 inch tempered glass top, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina to the steel, there is some noticeable p...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cut Steel, Chrome
Model
G4a
Coffee Table by Janni Van Pelt, Dutch Modernist
By Janni Van Pelt, Bas Van Pelt
Located in Steenwijk, NL
Great item, designed by Janni Van Pelt in the 1950s. Full original condition with a chip/crack to one corner and a crack to another corner to the original glass. Great details to the...
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Asian Modernist Cocktail /Coffee Table Inset Marble, Ebonized Wood by Kittinger
By Kittinger, James Mont
Located in Buffalo, NY
Asian Modernist cocktail /coffee table inset marble, ebonized wood by Kittinger, Buffalo NY. Three
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble
Classic Modernist Coffee / cocktail table (long-john) Walnut with woven shelf
By Lane Furniture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Modernist, Mid Century Coffee / Cocktail table (long-john) Amazing Figured Walnut with
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wicker, Maple, Walnut
Modernist Bespoke Cerused Oak Coffee/Cocktail Table Designed by John Tracey
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist bespoke cerused oak and brass coffee /cocktail table designed and bench made by John
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Modernist Cocktail Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An über chic modernist cocktail table with an easy hour-glass shape and chip-carved resulting in a
Category
20th Century American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Pine
$3,600
Piva Style Modernist Midcentury Zig Zag Metal and Glass Coffee Table
By Paolo Piva
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modernist asymmetrical side or coffee table with black enameled zig zag metal base and
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Sheet Metal
Mid Century Mexican Modernist Bronze Coffee Cocktail Table by Arturo Pani
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a mid-century Mexican Modernist coffee or cocktail table by Arturo Pani
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Vintage 1950s Mexican Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
1950s Dutch Modernist Architect House 2 Tier Glass
Steel Coffee Table
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
1950s Modernist 2 Tier Coffee table that came from an architects house in The Netherlands
A
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel, Zinc
Modernist Mahogany and Glass Coffee or Cocktail Table by Gilbert Rohde
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A sleek Modernist mahogany and glass coffee or cocktail table by Gilbert Rohde showcasing his
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Modernist Mosaic Venetian Glass Coffee Table Attributed to Jack Boyd, 1960s
By Jack Boyd
Located in Coronado, CA
A stunning, one-of-a-kind modernist mosaic top coffee table made in the early 1960s, possibly by
Category
Vintage 1960s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Mexican Modernist Talleres Chacón Round Coffee Table, Forged Iron
By Talleres Chacon
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a vintage coffee table in round shape with sculptural legs.
Forged iron
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Modernist Geometric Organic Custom Oak Coffee Table with Green Metal Base
By Reeves Design + Art
Located in Houston, TX
Modernist Geometric organic custom oak table with green metal base. This table features a solid
Category
2010s North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Modernist Redwood Free Live Edge Hairpin Coffee Table
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
free form/edge old growth slab redwood organic modernist three hairpin leg sofa / cocktail / side table
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Large Modernist Italian Designed Coffee Table by Romeo Rega (1925-1981)
By Romeo Rega
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
that reflected light and space beautifully. His most famous pieces include the "Rega Table," known for
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Cocktail Table
By Cramer Studio
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This square top cypress table sits upon a slender, gray stem with a circular base.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktai...
Materials
Steel
Modernist Cocktail Table
By Cramer Studio
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This round top walnut table sits upon a slender, white stem with a square base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktai...
Materials
Steel
Modernist Cocktail Table
By Cramer Studio
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This round top fir table sits upon a slender, gray stem with a square base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktai...
Materials
Steel
Modernist Cocktail Table
By Cramer Studio
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This square top cypress table sits upon a slender, gray stem with a rectangular base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktai...
Materials
Steel
Modernist Cocktail Table
By Cramer Studio
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This square top makore wood table sits upon a slender, black stem with rectangular a base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktai...
Materials
Steel, Other
Modernist Cocktail Table
By Cramer Studio
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This round top ribbon mahogany table sits upon a slender, black stem with a rectangular base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktai...
Materials
Steel
Pair of Hollywood Regency Brass and Inset Marble Modernist Side / Coffee Tables
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stylish pair of Vintage Hollywood Regency Brass and Inset Marble Low Tables with Great Modernist
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20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Vintage Coffee Table With Modernist Brass Etched Inlay by Bernhard Rohne, 1960s
By Bernhard Rohne
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
, representing the essence of modernist and Mid-century design. Coffee tables from Bernhard Rohne in this size
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Copper
Modernist Free-Form Coffee or Cocktail Table, Oak, Brass Legs, America, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A modernist free-form or organic coffee or cocktail table, America, circa 1950s. In original
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Modernist 1970
s X-Frame Coffee Table by Romeo Rega (1925-1981)
By Romeo Rega
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Mid-Century coffee table designed by Romeo Rega. Brass and chrome X-frame base with inset glass
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Italian Modernist Travertine Tables
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage modernist tables manufactured in Italy, circa 1980s. These tables have various square
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
$2,825 / set
Italian Modernist Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian modernist two-tier cocktail table
Ebonized wood with patinated brass sabots.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Modernist Occasional Table
Located in Kent, Dover
An Italian modernist occasional table in curved steel, with a inset glass top.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Modernist Glass Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century modernist cocktail table
with heavy glass top and cylindrical
lucite legs, with
Cantilevered Modernist Cocktail Table
By Samuel Marx
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A cocktail table of true modernist proportions and style. It is framed in wood and finished in
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Seldom seen Modernist "scissor" coffee table by Lane, from they
re VOUGE line
Located in Buffalo, NY
Seldom seen "SCISSOR" coffee table by Lane Furniture Co. part of they're 'VOUGE' line, very
Category
Vintage 1960s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Birch, Walnut
1950
s Modernist Low Table
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A French Modernist low table from 1950's, in chrome, glass and zebra wood.
Category
20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Cocktail and Occasional Table
Located in New York, NY
Modernist cocktail or occasional table
with stylized "X" form base design
in mahogany wood and
Set of Modernist Cocktail Tables
Located in New York, NY
A Dramatic Set of Interacting Coffee Tables. The Upper Table in Translucent Grey Glass which can be
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Modernist Driftwood Stump Low Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Modernist driftwood stump low table of organiz form, made from a found wooden stump heavily
Category
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Modernist Table by Huib Hoste
By Huib Hoste
Located in Antwerp, BE
Important table by Huib Hoste for 'Het Zwart Huis,' Knokke, Belgium, 1924
A revolutionary
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Vintage 1920s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Modernist Brutalist Style Cocktail table
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous table features textured and sculpted solid brass with a smoked glass top . This table
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Modernist Machine Age Cocktail table
Located in New York, NY
This chic table features stacked banded polished steel with a floating thick glass top
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
French Modernist Low Circular Table
Located in Westport, CT
Art Deco circular table with a beautiful rosewood base, newer 1/2" thick glass top with a mirrored
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Jacques Adnet Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original French Modernist coffee/side table
Category
Vintage 1930s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Macassar, Mirror, Ebony
$18,000
PAUL FRANKL COFFEE TABLE
By Paul Frankl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
STUNNING MODERNIST PAUL FRANKL SQUARE COFFEE TABLE.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
$2,200
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
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Modernist Lucite And Glass Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Modernist rectangular glass top cocktail table. Features a base composed of two beveled clear
Category
Vintage 1970s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Italian Mid-Century Modernist Cocktail Table
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
1950 Italian modernist cocktail table attributed to Ico Parisi. Two tier platforms with sculpted
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Modernist Cocktail Table by Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Hudson, NY
A modernist cocktail table made by Fontana Arte featuring a frame of alternating black steel and
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Steel
Modernist Travertine Occasional Table, France 1940s
Located in Chicago, IL
The elegance and simplicity of French modernist design feels timeless. This 1940s accent table is a
Category
Vintage 1940s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Modernist Cocktail Table by Gilbert Rohde
Located in New York, NY
Cocktail table has lacquered birch kidney shaped
top and curved ebonized stepped base.
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Modernist Lucite
Glass Rectangular Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Elegant cocktail table with lucite
frame and legs and a rectangular
glass top. Legs
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine Coffee Table, circa 1980
By Mario Bellini, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Modernist travertine coffee table, circa 1980.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone, Travertine
Organic Burl Wood Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Organic modernist burl wood coffee table. Made in USA, circa 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Burl
Handsome French Modernist Round Brass Cocktail Table
Located in Houston, TX
French Mid-Century Modernist heavy brass cocktail table.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Lucite and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Austin, TX
Modernist lucite, glass, and brass coffee table. Lucite pillar legs, glass top, and antiqued mirror
Category
Vintage 1970s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Set of 3 Modernist Wire Nesting Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 3 modernist nesting tables. Black enameled wire frames with square glass top. In original
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
$1,250 / set
Modernist Sculptural Brass Stiletto Leg Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
This chic Modernist cocktail table features fine stiletto legs around a brass rim and glass
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Modernist Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the modernist coffee table you’re looking for. A modernist coffee table — often made from metal, wood and glass — can elevate any home. Find 437 options for an antique or vintage modernist coffee table now, or shop our selection of 32 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect modernist coffee table — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A modernist coffee table made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. A well-made modernist coffee table has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Peter Sandback, Cramer Studio and Arturo Pani are consistently popular.
How Much is a Modernist Coffee Table?
The average selling price for a modernist coffee table at 1stDibs is $3,500, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $24,975 for the highest priced.
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 Modernist Coffee Table
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A coffee table should generally be two-thirds as long as the sofa it stands in front of and around the same height as the sofa’s seat cushions.
- Is an ottoman a coffee table?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Typically, an ottoman is not a coffee table. An ottoman is a small cushioned seat without a back or arm rests. You can shop a collection of vintage and contemporary ottomans from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- Can a coffee table be too low?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024Yes, a coffee table can be too low. Most experts recommend choosing a coffee table that is around one to two inches lower than the seat height of your sofa or loveseat. You may find it difficult to access items on the tabletop while seated if you choose a shorter table. In addition, an overly low coffee table can make a room feel cramped or unbalanced. However, there are exceptions to this rule. Sometimes, designers intentionally place ultra-low coffee tables in spaces to create a bold contrast in a large room. Feel free to break from convention when choosing a coffee table. What's most important is that the finished result appeals to you and allows you to enjoy your seating area to the fullest. Shop a wide range of antique, vintage and contemporary coffee tables on 1stDibs.
- Who invented the coffee table?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 12, 2024No one knows for sure who invented the coffee table. The earliest examples of the occasional table can be traced back to Victorian-era Britain. At that time, makers like William Watt and Collinson and Lock were producing coffee tables in large quantities.
Notably, F. Stuart Foote, the designer behind the American Imperial Furniture Company, claimed to have invented the coffee table in the early 20th century. He stated that he did so by cutting down the legs of a dining table. However, it's unlikely that Foote is the actual inventor of the coffee table, as books describing coffee tables existed in the UK a decade before his birth in 1872.
Shop a wide variety of coffee tables on 1stDibs. - Why is it called a coffee table?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2019
Coffee tables were originally used in living spaces during social gatherings to support a tray containing multiple mugs, a coffee pot, creamers and sugar bowls. Low to the ground and centrally located in the space, coffee tables reduced the host or hostess’s need to constantly stand and serve her guests.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024Yes, end tables are generally taller than coffee tables.
The term “end table” is frequently used interchangeably with “coffee table,” and while these two furnishings have much in common, each table type offers its own distinctive benefits in your space.
Your end table is likely going to stand as tall as the arms of your sofa, and its depth will match the seating. These attributes allow for tucking the table neatly at the end of your sofa in order to provide an elevated surface between your seating and the wall. End tables are accent pieces — they’re a close cousin to side tables, but side tables, not unlike the show-stealing low-profile coffee table, are intended to be positioned prominently and have more to do with the flow and design of a room than an end table, which does a great job but does it out of the way of everything else.
Find all kinds of antique and vintage tables on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024The difference between a center table and a coffee table is usually size. Center tables tend to be larger-sized accent tables placed in the center of seating areas. On the other hand, coffee tables are smaller tables usually positioned in front of sofas and loveseats. On 1stDibs, find a variety of center tables and coffee tables.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between a coffee table and a console table is in the design. A coffee table is a low table that comes in many shapes, such as surfaces that are rectangles, squares, ovals or circles. Console tables are taller and usually have elongated shapes, such as ovals, rectangles or semicircles. Placement is another differentiator between the two types of tables. Coffee tables usually go in front of sofas and loveseats, while console tables may be placed behind a sofa or loveseat or along a wall. Find a large collection of coffee tables and console tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between a side table and a coffee table is mainly in the size and shape. Coffee tables usually feature larger tops but shorter legs. People typically place them in front of a sofa or a loveseat to rest books, drinks, remote controls and other items. Side tables also store items, but they are usually positioned beside an accent chair or at the ends of a sofa or loveseat. Shop a diverse assortment of side tables and coffee tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022While both pieces are relatively new to the furniture world, the main difference between them are their shapes. A cocktail table is generally square or rectangular in shape, while a coffee table tends to be oval or circular in shape. You can shop a collection of furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019
The difference between a sofa table and a coffee table is that a sofa table is always behind the sofa and a coffee table is in front of it. Additionally, a sofa table is the same height as the sofa and a coffee table is much shorter.
- Are glass coffee tables durable?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023Whether glass coffee tables are durable depends on the craftsmanship and the materials. Generally, tables with tempered glass are less likely to shatter and break. How well you care for a coffee table will also impact its life span. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of glass coffee tables.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024How big a coffee table for a sectional should be depends on the dimensions of the sectional. For a balanced look, a coffee table should be roughly two-thirds of the length of the sofa portion of a sofa and chaise sectional. If you have an L-shaped sofa, the coffee table should be around two-thirds of the length of each arm. Find a wide variety of coffee tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023To date a Lane coffee table, look for the serial number on the underside of the piece. On most Lane coffee tables, reading the number from right to left will tell you the date that the table was manufactured. For example, a serial number that says 852140 would have been produced on April 12, 1958. Founded in Virginia in the early 20th century, Lane is largely known for its cedar chests and innovative mid-century modern designs. Find a variety of Lane coffee tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To authenticate your Noguchi coffee table, there are three different marks to look for. Isamu Noguchi’s signature will be on the edge of the table and on a medallion under the base. Even under the medallion, you will find Noguchi’s initials. Shop a collection of properly vetted Noguchi pieces from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023To stack books on a coffee table, place the largest one on the bottom with the spine facing the focal piece of furniture, usually the sofa. Then, add the next largest, lining up the inner edges so that the spines create a stepped effect. Continue adding books to complete the stack and top it off with a decorative object if you wish. Shop a variety of coffee tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024Yes, a coffee table should generally be lower than a couch. However, the top of the table should only be slightly lower than the couch to maintain a balanced look. A good rule of thumb is to choose a table no more than one inch shorter than your sofa's seat height. Explore a large collection of coffee tables on 1stDibs.
- 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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024The average height of a coffee table is around 16 to 18 inches. Designers typically choose this height to create a balance between coffee tables and sofas. The average seat height of sofas is 17 to 18 inches, and experts typically recommend that coffee tables be no more than 1 inch shorter than sofa-seat height. Explore a diverse assortment of coffee tables on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024The best height for a coffee table is around 1 to 2 inches lower than the seat height of the adjacent sofa. Most sofas feature seat heights of around 17 or 18 inches. As a result, the most common height for coffee tables is 15 to 17 inches. On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of coffee tables.
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