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Chromed metal and oak modernist end table, 1930s
Located in MONTESSON, FR
This modernist table dates from the 1930s. It is in oak and chromed metal. The solid wood top has
Category
Vintage 1930s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Modernist Kipp Steward Bench Table in Walnut
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Modernist walnut bench table by Kipp Stewart for Drexel Furniture.
Category
Vintage 1960s North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Postmodern Design XL Wengé Coffee Table
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Postmodern Modernist Design XL Wengé Coffee Table in the manner of Axel Vervoordt or
Category
Vintage 1980s Belgian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak, Wenge
Modernist Italian Brass and Marble Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Modernist Italian solid brass with rare marble top tripod side table, number 5 of a limited edition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cock...
Materials
Marble, Brass
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Rosewood
Lucite Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning and substantial vintage modernist two-tiered coffee table. The rosewood veneer features a
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lucite, Wood, Rosewood
Mexican Modernist Cocktail Table by Arturo Pani
By Arturo Pani
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Made in Mexico, circa 1950s, designed by Arturo Pani, the table has original mirror glass and solid
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
20th c. Chrome Modernist Square Cocktail Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Aluminum crafted table attributed to Paul Evans.
Category
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Mexican Modernist Cocktail Table by Arturo Pani
By Arturo Pani
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Made in Mexico, circa 1950s, designed by Arturo Pani. We offer this fantastic table in original
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Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Modernist Gilt Iron Table With Smoky Mirrored Glass Top
Located in Locust Valley, NY
with refined sophistication—perfect as a chic accent or coffee table in both classic and contemporary
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mirror
Mid-20th Century French Modernist Pine Low Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite 1950s French modernist pine low table, executed in the true Modernist spirit
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Vintage 1950s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Pine
Postmodern Mactan Stone Glass Coffee Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
Superb postmodern sculpted Mactan stone and Glass Coffee Table with modernist design, elegant and
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone
Italian Modernist Cocktail Table Attributed to Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Italian modernist cocktail table attributed to Gio Ponti.
Walnut, glass top, brass planter insert.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Italian Modernist Cocktail Table with Fossil Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
An Italian modernist cocktail table with fossil marble top.
Polished nickel base with large marble
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Nickel
Jacques Adnet Leather Coffee Table, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Well proportioned French modernist leather coffee table by Jacques Adnet. Iron frame entirely
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
American Designer Coffee Table After Paul Laszlo
By Paul Frankl, Paul Laszlo
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Wonderful modernist designer coffee table produced in America circa 1950s. Very reminiscent of
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Silas Seandel Modernist Cocktail Table, NY, NY, USA, 1970
By Silas Seandel
Located in Hamburg, PA
A rare modernist patinated Bronze Cocktail or Low Table by the artist Silas Seandel, NY, NY. USA
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Jules Leleu Low Rosewood Coffee Table
By Jules Leleu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Modernist Art Deco low coffee/side table by Jules Leleu, circa 1930, in rosewood. 31.5
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Mid-Century Modernist Bronze
Smoked Glass Cocktail / Occasional Table
Located in New York, NY
This dynamic yet reserved Mid-Century Modernist Bronze and Smoked Glass Cocktail / occasional Table
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Sculptural Mid-Century Modernist Glass and Lucite Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modernist glass and Lucite cocktail table offers the clean lines
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cut Glass, Lucite
Mid-Century Travertine Walnut Base Coffee Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
Superb Travertine and walnut Coffee Table with modernist design of remarkable quality. Features a
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Travertine
Modernist Cocktail Table by Guy Lefevre for Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen, Guy Lefevre
Located in New York, NY
A modernist cocktail table designed by Guy Lefevre for Maison Jansen.
Brushed nickel with a smoked
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Vintage 1960s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian Modernist Faux Marble Cocktail Table by Willy Rizzo
By Willy Rizzo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning vintage Italian cocktail table designed by Willy Rizzo, circa 1970s. This table has an
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian Modernist Aluminium and Black Glass (Vitrolite) Cocktail Table
By Pace Collection
Located in Buffalo, NY
Italian Modernist cocktail table. Beautiful polished aluminium frame, original black glass
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Modernist Golf club Side Table w/ Matching Chairs
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1960's Golf Club Coffee Table and Golf Club Chairs Novelty featuring two chairs and a
Category
Vintage 1960s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
$1,320 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Classic Modernist Marble Oval Cocktail Tulip Table. Eero Saarinen / Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Modernist Marble Oval Cocktail Tulip Coffee / cocktail Table. Designed by Eero Saarinen
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
Modernist French Art Deco Cocktail Table by DJO Bourgeois
By Georges Djo-Bourgeois
Located in Miami, FL
This is a one of a kind modernist Art Deco cocktail table, with exquisite Belgium marble top
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Beautiful Acid Etched Brass Belgian Coffee Table
By Ricco D
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful Belgian modernist design acid etched brass coffee table. Signed "Ricco D 18582", Belgium
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
$14,500 Sale Price
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Solid walnut Rota side table four legged in modernist style
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Rota side table takes inspiration from modernist minimalism and combines it with the designer's
Category
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Solid walnut Rota side table three legged in modernist style
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Rota side table takes inspiration from modernist minimalism and combines it with the designer's
Category
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Modernist Nickel and Lucite Glacial Cocktail Table by Lorin Marsh
By Lorin Marsh
Located in New York, NY
This sleek and substantial Modernist nickel and Lucite Glacial Cocktail Table is by Lorin Marsh and
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20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
An Early 1970
s Modernist Chrome
Glass Cocktail Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
This simple and elegant table is a base of chrome over solid mahogany with 4 steel pads beneath
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Mid-Century Round Bakelite Side Table by Mahbro, 1940s
Located in London, GB
British bakelite topped side table with chrome steel base.
Produced in the 1940s, this modernist
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Vintage 1940s British Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
$545 Sale Price
20% Off
Free edge cyprus slab table with iron legs , Classic Modernist Design
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful free edge cyprus slab coffee table with iron hair-pin legs inspired by Nakashima .Great
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Modernist Large Mosaic Tile Top Cocktail Table by David Holleman
By David Holleman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist large mosaic tile top cocktail table by David Holleman, stunning mosaics,,colors
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Brassed Metal Smoked Glass Sculptural Vintage Coffee Table Sofa Table 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Modernist vintage brassed metal vintage coffee table or sofa table in sculptural shape designed
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent Collection Coffee Table
By Edward Wormley, Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early, modernist Edward Wormley for Drexel coffee table in a trapezoid shape made for the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Late 20th Century Jean Charles Modern Coffee Table France
Located in New York, NY
A large Modernist two tier coffee table designed by Jean Charles from France circa 1970. Polished
Category
Late 20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Modernist Vintage Sofa Table Circular Josef Hoffmann Style 20th Century Vienna
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Modernist vintage sofa table or coffee table from solid oakwood coffee table in the style of Josef
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Set of Two Mexican Modernist Cocktail Tables by Arturo Pani
By Arturo Pani
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Made in Mexico, circa 1950s, designed by Arturo Pani. We offer this pair of fantastic tables in
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Modernist Vintage Metal Glass Sofa Table Francois Monnet, circa 1970, France
By François Monnet 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Modernist vintage coffee table or sofa table made from stainless steel and clear glass designed by
Category
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Modernist Black
Clear Lucite Two-Level Rectilinear Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
This boldly designed Mid-Century Modernist Two-Level Rectilinear Cocktail Table in Black and Clear
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Lucite
Modern Upholstered Leather Coffee Table with Black Glass Top
By De Sede, Karl Springer
Located in Glasgow, GB
This modernist upholstered coffee table was handcrafted in London in 2014 by a fine furniture maker
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Leather, Mirror, Smoked Glass
Mid-20th Century Modernist Two Tier Cocktail Table with a Parchment Top
Located in New York, NY
Modernist beautiful hardwood two-tier circular cocktail table with a parchment covered top. The
Category
Mid-20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Hardwood
Modernist oak side table by Jan Vaněk for Krásná Jizba
By Jan Vanek, Krasna JIzba
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Designed by duo of Czech architects Jan Vaněk and Ladislav Bartoníček for Krásná Jizba / Družstevní práce, Czechoslovakia 1947. Made of solid oak wood and oak veneer. In good origina...
Category
Vintage 1940s Czech Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
$550 Sale Price
41% Off
1940
s Modernist French Iron Verre Eglomise Mirror Cocktail Table, Regency
By Gio Ponti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Delightful and chic round coffee table with a scrolled wrought iron base with highly decorative
Category
Vintage 1940s French Other Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Glass Vintage Coffee Table Sofa Table Genio by Massimo Iosa Ghini, Italy
By Massimo Iosa Ghini
Located in Vienna, AT
Modernist vintage coffee table or sofa table from glass waterfall like named Genio designed by
Category
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Modernist Round Cocktail Table with a Surface of Delicate Eggshell Fragments
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A modernist round cocktail table with a surface of delicate eggshell fragments on a solid oak base
Category
2010s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Eggshell
Modernist Cocktail Table with Shagreen Top
Brass Fittings by Lorin Marsh
By Lorin Marsh
Located in New York, NY
This stunning and dramatic modernist cocktail table was realized by the esteemed 20th century
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Modernist Oak and Sand Cast Glass Table Attributed to Adnet, circa 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Adnet (1900-1984), attributed to,
Superb large carved oak modernist table with beautiful
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Oak
A MID-CENTURY MODERN / MODERNIST "Etoile" TABLE, by JULES WABBES, Belgium 1970
By Jules Wabbes
Located in PARIS, FR
This is a real true masterpiece from one of the most important post-war European modernist
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modernist Teak
Ceramic Tile Topped Cocktail Table by Gangso Mobler
Located in New York, NY
This inviting and elegant Mid-Century Modernist Teak & Ceramic Tile Topped Cocktail Table by Gangso
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Teak
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST Terrasse TABLE, by MATHIEU MATEGOT, France 1950
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare sculptural circular table, Modernist, Mid-Century-Modern, free-form bended metal structure
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Monumental Coffee Table, Unusual, Basket Weave and Black Glass
By Karl Springer
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large modernist, architectural coffee table. Basket weave (grass cloth) wrapped, black laminate
Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Grasscloth, Laminate
A BRUTALIST MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST Compas STOOL or SIDE TABLE, France 1950
By Le Corbusier
Located in PARIS, FR
A powerful and architectural "Compas" stool or more likely side table, Modernist, Brutalist, Mid
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Round Art Deco coffee table in burl veneer, France ca. 1920
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1920 / coffee table / burl veneer, wood / Art Deco / Modernist
Beautiful circular burl
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Burl
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST Rattan SIDE TABLE by Janine ABRAHAM, France 1950
By Janine Abraham and Dirk Jan Rol
Located in PARIS, FR
A superb Modernist, Freeform, Brutalist, Folk Art pedestal table or side table, with a four-legged
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Lucite and Brass Coffee Table Style Charles Hollis Jones, 1970
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Vienna, AT
modernist Lucite coffee or cocktail table with a height of 16.14", featuring solid lucite and polished brass
Category
Vintage 1970s German Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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.
- 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 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 ExpertMay 30, 2024There isn't really a standard size of a coffee table. Manufacturers produce coffee tables in a range of sizes and shapes. However, many rectangular tables are around 45 to 48 inches in length by 25 to 28 inches in width. Heights typically range from 16 to 18 inches. Shop a wide variety of coffee tables on 1stDibs.
- What is a tray top coffee table?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 26, 2021Tray top coffee tables are coffee tables with long, flat rectangular surfaces that are supported by an x-frame base. Low tables that were initially used as tea or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. After coffee drinking and “coffee breaks” became popular, it didn’t take long for coffee and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Shop a collection of antique, vintage, and contemporary tray top coffee tables from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023To style an oval coffee table, create balance with opposites. Choose a sofa and accent chairs with a boxier shape for a striking contrast. Place a rectangular tray in the center and use it to display decorative accents or to store remotes and coasters. Another approach to decorating an oval table is to use decorative accents at different heights. Think of a tall vase placed next to a low bowl and a small sculpture positioned on top of two stacked coffee table books. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of oval coffee tables.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Styling a Noguchi coffee table really depends on the space you’re placing it in. The possibilities are far-reaching, so consider the colors and coordination of the other furniture and fixtures around the table. Noguchi tables look beautiful on their own or styled with flowers, books or pottery. Shop a selection of Isamu Noguchi pieces on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
On 1stdibs, a coffee table costs between $160 and $495,500.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024Coffee tables became popular in the 1920s and ’30s. Pieces from this time period often show off the characteristics of Art Deco design, such as metal accents, mirrored finishes and the use of exotic woods like mahogany, ebony and zebra wood. Coffee tables first came into use during the Victorian era, largely in response to the rise of coffee houses in London. On 1stDibs, shop a wide range of antique, vintage and contemporary coffee tables.
- 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 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.
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In Guadalajara, These Luscious Side Tables Are Chiseled from Volcanic Rock
Use them as tables or stools, indoors or out.
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