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Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Teperman, Coffee Table, c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
This coffee table made in the 1960s by the Brazilian workshop Teperman owes its charm to its deliberately refined design highlighting the great beauty...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Japanese Vintage Low/Coffee Table (Zataku), Early Showa 1926-
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This Japanese vintage low table (zataku) was crafted in the Early Showa Period (1926–). The top is keyaki (Japanese zelkova), while the legs and surrounding frame are maple (kaede)—a...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Maple

Vintage 70s Daniel Gluck Brutalist Maze Coffee Table MCM Retro 80s Postmodern
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Vintage 70s Daniel Gluck Brutalist Bronze Coffee Table. The table has a beautiful patina. Made out of Bronze Color: Dark Bronze Measurements: Length: 60" Width: 30" Height: 15 1/4"
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Roger Capron - Coffee Table, Garrigue/White Ceramic Tiles, Dovetail Metal Frame
Located in Stratford, CT
*** Important detail: custom height available (1)*** Large coffee table with the famous Roger Capron Garrigue tiles, designed from 1968 to 1982. Mr. Capron was often balancing his designs by incorporating either brown or white enameled terra cotta tiles. The handcrafted Garrigue tiles are produced by a technique in which real leaves were pressed into the clay and, during firing, disintegrated, leaving a finely detailed imprint. The leaves come from "La Garrigue", a variety of vegetation indigenous to southeastern France only, where Roger Capron lived and worked for 60 years. These Garrigue tiles inspired a large series of side to dining tables, including wall covering. Many kitchen in the French Riviera have their walls covered with Garrigue tiles. This table is mounted on a really sturdy dovetail metal frame. It is in near perfect condition, patina due to age on metal frame. (1) Mr Capron was extremely influenced by the Japanese life style; coffee table are usually low. We can change the legs to match your desired height. Please keep in mind that we provide this service only for the tables that have a dovetail frame and for which the frames have a similar look with the replacement legs...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Saffron Coffee Table in Brass, Viya by Vikram Goyal
Located in Noida, DL
Saffron Coffee Table in Brass, Viya by Vikram Goyal With moniker’s such as red gold, exquisite thread or golden light, saffron captivates us all. Ancient Romans prized them for thei...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Angelo Mangiarotti Coffee Table
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rare white marble coffee table by Angelo Mangiarotti - Italy 1970s Constructed with three inclined marble legs which recess into the top inside of each of the 3 legs. Exquisite pi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Carrara Marble

Ceramic Tile and Teak Occasional or Coffee Table by Bjørn Wiinblad, Denmark
Located in Stockholm, SE
Amazing unique stoneware and teak coffee table by the acclaimed artist Bjørn Wiinblad. Beautiful tiles shifting in color between grey, blue and green with a golden yellow overlaying ...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Ceramic

Binate Coffee Table — Extra Large — Blackened Steel Frame — Patinated Brass Top
Located in Washington, GB
A coffee table in blackened steel and patinated brass, with a polished brass trim. Hand crafted to order in the North. Bespoke finishes and sizes are available. Measures: 160cm wi...
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2010s British Art Deco Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Limestone, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate, Brass, Steel, Metal, Br...

Distressed Midcentury Philip and Kelvin Laverne Coffee Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic midcentury cocktail table in acid etched patinated bronze, this one in an understated and undecorated mottled finish which is timeworn with signs of age. A square table with ...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Low Coffee Table with Distressed Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period low coffee table from the 19th century, with horse hoof legs and distressed patina. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this low coffee table feat...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Large Tufted Lupa Mother Ottoman Hand Carved Oak Feet by Martin and Brockett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin & Brockett’s Lupa Mother Ottoman is named after Lupa, the she-wolf mother of Rome. It features a set of four handcarved Lupa mother feet as well as a button-tufted top. 40”W ...
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2010s American Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Upholstery, Oak

Tavolino quadrato Anni 70-80
Located in Milano, IT
Tavolino da centro, legno di faggio tinto, piano in vetro fumè.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Smoked Glass, Beech

Tavolino quadrato Anni 70-80
Tavolino quadrato Anni 70-80
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Style Mahogany Harp Lyre Base Game Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
Regency style Mahogany Lyre base game table Rich Flame mahogany on a stepped harp lyre base. When closed can serve as a console and open as a d...
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Late 19th Century North American Regency Revival Antique Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany

Midcentury Swivel and Folding Chrome Coffee Table, Germany, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very practical
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Style of Karl Springer Natural Shagreen Waterfall Coffee Table, 1980
Located in Chicago, IL
Style of Karl Springer Natural Shagreen Waterfall Coffee Table, 1980s. Original in great condition. Measures 43.25” long 26” deep 20.5...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Shagreen Stingray

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Louis Majorelle Coffee Table, Nesting Tables
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This early twentieth century French Art Deco coffee table is stamped by the French designer Louis Majorelle (1859-1926). The signature is branded inside of a shell on the underside o...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Palisander

Black Resin Engraved Coffee Table, Jean Claude Dresse, Belgium, 1980 s
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Black Resin Engraved Coffee Table, Signed "Dresse" Belgium, 1980's
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1980s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Morelato, Side Table in Royal Yellow Marble and Ash Wood
Located in Salizzole, IT
Cino is a new table designed by Italian-Canadian designer Libero Rutilo for Morelato made of solid turned marble with hand turned top in solid ash ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass

Daniel Gluck Brutalist Cocktail Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
Incredible and rare cocktail table by Daniel Gluck. This amazing brutalist table basehas torch cut intertwining steel pieces that swirl upon one another. Table is in amazing conditio...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Cut Steel

George Nakashima English Walnut Conoid Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coffee table from American mid-century craftsman George Nakashima. The table crafted of english walnut, c.1971 features a live edge slab table top with single spindle support and liv...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Coffee Table by Roger Capron from the 1970s, Ceramic and Metal.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Coffee table by Roger Capron from the 1970s, ceramic and metal. 1970s coffee table by Roger Capron, metal and ceramic in orange. H: 39cm, W: 80cm, D: 39cm
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Shagreen and Quartz Nesting Coffee Table with Brass Details by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Quartz, Brass

Pine and linen coffee table with magazine rack by Karin Möbring, Sweden 1970s
By IKEA
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Sweden / 1970 / coffee table with magazine rack / Karin Möbring / pine wood, linen / Mid-century Coffee table designed by Karin Möbring for the Safari series by Ikea in the 1970s. T...
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1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Linen, Wood

Gae Aulenti for Kartell 4894 Coffee Table 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
A low, square coffee table with smooth, rounded edges, creating a sense of minimalism and modernity. Its monolithic appearance is accentuated by the clean lines and uniform surface. ...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Plastic

Mid-Century Modern 70s Italian coffee table chromed steel legs with marble top
Located in Milan, IT
Mid-Century Modern, 70s coffee table in chromed steel legs with marble top Rectangular coffee table from the seventies, Italian manufacture. The coffee table has a chromed steel stru...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Steel

Shimmer Small Low Table by Patricia Urquiola
Located in Milan, IT
Patricia Urquiola conceived this stylish table to exalt the versatility of glass. The iridescent finish boasts ever-changing hues that shift depending on the light source, angle, and...
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2010s Italian Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Glass

Roger Capron Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron Le Village"" Coffee Table Made in France, 1970 glazed ceramic tile, oak Titled underside (Roger Capron "Le Village" ca. 1970) Dimensions: 18¾ h × 29 w × 19¼ d in
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1970s French Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Ceramic, Oak

Roger Capron Side Table
Roger Capron Side Table
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Mó Coffee Table, Sahara Noir Marble Brass, Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mó Coffee Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Mó marble coffee table pays homage to the ancient celebr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel

Giuseppe Rivadossi Coffee Table with Storage Compartments in Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Rivadossi, coffee table, oak, glass, Italy, 1970s. An exceptional coffee table by the Italian sculptor and designer Giuseppe Rivadossi, featuring a high level of craftsmans...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Oak

1980s Coffee Table, Modern Design.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1980s Coffee Table, Modern Design. Coffee table with wooden base and stained glass top, 1980, contemporary design. h: 26cm, l: 130,5cm, p: 90cm
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Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Timothy Oulton Monumental Floating Carrara Marble Cocktail Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental floating plinth coffee cocktail table designed by Timothy Oulton for Restoration Hardware. Crafted on a massive scale measuring over 6.5 feet wide. The table base is const...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Carrara Marble

Antique 19th Century Warm Brown Three Drawer Elm Spanish Coffee Table
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful warm brown rustic coffee table or low table originates in Spain and dates circa 1850. The table has a beautiful top that was made from a single board of solid elm and displays a wonderful grain pattern. The top has a beautiful patina and shows many marks and dents gained over its long lifespan. The top is 1.2 inches thick with a rounded edge and it was joined to the base with wood pens...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Mid-Century round Coffee Table in Wood and Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-century round coffee table from 1950's, Spain. Beech wood structure with two levels of clear glass support.
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1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Beech

French Modern Low Coffee Table of Brass with Glass Top - Two Available
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of fine French Modern low end or side tables - each table featuring a square glass top set upon a brass frame of tapered, reeded legs adjoined by graceful demi-lune supports. ...
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20th Century French Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Brass

Teak "Sladen" “The Sled” Nesting Table by Carl Malmsten, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful “The Sled” nesting table by Carl Malmsten, made from teak. Light, graceful design with sled shaped legs and a discreet decor of inlaid spheres at the edges of the table tops.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Exceptional Ceramic Wall Panel by the Cloutier Brothers, circa 1960
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Rare wall panel of the Cloutier Brothers, made of 5 lava plates enamelled with Cloutier red and black, this abstract representation which can make yo...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Lava

Rare Paul McCobb Coffee Table with Leather Top for Calvin US 1950s
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare Paul McCobb coffee table with leather top for Calvin Rare Paul McCobb coffee table with leather top for Calvin. Legs show some wear of usage, but in overall good condition.  
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Vintage Marble Coffee Table-Ash Wood Marble Cocktail Table-Style Louis XV-60s
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
Elegant Louis XV Style Coffee Table in carved Ash Wood with precious Marble Top. Massive Marble Top with with extravagant play of colours - Bordeaux pink, caramel, ochre, beige, gray...
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1960s French Louis XV Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Pair of French Midcentury Gilt Faux Bamboo Drinks Tables with Glass Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French vintage gilt faux bamboo drinks tables from the mid-20th century, with glass tops and X-form cross stretchers. Created in France d...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Faux Bamboo

Custom Reclaimed Elm Wood Coffee Table Walnut
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Our Lucas Reclaimed coffee table is the perfect addition to your living space. The solid elm table top has beautiful unique characteristics in the wood. No two are exactly alike Fi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Elm, Reclaimed Wood

A. Loos "Elefantenrüsseltisch" Jugendstil ca. 1910
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
The famous Viennese architect and designer Adolf Loos was one of the pioneers of modern architecture. In particular, his hollistically designed residential projects, in which he drew up both the building and the interior furnishings, receive special art historical attention today. Loos first used this design, called the "elephant trunk table...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Dione Nero Marquina Coffee Table by Un’common
Located in Geneve, CH
Dione Nero Marquina Coffee Table by Un’common Designed by Małgorzata Korycka. Dimensions: D 80 x W 80 x H 30 cm. Materials: Brushed Nero Mar...
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2010s Polish Post-Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Cini Boeri - Glass top coffee table Lunario model for Knoll
Located in Paris, FR
The Lunario coffee table from Knoll International features an oval glass plate and a metal base. It is characterized by its asymmetrical appearance and its simple and timeless design...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Round Art Deco Side Table
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Round Art Deco Side Table The round Art Deco side table, crafted in France around 1925, is an impressive example of the influence of cubism on the design of the Art Deco era. This ta...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Satinwood

French Art Deco Rosewood Circular Coffee Table circa 1930
Located in CA, CA
French Art Deco round coffee table circa 1930
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Round coffee table in solid teak by Illum Wikkelsø, Danish design from the 60 s.
Located in Tourinnes-la-Grosse (Beauvechain), BE
Rare table by Illum Wikkelsø for A. Mikael Laursen. The legs are beautiful. The table is in great condition, just some slight traces of life due to its age. Danish furniture designe...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Poul Jensen for Selig Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish coffee table designed by Poul Jensen for Selig. Great mid-century design with turned edges and woven shelf. Please confirm location NY or NJ
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Wicker, Teak

Table Coffe Curved Steel Francois Monnet , 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Coffee table curved steel Francois Monnet , 1970s.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Early Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table Bastiano by Tobia Afra Scarpa for Gavina
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This low coffee table was designed by the architectural duo Tobia and Afra Scarpa in 1962 and manufactured by the Italian manufacture Gavina. It is an early production table from the Bastiano series. It is made of teak wood and finished in a dark shade of brown. The top is placed loosely on a wooden frame. It is a real example of functional, yet stylish, modern Italian design. Afra and Tobia Scarpa are an award-winning duo of postmodern Italian architects. Their works can be found in museums in the United States and Europe, including collections at MoMA and the Louvre. They have cooperated with companies such as B&B Italia, San Lorenzo Silver...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Generation Bronze Sculpture Table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, c. 1964 Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This important and documented bronze sculpture table named "Generation" by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne was sculpted circa 1964 and was featured on the cover of “Philip Kelvin LaVerne: Sculpture III". Its large size allows this to be used as a coffee or cocktail table, console table or display table or can be simply displayed as sculptural fine art. This pièce de résistance for collectors of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne is exceptionally rare and highly coveted. Within one single work of functional fine art the artists explored several different techniques the LaVernes were known to employ. Two heavy cast bronze figures, a boy holding a cat and the opposite side a girl, holding the table top which features a gorgeous torched bronze surface with inlaid colorful enamels, one bearing the LaVernes signature. Another acid washed bronze...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze, Enamel

Diminuitive Size Maison Jansen Style Brass Steel Glass Directoire Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Add a touch of Parisian sophistication to your interior with this Diminutive Size Maison Jansen Style Brass, Steel, and Glass Directoire Coffee Table. Exuding the refined elegance th...
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1970s French Directoire Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Steel

Modern Oxford Side Table Calacatta Marble Brass Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Oxford Side Table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. In his poem "Thyrsis", the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold called...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx, Marble, Brass

1970s Cyprus + Coral Stone Octagonal Coffee Table
Located in Sarasota, FL
Cyprus + Coral Stone Octagonal Coffee Table in an octagonal shape. Inlayed stone around cypress wood coated in resin.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Limestone

Late 19th Century Tole Decorated Tray on Later Ebonized and Gilded Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
The tole tray painted in America, circa 1850 is sweet and charming showing sprays of Daisies amidst vining flowers and leaves. Painted in warm yellows and whites on a black ground th...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mid Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Jacks Coffee Table
Located in Tulsa, OK
Mid Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Jacks Coffee Table Above average vintage condition and structurally sound. Has some expected slight fin...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Cast Iron Marble Art Deco Cafe Tables, Circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
- Price is per table (7 available). - All prices inc UK shipping. - Solid cast iron bases. - Stepped designed to the feet. - Solid White Carrera marble tops. - English ~ 1930s, - Mea...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Carrara Marble

Mirror Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen Japanese Mingei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Two fo you Mirror designed by Ryosuke Harashima. This work is made of Ranma, antique Japanese transom, coper and mirror. Artist create new s...
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2010s Japanese Japonisme Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Copper

Faux Bamboo Brass Lacquered Wood Top Coffee Table - France 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table made of brass tube with imitation bamboo decor. Black lacquered wooden top with double-U shaped spacer. In good vintage condition. Patina on all brass surfaces. Wood top...
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1960s French Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Tacchini Dolmen Marble Low Table by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
Located in New York, NY
Forms that are lost in time, modeled by the erosion of the wind, sun and rain, become sculptures that almost seem to emerge from the ground. Simple and primitive, smooth and perfectl...
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2010s Italian Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Teak Side Table by Hvidt Mølgaard for France Son, Denmark, Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful side or corner table by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen for France & Son. Solid teak and cane, the table is marked. The height of the cane top is 16.75”.
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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Cane, Teak

Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables for Sale: Shop Mid-Century Coffee Tables, Travertine Coffee Tables and Marble Cocktail Tables on 1stDibs

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.

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