Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 14

Italian Fossilized Marble and Mirrored Cocktail Table, circa 1950

About the Item

An exceptional Italian modernist fossilized marble cocktail table. The large polished marble top containing embedded ammonite and orthoceras fossils dating back to the Pre-historic era. The quantity and coloration of the fossils in this marble is spectacular, with beautiful variations of warm grey and brown, generously embedded with cream colored fossils. This stunning top is supported on a base with mirrored apron and squared legs, segmented with walnut. The combination of the fossilized stone, mirrored glass and wood creates a stunning contrast and further highlights the beauty of each of these elements. This is a highly unique and rare artisan hand-made piece, likely commissioned for a private residence. Italy, circa 1950 Size: 18 3/4" high x 63" wide x 31 1/2" deep
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.75 in (47.63 cm)Width: 63 in (160.02 cm)Depth: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1950
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. In good condition, the stone with no cracks or chips, the mirror glass with no chips or cracks.
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: TBL 20-1271stDibs: LU1433238835672
More From This SellerView All
  • Italian Birds Eye Maple and Black Glass Cocktail Table, circa 1970
    Located in New York, NY
    A sleek Italian modernist coffee table, the black glass top with an X shaped inset motif of red and metallic laminate banding; supported on shaped legs and apron in birds eye maple. ...
    Category

    Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Cut Glass, Birdseye Maple

  • Guglielmo Ulrich Walnut, Agate and Brass Coffee Table, Italy, circa 1950
    By Guglielmo Ulrich
    Located in New York, NY
    Superb walnut and brass coffee table designed by Italian mid-century designer, Guglielmo Ulrich. The stunning rectangular agate top in variations of greens, red, brown and cream, res...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Agate, Brass

  • Italian Florentine Walnut and Verdi Alpi Marble Coffee Table, circa 1940
    Located in New York, NY
    Italian Florentine walnut coffee table with Verdi Alpi marble top, circa 1940. The striking rectangular Verdi Alpi marble sits atop a wide walnut apr...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Marble, Brass

  • Gae Aulenti for Knoll 'Jumbo' Carrara Marble Coffee Table, Italy, circa 1964
    By Gae Aulenti, Knoll
    Located in New York, NY
    The 'Jumbo' Carrara marble coffee table by the famed female Italian architect Gae Aulenti, (Italy, 1927-2012) made for Knoll. Literature: Gramigna, Giuliana. Repertorio Dell'Arredo Domestico 1950-2000 Allemandi: Torino, 2003, p. 111. Size: 14 1/2" high x 44 3/4" square just table top x 67" square total The iconic design constitutes a spectacular and grand square slab of Carrara marble with a total of six pieces including the sculpted and canted corner legs; It is one of the first tables where marble, a material removed for years from the world of furniture, makes its reappearance where the material in itself has a striking and expressive aesthetic and not used as a decorative element but used constructively according to its technological characteristics. One of Aulenti's most significant designs, an impressive and grand, yet minimalist and bold addition to any home interior. Gae Aulenti (born December 4, 1927, Palazzolo dello Stella, Italy–died December 31, 2012, Milan, Italy). Gae (or Gai) Aulenti was a prominent postwar Italian designer and architect who lent her fluid approach to media and material to some of the most important architectural and interior designs of the late 20th century. Aulenti attended Politecnico di Milano in the mid 1950's and established her design practice in the same city shortly after graduation. She rose to prominence while serving as the art director for Casabella, a leading avant-garde architectural journal of the era. It was during these early years that Aulenti’s unique design philosophy emerged, one that centered on the ultimate freedom of the designer from the limitations of practice to a singular medium. Rather than selecting one style and imposing it upon a space, Gae Aulenti believed instead that the space and its inhabitants should inform the design around them. What resulted was a body of work that spanned all realms. From smaller furnishings...
    Category

    Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Carrara Marble

  • Italian 1950's Blue Glass and Painted Coffee Table with Brass Detail
    Located in New York, NY
    A highly unique Italian stylized coffee table, the surface with spectacular blue glass, the rectangular frieze with two drawers, also in blue glass with horizontal brass pulls and br...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Brass

  • Italian 1950s Folk Art Solid Walnut Coffee Table
    Located in New York, NY
    An Italian 1950s Folk Art solid walnut coffee table; grand in size and scale; this rustic piece evokes a Wabi-sabi organic modern feel for a chalet or condo in the sky. Artisan piece...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Walnut

You May Also Like
  • Quincy Fossilized Stone Cocktail Table
    Located in Hollywood, FL
    Crafted with a focus on elegant design, clean lines, and captivating materials, the Quincy Cocktail Table caters to those with discerning taste. Made from locally sourced fossilized stone, carefully harvested in the Philippines, this table seamlessly blends into a variety of interior styles. Fossilized stone table...
    Category

    2010s Philippine International Style Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Stone

  • Harvey Probber Brass Square Stock and Coquina Marble Cocktail Table Circa 1950s
    By Harvey Probber
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Harvey Probber, coquina and brass coffee table, c. 1950s, USA, round stone top, architectural polished brass base with square tube legs joined by stretchers, model 917B, 20"h x 30"di...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Marble, Brass

  • 1950s Italian Marble and Brass Coffee Table
    Located in London, London
    Coffee table Marble top Brass base Italy 1950s.    
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Marble, Brass

  • Oval Marble Cocktail Table on Black Spider Legs Italian, 1950s
    Located in London, GB
    Peach colored oval marble coffee table on a frame of black metal frame with spider-legs and brass feet. The marble is in old-rose having peach color chunks on a background of beige ...
    Category

    Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Marble, Metal, Brass

  • Black and White Mid Century Marble Top Coffee Cocktail Table, circa 1950/1960s
    By Gio Ponti
    Located in New York, NY
    Chic architectural marble top coffee table with off white marble on black tapered pole legs with brass ferrule feet. This classic Mid Century coffee cocktail table is in very good, o...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Marble, Brass

  • Fossilized Marble Table + Two Vases Amalia Schultless
    By Amalia Schulthess
    Located in Los Angeles, CA
    From the estate of Amalia Schultless. She is a listed but obscure artist who lived in Los Angeles. Her art is in collections throughout the USA and Europe. These pieces appear to be...
    Category

    Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

    Materials

    Marble

Recently Viewed

View All