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Coffee and Cocktail Tables For Sale
Stainless Steel Lunario Table by Cini Boeri for Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally designed in the 1970s the Lunario table is a truly unique cantilevered table. The table top is a clear polished oval glass with polished stai...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Custom-Made 'Black' Galets by Stephane Ducatteu for Decoratum
Located in London, GB
Custom-made 'Black' Galets Centre Table Metal Structure by Stephane Ducatteau, France 2007. Signed. All Ducatteau pieces are available exclusively from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Concrete, Steel

'Euclide' Steel Centre Table Structure by Stephane Ducatteau
Located in London, GB
'Euclide' steel centre table structure by Stephane Ducatteau, France, 2003. Signed. All Ducatteau pieces are available exclusively from Decoratu...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Set of Two Triangle Coffee Tables In Travertine By Up & Up, Italy 1980's
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice set of 2 triangle shaped Italian coffee or side tables by Up & Up, 1980's. It is made of beautiful travertine. Please take notice of the very nice patterns. Can be used...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Contemporary Coffee Table 'Explorer' by Jaime Hayon, Black, 184 cm
Located in Paris, FR
EXPLORER LOW TABLE BY JAIME HAYON 2024 Interior structure in painted steel and Top in MDF with gloss lacquer. Legs in solid alder wood with gloss lacquer finish.EXPLORER LOW TABLE BY...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Pair of low brutalist coffee tables France 1970
Located in Zandhoven, BE
Hand made pair of low butalist coffeetables! Sold as a set.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Bruno Rey for Dietiker Round Coffee Tables
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Bruno Rey for Dietiker, coffee tables, lacquered wood, Switzerland, 1970s These coffee tables, designed by Swiss designer Bruno Rey, have a distinctive design that adds character to...
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1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Mid Century Modern Chrome Plated Steel Stacked Coffee Table Paul Mayen Habitat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid Century Modern Chrome Plated Steel Stacked Coffee Table by Paul Mayen for Habitat. Circa 1970s. Measurements: 15.5" H x 36" W x 36" D.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Bronzed Glass Coffee Table, Made in Italy
Located in Lentate Sul Seveso, IT
The coffee table Aka is made entirely of bronzed glass. The top is circular and 60cm in diameter, while the base is obtained by gluing slightly bevelled 6mm thick slabs. Bronzed glas...
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2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass

LO9A Bench Seat by Pierre Chapo
Located in Long Island City, NY
'LO9A' Bench Seat by Pierre Chapo in elm wood. C. 1960 Pierre Chapo (1927-1987) was a French furniture designer and craftsman who was active in the mid-20th century. He is known for...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Elm

FORM(LA) Lago Freeform Coffee Table 72”L x 36”W x 12”H Limestone Oceano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
‘LAGO’, ITALIAN FOR ‘LAKE’, HAS INSPIRED A FORM DERIVED FROM NATURE, TEXTURED WITH LUXURIOUS STONES AND METALS. THE COLLECTION ENCOURAGES NESTING AND LAYERING IN ITS AVAILABLE FORMS....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Marble

Antique English Victorian Bagatelle Flip Top Game Table on Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A fun and unusual 19th century Victorian English mahogany Bagatelle game board table with nicely aged patina. Featuring a rectangular folding portable game board with warm, rich mahogany wood case exterior, and a patinated brass hinged lid lift top that flips open to extend and reveal the baize (green felt like billiards material) lined gaming surface with semi-circular bentwood bumper at one end adorned with nine numbered holes, arranged with one in the center of the bentwood gallery and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. Framing the board, twenty-four contrasting inlay panels set with five holes run along either side of the board, originally used to keep score. circa 1890 The game board rests partially inset in a fitted mahogany stand base, raised on four straight square legs joined by ‘H’ stretcher. A wonderful piece of game board history, originally designed to sit on top of a dining table or games table, this piece features a fitted stand, making it the ideal size and proportions for use as a one-of-a-kind coffee table, chair side table, cocktail table, low console, or simply displayed as a distinctive decorative folk art piece. Dimensions (approx): 18" High, 31.25" Wide, 15.75" Deep Open: 60" Wide Good condition overall, especially considering age. Dark rich patina over the whole, enhanced by heavy buildup lustrous sheen and antique mahogany glow. No game pieces or accessories included. Age appropriate wear including various imperfections, with expected signs of use, including losses, checking, wear to finish and baize liner, staining, minor splitting to bent wood, all wear consistent with age and indicative of use. All of which adds to the elegant warmth, sophisticated antique character, and overall authenticity. Please refer to photography for complete condition. Delivered lightly cleaned, hand waxed, polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use as furniture. History: The origins of Bagatelle (or its many iterations) are even less clear than most games of a similar history, although we do know it has ties to French Kings, American President Abraham Lincoln, and developed into bar billiards, eventually leading to the development of pachinko and pinball. Bagatelle was a game involving sticks and balls that evolved from efforts to bring outdoor games like ground billiards, croquet, and bowling inside for play during inclement weather. Dating all the way back to the 15th century, the most recent version came about in the 18th century. In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of Louis XIV, billiard tables were narrowed, with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table, and players would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end, in a game inspired as much by bowling as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when knocked down, so they were eventually fixed to the table, and holes in the bed of the table became the targets. Players could ricochet balls off the pins to achieve the harder scorable holes. Quite a number of variations on this theme were developed. In 1777 a party was thrown in honour of Louis XVI and the queen at the Château de Bagatelle, recently erected at great expense by the king's brother, the Count of Artois. Bagatelle from Italian bagattella, signifies 'a trifle', 'a decorative thing'. The highlight of the party was a new table game featuring a slender table and cue sticks, which players used to shoot ivory balls up an inclined playfield. The game was dubbed bagatelle by the count and shortly after swept through France. From 1770 to 1850 Bagatelle was just as popular as Billiards throughout England and Britain. Some French soldiers carried their favorite bagatelle tables...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Ebonised Poplar Trunk Coffee Table
Located in Amsterdam, NL
This coffee table is truly one-of-a-kind; handcrafted from a single slice of a poplar tree trunk and set upon a sturdy metal frame. The organic design brings a touch of nature into y...
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2010s Belgian Arts and Crafts Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Poplar

Coffee table by Paul Kingma
Located in PARIS, FR
Coffee table by Dutch designer Paul Kingma (1931-2015) in the 1960s (1965). All his tables are unique creations. The table has a black metal structure supporting a floating concrete ...
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Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone

Brueton Stainless Steel Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Brueton Stainless Steel Coffee Table, 1970 Measures 32" x 42" 15.5" tall
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Chrome coffee table by Sergio Mazza
Located in PARIS, FR
Coffee table by Italian designer Sergio Mazza for Cinova in the 1970s. The top is made of smoked glass and the structure is in chrome metal. Good condition. Mazza was famous for his...
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Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Tavolino da salotto, top quadrato, base in ferro battuto, disponibile
Located in Rimini, IT
Tavolino da salotto con piano in onice Arco Iris e base in ferro battuto. Questo tavolino costituirà un'aggiunta di valore al vostro arredamento . La sua silhouette elegante è forma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx, Wrought Iron

Japanese primitive coffee table / wabi-sabi side table / Flower stand / stool
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This side table has a lacquered black top attached to an old tree stump. It is about the same height as a coffee table and is easy to use. The table's appearance and color are very J...
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2010s Japanese Primitive Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

STUNNiNG LIVE EDGE SLAB COFFEE OR COCKTAIL TABLE IN BURR PIPPY OAK
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super decorative live edge slab coffee table in burr pippy oak Please note the delivery fee listed is...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Solid Travertine End Table
Located in New York, NY
Solid Travertine table, a rectangular top with a chamfered lower edge supported by large round travertine legs.
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Peter Hvidt Modular Teak & Brass Coffee Table for France & Son
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Travertin Marble & Wrought Iron Coffee Table, France 1940's
Located in New York, NY
Substantial wrought iron and Travertine coffee table made of square bar with a double tapered stretcher.
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Wrought Iron

Small Round Coffee Table on Rustic Iron Base, France circa 1960-70
Located in Round Top, TX
This rustic coffee table may also serve as a unique side table, thanks to the vintage iron rings, legs/base that accent the warm patina of the worn hard wood beech top. Typical age-r...
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Mid-20th Century French Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Organic Shaped Natural Plaster Coffee Table "Angus" 150 by Isabelle Beaumont
Located in Ranst, BE
Contemporary Belgian design / Handcrafted / Organic shape / Ecological material / Natural lime plaster / Concrete look / Made on demand The Angus (Latin adjective “angustus” /an'gus...
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2010s Belgian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Concrete, Cement, Composition, Limestone

Palladian 240cm/94.4" Oval Dining Table in Verde Guatemala
Located in Amsterdam, NH
The multitasking Palladian table exemplifies Kasteel's commitment to elevating simplicity. Its versatility, pure silhouette, elegant proportions, and striking texture make it suitabl...
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21st Century and Contemporary South African Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Brown solid oak ater coffee table by Tim Vranken
Located in 1204, CH
Tim Vranken is a Belgian furniture designer who focuses on solid, handmade furniture. Throughout his designs the use of pure materials and honest natural processes are paramount. The...
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2010s Belgian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Mario Marenco Saporro coffee table Italy 1975
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice large sized coffee table by Mario Marenco and manufactured by Mobil Girgi, Italy 1975. Fantastic low and large-sized coffee table made from a combination of walnut and beec...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Large travertine coffee table, 1960s
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Large vintage travertine coffee table. Square eye-shaped tray in good condition resting on two removable feet which can possibly be slipped under the tray. One of the legs has a lack...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, Glass and Brass
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, Glass and Brass
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20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Modernist Green Faux Marble Fiberglass Cocktail Table, 1980s
Located in Harlingen, TX
This vintage 1980's modernist style faux marble composite cocktail or coffee table has been skillfully handcrafted out of fiberglass and given a marble effect green gel coat finish w...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Fiberglass

Art Deco Rubi Side Coffee Table Marble Gold Leaf Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Rubi side table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. Like a sparkling ruby ring, our magnificent Rubi side table ties in with the Art Deco style by r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Marble, Onyx, Gold Leaf

Modern Armona Coffee Tables, Shadow Onyx, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona Coffee Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx, Granite, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel

Itzel Blue and Purple Colored Kiln Cast Glass Coffee Table Set by Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Itzel is a name of Mayan origin that means "rainbow". A rainbow was the inspiration for three two-piece sets of cast glass coffee tables in gr...
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2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Murano Glass

Pine Coffee Table, Roland Wilhelmsson, Sweden, 1970's
Located in La Tour-de-Peilz, CH
Brutalism in its purest form, but not only ! Three large pieces of wood put together by massive dowels, the latter themselves being locked transversely by tabs. If in appearance we ...
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1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Pine

Maple coffee table & bar, Paul Michel, France, 1980's
Located in La Tour-de-Peilz, CH
A goldsmith's envelope to store your best cognacs. It is in the west of France, between Nantes and Poitiers that the Paul Michel workshops in Bressuire created these superb coffee t...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mirror, Birdseye Maple

Modern Curve Nesting Coffee Tables Marble Oak Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Curve coffee tables, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection and inspired by fluid lines li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Organic Modern Bordeira Coffee Tables, Onyx, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bordeira coffee table, Contemporary Collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bordeira modern coffee ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Carrara Marble, Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel

Contemporary Minimal Round Side Table 3 Legs in Travertine Stone Natural Pores
Located in Porto, PT
Lunarys Medium Side Table is an outstanding modern design piece. A key side table for a contemporary living room project seems to come directly from space. Made in travertine stone i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Modern Bordeira Coffee Table, Calacatta Marble, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bordeira coffee table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bordeira modern coffee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Carrara Marble, Travertine, Onyx, Marble, Brass

Modern Bordeira Coffee Table, Calacatta Marble, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bordeira coffee table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bordeira modern coffee ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Walnut & Crystal Coffee Table Attributed to Afra & Tobia Scarpa, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern walnut centre or coffee table, top cristal fumè, designer A&T Scarpa attributable, Italy, 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Walnut

Contemporary Round Center Coffee Table in Wood Marquetry Black & White
Located in Porto, PT
Santiago Center Table celebrates the 20th-century art movement, Cubism, with handcraft expertise. Rough and natural materials approach us with an exact message: modest luxury. This a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Birdseye Maple

Vintage Marble Tulip coffee table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, 1970s
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Nice vintage white marble tulip coffee table, designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International. This timeless design will instantly uplift a...
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1970s Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Metal

Vintage modern Large Coffee Table made in reclaimed teak in natural color
Located in Casteren, NL
Here offered is a beautiful, sleek, modern-designed coffee table made from reclaimed teak wood. The coffee table was crafted from old teak wood sourced from old tables from Indonesia...
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Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Organic Modern Dornes Side Table, Oak Brass, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Dornes Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Dornes side table was crafted to tell a story of scenic beauty, embodying the captiva...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Organic Modern Bordeira Coffee Table, Onyx Brass, Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bordeira coffee table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bordeira modern coffee ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx, Marble, Brass

Modern Landscape Side Tables Marble Brass Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Landscape Side Tables, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Landscape coffee table ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Bordeira Coffee Table, Steel, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Bordeira coffee table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Modern Bordeira Marble Coffee Table, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Bordeira coffee table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contempo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Stainless Steel

Kanyon Coffee Table with Travertine Modern Sculptural Round Walnut In-stock
Located in Istanbul, TR
Kanyon is an authentic coffee table which combines functionality and sculptural posture with simplicity, beautiful materials and exquisite craftsmanship. Inspired by the topographi...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Travertine

Guglielmo Ulrich Coffee Table in Parchment and Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guglielmo Ulrich, coffee table, sand-colored parchment, walnut, Italy, circa 1940 Stately and elegant coffee table designed by Italian master Guglielmo Ulrich around 1940. This tabl...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut, Parchment Paper

Organic Modern Raw Side Table, Calacatta Viola, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Raw Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Raw Marble Side Table celebrates the interplay of p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Metal, Stainless Steel, Brass

Pia Manu Handcrafted Coffee Table in Travertine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pia Manu, coffee table, travertine, iron, Belgium, 1960s This unique, handmade piece is designed in the workshop of Pia Manu. Due to the artistic use of materials and texture combi...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine, Iron

Modern Bordeira Nesting Coffee Tables, Granite, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set/3 Bordeira Nesting Coffee Tables, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bordeira...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Statuary Marble, Onyx, Marble, Brass

Organic Modern Armona Coffee Table, White Onyx, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona coffee table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Armona modern coffee tabl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx, Brass

Organic Modern Raw Side Table, Calacatta Marble, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Raw Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Raw Marble Side Table celebrates the interplay of p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Statuary Marble, Metal, Brass

French Coffee Table in Stainless Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Coffee table, stainless steel, France, 1970s. A sleek coffee table with a distinctive look, inspired by the 70s French stainless steel furniture style. Noted designers such as Miche...
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1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Modern Sistelo Coffee Table, Walnut Root Brass, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Sistelo Coffee Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Sistelo modern coffee table draws inspiration ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Antique, New and Vintage Coffee Tables and Cocktail Tables

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. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee table and cocktail tables today.

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