Vintage Formica Compass Coffee/Side Table, Mid Century
Located in Bristol, GB
It would work well as a small coffee table or as a side table beside a chair or sofa.
Metal, Brass, Steel
Compass Square Coffee Table by DANAD Design, circa 1960s
By Danad Design
Located in London, GB
Low square table featuring one of the first produced laminates during the early 1960s of an intricate design for an 18th century compass rose, after the original surface art by illus...
Steel
Unavailable
H 14.57 in W 55.52 in D 55.52 in
Late 20th Century Italian Wooden Mosaic with Compass Roses Top Coffee Table
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
A stunning conversation piece for almost any living room. This coffe table top made with a mix of cherry, walnut, maple and ash wood framed with beech wood (size: 125 x 125 x 5 H cm....
Wood
Gio Ponti Compass Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons "compass" cocktail table in solid walnut. Original in every way from the finish to the tempered glass to the lightly patinated brass sabots.
Walnut
Gio Ponti Coffee Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gio Ponti design walnut "Compass" coffee table for Singer & Sons with brass sabots, excellent original condition.
Walnut, Glass
Sold
H 14.97 in W 24.02 in D 40.16 in
Midcentury Maison Jansen Mahogany and Églomisé Black Glass Compass Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Midcentury Maison Jansen vintage coffee table. With black reverse painted glass top and a mahogany frame, that has gilt brass inlays and trims.
Brass
Sold
H 21.66 in W 39.38 in D 23.63 in
Midcentury Beechwood and Brass Italian Coffee Table with Compass Leg, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage coffee table with compass legs. The top is in Lucid Formica and beechwood while finishes are in brass.
Brass
Sold
H 17.72 in W 32.68 in D 32.68 in
1950s Vintage Coffee Table Black White Sundial Compass Table Top S Dunn Clements
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Wonderful good quality 1950s coffee table. Lovely detailed Formica top, black painted metal base with brass caps to the feet. In good vintage condition, a few fine lines to the Form...
Metal
James Leonard Compass Table, circa 1940s
By James Leonard
Located in Gloucester, GB
James Leonard compass table circa 1940s - Cast Aluminium frame with compass shaped legs - Original green paint - Beech top - Stamped ESA - Made by Esavian - First generation ...
Aluminum
British Colonial Style Leather Compass Table
Located in Wilton, CT
Embossed and colored leather compass top and generous proportions distinguish this substantial low table. Two sides feature double-drawers and returns, all with antiqued brass pulls....
Brass
Jean Prouve Style Aluminum Compass Table Bases
By James Leonard, Esavian
Located in Rochester, NY
1940s modernist industrial aluminum compass table bases / benches by James Leonard for Esavian in the style of Jean Prouve ( these were supposedly manufactured a few years earlier t...
Aluminum
Vintage Solid Wood Coffee table with compas
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Vintage Solid Wood Coffee table with compass feet Chalet table - Vintage furniture Measures : 130,5x40cm H:45,5cm Material : Wood Wear consistent with age and use.
Wood
Sold
H 19.69 in Dm 31.5 in
Rare Nautical Compass and Cosmographic Cart Round Coffee Table, France, 1950
By Maison Baguès
Located in Antwerp, BE
A rare decorative French coffee table with a cosmographic map under a glass top with a functional compass positioned in the middle.
Brass
Gio Ponti Compass Coffee Table, Walnut & Glass, Italy, 1950s
By M. Singer & Sons, Gio Ponti
Located in Chicago, IL
Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons "compass" cocktail table in solid walnut. Model 1101. Original in every way from the finish to the glass to the lightly patinated brass sabots.
Brass
Compass Cocktail Table by Gio Ponti for Singer and Sons
By Gio Ponti, M. Singer & Sons
Located in Madrid, ES
Original Compass cocktail table by Gio Ponti for singer and sons made in walnut, terminating with brass sabots.
Brass
Sold
H 20.25 in W 15 in D 3.5 in
Jean Prouve style Aluminum Compass Table Legs by James Leonard for Esavian
By James Leonard, Esavian, Jean Prouvé
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of early industrial modernist aluminum compass form table legs / table end bases in the style of Jean Prouve' by James Leonard for Esavian, England 1940. This earlier compass de...
Aluminum
1980"s GILT, WHITE AND BEIGE "COMPASS" COFFEE TABLE W/GLASS TOP
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MAN MADE COMPOSITION BASE FEATURING A COMPASS, W/HAMMERED GILT METAL HALF CIRCLES HOLDING UP WORLD GLOBES WHICH SUPPORT A BEVELED GLASS TOP RESTING ON GILT WOOD FEET
Metal
Stylish Mid-century Modern Cocktail Table with Compass
Located in Essex, MA
A stylish mid century modern rectangular cocktail (or coffee) table, the glass top over a brass and metal trellis design centered by a working compass on four brass and black painted...
Brass
Compass Cocktail Table by Gio Ponti for Singer and Sons
Located in New York, NY
A rare example of a cocktail table by Gio Ponti for Singer and Sons. Hand shaped walnut frame bearing few right angles and a sharp razor edge taper, terminating with brass sabots. C...
Walnut, Glass
$22,000 / set
H 15 in Dm 14.25 in
Pair Italian Midcentury Lacquer & Screenprint Side Tables by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Important Pair of Italian midcentury Side or End Tables by Piero Fornasetti. The pieces are beautiful compositions of form and design in the Modern Neoclassical aesthetic....
Brass, Iron
FORNASETTI Two Tier Tray Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table with two removable trays in lacquered wood and faux bamboo patinated brass base / made in Milan Italy in the 1950s Original Fornasetti labels on the base of tra...
Brass
FORNASETTI "Fiori della notte" Round Table
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large vintage original round "fiori della notte" table with transfer-printed wooden top and fluted black base, can be used as a dining table or center table / made in Milan Italy by ...
Wood
Vintage Italian Piero Fornasetti "Cammei" Coffee Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Piero Fornasetti "Cammei" coffee table composed of a lithographic transfer with cameo motif on lacquered wood supported by a black enameled-steel base with brass, adjustable feet (ca...
Brass, Enamel, Steel
$13,900
H 17.25 in W 59 in D 19.75 in
Piero Fornasetti, Coffee Table, brass, Metal, Mahogany, Italy, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in High Point, NC
A lithographic-print transfer wood, mahogany, brass and metal coffee table or cocktail table, designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1950s. With it's original paper label ...
Metal, Brass
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.”
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