Erno Fabry Fishtail Surfboard Marble & Walnut Cocktail Table
By M. Singer & Sons
Located in Hanover, MA
I is very chic elliptical surfboard shaped marble top with fishtail ends framed between two pieces of curved walnut molding cradled atop a solid walnut frame standing on four slender...
Marble
Two Piece Surfboard Coffee Table in Walnet With MarbleTop, Circa 1960s
By Paul Laszlo, Lane Furniture
Located in Peabody, MA
An American surfboard coffee table in walnut with Italian marble inserts, consisting of two identical wedge shaped elements which can be "bunched" together used singly as end tables.
Marble
Marble Surfboard Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Long, elegant coffee table features curved brass legs and a gorgeous, expansive white marble top. In excellent vintage condition. Measures: 69.5" long, 21.75" wide, 15.5" high.
Mid-Century Green Marble Surfboard Shaped Coffee Table
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage, mid century, green marble coffee table with a black enameled metal base. In original condition and has some wear, consistent with its age and use. Other marble and stone cof...
Marble
Marble & Brass Surfboard Coffee Table, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Culver City, CA
Marble & brass surfboard coffee table, Italy circa 1970.
Marble, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Marble Top Surfboard Coffee Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Peabody, MA
Mid-century modern coffee table with large surfboard top in Italian marble, on sculptural walnut "Jacks" base by Adrian Pearsall.
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Dutch Marble Top Surfboard Cocktail Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish Mid-Century Modern Dutch surfboard coffee or cocktail table featuring a large, variegated marble top.
Marble
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H 15.5 in W 64.13 in L 15.5 in
Adrian Pearsall Sculpted Walnut Marble Top Surfboard Coffee Table, 1960s
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern surfboard coffee or cocktail table By Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates USA, 1960s Sculpted walnut base and marble top Measures: 64.13" W...
Marble
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H 14.5 in W 72 in D 22 in
Modernist Italian Carrara Marble and Brass "Surfboard" Cocktail / Coffee Table
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Modernist Regency Italian Carrara marble and brass "Surfboard" cocktail / coffee table, brass legs have been sprayed, can be stripped and polished per request, hand delivery...
Carrara Marble, Brass
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H 16 in W 68 in D 26 in
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Surfboard Style Marble Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Expertly Refinished Materials: Marble Stone, Walnut With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion...
Marble
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H 15.5 in W 69.5 in D 21.5 in
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Long Oval Surfboard Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency 70" long oval surfboard marble top brass vase coffee table. Item features large oval marble top, marble base, double brass metal vase pedestals, cle...
Marble, Metal
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H 14.5 in W 60 in D 28 in
Mid-Century Modern Italian Marble Chrome Glass Surfboard Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a marvelous coffee table on a marble and chrome base, with a surfboard shaped glass top, made in Italy, circa 1970s.
Marble, Chrome
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H 15.75 in W 66 in D 22 in
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Surfboard Walnut & Marble Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage designs that can seamlessly be incorpo...
Marble
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H 15 in W 66 in D 22 in
Newly Refinished -Mid-Century Modern Surfboard Style Marble, Walnut Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Newly Refinished Base, Original Marble With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativi...
Marble
Harvey Probber Travertine Top Surfboard Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
Surfboard form marble top rests on a sculpted walnut base, on ball form casters.
Travertine, Marble
Surfboard Style Top Coffee Table with Sculpted Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Period/Style: Mid-Century Modern Country: United States Date: 1960s Dimensions: 14.75 H x 22.5 W x 66 L Materials: Walnut wood, marble-top Condition: Excellent, newly refinish...
Marble
1980s Italian Travertine Console Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
Solid Italian travertine marble console table. Gorgeous surfboard shaped top and tessellated base.
Travertine
Mid-Century Modern Marble-Top Surfboard Style Cocktail Table
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Carrara marble-top cocktail table in the form of a surfboard.
Carrara Marble, Iron
Vintage Surfboard Italian Marble Top Faux Bamboo Coffee Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering one of our recent Palm Beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of a vintage surfboard marble top and faux bamboo base coffee table Featuring a very old, beveled, and polis...
Marble
Mid-Century White Marble, Walnut and Cane Surfboard Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Miami, FL
All original, vintage two-tier surfboard cocktail table with off-white Italian marble top and caned magazine shelf.
Marble
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H 12.25 in W 67.5 in D 16.5 in
Harvey Probber Marble, Terrazzo, Travertine and Walnut Surfboard Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Miami, FL
A striking Mid-Century Modern rolling cocktail table designed by Harvey Probber, dating from the 1960s. It features a boat-shaped terrazzo top inlaid with Italian travertine diamonds...
Travertine, Marble
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H 15.5 in W 69.5 in D 21.5 in
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Long Oval Surfboard Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency 70" long oval surfboard marble top brass vase coffee table. Item features large oval marble top, marble base, double brass metal vase pedestals, cle...
Marble, Metal
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H 15 in W 60 in D 20.25 in
Harvey Probber Marble, Terrazzo, Travertine & Walnut Surfboard Coffee Table MCM
By Harvey Probber
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking Mid-Century Modern rolling cocktail table designed by Harvey Probber, dating from the 1960s. It features a boat-shaped terrazzo top inlaid with Italian travertine diamonds...
Travertine, Marble
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H 16 in W 55 in D 22 in
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Marble Surfboard Style Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage designs that can seamlessly be incorpo...
Marble
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H 16 in W 60 in D 20 in
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Surfboard Shaped Marble Top Cocktail Table, 1955
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous simple yet elegant surfboard shaped cocktail table in carrara Marble.
Carrara Marble, Brass
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H 16.5 in W 59.25 in D 19.75 in
Vintage Hollywood Regency Faux Bamboo Travertine Marble Surfboard Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Hollywood Regency faux bamboo travertine marble surfboard coffee table. Item features solid wooden carved "faux bamboo" spindle base, long travertine/marble surfboard top, ve...
Travertine
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H 15.5 in W 69.25 in D 21.5 in
Mid Century Surfboard Marble-Top Coffee Table with Walnut Quatrefoil Motif Base
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
Very chic midcentury surfboard top coffee, cocktail table have a thick (7/8 inch ) Italian marble top, which rests on a six sides wood base with pierced quatrefoil openings.
Marble
Surfboard Marble Coffee Table - Italy
Located in Bridport, CT
Coffee table in walnut and black marble in the manner of Gio Ponti, made in Italy.
Marble
Italian Surfboard Marble Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Tarnowskie Gory, Sląskie
Italian marble coffee table, surfboard shape, steel base with brass ends.
Marble, Steel
Marble and Gilt Metal Surfboard Coffee Table
By reGeneration
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully figured Italian marble on Y-shaped gilt metal legs.
Carrara Marble
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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