Acca coffee table by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina
By Kazuhide Takahama
Located in BE
This refined Acca coffee table, designed by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina in the 1960s, is a perfect expression of understated modern design.
Glass, Wood
Italian mid century wood and glass Acca coffee table Takahama Gavina, 1960s
By Gavina, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern wood and glass Acca coffee table by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina, 1960s.
Glass, Wood
"Acca" Low Table by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina, Italy, 1960s
By Gavina, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in Milan, IT
"Acca" coffee table by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina.
Glass, Wood
Islas Coffee Tables Set, Burl Wood and Crystal Resin, Contemporary Design
By Acca Editions
Located in Paris, IDF
The Islas Coffee Tables celebrate the quiet poetry of islands emerging from the sea. Inspired by coastal landforms shaped by water over centuries, the nested pair combines richly fig...
Resin, Wood
"Acca" Wood and Glass Rare Coffee Table by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina 60s
By Dino Gavina, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in Padova, IT
Coffee table and magazine rack "Acca" model designed by japanese architect Kazuhide Takahama and produced by Gavina Italy 1960s.
Glass, Wood
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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