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Fossilized Stone Coffee Table

Fossilized Stone Inlay Coffee Table
Fossilized Stone Inlay Coffee Table

Fossilized Stone Inlay Coffee Table

$4,000Sale Price|20% Off

Fossilized Stone Inlay Coffee Table

Located in Hollywood, FL

The vibrant pattern of this table is created using Marquetry, the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures. there ar...

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Quincy Fossilized Stone Cocktail Table

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 ...

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Mid-Century  Rectangular Coffee Table by Etienne Allemeersch, Fossilized Stone

Mid-Century Rectangular Coffee Table by Etienne Allemeersch, Fossilized Stone

By Etienne Allemeersch

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-Century Modern Rectangular Coffee Table by Etienne Allemeersch, Fossilized Stone Top, 1970s

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Fossilized Stone Coffee by Table Heinz Lilienthal with Round Wooden Base

Fossilized Stone Coffee by Table Heinz Lilienthal with Round Wooden Base

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Located in London, GB

Square fossilized coffee table on round plywood base is designed by the artist Heinz Lilienthal, Germany 1970's.

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Tessellated Pink Stone Coffee Table

Tessellated Pink Stone Coffee Table

By Maitland Smith

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage Fossilized Stone Coffee Table, From Italy, Circa 1970

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Located in Nashville, TN

Vintage Fossilized Stone coffee table, from Italy, Circa 1970.

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Pair of Black Fossilized Stone Coffee Tables

Pair of Black Fossilized Stone Coffee Tables

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Pair of Black Fossilized Stone Coffee Tables

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Pair of coffee tables with all sides clad in black fossilized stone with hidden wheels, American 1980's Dimensions are for each table

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Pair of Black Fossilized Stone Coffee Tables
Pair of Black Fossilized Stone Coffee Tables

Pair of Black Fossilized Stone Coffee Tables

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Pair of Black Fossilized Stone Coffee Tables

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Pair of coffee tables with all sides clad in black fossilized stone with hidden wheels, American 1980's Dimensions are for each table

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Coffee Table with Fossilized Stone Top by Michael Taylor
Coffee Table with Fossilized Stone Top by Michael Taylor

Coffee Table with Fossilized Stone Top by Michael Taylor

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Coffee table with fossilized stone top custom designed by Michael Tayler for La Casa de Larga Jornada, California 1984 This coffee table was featured in the July 1986 issue of Archi...

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Pedestal Table in Lacquered Wood and Fossilized Stone
Pedestal Table in Lacquered Wood and Fossilized Stone

Pedestal Table in Lacquered Wood and Fossilized Stone

By Ado Chale

Located in Grenoble, FR

Pedestal table in lacquered wood and fossilized stone, Belgian work in the spirit of teenager Chale from the 1970s.   

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

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Chic French Maison Bagues 1940s Gilt-Bronze Cocktail Table W Fossilized Stone

By Maison Baguès

Located in San Francisco, CA

A chic French Maison Bagues 1940s gilt-bronze cocktail table with fossilized stone top; the elegantly scrolled legs with ram's head caps terminating in hoof feet all joined by a lowe...

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Massive Cast "Fossilized" Stone Coffee Table
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SALE!! Asian Fossilized Stone Coffee Table by Maitland-Smith
SALE!! Asian Fossilized Stone Coffee Table by Maitland-Smith

SALE!! Asian Fossilized Stone Coffee Table by Maitland-Smith

Located in Atlanta, GA

SALE / $1,100 / ORIGINAL PRICE $2,200 + An elegant coffee table in the Asian Style + Body comprised of hand pieced fossilized stone + Cream clored stone with great patina and text...

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A fantastic custom rectangle cube coffee table executed in roughhewn fossilized coral stone.

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Fossilized Stone Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal fossilized stone coffee table for your home. Each fossilized stone coffee table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using stone, wood and petrified wood. Find 7 options for an antique or vintage fossilized stone coffee table now, or shop our selection of 9 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a fossilized stone coffee table — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each fossilized stone coffee table bearing mid-century modern, Hollywood Regency or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Odditi, Ado Chale and Andrianna Shamaris each produced at least one beautiful fossilized stone coffee table that is worth considering.

How Much is a Fossilized Stone Coffee Table?

The average selling price for a fossilized stone coffee table at 1stDibs is $5,720, while they’re typically $1,388 on the low end and $88,129 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You

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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