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We are pleased to offer our exciting range of solid hardwood coffee tables. Our extensive range of coffee tables provides you with every option you will ever need.

The humble coffee table has become a hugely important piece of living room furniture. This hasn’t always been the case though.

For more information on our coffee tables view the products below.

Early History

Initially there was no particular name for a low table; they were referred to most commonly as occasional tables, and had no specific purpose. Although they aren’t the closest cousins to the coffee table, the style of tables used for serving beverages on in Victorian times are the first examples of a table with similar usage to modern versions.

Early Usage

These small tables were taller and often placed behind low back sofas, and were thus called sofa tables. The positioning of these tables meant that people had to turn to put their drinks on them, but this type of table wasn’t designed to be on show and therefore they tended to be of very simple design.

First Appearances

The first usage of the term coffee table in print was in the book "Victorian Furniture" in 1868. This was a coffee table designed by the architect Edward William Godwin. Although known as a coffee table, it was not what you would recognise as a coffee table these days - it was 27 inches tall with long spindly legs.

The First Modern Coffee Tables

Although the development of the low coffee table is attributed to British designers, it is widely believed that the idea of low coffee tables first sprang up in the Eastern colonies of the British Empire. It has been traditional for Asian countries, such as India, for food and drink to be taken at low tables, and the early coffee tables were of similar dimensions to those used in the colonies. Interestingly, oak coffee tables were de rigueur with the wealthy 19th Century families, rather than the local woods such as sheesham and mango.

Coffe Table Styles

In recent times glass coffee tables have become highly desirable, but solid oak coffee tables, often with storage are still seen as the panicle of good taste. They have transcended fashion due to the timeless appeal of oak living room furniture. There are a plethora of designs to suit all needs - be it the pure simplicity of the cubist movement or the practical designs that incorporate drawers in their coffee tables.

At Oak Furniture Land we have a wide range of coffee tables in oak, mahogany and mango, along with a choice of matching living room furniture.

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Eden Solid Oak Minimalist Coffee Table

100% Solid Oak modern stylish coffee table. 13 matching pieces in range

Was:

£ 263.99

Now: £ 99.00

Dispatched Within: 14 days

Item Code Table3OAK