Grande Turned Leg Coffee Table
Description
Grande Turned Leg Coffee Table
- Vintage.
- Found in a flea market in Lyon.
- Oak base with pine top.
- Raw, dry finish.
- Two drawers in apron with wood knobs.
- Shipped via White Glove. Flat rate shipping charge of $199 applies for unlimited furniture items on your order.
- 79.25" L x 47.5" W x 22.25" H
Editor's notes
This table was once used in a French library. When we came upon it, it was a tall work table, but the feet were beyond repair. So we cut it down to coffee table height to make a one of a kind centerpiece for a sitting room arrangement.
The Coffee Table in Western Interior Design
From its earliest predecessors to its modern incarnations, the coffee table has become an essential anchor of Western interiors. Its origins trace back to the low ceremonial and dining tables of Asia and the Ottoman Empire—furniture forms that established the concept of gathering around a central, low surface. By the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe, tea culture shaped the design landscape, though tall tea tables still dominated. It wasn’t until the late Victorian era, as coffeehouses spread and domestic spaces became more relaxed, that low tables began to take root in homes.
The early 20th century marked the true emergence of the coffee table in Western design, driven by the rise of the modern living room and the need for practical surfaces near upholstered seating. Designers such as Edward William Godwin experimented with low furniture forms, paving the way for a new standard. By the 1920s and 30s, coffee tables had become commonplace, appearing in materials ranging from lacquered wood to chrome and glass.
The mid-century modern era cemented the coffee table as both functional furniture and sculptural art. Iconic pieces by Isamu Noguchi, Charles and Ray Eames, and Florence Knoll demonstrated a seamless blend of form and utility, influencing decades of design philosophy. As mass production expanded throughout the late 20th century, coffee tables became available in an ever-wider range of styles—from heavy oak to glamorous brass-and-glass constructions—making them accessible to households across socioeconomic levels.
In the 21st century, the coffee table continues to evolve with shifting lifestyles and aesthetics. Today’s designs emphasize versatility, sustainability, and bold personal expression. Lift-top mechanisms, hidden storage, recycled materials, and sculptural silhouettes reflect contemporary values and the ongoing role of the coffee table as a centerpiece of Western interior design.
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We're a small sustainable, family run company based in northern California. We travel the world to bring you beautiful, mostly vintage things and a lot of inspiration for your home.
When we founded our company, we envisioned a small business with a human touch: each beautiful item selected by hand, each order carefully packed by someone who cares, each call and email personally answered by someone who can help, and most of all, each customer treated like a dear friend. And we were committed to giving a little back in the form of support to other small businesses like us, and donations to causes that tug at our heartstrings.
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What we sell
We travel the world in search of ideas, inspiration, and beautiful vintage and hand crafted products for your home and your life from France, Morocco, Belgium and the United States.
Shop our collection of furniture including
cabinets, armoires and buffets
dining tables, farm tables and islands
coffee tables, side tables and console tables
upholstered sofas, couches, loveseats, chairs, chaises and ottomans.
accent furniture such as bistro tables, small dressers, coat racks and bars.
Shop our collection of things for your French kitchen including
cookware and kitchen tools, canning jars
vintage and re-tinned copper pots, pans, stock pots and pitchers
vintage and hand made plates and bowls
vintage flatware : forks, knives, spoons, carving knives and forks, spreaders and special silver pieces
vintage glassware : vintage champagne coupes and flutes for toasting, vintage wine glasses, lovely moroccan tea glasses and unique vintage bar glasses and decanters
table linens: vintage napkins, vintage kitchen towels, linen aprons, and pretty silver napkin rings.
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table linens: vintage napkins, vintage kitchen towels, linen aprons, and pretty silver napkin rings.
Shop our collection of vintage art including:
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What we sell
We travel the world in search of ideas, inspiration, and beautiful vintage and hand crafted products for your home and your life from France, Morocco, Belgium and the United States.
Shop our collection of furniture including
cabinets, armoires and buffets
dining tables, farm tables and islands
coffee tables, side tables and console tables
upholstered sofas, couches, loveseats, chairs, chaises and ottomans.
accent furniture such as bistro tables, small dressers, coat racks and bars.
Shop our collection of things for your French kitchen including
cookware and kitchen tools, canning jars
vintage and re-tinned copper pots, pans, stock pots and pitchers
vintage and hand made plates and bowls
vintage flatware : forks, knives, spoons, carving knives and forks, spreaders and special silver pieces
vintage glassware : vintage champagne coupes and flutes for toasting, vintage wine glasses, lovely moroccan tea glasses and unique vintage bar glasses and decanters
table linens: vintage napkins, vintage kitchen towels, linen aprons, and pretty silver napkin rings.
serving platters and bowls, pitchers, tureens, gravy boats and trays
stoneware crocks, vases, pitchers and bowls
vintage silver: silver flatware, champagne buckets, trays and bar tools
Shop our collection of decor including:
art, travel and design books, cookbooks, vintage books
lamps, pendants and chandeliers
coat racks, coat hooks, baskets and totes
beautiful decorative accessories
Shop our collection of textiles including:
washed linen sheets, duvets and pillowcases and bed covers
items for the bath : towels, bath mats, soap dishes, towel racks and hooks, soap, candles, mirrors, trays, stools.
table linens: vintage napkins, vintage kitchen towels, linen aprons, and pretty silver napkin rings.
Shop our collection of vintage art including:
vintage etchings, sketches and drawings
sculpture, busts and hand made ceramics
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What we sell
We travel the world in search of ideas, inspiration, and beautiful vintage and hand crafted products for your home and your life from France, Morocco, Belgium and the United States.
Shop our collection of furniture including
cabinets, armoires and buffets
dining tables, farm tables and islands
coffee tables, side tables and console tables
upholstered sofas, couches, loveseats, chairs, chaises and ottomans.
accent furniture such as bistro tables, small dressers, coat racks and bars.
Shop our collection of things for your French kitchen including
cookware and kitchen tools, canning jars
vintage and re-tinned copper pots, pans, stock pots and pitchers
vintage and hand made plates and bowls
vintage flatware : forks, knives, spoons, carving knives and forks, spreaders and special silver pieces
vintage glassware : vintage champagne coupes and flutes for toasting, vintage wine glasses, lovely moroccan tea glasses and unique vintage bar glasses and decanters
table linens: vintage napkins, vintage kitchen towels, linen aprons, and pretty silver napkin rings.
serving platters and bowls, pitchers, tureens, gravy boats and trays
stoneware crocks, vases, pitchers and bowls
vintage silver: silver flatware, champagne buckets, trays and bar tools
Shop our collection of decor including:
art, travel and design books, cookbooks, vintage books
lamps, pendants and chandeliers
coat racks, coat hooks, baskets and totes
beautiful decorative accessories
Shop our collection of textiles including:
washed linen sheets, duvets and pillowcases and bed covers
items for the bath : towels, bath mats, soap dishes, towel racks and hooks, soap, candles, mirrors, trays, stools.
table linens: vintage napkins, vintage kitchen towels, linen aprons, and pretty silver napkin rings.
Shop our collection of vintage art including:
vintage etchings, sketches and drawings
sculpture, busts and hand made ceramics
How to Measure for Furniture Delivery
Now that you've decided to invest in a new piece of furniture, let's make sure it fits perfectly in your room.
Follow a general rule of allowing 36" of traffic pattern around an arrangement of furniture for traffic flow.
If you are looking to sit a certain number of people at your table, the size of your chairs is as important as the size of the table. Generally, allow about 20" of length per person (about the width of a placement).
A trestle base will give you more flexibility than four legs to seat more people along each side of the table.
Consider the size of the doors when placing furniture adjacent to a cabinet with doors. You'll want to be able to completely open the cabinet doors without bumping into a nearby piece of furniture.
If your cabinet has to be turned on its side to be carried through a standard door into your room, make sure it will clear the ceiling when it's placed upright. To calculate the diagonal measurement of the cabinet, dust off the Pythagorean Theorem: height of the cabinet squared + width of the cabinet squared = diagonal measurement of the cabinet squared. If the square root of the diagonal measurement is less that your ceiling height, then you're good. If it is more, then the cabinet will not fit into your room unless it is made in two pieces.
For coffee tables, rules are made to be broken, but these three rules should give you some structure to work with: generally speaking, you'll want your coffee table to be roughly the height of your sofa deck (about 20"), roughly 18" from the sofa, and approx. 2/3 the width of the sofa.
As always, if you have questions just contact us. We can help.
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