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Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

DIRECTOIRE STYLE

Formed in the wake of the Jacobin Reign of Terror’s bloody guillotine, the Directoire was established to lead France into order through the leadership of a five-member council of directors. It was brief, lasting only from 1795 to 1799, ending with Napoléon Bonaparte’s coup d’état, and was economically tumultuous. Yet it was an essential bridge between the era of Louis XVI and the elaborate Empire style that followed, with Directoire furniture and decorative arts shaped by a royal passion for classical design and an enthusiasm for postrevolutionary France.

Much of the country’s furniture production had halted during the French Revolution when the furniture guilds system was abolished, but during the Directoire period, the cabinetmakers restarted their businesses, such as François-Honoré-Georges and Jacob-Desmalter who established a new workshop called Jacob-Frères. Pieces made in walnut, elm, mahogany and other inexpensive materials incorporated influences ranging from Egypt to Pompeii, with popular forms including the curule armchair based on an ancient Roman design. The aesthetics of the transitional style were more austere than during the monarchy, with court cabinetmaker Jean-Baptiste Sené, for instance, reimagining his workshop’s neoclassical-style furniture with ungilded surfaces and a reduction of ornamentation.

Symbols referencing the revolutionary tenets of liberty, equality and fraternity were frequently carved into Directoire furnishings, such as the Phrygian cap, clasped hands and the fasces, which is an image of a bound bundle of sticks adopted from the Roman Republic, where it was seen as an emblem of strength through unity.

Elements of the French Directoire style continued through Empire style. Designers Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine are credited today as major proponents of both movements. The classically inspired furniture design is represented in pieces such as the boat-shaped daybed and the klismos chair, which endured in French interiors as well as in styles abroad, including American Directoire.

Find a collection of antique ​​Directoire chairs, tables, daybeds, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Directoire
Superb Brass Directoire Style Coffee Table Attributed to Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a Maison Jansen attributed coffee table of fine design and form made of brass in the Directoire manner. The table is in good condition and features robust conical legs and a ...
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Gilt Metal Bagues Faux Bois Tree Branch Asymetric Form Smoked Glass Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Gilt faux bois. Smoked glass top. 17" h x 60" w x 29" d. Condition Small chip in corner of glass. Paint loss. Scratches.
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1970s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Directoire Style Brass Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Directoire-style green marble top coffee table on brass legs, circa 1950. Dimensions: 20.5"H x 46"W x 46"D. Ask us about our local NYC de...
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1950s Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass

Fantastic Bronze and Thick Glass Directoire Maison Jansen Style Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful and extremely sophisticated coffee table that looks like Maison Jansen but we can't say with certainty. The table is in good condition with a beautiful patina on ...
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1940s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Antique French Directoire Style Eglomise Gilt Coffee Table Attributed to Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 15in W: 48 1/2in D: 21 3/4in This Antique French Directoire Style Eglomise Gilt Coffee Table Attributed to Jansen is truly a showstopper and is made of the highest ...
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Mid-20th Century Argentine Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Silver Leaf

Maison Bagues Style Faux Bamboo Smoked Glass Steel Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous coffee table in the style of Maison Bagues. The table is made of steel with a smoked glass top. The table measures 21.5 tall x 27.25 wide x 16 deep. The table date...
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1980s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Gorgeous Oval Steel and Glass Maison Bagues Style Faux Bamboo Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous coffee table in the style of the French company Maison Bagues who made some beautiful faux bamboo coffee tables just like this one. The finish appears to be silver...
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1980s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Liftable coffee table in solid cherry with storage for bottles glasses
Located in Landivy, FR
This liftable coffee table is part of our MELANIE collection, which is a modernized interpretation of a French Directoire style coffee table at the e...
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2010s Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Cherry, Oak

Maison Jansen Style Brass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Maison Jansen Style Brass Coffee Table.
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1960s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

French Directoire style nesting tables "gigognes" in solid and stained cherry
Located in Landivy, FR
This Table is a handmade reproduction of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. This period is remarkable with its straight, classical and timeless lines. Its f...
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2010s French Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Cherry, Oak

French Maison Jansen Style Ebonized Mahogany Coffee Table Built to Order
Located in Chicago, IL
French Maison Jansen or Directoire style coffee table that in our home, might more accurately be described as a cocktail table. This particular Maison Jansen or Directoire style coff...
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2010s American Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany

Directoire Style Fruit Wood Coffee Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Directoire style fruit wood coffee table, 19th century. With an overhanging 3 board top, 3 frieze drawers with wood knobs, resting on square tapered legs. Mortise, tenon and ...
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19th Century European Antique Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Fruitwood

Karges Directoire Cocktail Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Magnificent Directoire cocktail table by Karges Furniture, early 2000's. This exceptional table celebrates beautifully hand-carved details that include hand-painted gold leaf rosett...
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Early 2000s North American Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Gold Leaf

Antique Directoire Style Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Directoire style marble top coffee table represents the essence of understated elegance! Tailored classical architecture was employed to create the design, which was inspired...
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Brass

Mid-Century French Mahogany Directoire Style Coffee Table with Carrara Marble To
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-century French Mahogany Directoire style coffee table with Carrara marble top represents understated elegance in a manner of which th...
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Mid-20th Century French Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Carrara Marble, Brass

18th Century Italian Small Coffee Table
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant Directoire small table inlaid with various fruit essences with geometric motifs. Typical saber leg used in the transition period between Louis XVI and the Empire, especially ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Fruitwood

Beautifully Paint Decorated Coffee Table\Storage Trunk
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a beautifully painted coffee table/storage trunk that can be used multiple ways. It is decorated with neoclassical figures. Because of the height it can be used as a bench,a storage trunk or a coffee table. It also would be charming in a baby’s nursery...
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Early 20th Century Italian Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Pine

Coffee Table with 1 Drawer in Solid Cherry and Natural Varnish
Located in Landivy, FR
This Table is a handmade reproduction of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. This period is remarkable with its straight, classical and timeless lines. The finish is made with a layer of a natural varnish to keep the authentic look of the solid Cherry piece and 2 extra layers for protection of the wood. This Coffee Table features one central drawer topped with a Louis XVI ring...
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2010s French Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Wood, Cherry

Directoire Style Cherrywood Coffee Table Stained, 1 Drawer
Located in Landivy, FR
This Table is a handmade reproduction of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. This period is remarkable with its straight, classical and timeless lines. Its classical finish is made with Cherry stains, PU lacquer, and a satin varnish. This Coffee Table features one central drawer topped with a Louis XVI ring...
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2010s French Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Cherry, Oak

Maison Jansen Style Chrome and Brass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Maison Jansen French style coffee table. Table has X-stretcher to the sides, with brass and chrome frame. Top and bottom tiers have two pairs...
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1950s Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Maison Jansen Style French Bronze Rope Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful solid bronze stylized rope base with a glass top. Manner of Maison Jansen.
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bronze

Italian Steel & Brass Round Directoire Neoclassical Coffee Table after Jansen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Elegant vintage Italian brushed steel and brass round cocktail table in the manner of Maison Jansen. Item features a round form with solid brass gallery, inset glass top, brushed ste...
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1970s Italian Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel, Brass

Napoleon III Etagere 'Japonism ALPHONSE GIROUX PARIS
Located in Madrid, ES
A Napoleon III Etagere 'japonism' in ormolu and grave glass Modeled as rods of bamboo mounted with bamboo leaves on the legs, the top suspended with four handles and with three circular tiers each engraved with floral and ivy designs and surrounded by a three-quarter pierced gallery, the upper tier signed 'ALPH. GIROUX PARIS...
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19th Century French Antique Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bronze

Decorative Carrara Marble Top Coffee Table with Floral Legs
Located in New York, NY
Decorative Carrara marble top coffee table with floral legs. The legs are metal with a gold painted floral pattern. Style of Maison Cha...
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1960s Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Metal

Steel and Brass Coffee Table in the Manner of Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Polished steel and brass coffee table manner of Jansen. Stretcher has curved legs with brass ball feet.    
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1960s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel, Brass

Maison Baguès Steel and Brass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Steel and brass Maison Baguès coffee table with a rectangular shaped glass top.
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Steel

Maison Jansen Polished Steel and Brass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Maison Jansen polished steel and brass coffee table.
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Steel

Maison Jansen Style Mirrored Top Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Maison Jansen style coffee table with a mirrored top. Black legs and a decorative scrolled stretcher with gold feet.
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1950s Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Wrought Iron French Gilt Coffee Table Attributed to Maison Ramsay
Located in New York, NY
Gold gilt wrought iron glass top coffee table. Some scratches to the glass. Attributed to Maison Ramsay.
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wrought Iron

French Bronze and Marble Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French bronze and marble coffee table. The table has a marble top with floral style bronze legs. Stamped made in France under one of the legs.
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

1950s Maison Jansen Bronze and Glass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
1950s Maison Jansen bronze and glass coffee table. Solid bronze with original glass.
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1950s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bronze

Directoire Style Thick Marble-Top Coffee Table With Matching Faux Marble Base
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful marble-top coffee table with matching faux marble base. The coffee table is in a Directoire style, attributed to Maison Jansen.
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20th Century Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

French Bronze Coffee Table by Maison Ramsay
Located in New York, NY
French bronze coffee table with thick glass top by Maison Ramsay.
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1940s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Directoire Coffee Work Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
1830s rustic French country Directoire style coffee table is from Provence. Once a worktable for bread making, now with legs cut down and used as coffee table. The rounded dough knea...
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1820s French Antique Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Oak

Maison Jansen French Directoire Style Brass and Glass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French Directoire-style (20th Century) rectangular coffee table with gilt steel six-legged base with brass ram head ornaments and feet and a glass top. (attributed to MAISON JANSEN)
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20th Century French Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Steel

Maison Jansen Style Brass Brushed Steel & Glass Ball and Claw Foot Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very unique, vintage, Hollywood Regency or Mid-Century Modern coffee table in the Directoire or neoclassical style. This fine Italian made table features two tiers of glass, bras acc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Steel

Unusual Directoire Style Cast Iron, Aluminum and Stone Top Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and elegant Directoire style round coffee table. The table is raised on tapered cast aluminum legs with ring detail. The cast iron apron is adorned with X-shape and star motifs and has traces of original paint. Grey stone top. Unique piece. One of the earliest examples of cast aluminum furniture.
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20th Century French Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Aluminum

1970s Coffee Table with Horses Heads in the Style of Maison Charles
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table structures golden bronze and heads of golden bronze horse, tray glass was screwed by cabochons. Good condition, circa 1970. Plated feet with walnut.
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1970s French Vintage Directoire Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Directoire coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Directoire coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage coffee and cocktail tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Directoire coffee and cocktail tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original coffee and cocktail tables, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, and Karges Furniture. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for coffee and cocktail tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,184 and tops out at $19,000 while the average work can sell for $3,890.

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