Gold Accent Tables
That item has been discontinued, but here are similar options.
A gold accent table does its best work after dark, when a brass or gold finish picks up the lamp and sends a warm glint across the room. These are the warmest-toned pieces among our accent tables, chosen to bring a small point of light to a dark corner.
What a Gold Accent Table Adds to a Dark Room
Dark walls and deep upholstery absorb light. A gold finish gives some of it back. Even a slim frame reads clearly from across a moody room, because the metal holds a highlight that wood and dark stone do not. The risk is excess. Gold works as an accent, and a room with gold on every table, frame and fixture loses the contrast that made the first piece glow.
The finish also changes with the hour. In daylight, brass and gold read bright and crisp. By lamplight they warm toward amber, so a gold accent table often looks warmer in a room at night than it does on a screen. Judge it in the light you actually live in.
How to Choose a Brass Accent Table
Frame or Full Surface
A thin brass frame holding a stone or glass top gives you the glow in outline, light and graphic. A table finished in gold all over is a bolder object, closer to sculpture. The first suits a room that already has a lot going on. The second suits a quieter room that needs one strong focal point.
Gold Accent Table With a Stone Top
Gold and stone make a dependable pairing. A marble top on a gold base sets cool, veined stone against warm metal, and the contrast holds up in daylight and lamplight alike. If the stone is what draws you, the marble accent tables put that material first and let the base play a supporting role.
Placing a Gold Accent Table
Put it where a lamp can reach it. Beside a sofa under a table lamp, or next to a reading chair lit by a floor lamp, a gold accent table catches the light and carries it into the corner. One per room is usually enough. Let it be the warm note, and keep the other tables darker so it has something to shine against. One of the black accent tables on the other arm of the sofa does that job without competing for the light.