The best nesting tables for both design purists and dupe-hunters

We're embracing nesting tables this year. Kya deLongchamps sources the most fetching form-fit designs, vintage and new

Ferm Cluster (three-element), €499, Ferm Living, Par4 table/trays by Bernard Vuarnesson for Sculptures Jeux (1979), Mohd;, set of four marquetry nesting tables, 1890s, signed Gallé, 1stDibs.

Here at Home, we love pouncing on fascinating side trends to put effortless form and function on the space-conscious home. Given the attention the 1970s and 1980s are getting this year, one clever family of shape-shifters has caught our attention. Remember when every home had a little neo-Georgian family of tables with gilded knees poised on tiptoe by a chintz armchair? 

You, your parents, or grandparents may have picked up a mid-century teak Dane set of boxy tables, staging them proudly by the pneumatic planes of that G-plan suite. 2026 is embracing the best of nesting tables. Whether you’re a design purist, a shameless dupe-hunter or panting for something a little different to carry that coffee, or stage a TV dinner, here are a few form-fit designs, vintage and new in doubles (2), trios (3) and quartets (4).