The tables are good looking, modern and chic, but they are not lacquered wood.   they don't even seem to be engineered wood.
I believe they are "melamine"   which is plastic, painted to create a lacquered look.
And that is how they look.  It's not bad, but not exactly appropriate for my original purpose. 
I decided to remove them from my beach house living room and put them in the rec room of the lower level.