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Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Solid Brass Swan Motive Oval Racetrack Shape Two Tier Coffee Table Mid Century
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian solid brass swan motive oval racetrack shape two tier coffee table mid century.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Mario Mazzer for Zanette Dining Table in Glass and Marble
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Mario Mazzer for Zanette, dining table, marble glass, chrome-plated metal, lacquered wood, Italy, 1980s This dining table carries a metamorphic soul tha...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Metal, Chrome

Table Adjustable Centre Dining Sofa Low Coffee Circular Rosewood Chrome
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Striking, Mid-Century Modern, multi-function circular rosewood and chrome table The adjustable rosewood top repurposes the function with the height from dining, centre, occassional ...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

1970's Heavy Chrome Coffee Table with Curved Base and Thick Plate Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Mod 1970's coffee table has a striking, heavy chrome frame with curved legs and a thick plate glass top. It's in original condition with visible wear, ...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Cityscape Aluminum Base Lucite Rectangle Top Rounded Corners Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Cityscape aluminum base 3/4" lucite rectangle top rounded corners coffee table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Octagonal Lucite Base Glass Top Mid-Century Modern Round Coffee Table Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Octagonal Lucite base glass top Mid-Century Modern round coffee table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Attr. Maurice Dufrène Gilded Wood and Parchment gueridon table 1930s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful 1930s Art Deco center table gueridon attributed to Maurice Dufrène imparts a cosy, glowing mood to any room. The warm parchment on the two-tier table tops remains look...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Animal Skin, Wood

Walnut Wood Coffee Table Triangles Pattern The Netherlands By Sordile
By M.C. Escher
Located in DE MEERN, UT
One of a kind. No reproduction. The Tavolo in Metamorfosi is a coffee table which consists of a top of triangles with a specially processed glass plate on top. If you look over the t...
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2010s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Ebony, Oak, Padouk, Walnut

Gio Ponti Table at Cost Price
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Elegant center table in wood and brass tripod foot. Attributed to Gio Ponti. Italy, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Pierre Jeanneret PJ-TA-04-B Metal Square Table / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
Located in Zürich, CH
This fantastic piece of solid yet elegant furniture is called "square table" or "dining table" covered with thin metal (zinc) layer. It is raw in its simplicity of construction; its ...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Zinc

Large Oval Glass Top Solid Carved Wood Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern oval glass top coffee table Pearsall, Noguchi, Kagan decor match. Organic forms solid wood base.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Ash

Art Deco Two Tiered Heavy Coffee Table in Figured Joined Solid Walnut circa 1930
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Deco two tier central coffee table by Gio Ponti & Emilo Lancia designers for Meroni & Fossati manufacturer in figured massive walnut , circa 1930s. The designs obtained from the...
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1930s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Table Designed by Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing table designed by José Zanine Caldas, manufactured by “Móveis Artísticos Z” in Brazil, 1950s. Three inclined legs support the table top with an organic shape. The table has t...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Hardwood

Sergio Rodrigues Brazilian Jacaranda Rosewood Dining or Center Table, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous 1960s Jacaranda Rosewood dining table by Sergio Rodrigues, named the 'Alex' table, features one of the most vivid and vibrant Brazilian Rosewood tops that we've ever se...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Rosewood

Paul Evans Inspired Brutalist Steel Toned Coffee or Side Table with Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brutalist Paul Evans inspired vintage coffee table with new round glass top and sculptural base. Black feet pads on base. In original condition with visible wear consistent with its ...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Square Sculptural Glass Center Table by Modernage
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sculptural center table in rounded rectangular glass with curved glass supports floating in an ebonized wood base by Modernage is a classic. Lo...
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood

Dark Wood Round Pedestal Base Dining Table Cast Iron Amicalola Base
Located in Birmingham, AL
The Amicalola base captures the room set against a round or oval table top. This pedestal base is hand cast by the artisans at Sloss Furnaces historic foundry in Birmingham to look b...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Iron

Midcentury Marble Vase Attributed to Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy 1970
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Midcentury black marquinia marble round vase, attributed to Angelo Mangiarotti. Italy, 1970 circa.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Goatskin Cantilevered Stainless Steel and Glass Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Goatskin cantilevered Stainless Steel and Glass Coffee Table, 1970. Original
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Oiled Walnut Tile Insert Floating Top Mid-Century Long Surfboard Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oiled walnut tile insert floating top mid-century long surfboard coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

Italian Round Table With Glass Top
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Round centre or dining table, wood, glass, Italy, 1950s Elegant round dining or center table made in Italy in the 1950s. The table top is executed in green glass with circular white...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stained Glass, Wood

Bruno Mathsson Swedish Mid-Century Drop Leaf Wood and Steel Rolling Work Table
Located in New York, NY
Swedish Mid-Century rectangular drop leaf work table with a rectangular wooden top and leaves resting on a steel frame with four legs ending in c...
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20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Metal, Steel

Mid Century Teak Extending Dining Table by Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen and Torben Lind
Located in Highclere, Newbury
An extraordinary Danish Mid Century vintage teak and wenge Model 550 space saving dining table designed by Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen and Torben Lin...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Teak, Wenge

Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Modern Coffee Table
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Travertine

Mid-Century Italian Brass, Chrome Table Base Signed Romeo Rega
Located in Vilnius, LT
Mid-century Italian Romeo Rega dining table base is made of brass, chrome, plywood. It is heavy and solid, very good vintage condition. Signed Romeo Rega Made in Italy.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

John Stuart Solid Teak Rolled Edges Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
John Stuart solid teak rolled Edges Danish Mid-Century Modern coffee table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Teak

French Vintage Mid Century Brass Cocktail Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is a great vintage cocktail table that because of its height works as a coffee table. Top and bottom pieces of tinted glass are beveled providing the perfect surface to display ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Solid Teak Danish Mid Century Modern Side End Table by John Stuart MINT Stunning
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid Teak Danish Mid Century Modern Side End Table by John Stuart MINT Stunning!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Teak

Set of Two Peana Coffee Tables, Bench in Natural Oak Wood Finish, Joel Escalona
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Set of Two Peana Coffee Tables, Bench in Natural Oak Wood Finish, Joel Escalona Peana, which in English translates to base or pedestal, is a series of tables and different surfaces ...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Oak, Wood, Hardwood

Nicos Zographos Brown Granite and Stainless Steel Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Nicos Zographos brown granite and stainless steel coffee table, 1970. Original.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Granite, Steel

Faux Bamboo Chrome Glass Top Brass Balls Finials Elongated Hexagon Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Faux bamboo chrome glass top brass balls finials elongated hexagon coffee table.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Large Varnished Driftwood Organic Base Rectangle Glass Top Console Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Varnished Driftwood Organic Base Rectangle Glass Top Console Table MINT! Glass measures 3/4'' thickness.
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Driftwood, Glass

Oval Pedestal Dining Table Solid Walnut Cast Iron Amicalola Base Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
The Amicalola base captures the room set against an oval table top. This pedestal base is hand cast by the artisans at Sloss Furnaces historic foundry in Birmingham to look beautiful...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Steel

Danish Dining Table with Leaf Shaped Top in Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Attributed to Rainer Daumiller dining table, pine, Denmark, 1970s A stunning dining table executed in a solid pine with beautiful color and visible grain. The table top has two roun...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Pine

France & Son Round Solid Teak Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Piter Hvitd for France & Son round solid teak Danish Mid-Century Modern coffee table.
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Teak

Kazuide Takahama Style Lacquered Wood Folding Round Table, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Freestanding folding table, desk or console table in white wood and black frame, in the style of the 1970s designer Kazuide Takahama. The frame is completely foldable to make it almo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wood

Brass & Lucite Round Glass Top Coffee Occasional Table Clean!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass & Lucite round glass top coffee occasional table clean!.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Swedish Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood Tri Legged Side End Table Stand 1949 Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Swedish Mid-Century Modern burl wood tri legged side end table stand 1949 mint.
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20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Burl

Solid Rosewood Base Terrazzo Granite Top Rectangle Danish Modern Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid Rosewood Base Terrazzo Mosaic Granite Top Rectangle Danish Modern Coffee Table.
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Stone

Petit Fontana Arte Mid-Century Modern Brass & Glass Rectangle Coffee Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petit Fontana Arte Mid-Century Modern brass & 3/4" glass rectangle coffee table mint!    
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Italian Mid-Century Brass Black Opaline Console Table 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful thick brass and black opaline glass was made in Italy in the late 1970s. Symmetrical brass elements strike through black opaline glass tops, the result being an impres...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Large Oval Solid Brass Glass Top Hoof Feet Italian Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large oval solid brass glass top hoof feet Italian coffee table.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Round Pedestal Base Dining Table Solid Walnut Wood Cast Iron Amicalola Base
Located in Birmingham, AL
The Amicalola base captures the room set against a round or oval table top. This pedestal base is hand cast by the artisans at Sloss Furnaces historic foundry in Birmingham to look b...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Steel

Rosewood Square Top Thin Chrome Square Bar Legs Danish Mid-Century Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Rosewood square top thin chrome square bar legs danish Mid-Century Modern coffee table mint!
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Chrome

Lacquered Parchment Dining Table by Enrique Garcel, Colombia 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating square dining table designed by Enrique Garcel. This table features a lacquered parchment finish dyed in a deep plum hue with natural patterns and subtle color variatio...
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20th Century Colombian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Gold Leaf

Green Tint Round Glass End Side Lamp Occasional Table Stand Pedestal Mid Century
Located in Rockaway, NJ
All solid glass green tint round glass end side lamp occasional table stand pedestal mid century.
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass

Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid-Century Modern Brass Glass Coffee Table Clean!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid-Century Modern brass glass coffee table Clean! Glass measuring 3/4 inches in thickness.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Modern Center Coffee Black & White Chess Board Table Top With Golden Details
Located in Porto, PT
Chess Center Table is the perfect table to have in a game room. Even if you're not a big chess player, you will checkmate in any high-end residential project. With a chessboard on t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Formica and Wood Central Table, Czechoslovakia, 1960's
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid-century central table with a formica plate, beech legs and one drawer. It can be used as a writing desk as well. It was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1960´s. In well preserved Vintage...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Formica, Wood, Beech

Cube Shape Oiled Walnut Pedestal Base Square Slate Too Coffee Center Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Cube Shape Oiled Walnut Pedestal base square slate too coffee Center Table MINT!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Slate, Stone

Maison Charles Extremely Rare Gold Plated Bronze Palm Leaf Coffee Center Table
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Charles for Maison Charles exceptionally rare 'Palme Pieds' (Palm legs), large gold-plated cast brass/bronze French coffee / center / side table. This is an early example which has t...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Metal, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze

Large Round Two Tier Burl Wood Thick Glass Top Coffee Center Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large round two tier burl wood thick 3/4" glass top coffee center table. Atr. to Mastercraft. Some scratches in the glass as pictured glass can be reversed.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Knoll Black Granite and Stainless Steel Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll Black Granite and Stainless steel coffee table, 1970. Original.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Granite, Stainless Steel

Tripod Legs Base Thick Glass Top Round Butler Serving Side End Table Stand MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tripod Legs Base Thick Glass Top Round Butler Serving Side End Table Stand MINT!
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Walnut Square Crossed Trestle Occasional
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century (1950s) walnut occasional / side table with a square top supported by a crossed trestle base with curved sabre feet. (T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS FOR WIDDICOMB FURNIT...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wood, Walnut

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Walnut Square Crossed Trestle Occasional
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century (1950s) walnut occasional / side table with a square top supported by a crossed trestle base with curved sabre feet. (T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS FOR WIDDICOMB FURNIT...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wood, Walnut

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Walnut Square Crossed Trestle Occasional
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century (1950s) walnut occasional / side table with a square top supported by a crossed trestle base with curved sabre feet. (T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS FOR WIDDICOMB FURNIT...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Pace Collection Verde Green Marble and Brass Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Pace Collection Verde green marble and brass coffee table by Leon Rosen, 1970.
Category

1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Mid-century Modern center tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern center tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage center tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, murano glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern center tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. 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 center tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $145 and tops out at $66,749 while the average work can sell for $3,900.

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