American Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Wood Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Modern (1950s) square low coffee table with a wood top supported by a chrome
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
American Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Wood Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Modern (1950s) square low coffee table with a wood top supported by a chrome
Chrome
Ebonized Wood, Glass and Chrome Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Nantucket, MA
A very unusual Mid-Century Modern coffee table. It features ebonized legs in a faux Horn motif
Chrome
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Glass Top Chrome Wood Coffee Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
Mid century glass chrome wood coffee table Interesting mix of glass, chrome and wood in this 54
Chrome
Mid century large burl wood blonde chrome coffee table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century large burl wood blonde chrome coffee table. Large Mid Century Modern rectangle book
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, Wood and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern coffee table, wood and chrome, Italy, 1970s.
Wood
1970s Italian Wood, Brass and Chrome Coffee Table
Located in London, London
Coffee table Wooden top with brass banding Chrome and brass legs Italy 1970s.
Brass, Chrome
Large Mahogany Wood Chrome Coffee Table Smoked Glass Mid-Century Hollywood 1970s
By Ronald Schmitt
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive 1970’s Ronald Schmitt designer coffee table. Possibly designed by Rodney
Metal, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Large Rectangle Burl Wood Chrome Base Coffee Table Mint!
By Pace Collection, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Mid-Century Modern rectangle book matched burl wood chrome base coffee table milo baughman
Chrome
$3,360Sale Price|20% Off
Fabulous Milo Baughman Burl Wood Chrome Cube Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Midcentury Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin coffee table with patchwork burl wood top and chrome
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Chrome Glass Top Square Coffee Table w Burl Wood Inserts MINT
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Chrome Glass Top Square Coffee Table w Burl Wood Inserts MINT
Chrome
Coffe Table in wood and chromed bronze, 60°, Country France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Coffe table in wood and chromed bronze. Year: 1960 Country: France It is an elegant and
Chrome
Burl Wood Top Chrome Base and Trim Rectangular Coffee Table
By Leon Rosen, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome and burl wood coffee table Pace Collection Baughman decor. Beautifully
Chrome
Side Coffee Table in Wood, Chrome and Smoked Glass, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing side or coffee table with curved chrome legs and the base of the table is made of wooden
Chrome
70's Nicos Zographos Styled Chrome / Wood Coffee Table
By Zographos Designs Ltd.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well-crafted heavy steel chrome plated based coffee table with beveled edged white painted
Steel, Chrome
Adri Belgique Mid-Century Tiled Coffee Table, Chrome & Stone, 1960s
By Adri Belgique
Located in Hellouw, NL
This striking coffee table from Adri Belgique combines modern style with handmade craftsmanship
Stone, Chrome
Square Travertine and Chrome Coffee Table
Located in Kansas City, MO
Two-tier square, with rounded corners, travertine coffee table. The lower travertine portion is
Travertine, Chrome
Chrome and Ebonized Wood Coffee Table with Swivel Glass Top, 1990's
Located in Nantucket, MA
Deco and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Lighting, British Campaign furniture, and of course the finds
Chrome
$510Sale Price|40% Off
Mid-Century Two Tier Coffee Table
Located in Trenton, NJ
This stylish midcentury coffee table features a striking matched wood finish with sturdy chrome
Chrome
1970s Chrome & Wood Coffee Table in the Style Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Newfoundland, PA
1970s Chrome & Wood Coffee Table. In the manner of Milo Baughman For your consideration, we
Chrome
Chrome and Ebonized Wood Jansen Style Butler's Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coffee table with ebonized wood top on a chrome base. Aged mirrored top with leaves on all four
Chrome
Italian mid-century modern wood and metal coffee table with newspaper hook 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern wood and metal coffee table with newspaper hook 1950s Coffee table with
Metal
Danish Mid Century Modern Oval Coffee Table with teak top and chrome legs
By Florence Knoll
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a beautiful, sleek oval Mid Century Modern coffee table. The table
Metal
Unique Large Mid-Century Modern Wooden Coffee Table on Chrome Metal Sledge Feet
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and finest quality made, midcentury wooden coffee table. If you are looking for a
Chrome
Gabetti & Isola 'TRI-6' Coffee /Side Table in Teak and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
By Roberto Gabetti and Aimaro Isola
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare coffee/side table was designed by Roberto Gabetti and Aimaro Isola in the 1970s. It was
Chrome
Vintage Mid-Century Design Modernist Coffee Table
Located in OOSTERHOUT, NL
Vintage mid-century coffee table featuring a birch wood top paired with a chrome-plated metal base
Steel, Chrome
Large Round Modernist Coffee Table, Chrome & Exotic Wood, Italy, Circa 1960–1970
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Modernist Coffee Table – Chrome & Exotic Wood – Italy, Circa 1960–1970 Elegant modernist coffee
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Smoked Glass Coffee Table
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Smoked Glass Coffee Table. Featuring a straight line
Chrome
Poul Kjaerholm Style Butcher Block and Chrome Coffee Table
By Poul Kjærholm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Kjaerholm inspired butcher block top coffee table and offset thick polished steel legs
Chrome
$4,100 / item
Table in Wood and Chrome, 1920, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table Material: Wood and chrome France We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau
Chrome
Coffee Table Wood Cube and Metal, France, 1970s
By Rolf Middelboe & Gorm Lindum
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Low cocktail or coffee table massive wood cube marquetry inlay and metal chrome feet. In the manner
Metal, Chrome
Square Rounded Corners Wood Finials X-Stretcher Base Chrome Coffee Table
By Design Institute America, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome base glass top square coffee table.
Chrome
Charles Hollis Jones "Treillage" Chrome and Lucite Coffee Table
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charles Hollis Jones "Treillage" chrome and Lucite coffee table
Chrome
Vintage Steel and Wood Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
This table features a restored, oak veneered wooden top and a chromed tubular steel construction
Chrome
Chromed Coffee Table by Robert Slezák, 1940s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Praha, CZ
The item is from combination chrome and wood. Chrome is in original condition. Wooden surfaces of
Chrome
Willy Rizzo Coffee Table in Chrome, Brass, Burl Wood, Smoked Glass, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous and unique coffee table in a combination of brass, chrome and burl wood, completed with
Steel, Chrome, Brass
Radius Glass & Wood Coffee Table
By Vladimir Kagan, Milo Baughman
Located in Chicago, IL
Wood Legs joined by a chromed metal structure. This one was refinished in a darkish red. wood
Wood
1960s Chrome Serving Trolley Coffee Table Smoked Glass Top & Faux Laminated Wood
By Gallotti & Radice
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern Italy chrome serving trolley or coffee table, with smoked glass top with under
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Adri Danish Ceramic Coffee Table, 1960s
By Adri Belgique
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
It is a unique and eye-catching coffee table that features a ceramic top in a combination of green
Chrome
Vintage Walnut + Chrome Square Coffee Table by Maurice Villency
By Maurice Villency, Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bring home genuine Mid-Century Modern American design with this fantastic walnut and chrome coffee
Chrome
Brutalist chrome etched coffee table by Heinz Lilienthal, 1960s
By Heinz Lilienthal
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
This round coffee table was designed by Heinz Lilienthal in the 1960s. The top is finished in
Metal, Chrome
'Surfboard' Coffee Table by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
design. Black laminate top set on layered wood, with a polished chrome base. Designed by the iconic mid
Chrome
Vintage Coffee Table by Pieff
By Tim Bates, Pieff and Co.
Located in London, GB
A smart and stylish vintage coffee table by Pieff of Worcester. This was designed by Tim Bates, it
Chrome
Berthold Muller Mosaic Round White Coffee Table on Chrome Legs
By Berthold Muller
Located in London, GB
coffee table rests on four chrome legs with a chrome and French polished wood veneer border and is in
Chrome
Rare Mid-Century Modern Cityscape Paul Evans "L" Shaped Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
table boasts two-tone chrome patchwork and a floating top on one side. An impressive work of art that
Chrome
VISCOUNT DAVID LINLEY SYCAMORE WALNUT WiTH CHROME COFFEE TABLE
By David Linley
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Viscount David Linley Walnut, Sycamore wood coffee table with polished chrome plaque. Please note the
Chrome
$650Sale Price|35% Off
1970s Milo Baughman Style Gold, Glass and Wood Coffee Table
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman style bent tubular chrome spoke base square coffee table with wood
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Richard Schultz Coffee Table for Knoll
By Richard L.F. Schulz, Knoll
Located in Antwerp, BE
A rectangular coffee table with chromed steel and clear glass top coffee table.This midcentury
Stainless Steel
Paul Evans Glass Chrome Cityscape Coffee Table for Directional 1970s
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Paul Evans Glass Chrome Cityscape Coffee Table for Directional 1970s 1970's Cityscape for
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Minimalist Space Age Coffee Table Wiener Werkstätte 1960s
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Hamburg, DE
Minimalist coffee table from the renowned manufacturer Wiener Werkstätte from the 1960s. A special
Metal
Midcentury Chrome Coffee Table by Robert Slezák, 1940s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Praha, CZ
The item made of combination chrome steel and wooden shelf in black varnish. Chrome is in original
Steel
$3,700Sale Price|42% Off
Burlwood & Chrome Low Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Astoria, NY
Burlwood and Chrome Coffee Table. 16.5" H x 48" W x 48" D. Provenance: From a 225 West 86th Street
Chrome
$1,415Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Mid-Century German Modern Round Rosewood Coffee Table from Ilse Möbel
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This rare, modernist coffee table was produced by the German manufacturer Ilse Möbel during the
Chrome
$1,696Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table Carlotta by Antonio Citterio
By Flexform, Antonio Citterio
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
in 1997. The lightweight structure is created from flat, chrome-plated metal. The top is made of wood
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Tecno T147 Coffee Table by Marco Fantoni, Italy, 1970s
By Marco Fantoni
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Tecno T147 Coffee Table by Marco Fantoni, Italy, 1970s The Tecno T147 coffee
Metal
Willy Rizzo for Cidue Chrome and Glass Coffee / Side Table, Italy, circa 1970
By Willy Rizzo, Cidue
Located in New York, NY
A Willy Rizzo for Cidue square side/end/or coffee table; with a sleek and seamless design. The
Chrome
Mid Century Coffee Table by Decalage Art Group, manufacturer Cumino & C, Turin
By Gruppo d’arte Decalage
Located in Vigonza, Padua
. The table has gilded brass feet with upper chrome bands. Produced by Cumino & C , Turin. ABOUT
Brass, Steel
$5,200Sale Price|23% Off
An Indian Art Deco Coffee Table with Chrome Ball Feet
Located in Chicago, IL
(teak, chrome and glass) and two-toned wood, the table is serenely elegant and coherent. This is a fine
Teak
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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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.
As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.
Low tables that were initially used as tea tables or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. Early coffee tables surfaced in Victorian-era England, likely influenced by the use of tea tables in Japanese tea gardens. In the United States, furniture makers worked to introduce low, long tables into their offerings as the popularity of coffee and “coffee breaks” took hold during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
It didn’t take long for coffee tables and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. In recent years, however, metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, and design hasn’t been restricted to the conventional low profile, either.
Visionary craftspeople such as Paul Evans introduced bold, geometric designs that challenge the traditional idea of what a coffee table can be. The elongated rectangles and wide boxy forms of Evans’s desirable Cityscape coffee table, for example, will meet your needs but undoubtedly prove imposing in your living space.
If you’re shopping for an older coffee table to bring into your home — be it an antique Georgian-style coffee table made of mahogany or walnut with decorative inlays or a classic square mid-century modern piece comprised of rosewood designed by the likes of Ettore Sottsass — there are a few things you should keep in mind.
Both the table itself and what you put on it should align with the overall design of the room, not just by what you think looks fashionable in isolation. According to interior designer Tamara Eaton, the material of your vintage coffee table is something you need to consider. “With a glass coffee table, you also have to think about the surface underneath, like the rug or floor,” she says. “With wood and stone tables, you think about what’s on top.”
Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.
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