Vintage Mid Century 22-Karat Gold Highball Cocktail Glasses Set of 8, circa 1965
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Saint Louis, MO
These sexy Mid Century cocktail glasses will make any drink look it's absolute best.
Gold
Set of 4 Vintage Culver Ltd Cocktail Glasses with 22-Karat Gold Antigua Pattern
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Elegant vintage midcentury Culver Ltd barware glasses with Antigua Pattern design in a gold leaf finish. Set includes 4 vintage Culver midcentury cocktail glasses, Culver Ltd Antigua...
Glass
Coffee table, mid-century, Sputnik style
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This charming Mid-Century style round coffee table is an elegant fusion of wood and glass. Its base, made of fine wood, flaunts woven legs with sinuous, slender lines typical of the ...
Glass, Wood
Round coffee table in wood and glass Brazilian production 1950
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Round coffee table made of solid wood, Brazilian production of the fifties. The essential design and balanced proportions recall the sobriety and solidity typical of the South Americ...
Glass, Wood
Coffee Table “Zodiac” Iron Glass, 1950, Italy
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee table “Zodiac” iron glass, 1950, Italy.
Glass
Mid-Century Cocktail Pitchers One White One Lavender West Virginia Glass
By Blendo Glass 1, West Virginian Glass Company
Located in Topeka, KS
Here is a pair of vintage Mid-Century Modern Blendo cocktail pitchers with incredible “cat tail” signature handles.
Blown Glass
Mid Century French Iron And Glass Cocktail Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A refined French Cocktail Table with a scrolled Iron base patinated in a deep Gilt finish with red sizing showing through and having a fully beveled 3/4" thick glass top. Dimension...
Iron
Dorothy Thorpe Style Mid-Century Silver Fade Barware Shot Glasses
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set includes 6 shot glasses. 1960s Mid-Century Modern cocktail barware set.
Glass
Henry P Glass Intimate Island Suite Walnut Upholstered Mid Century Coffee Table
By Henry P. Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very rare Mid-Century Modern arched coffee table by Henry P Glass from the intimate island suite for The Richbilt Furniture Co. Item features walnut veneer arched legs over a bent pl...
Glass, Walnut, Plywood
Glass and Brass Mid-century Coffee/Cocktail Table, Pace Attributed
By Pace Collection
Located in Miami, FL
Glass and Brass Mid-century Coffee/Cocktail Table, Pace Attributed Offered for sale is a glass coffee table with brass fittings on the "X" base.
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Roger Sprunger Glass Top Cocktail Table
By Roger Sprunger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning flat bar chrome coffee table boasts a thick dodecagonal glass top with beveled edges. An elegant arched base design that offers sturdiness without sacrificing style. Th...
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Milo Baughman Style Glass & Brass Plated Cocktail Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Mid Century Modern 3-tier brass and glass cocktail table.
Metal
American Mid Century Smoked Glass and Wicker Waterfall Edged Cocktail Table
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century smoked glass and wicker waterfall edged cocktail table with curved scroll legs
Glass
Mid Century Style Circle Pattern Black Iron & Glass Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Mid Century Style Black Iron & Glass Cocktail Coffee Table Dimensions : 48" Long X 24" Deep X 18" Tall This coffee table is made very well with a iron base and a very thick glass t...
Iron
$396Sale Price / set|20% Off
Rocks' Cocktail Glasses, circa Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of four (4) cut crystal cocktail rocks' glasses, Bohemian cut crystal, circa mid-20th century, Europe, likely Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, which was known for its fine Bo...
Crystal
Vintage Swedish Mid-Century Modern 'Iced' Glass Cocktail Shaker
By Iittala, Vicke Lindstrand, Kosta Boda, Holmegaard, Orrefors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
With an applied foot and top to the stopper with an irregular ice cube or cushion pattern. Simply a wonderful glass cocktail jug! Date: Mid-20th Century Overall Condition: It is...
Glass
Mid Century Brass Claw and Ball Glass Cocktail Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mid Century Brass Claw and Ball Glass Cocktail Table
Bronze
Mid-Century Bronze and Clear Glass Hoof Foot Coffee / Cocktail Table
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century square coffee / cocktail table with a bronze frame with curved legs ending in hoof feet and an X-stretcher base, supporting a thick clear glass tabletop.
Metal, Bronze
Mid Century Marble and Glass Coffee Cocktail Table
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Voguish Mid Century black marble and brass coffee, cocktail table in very good, original condition. The table features a brass base with tapered pole legs that terminate in offset pe...
Marble, Brass
Vintage Libbey Cocktail Glasses Set, Frosted Glass with Gold Leaf
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set of two vintage cocktail glasses. Manufactured by Libbey. 1950s Hollywood Regency. Decorated with a classical gold lief pattern on frosted glass. In good condition, perfect for...
Glass
Cambridge Vintage Glass Cocktail Shaker
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very modern looking early heavy glass cocktail shaker with round ball top , frosted edge to the collar with two pour spout areas . The top has cut grooves to each end for shots or ...
Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Bronze & Smoked Glass Cocktail / Occasional Table
Located in New York, NY
This dynamic yet reserved Mid-Century Modernist Bronze and Smoked Glass Cocktail / occasional Table originates from the United States, Circa 1950.
Bronze
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Brass, Black Leather & Glass Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern cocktail table was realized in Denmark during the latter half of the 20th century.
Brass
Milo Baughman for Directional Mid-Century Glass Geometric Cocktail/Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (1972) geometric bronze frame coffee table with a rounded square glass top. (MILO BAUGHMAN FOR DIRECTIONAL)
Bronze
Rare James Mont Mid Century Silver Leaf Cocktail Table With Glass Top
By James Mont
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An incredible design from iconic and dramatic Mid Century designer James Mont (1904-1978). The Table has a trefoil base with Silver Leaf and Lacquer Metallic Bronze with open sides f...
Glass, Wood
Sculptural Mid-Century Modernist Glass and Lucite Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modernist glass and Lucite cocktail table offers the clean lines that enthusiasts of the period prize.
Cut Glass, Lucite
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and Glass Pedestal Cocktail Table
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Large Mid-Century Modern heavy Lucite and glass pedestal coffee table in the style of Charles Hollis Jones. Thick Lucite centre column base supports a removable round 3/4 inch thick ...
Glass, Lucite
Mid Century Modern Aluminum & Glass Round Cocktail Coffee Table
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Polished aluminum cocktail table with cross X-form base, which is well executed. Dimensional heavy and 3/4 inch thick round glass top is original to the table. In excellent vintage c...
Aluminum
Karl Springer Les Prismatiques Mid Century Lucite Glass Coffee Cocktail Table
By Les Prismatiques, Karl Springer
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Mid Century Modern, Karl Springer Style "Les Prismatiques" 4 Pedestal Lucite With Thick Cut Corner Glass Top Coffee / Cocktail Table.
Glass, Lucite
Mid-Century Provincial Mahogany with Cane and Glass Top Cocktail Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid 20th Century French Provincial Mahogany with Cane and Glass Top Cocktail Table.
Cane, Glass, Mahogany
Vintage Libbey Frosted & Golden Foliage Cocktail Glasses, Set of 6
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set includes 6 lowball glasses. Hollywood Regency style Mid-Century Modern Libbey Golden Foliage vintage glasses.
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Art Glass Dice Cocktail Glasses, Pair, Circa 1970s
Located in San Diego, CA
A whimsical pair of Mid-Century Modern novelty cocktail glasses featuring sculptural red art glass dice bases.
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Polished Chrome & Glass Cocktail with Spherical Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern cocktail table was realized in the United States circa 1970. It features three rectangular legs capped on each end with a sphere, connected by concav...
Chrome
Mid Century Transitional Modern Square Cocktail Table in Brass & Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sleek and modern cocktail table circa 1970's. It features 4 polished brass legs with thick clear glass top. Glass measures 36 inches across. Measurements below include leg overhang.
Brass
Mid Century Modern Gold Metal Tassel Lucite & Glass Cocktail Coffee Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mid Century Modern Gold Metal Tassel Lucite & Glass Cocktail Coffee Table.
Art Glass
Maison Baguès Mid-Century Modern Round Glass Brass Bronze Coffee Cocktail Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Maison Baguès Mid-Century Modern round 1/2" thick glass top, with bronze faux bamboo style frame structure. Measures: 36" Round x 17.5" H.
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Faux Bamboo Silver Gilt Iron Glass Coffee Cocktail Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in Roslyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern faux bamboo, silver gilt over double iron and X-base form rectangular coffee or cocktail table with thick glass inset top.
Iron
Italian Mid-Century Sculptural Walnut & Brass Cocktail Table with Glass Top
Located in Troy, MI
This Italian cocktail table is built around a sculptural base of lacquered walnut, composed of three swept legs that emerge from a central interlocking core of curved and tapering fo...
Brass
Bimini Glass Cocktail Picks with Dice Stand, 1960s, Vienna Austria
By Bimini Glass
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s Austrian cocktail picks made of glass, showing Lucky Charms in a mouth blown glass dice stand. The total high is approx. 5 inches. The Dice Stand itself is approx...
Art Glass
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
MCM Lucite Cocktail Table, Glass Top, Mid-Century Modern, 1970s, USA
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A MCM Lucite Cocktail Cof...
Glass, Lucite
Maison Baguès Mid-Century Modern Round Glass Brass Bronze Coffee Cocktail Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Maison Baguès Mid-Century Modern round glass top, with faux brass / bronze bamboo style structure. Measures: 30" Round x 26" H.
Brass, Bronze
Bimini Glass Cocktail Picks with Dice Stand, 1960s, Vienna Austria
By Bimini Glass
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s Austrian cocktail picks made of glass, showing birds in a mouth blown glass dice stand. Nice addition to your room, bar cart or just for your collection of design...
Art Glass
Vintage Federal Glass Gilt and Red Checkerboard Cocktail Set With Pitcher
By Federal Glass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Checkerboard Cocktail Set of 10 Red and 22k Gold Highball Glasses and Pitcher. Attributed to Federal Glass of West Virginia. Glasses measure 5 1/4" high x 2 3/4" across, Pitc...
Gold
Henry P Glass Intimate Island Suite Walnut Upholstered Mid Century Coffee Table
By Henry Glass, Richbilt MFG
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very rare Mid-Century Modern arched coffee table by Henry P glass from the intimate island suite for The Richbilt Furniture Co. Item features walnut veneer arched legs over a bent pl...
Glass, Plywood, Walnut
$1,000Sale Price|33% Off
22K Gold Overlay Imperial Glass Shoji Glass Vase, Cocktail Mixer Barware
Located in Toledo, OH
22K gold overlay imperial glass shoji glass vase, cocktail mixer barware. Elegant vintage Imperial Glass mixer has the iconic and collected 22K gold overlay over glass called the Sho...
Gold Plate
Mid-Century Recipe Cocktail Set by Jeannette Glass Co.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-Century Glass Recipes Cocktail Set with ice bucket Jeannette Glass Co.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Mahogany & Glass Cocktail Table by Percival Lafer
By Percival Lafer
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern mosaic cocktail table was realized by the esteemed Brazilian designer Percival Lafer circa 1970.
Glass, Mahogany
Mid Century Silver and Glass Roly Poly Astrology Motif Cocktail Glasses Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four vintage mid-century modern silver banded roly poly glasses with astrological signs. This glass shape is referred to as 'Roly Poly" due to their round form. Each glass i...
Silver
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Walnut & Glass Cocktail Table by Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant design by Adrian Pearsall with a sculpted black walnut base. Will be cleaned and waxed before being shipped. Glass is in excellent vintage condition with minimal w...
Glass, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Abstract Mosaic Glass Tile Cocktail Table, C1955
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous mid-century mosaic cocktail table with colored glass tile and a Formica top.
Art Glass, Formica, Walnut
9 Piece Calypso Themed Cocktail Pitcher Set, Pitcher & 8 Old Fashioned Glasses
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nine-piece cocktail pitcher set, clear glass with white frosted interiors having Calypso performers in 22 karat gold on the exterior. Set consists of a large pitcher with applied han...
Glass
1950s Silver Foliage Highball Cocktail Glasses by Libbey Glass Co Set of 8
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set includes eight highball tall drinking glasses. Mid-Century Modern vintage Tom Collins glasses by Libbey Glass Co.
Glass
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Kidney Shaped Glass Cocktail Table Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous kidney shaped cocktail table attributed to Adrian Pearsall & Craft Associates. Walnut tri leg form which supports the kidney shaped glass top. In excellent vintage condition...
Glass, Walnut
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Cocktail table with Aluminum and Lucite + Glass
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous simple stylish cocktail table with a dimensional thick glass top supported by beveled lucite slab supports and a aluminum brace centered. All in excellent vintage condition ...
Aluminum
Vintage Mid Century Pink and Gold Glass Cocktail Shaker
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Mid Century Pink and Gold Glass Cocktail Shaker with Chrome Top.
Chrome
1960s Art Glass Two Green High Ball Glasses Cocktail Drinkware Style Murano
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Art Glass two green high ball glasses cocktail drinkware Measures: 3.13 tall x 3.38 diameter Preowned original unrestored vintage condition. See all images provided.
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Minimalist Geometric Lucite and Glass Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
This refined Minimalist Mid-Century Modern cocktail table was realized in the United States circa 1970.
Glass, Lucite
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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