Italian Midcentury Coffee Side Table Paolo Piva Alanda for B&B
By Paolo Piva
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Paolo Piva Alanda coffee sofa table for B&B Italia, 1982. The table consists of four inverted pyramids made of black lacquered steel rod creating a floating visual effect. Good...
Glass
Monumental Steel & Glass Coffee Table by Jacob Epstein for Cumberland Furniture
By Jacob Epstein, Cumberland Furniture
Located in Hudson, NY
A monumental heavy stainless steel framed coffee table with floating glass top. Designed by Jacob Epstein for Cumberland Furniture.
Stainless Steel
Andrianna Shamaris Organic Teak Wood Round Coffee Table with Midcentury Legs
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive four inch thick natural teak wood coffee table carved from a single log. Floating on midcentury style cone legs. Organic with a twist. We have a collection. The size and p...
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Hollywood Regency Brass and Glass Coffee Table Attributed to Pace Collection
By Pace Collection
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very striking and unique coffee table in brass and glass attributed to Pace Collection. The table features a very large and thick square glass top, suspended by 4 polished solid bras...
Brass
Sold|$3,900 / item
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Midcentury Style Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive single 5” slab top floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist.
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Willy Rizzo for Cidue Chrome Mirrored Coffee Table, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo, Cidue
Located in Rochester, England
The perfect way to add a touch of mid century Italian glamour to any contemporary living space, this Willy Rizzo mirrored coffee table is a timeless piece, and is the ideal surface f...
Mirror
Coffee Table 'Shilling' by Giovanni Ausenda & Guido Baldi Grossi, Italy, 1970s
By Guido Baldi Grossi, Ny Form, Giovanni Ausenda, Gianni Gavioli
Located in Hellouw, NL
Coffee table 'Shilling' designed by Giovanni Ausenda, Guido Baldo Grossi & Gianni Gavioli for NY Form of Bologna in the 1970s. Amazing gold colored table with a smoked mirror top tha...
Glass, Laminate
"Alveo" by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot Burlwood, Brass Rectangular Coffee Table
By Mario Sabot, Willy Rizzo
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Not a fake or reproduction like many others Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot Mid Century Modern "Alveo" rectangular coffee table in Burlwood and brass.
Brass
Philip & Kelvin LaVerne Rare "Viola" Pierced Bronze Coffee Table 1960s (Signed)
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Rare "Viola" coffee table, in patinated and pierced bronze and pewter with hand-painted enamels and glass top by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960s. Signed on top by “Philip Ke...
Bronze, Enamel, Pewter
John Keal for Brown Saltman Mahogany Biomorphic Outrigger Coffee Table, ca 1950s
By Brown Saltman, John Keal
Located in Cathedral City, CA
John Keal for Brown Saltman Mahogany Biomorphic Outrigger Coffee Table, ca 1950s Large and unique biomorphic coffee table designed by John Keal for Brown Saltman of California in th...
Wood, Mahogany
1970s French Jean Charles Brass Chrome & Clear Glass Square Coffee Table
Located in London, England
1970s French Maison Jean Charles brass and chrome square coffee table with a floating bevelled clear glass top which sits within the polished chrome and brass frame. Signed "Jean Ch...
Brass, Chrome
Danish Modern Oak Rosewood & Inlaid Tile Mosaic Coffee Table! MCM Wegner 1950s
By Hans J. Wegner
Located in Peoria, AZ
This is an archetype of the sleek, handcrafted, Mid Century, Danish Modern coffee table! This table is in fine vintage condition with age appropriate wear and presents beautifully!
Ceramic, Wood
California Design Lou Hodges Wood and Smoked Glass Large Coffee Cocktail Table
By Lou Hodges
Located in West Hartford, CT
Mid-Century Modern Lou Hodges large cocktail table measuring 56" wide. Features beveled smoked glass that sits snugly inside the oak frame and a nine inch floating shelf. Good vintag...
Glass, Oak
Paul Laszlo for Brown Saltman Round Coffee Table, Model 145, circa 1950
By Paul Laszlo, Brown Saltman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The light, neutral color and clean lines of this cocktail table work wonderfully in a range of interiors, such as a Mid Century Modern eclectic bungalow or open plan Contemporary con...
Brass
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Organic Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist.
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Brass Finish Base Coffee Table with Thick Glass Top, Karl Springer Style
By Karl Springer
Located in Dallas, TX
Glass appears floating as sitting on small prongs which extend from base. Brass finish. Measures: 3/4" thick glass.
Metal
Willy Rizzo Lacquered Coffee Table with Red and Blue Elements 1970s 'Signed'
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Stunning lacquered coffee table in white lacquer with graphic concentric red and blue lacquer elements by Willy Rizzo, Italian 1970's (signed on side "Willy Rizzo"). The recessed bas...
Wood, Lacquer
Jens Risom Floating Walnut Lounge Chairs Set of Four (4), Restored, Circa 1960
By Jens Risom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danish-born Risom introduced his trademark designs of simple, well-crafted modern furniture to America, this grouping being a testament of those principals. This rare to find, comp...
Fabric, Walnut
Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller 1940s Walnut and Glass Art Deco Coffee Table
By Herman Miller, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Hudson, NY
Walnut legs support thick green edged glass that has a floating effect. This table would work well with Classic Art Deco, Machine Age, or Mid-Century Modern interiors.
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Rosewood & Smoked Glass Coffee Table by Henning Nørgaard, Denmark, c. 1960's
By Henning Norgaard
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a rare floating top coffee table designed by Henning Nørgaard for Komfort of Denmark that is as iconic as it is architecturally fascinating. Constructed from solid Brazi...
Glass, Rosewood
Andrianna Shamaris Teak Burl Wood Live Edge Charred Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive 3.5” thick teak coffee table floating on mid century style legs. A blend of organic and mid century.
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Teak
6 Piece Glass Mosaic Tile Coffee Table Genaro Alvarez Cosmic, Mexico, 1950s
By Genaro Alvarez
Located in Camden, ME
Six Piece Studio Mosaic table by Genaro Alvarez composed of. Intricate inlaid glass mosaic designs based on 6 zodiac constellations, on six triangular, interchangeable mahogany bases...
Brass
John Keal Mahogany Biomorphic Outrigger Coffee Table for Brown Saltman, ca 1950s
By John Keal, Brown Saltman
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Large and unique biomorphic coffee table designed by John Keal for Brown Saltman of California in the 1950s. This is one of those iconic tables that many people consider among their ...
Wood, Mahogany
'Langerak' Wenge Wood and Glass Coffee Table by Kho Liang Ie for 'T Spectrum
By 't Spectrum Bergeijk, Kho Liang Ie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century 'Langerak' coffee table by Kho Liang Ie for 't Spectrum.
Glass, Wenge
1970s Vintage Italian Brass and Glass Coffee Table in the Style of Romeo Rega
By Romeo Rega
Located in London, England
1970s chic and glamorous vintage brass and glass frameless coffee table in the style of Romeo Rega. The table has two floating glass shelves with the lower shelf sitting inside of th...
Brass
Finn Juhl Coffee Table for Anton Kildeberg, Denmark 1960s
By Anton Kildeberg, Finn Juhl
Located in Utrecht, NL
With its extendable top and rack that can hold magazines or books, this table is a great representation of Finn Juhl’s innovative mid-century design and Kildeberg’s master craftsmans...
Wood
Peter Hvidt and Orla Molgaard-Nielsen Teak, Cane and Brass Coffee Table
By France & Søn, France & Daverkosen, Hvidt & Mølgaard
Located in Miami, FL
A vintage Danish Modern two-tiered cocktail table, model FD516, designed in 1956 by Peter Hvidt and Orla Molgaard Nielsen for France and Daverkosen (which became France and Son). The...
Brass
1970s Mastercraft Hollywood Regency Brass and Glass Square Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a timeless statement piece by Mastercraft, circa 1970s. This square coffee table exemplifies the brand’s signature blend of Hollywood Regency glamour an...
Brass
Hans Wegner 'AT 308' Oak Coffee Table with Cross-Leg Frame, Denmark, 1950s
By Hans J. Wegner, Andreas Tuck
Located in Utrecht, NL
Hans Wegner 'AT 308' oak coffee table with cross-leg frame, Denmark 1950s. Manufactured and marked by Andreas Tuck, Odense. This coffee table has a grain that has come out beautifull...
Oak
Gunni Omann sculptural coffee table rosewood Omann Jun Denmark 1958
By Gunni Omann, Omann Jun Møbelfabrik
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
This coffee table his exemplifies the elegance and craftsmanship of mid-century Danish design.
Rosewood
Rosewood Coffee Table by Johannes Aasbjerg for Illums Bolighus, Denmark, 1950s
By Johannes Aasbjerg, Illums Bolighus
Located in Antwerp, BE
This Mid-Century Modern coffee or side table features a black lacquered steel frame with rosewood socks and a floating rosewood top with an amazing grain !
Metal
Paul Evans Patchwork Coffee Table With Slate Top, 1970's
By Paul Evans
Located in Culver City, CA
While there are other examples of this coffee table floating around the collector's universe, let me tell you: they’re not all created equal.
Slate, Brass, Copper, Steel, Pewter
Coffee Table in mica and resin in the style of Jean Charles, Circa 1970s
Located in Renens, CH
Coffee table in mica and beige resin in the style of Jean Charles, circa 1960s. The top has an inlayed two brass crossbar and is entirely covered with resin. The base of the table is...
Resin
Midcentury Philip and Kelvin LaVerne "Chan 140" Pewter and Bronze Coffee Table
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in New York, NY
This stunning and elegant pewter and bronze "Chan 140" cocktail table was realized in the United States by the Philip and Kelvin Laverne, circa 1960. Handcrafted in a combination of ...
Bronze, Pewter
Vintage Werner Blaser Tinted Glass and Bent Plywood Coffee Table for 't Spectrum
By Werner Blaser, 't Spectrum Bergeijk
Located in Highclere, Newbury
Vintage retro 1960s Werner Blaser tinted circular glass coffee table with black curved triangular plywood base for ‘t Spectrum. Having worked with both Alvar Aalto and Mies van de...
Glass, Plywood
Coffee Table in Teak w/ Glass Top, Henning Nørgaard for Komfort of Denmark, 1960
By Henning Norgaard
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a rare floating top coffee table designed by Henning Nørgaard for Komfort of Denmark that is as iconic as it is architecturally fascinating. Constructed from solid Burmes...
Teak, Glass
Modern/Space Age Teak Coffee Table by Rs Associates, Designed for Expo 1967
By RS Associates Montreal
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic of Canadian Modern Space age Design., Originally planned as a designed for display at Expo 1967 in Montreal, the piece did not actually go into production until 1968. Designe...
Laminate, Teak
Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen Round Solid Teak Coffee Table Denmark, 19
By Hvidt & Mølgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
Elevate your living space with this exceptional Mid-Century Modern round coffee table by Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, crafted in Denmark during the 1950s.
Brass
Midcentury Mosaic Table with Black Metal Frame, Style of Mado Jolain
By Mado Jolain
Located in London, GB
A mosaic coffee table with black steel frame. Mid-20th Century, found in Europe.
Stone, Metal
Sold|$6,200
Japanese Wooden Screen Cocktail Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Japanese intricately carved window screen atop iron base. Glass floating table top. Window screen can be used as a shelf to store magazines or as display. A Dos Gallos...
Iron
Illum Wikkelsø Model ML 115 Solid Teak Coffee, Mikael Laursen, Aarhus, 1960s
By Illum Wikkelsø, A. Mikael Laursen
Located in Hitchin, England
A solid teak coffee table by Illum Wikkelsø, with signature pyramidal tapered legs which feature in many of his designs and a floating top. This is a heavy piece with offers a ver...
Teak
Italian Low Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rectangular low table on a tapered and sculpted base having a floating glass top.
Rosewood, Glass
Sold|$2,700
Martin Borenstein Cocktail Table
By Martin Borenstein
Located in San Diego, CA
An architectural two-tiered cantilevered cocktail or coffee table in stained walnut with ebonized base designed by California modernist Martin Borenstein for M.B. Designs, Berkeley, ...
Sold|$1,800
Hans Andersen Cocktail Table Denmark
By Hans C. Andersen
Located in San Diego, CA
Long teak coffee table designed by Hans Andersen, Denmark, with brass accents on floating shelf.
Low Table by Paul Frankl
By Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A scarce and sculptural low table having a thick lacquered cork biomorphic top floating on three splayed triangular mahogany legs.
Cork, Mahogany
Sold|$1,300
Jens Risom Cocktail Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A dark walnut cocktail table with floating top sitting on an architecturally designed base with tapered legs. Retains the manufacturers label to the bottom side, Jens Risom Design.
Wood
Midcentury McGuire Style Round Marble Top Caned Cocktail Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish mid-century modern round coffee cocktail table featuring a thick marble top from Portugal.
Marble
Karl Springer Style Natural Shagreen Waterfall Cocktail Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A sculptural 20th century waterfall coffee cocktail table finished fully clad in light ivory natural shagreen.
Wood, Shagreen
Amazing Floating Coffee Table by Eugenio Escudero
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this coffee table with the amazing and characteristic design of Eugenio Escudero, made in México in mahogany wood, circa 1950.
Mahogany
Amazing Floating Coffee Table by Eugenio Escudero
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this coffee table with the amazing and characteristic design of Eugenio Escudero, made in México in mahogany wood, circa 1950.
Mahogany
Sold|$3,600
Milo Baughman Burl Wood Cocktail Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in San Diego, CA
Minimalist floating coffee or cocktail table on castors with a wonderful burl wood finish designed by Milo Baughman. Large 42" square top. Restored.
Italian Cocktail Table by Willy Rizzo, 1970, Italy
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Melbourne, VIC
Stunning and rare floating coffee table designed by Willy Rizzo and made by Cidue Italy during the 1970s. Chrome outer edge and mirrored glass top. It sits on a smaller painted wood ...
Sold|$1,685 / item
Vintage George Nelson Pedestal Tables 5452
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
Minimalist chrome pedestal tables with white Formica tops designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller. The cast aluminum legs have a sculptural quality and give the tops a floating e...
Aluminum, Chrome
Sold|$3,950
Rosewood Milo Baughman Cocktail Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A Milo Baughman cocktail table in rosewood on a stunningly angular chrome base. The tabletop features elegantly bookmatched veneer. Two of the four corners are cantilevered, adding a...
Low Table By Finn Juhl For Baker
By Baker Furniture Company, Finn Juhl
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant and finely joined coffee or occasional table in walnut having an oblong-shaped top with a raised rim floating on three tapered dowel legs supported by a mid-level stretcher.
Walnut
Sold|$4,800
Sculptural Capiz Topped Low Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An impressive walnut low round table having a sculptural three-legged base supporting a floating top masterfully surfaced with inset scalloped capiz shells.
Shell, Walnut
Sold|$4,800
Low Table by Edward Wormley
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A fine and substantial ebonized mahogany low table having a circular top with a recessed apron floating on three reverse tapered legs with brass feet.
Brass
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.”
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