Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Style Organic Teak Wood Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Single two inch slab reclaimed teak wood coffee table with a natural oil finish revealing the beautiful wood grain. Floating on midcentury style legs. Custom sizes and stains availab...
Wood, Teak
Large Axel Vervoordt Wabi Sabi Style Coffee Table Mid 20th Century
Located in Meer, VAN
Large Axel Vervoordt Wabi Sabi Style Coffee Table, Europe, Mid 20th Century. A wonderful large coffee table in a very distinct wabi sabi style - would fit magnificent in a wabi sabi...
Wood, Oak
Vintage Mid Century Modern Danish Style Coffee Table with Sculpted Drawer Pulls.
Located in Seattle, WA
This vintage Mid Century Modern coffee table showcases design elements commonly associated with Danish modern furniture of the mid-20th century.
Wood
Vintage Floating Danish Teak and Brass Square Coffee Table by Grete Jalk
By Grete Jalk, France & Daverkosen
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid century modern square coffee table designed by Grete Jalk for France & Daverkosen in teak. This timeless piece features brass accents and functions as a coffee table, occasio...
Brass
H.W. Klein Rolling Teak Coffee Table w/ Floating Glass Top for Bramin
By H.W. Klein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Teak Wood, White Painted Wood, New Glass Top, Original Casters ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringi...
Glass, Wood, Teak
Grete Jalk for Glostrup Mid Century Danish Modern Rosewood Coffee Table
By Grete Jalk, Glostrup Møbelfabrik
Located in Baltimore, MD
A beautiful mid-century modern, rosewood Danish coffee table by Grete Jalk for Glostrup Mobelfabrik, circa 1960's.
Rosewood
Modernist Coffee Table with Patinated Gold Painted Top Belgium Mid 20th Century
By Emiel Veranneman
Located in Meer, VAN
Modernist Coffee Table with Patinated Gold Painted Top Belgium Mid 20th Century A beautiful and rare mid century coffee table with a very distinct golden top.
Wood
Vintage Mid Century Modern Walnut and Glass Coffee Table by Lane Furniture
Located in Seattle, WA
This vintage Mid-Century Modern coffee table by Lane Furniture exemplifies the sculptural elegance and refined craftsmanship of the era.
Walnut
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Mid Century Style Bleached Suar Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Floating on mid century style cone legs. It’s all in the details.
Wood
Mid Century Modern Brass Glass Swivel Coffee table in the style of Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Baltimore, MD
A beautiful Mid Century Modern vintage 3-tier brass and glass swivel coffee table in the style of Milo Baughman.
Brass
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Mid Century Style Bleached Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist.
Wood, Teak
Mid-Century Modern Faux Marble Coffee Table Styled After Willy Rizzo, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-century modern faux marble coffee table styled after Willy Rizzo and manufactured in the United States, circa 1970s.
Enamel
Mid Century Walnut Jacks Coffee Table by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This sculptural walnut and glass coffee table, designed by iconic Mid-Century Modern designer Adrian Pearsall in the 1960s, is a striking example of his bold, architectural approach ...
Glass, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood and Lucite Coffee Table by Vladimir Kagan
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Designed by the legendary Vladimir Kagan and crafted in the United States during the 1970s, this striking mid-century coffee table exemplifies the sculptural elegance that made Kagan...
Glass, Lucite, Burl
Andrianna Shamaris Organic Teak Wood Coffee Table, Mid Century Style
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist.
Wood, Teak
Rare Mid-Century Modern Cityscape Paul Evans "L" Shaped Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning "L" shaped cityscape design signed by Paul Evans. This elegant vintage modern coffee table boasts two-tone chrome patchwork and a floating top on one side. An impressive w...
Chrome
Mid Century Lucite and Chrome Skyscraper Coffee Table by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Why We Love It: • Iconic “Cityscape” design by Charles Hollis Jones • Sculptural lucite column base with polished chrome plinth • Thick round glass top with dramatic floating appeara...
Chrome
Glass Top Horn Tile Base Square Floating 3/4" Glass Top Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice large square thick glass top coffee table. The base is finished with horn "tile" and lacquer. The glass top rests on large brass spheres.
Brass
Mid-Century Martin Visser Style Coffee Table, Slate Top, Chrome Cube Legs
By Martin Visser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extra-large Mid-Century coffee table commands attention with thick chrome cube legs and handsome natural slate top.
Slate, Chrome
Andrianna Shamaris Bleached Teak Wood Coffee Table, Mid Century Style
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Floating on mid century style legs. It’s all in the details.
Wood, Teak
French Mid-Century Modern Steel and Glass Coffee Table by Pierre Guariche
Located in Westport, CT
A rare French Mid-Century Modern coffee table in black enameled steel and glass with brass details by Pierre Guariche, circa 1950-1960.
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Style Organic Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist.
Wood, Teak
Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Style Coffee Table in Burnt Teak Wood
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Floating on four mid century style cone legs. It’s all in the details.
Wood, Teak
Mid-Century Sculptural Mahogany & Copper Step Table
By Johannes Andersen, John Van Koert
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique Mid-Century Modern two-tier step table with cantilever floating top design, features copper tray inserts on both shelves which are useful as a planter, ashtray, dish, and more...
Copper
Mid Century Modern Danish Style Square Teak Coffee Table GPlan Kofod Larsen 1960
By G Plan Furniture, Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Portland, OR
A very stylish mid century modern Danish style teak coffee table, designed by lb Koford Larsen for G Plan in the 1960s The table of square form and made from teak, the top with very ...
Teak
$3,600 / item
Mid Century Cube Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
This simple yet refined cocktail table adds depth and warm reflection in an alluring mix of materials and finishes. The table features a recessed antique mirrored top and overall bro...
Mirror, Wood
$1,164Sale Price / item|34% Off
Floating Glass Table from Redline Design Furniture
Located in Toronto, CA
A study in balance and simplicity, this coffee table combines glass with the warmth of solid walnut. The base is crafted from carefully selected hardwood, its clean geometry offering...
Glass, Oak
Mid-Century Danish Teak Coffee Table by Ole Wanscher for Poul Jeppesens, 1960s
By Ole Wanscher
Located in Hamburg, DE
Original Danish teak coffee table by Poul Jeppesen, designed by Ole Wanscher from the 60s. Plain teak table of high material and processing quality. The rectangular tabletop is opti...
Wood
1970s Black Granite Stone Lucite Floating Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and rare, lucite and granite floating coffee table you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. The beau...
Granite
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist.
Wood, Teak
Mid-Century Woven Rattan, Wicker and Iron 2-Tier Round Coffee Table, Italy 1960s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Bring organic warmth and the effortless charm of the mid-century era into your interior with this exceptional round coffee table, crafted in Italy during the 1960s.
Iron
Danish Mid Century Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard-Nielsen FD-516 Coffee Table
By Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, France & Søn, Peter Hvidt
Located in Rochester, England
A fantastic example of mid century Danish design, this FD-516 coffee table is a classic piece that will stand the test of time.
Teak, Rattan
$2,843Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of mid-century minimalistic side tables or coffee tables in brown-grey marb
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a fantastic pair of grey-brown marble side tables or coffee tables made in France in the 1960s. The tables have a white Carara marble base and are covered with diago...
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Danish Style Teak Coffee Table by Nordic Furniture. C 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Danish Style Teak Coffee Table by Nordic Furniture.
Teak
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
Bespoke Mid-century Stepped Oak Coffee Table w/ Knife Legs by Manheim House
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Mid-century blond wood coffee table with a stepped rift-sawn oak top and knife legs.
Oak
Mid-century Coffee Table by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding table realized by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot in 1970s. Burl wood, chromed metal and glass. This striking square coffee table is an outstanding example of the glamorous...
Metal
$1,516
Wooden Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
This refined coffee table is a striking example of mid-century modern craftsmanship, combining clean lines with sophisticated materiality.
Wood
$799Sale Price|20% Off
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Cocktail Table
By Johannes Andersen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Book matched rosewood cocktail table with cerused oak base. Tapered legs. Floating edge top subtle design feature. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, does have a minor...
Rosewood, Oak
A Super Pair of Art Deco Design Floating Top Low Tables
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Super Pair of Art Deco Design Floating Top Low Tables A Pair of Art Deco Style Floating Top Burr Walnut & Black Lacquered Low Tables A superb pair of sofa or coffee tables, a clas...
Walnut
Giuseppe Scapinelli Aranha coffee table
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in Washington, DC
An iconic example of Brazilian Mid-Century Modern design, the *Aranha* ("Spider") coffee table by Giuseppe Scapinelli showcases the designer’s masterful balance of sculptural form an...
Glass, Wood
Italian 1970s Bamboo Coffee Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
A stylish floating bamboo coffee table for the porch, patio, living room or family room. Slightly more rectangular than square. The glass is missing but we are happy to provide.
Bamboo
Illum Wikkelso Designed Coffee Table
By Illum Wikkelsø
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Illum Wikkelso for A. Mikael Laursen table in solid teak wood. Beautiful design with wedge or triangle shaped legs and cross supports. The construction gives a floating effect to the...
Teak
Vintage Lucite “Waterfall” Coffee Table
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A striking example of 1970s American design, this vintage sculptural coffee table is crafted from exceptionally thick, crystal-clear Lucite. Defined by its dramatic curved waterfall ...
Lucite
Andrianna Shamaris Organic Coffee Table made from Century Old Teak Wood
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
The width varies from 51”- 17” floating 8” off the floor. Part of the Mid Century Couture Collection.
Wood, Teak
Mid-Century Italian 2-Tier Harlequin Cocktail Table
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's two-tier rectangular glass top cocktail table floating above bold graphic ivory and brown leather diamond harlequin design supported by tapered brass stiletto legs and standof...
Brass
Minimalist Walnut Coffee Table by Cappellini, Italy
By Cappellini
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A sleek mid‑century design by Cappellini, this Italian coffee table embodies minimalist sophistication.
Walnut
Jens Risom Midcentury Coffee Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage modern square table with floating top. Simple, handsome design by Jens Risom, featuring a detached looking top. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer).
Walnut
Mastercraft Style Vintage Metal and Glass Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A Mastercraft style vintage metal coffee table with inset glass top. A mid-century modern design, the table features a sleek metal frame with a beautifully aged, heavy patina that le...
Glass
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Art Deco Machine Age Lacquered Architectural Cocktail Table
By Robs Johns Gibbons
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous lacquered cocktail table with an architectural base that appears to be floating above the brass spacers. Art Deco styling with a mottled lacquered top and base. In excellent...
Brass
Chinese Mid 19th Century Qing Dynasty Kang / Low Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese kang table from China mid-19th century. This low table is crafted in lacquered elm wood. It features a rectangular framed top and solid floating panel. In original conditio...
Wood, Elm
Andrianna Shamaris Round Coffee Table, Reclaimed Teak
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive four inch reclaimed teak wood single slab coffee table. Floating on mid century style cone legs and finished with a natural oil revealing the beautiful wood grain.
Wood, Teak
20th Century Danish Ox Art Tile & Teak Coffee Table by Trioh
By Trioh Møbelfabrik
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stylish Mid 20th century Danish Ox Art coffee table with rectangular teak frame and tiled top.
Ceramic, Teak
Jens Risom Walnut and Laminate Coffee Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Versatile square coffee or cocktail table by Jens Risom, with straight, turned walnut legs, squared stretchers and a floating white laminate top.
Lewis Butler Walnut Coffee Table for Knoll
By Lewis Butler for Knoll
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted walnut coffee with wonderful graining to the top surface, set back upper stretchers give the table top a floating affect. Designed by Lewis Butler and manufacture...
Walnut
Rosewood & Smoked Glass Coffee Table by Henning Nørgaard
By Henning Norgaard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floating top coffee table designed by Henning Nørgaard for Komfort of Denmark. Constructed from solid Brazilian Rosewood. The floating, smoked-glass top adds an airiness to the desig...
Glass, Teak
Mid-Century Modern Lucite, Chrome and Glass Cocktail Table after Pace
By Pace Collection, Charles Hollis Jones, Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A great three leg coffee table design from the early 1970s. It features thick Lucite legs attached to a chrome center column with a floating glass top. In the style: Charles Hollis J...
$1,900Sale Price|57% Off
Arthur Court Biomorphic Glass Tassel Coffee Table
By Arthur Court
Located in Culver City, CA
This tassel coffee table designed by Arthur Court in the 1960's is a little bit mid century modern, and a little bit regency, and is everything gorgeous!
Metal
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 secured to a recessed chrome base. That structure continues through the center of the ...
Travertine, Chrome
Set of Two Italian Mid-Century Modern Marble Base Artedi Tables
By Artedi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage modern end table and coffee table features a marble base with brass cross supports. An elegant Italian design with a cube base and a taller diamond shaped base....
Marble, Brass
Charles Hollis Jones Style Lucite Coffee Cocktail Tables or End Tables, Pair
By Karl Springer, Charles Hollis Jones, Leon Rosen
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This pair of Mid-Century Modern rectangular Lucite cocktail tables captures the peak of Hollywood Regency glamour.
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.”
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