Mid-Century Coffee Table by Henry Walter Klein for Bramin
By Henry Walter Klein, Percival Lafer, Milo Baughman, Bramin Mobler
Located in Raleigh, NC
Mid-Century rosewood and glass rolling coffee table. Designed by Henry Walter Klein for Bramin
Metal, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Lucite and Burl Wood Coffee Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Coffee Table. This piece showcases sleek Lucite legs and a rich Burl wood top, combining mid-century
Lucite
Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Style Organic Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
a light white wash revealing the beautiful wood grain. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
1960s Mid Century Square Walnut Wood Coffee Table by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Detroit, MI
This vintage mid century modern Jens Risom square wood coffee table circa 1960 has a classic Danish
Wood, Walnut
Vintage Coffee Table by Silvio Cavatorta with Floating Wood Top and Brass Feet
By Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Italy, this circa 1960 oval coffee table is attributed to designer Silvio Cavatorta. The
Metal, Brass
1960's Poul Jenson for Selig Mid-Century Coffee Table
By Poul Jensen
Located in LYON, FR
1960’s Poul Jensen table for Selig. A very large teak top with tapered legs and a hefty magazine
Teak
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Mid Century Style Bleached Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
beautiful wood grain. Floating on three mid century style cone legs. It’s all in the details. The St. Barts
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Teak Coffee Table by HMB Möbler
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very handsome example of Mid-Century Swedish Modern design in this vintage teak coffee table
Teak
Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Style Live Edge Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
An impressive four inch thick single slab coffee table floating on mid-century style conical legs
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Gorgeous art deco style floating burl wood coffee table with a plinthe base
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous art deco style floating burl wood coffee table with a plinthe base. The wood pattern in
Wood
Gorgeous Milo Baughman Rosewood and Lucite Coffee Table Mid-century Modern
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous Milo Baughman rosewood and lucite coffee table. The top has amazing graining and has a
Rosewood, Lucite
Sarreid Brass Cube Coffee Table Floating on Plinth Base Manner of Milo Baughman
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Southampton, NJ
A rare coffee table form by Sarreid. Wrapped in brass having copper rivets throughout over a plinth
Brass, Copper
Mosaic Stone Flower Shaped Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern, Italy, 1950's
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian design, Italy, Italian craftsmanship, Mosaic Stone flower shaped coffee table, Mid-Century
Stone
Andrianna Shamaris Organic Teak Wood Round Coffee Table with Mid Century Legs
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive five inch thick teak wood coffee table hand carved from a single log. Floating on mid
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Bleached Suar Wood Coffee Table, Mid Century Style
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
beautiful wood grain. Floating on mid century style cone legs. It’s all in the details. Full dimensions; 67
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-Century Modern Outrigger Coffee Table by John Keal for Brown Saltman
By Brown Saltman, John Keal
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage 'outrigger' coffee table designed by John Keal for Brown Saltman of California, circa 1950s
Laminate, Mahogany
Restored Mid-Century Modern Walnut, Glass, Brass Kidney Shape Coffee Table 1960s
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the manner of Adrian Pearsall, a coffee table with three tapered walnut legs with brass caps
Brass
DIA Mahogany and Brass Square Coffee Table Milo Baughman Style Mid Century
By Design Institute America
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quintessential modern designed table by the wonderful firm of Design Institute of America. This
Brass
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Charred Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
exposing the beautiful grain of the wood. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist. The
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
shellack to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist. The St
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
shellack to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist. The St
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
and added a shellack to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
shellack to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist. The St
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
a shellack to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
shellack to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist. The St
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Mid Century Style Bleached Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive six inch single slab reclaimed teak wood coffee table. We bleached the beautiful teak
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Sold|$4,650 / item
Mid Century Modern Style Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid Century Modern style rectangular two-tier cocktail table with a floating top, brass trim, and
Wood
Mid Century Modern Live edge Pine coffee table after Carl Aubock iron legs
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
An organic modern coffee table in the manner of Carl Aubock. A 1960s table featuring a pine slab
Iron
1970s Lucite and Smoked Glass Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern Minimalist Design
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Elevate your interior with this stunning 1970s Lucite and smoked glass coffee table, a perfect
Smoked Glass, Lucite
Cityscape Floating Cocktail Table by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Wilton, CT
table as well as a decorative sculpture in a room.
Metal
Sold|$2,700
Unusual Tiered Mid-Century Kidney Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Uncommon style coffee table with round bases and mid-century amoeba free form shape. Rich walnut
Restored Mid-century Rattan six strand Round Glass Top Spidal Coffee Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
-century six-pole rattan coffee table with a 2-strand stacked rattan round base. The six rattan poles
Rattan, Glass
Sold|$28,500
Oval Angelo Mangiarotti Marble Coffee Table
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Impressively large scale oval shaped coffee table by Angelo Mangiarotti for Eros Black Marquina
Marble
Sold|$3,500
Giovanni Ausenda Coffee Table
By Ny Form, Giovanni Ausenda
Located in Napa, CA
Floating "Shillings" coffee table with ceramic mirror top and black laminated pedestal base. The
Stainless Steel
Sold|$640
Harvey Probber Coffee Table, Signed
By Harvey Probber
Located in Trenton, NJ
Striking Mid-Century Modern coffee table by Harvey Probber features floating top style with clean
Wood
Sold|$5,950
Italian Mid Century Low Table By Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Westport, CT
A stunning two tiered angled brass table by Cesare Lacca, shown with its orginal inset etched leaf
Brass
1960s Floating 'Butcher Block' Cocktail / Side Table by Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sharp, minimalist cocktail table designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin with a butcher block
Chrome
Sold|$6,500
Elegant Danish Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
The Danish coffee table boasts simple elegance in its floating (top does not separate) top and
Mahogany
Jens Risom Coffee Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Amarillo, TX
Jens Risom coffee table Jens Risom Design, Inc. USA , 1960 walnut 72 w x 21 d x 15 h
Walnut
Large Milo Baughman Burl Coffee table on castors
By Milo Baughman
Located in Chicago, IL
Nice proportions and a beautiful grain to this vintage table. Pedestal base set on rolling castors
Sold|$12,500
Paul Frankl Coffee Table
By Paul Frankl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Impressive Paul Frankl design coffee table for Johnson Furniture Company, circa 1940s. Sculpted
Mahogany, Cork
Coffee table in the manner of Willy Rizzo, 20th century Italy
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Boom, Vlaams Gewest
Coffee table lacquered from the 70ties, Italy. Looks like a floating platform due to its central
Wood
Sold|$3,500
Danish Teak Boomerang Coffee Table
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Gorgeously sculpted Danish teak boomerang coffee table. Scandinavian Modern take on this Classic
Teak
Sold|$2,800
Vintage Italian Rattan Coffee Table
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Italian coffee table with sculptural rattan and floating shelf.
Rattan, Wood
Sold|$4,500
Harvey Probber Terrazzo Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
Striking floating Terrazzo disc coffee table on sculptural walnut frame attributed to designer
Terracotta, Walnut
Sold|$8,500
Karl Springer Lucite Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in North Miami, FL
A vintage monumental Lucite coffee table in the style of Karl Springer. Beautifully designed with
Lucite
Nero Marquina Marble and Iron Frame Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A sculptural coffee table in polished Nero Marquina marble and a black metal base. Featuring a
Marble, Iron
Sold|$5,801
Coffee table by Paul Kingma
By Paul Kingma
Located in PARIS, FR
Coffee table by Dutch designer Paul Kingma (1931-2015) in the 1960s (1965). All his tables are
Stone
Sold|$2,200
Jens Risom Walnut Coffee Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jens Risom walnut coffee table from the Floating Top series from Rison's own company. Top appears
Sold|$1,000
Rare Atomic Style Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Atomic/Space Age style coffee table with floating shelf. Great red and black color contrast
Vintage Brutalist Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Unique brutalist design coffee table with a square top inlaid with metal circles on a clear plastic
Metal
Coffee Table By Bertha Schaefer
By Bertha Schaefer, M. Singer & Sons
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An uncommon and elegant coffee or low table in walnut and tubular brass having a floating drawer
Brass
Sold|$1,035
Midcentury Italian Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rare midcentury lacquered wooden floating top coffee table. The glass top slides into the
Glass, Lacquer
Sold|$2,400
France & Sons Danish Coffee Table
By Finn Juhl
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A teak wood coffee table with floating top and beveled edge sitting on conical legs, a design that
Brass
Arched Coffee/Cocktail Table by Vladimir Kagan
Located in Westport, CT
Strikingly handsome coffee table by Vladimir Kagan. Stunning newly refinished teak wood. Arched
Teak, Glass
Mid-Century Wedge Edge Cocktail Table with Inlaid Tile
By George Nelson
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare end table with raised edge and tile insert, in freshly refinished chocolate
Ceramic, Walnut
Sold|$1,700
Attractive Coffee Table By Nucraft
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage modern long table in rich walnut grain. Simple and sleek design, similar to the "floating
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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