$9,800 / set
H 18.5 in W 32.5 in D 36 in
Mid-Century Modern Side Tables by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Walnut, USA
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid Century custom finished Walnut side tables in a dark brown stain. Tables are prime examples of the modernist time period featuring a stylized boomerang, guitar pick shape...
Maple
Vintage Guitar Pick End Table with Brass Legs and Formica Top, circa 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Guitar Pick End Table Brass Legs and "Peach Color" Formica Top circa 1950 "in good as found vintage condition" "top has some minor imperfection - see images" "legs have som...
Brass
$2,600 / set
H 16 in W 17 in D 17 in
Pair Guitar Pick Triangular Heart Shape Travertine Top End Side Lamp Tables MINT
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Angelo Mangiarotti
Travertine, Brass
Pair of Step End Tables by C. E. Waltman for Tonk Mfg.
By Adrian Pearsall, Tonk Mfg. Co., C.E. Waltman
Located in Hanover, MA
Stunning pair of walnut freeform, biomorphic side or end tables with 2 tiers of heavy tempered glass with flared edges secured by solid brass hardware. Top tier is 20 inches high; ma...
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Lane Perception Guitar Pick End Tables
By Lane Furniture
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a pair of Mid-Century Modern end tables from the Lane 'Perception' line. This set features two-toned triangle tops with sculpted legs. They are in excellent condition, sig...
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Guitar Pick Side Table by Koehler Pearsall style
By Kroehler Mfg. Co.
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Mid-Century Modern Guitar Pick Side Table by Kroehler Pearsall style This exquisite side table from Kroehler's "American Leisure" line epitomizes mid-century modern design with its s...
Walnut
Poul Jensen for Selig Teak Woven Cane 'Guitar Pick' Table
By Poul Jensen
Located in Oceanside, US
This is a stunning example of mid-century modern design by Poul Jensen for Selig – the iconic 'Guitar Pick' table. Crafted in Denmark during the 1960s, this piece features a beautifu...
Cane, Teak
Mid-Century Modern End Table of Walnut and Glass
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-Century Modern side table or end table, walnut and glass, c.1950-60s.
Glass, Walnut
Mid-Century Adrian Pearsall "Jacks" Side Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Raleigh, NC
Mid-century “Jacks” side table designed by Adrian Pearsall, made circa 1960s. This particular piece features a sleek, triangular or “guitar pick” glass top that rests gracefully on a...
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Vintage Danish Selig Triangle End Table by Poul Jensen
By Selig, Poul Jensen
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid Century triangular occasional table or guitar pick side table designed by Poul Jensen imported by Selig, Denmark. This piece features a unique walnut raised edge top and lower ti...
Cane, Walnut
Sold
H 17.25 in W 26.75 in D 25.75 in
Danish Modern Teak and Cane Selig Ocassional Triangle End Table by Poul Jensen
By Poul Jensen, Selig
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid Century triangular occasional guitar pick side table in teak designed by Poul Jensen imported by Selig, Denmark. This piece features a unique raised edge top and lower tier magaz...
Cane, Teak
Three Adrian Pearsall Craft Associates Walnut "Jacks" Occasional Tables
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Ferndale, MI
Selection of three separate Adrian Pearsall designed side tables. Each with walnut base and glass top. Two have guitar pick shaped tops. Third holds round glass top. Guitar pick tops...
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall "Jacks” Side Tables for Craft Associates, a Pair
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Esperance, NY
These beautiful Adrian Pearsall "Jacks” side tables for Craft Associates are iconic. They are expertly crafted from walnut with guitar pick shaped glass tops.
Glass, Walnut
Sold
H 17.33 in W 16.15 in D 16.15 in
Kipp Stewart Guitar Pick End Table for Winchendon Furniture, 1950s
By Kipp Stewart, Planner Group
Located in Berlin, DE
American Design Foundation designer Kipp Stewart made the triangular side table in a shape of a guitar pick for Winchendon Furniture.
Cherry
Sold
H 21.63 in W 29.5 in D 29.5 in
Restored Vladimir Kagan Style Guitar Pick Triangular Two-Tier End Table
By Forest Wilson, Illum Wikkelsø, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Outstanding triangular Mid-Century Modern side table. This guitar-pick shaped end table is exhibits absolutely exquisite styling and quality.
Glass, Walnut
Poul Jensen "Guitar Pick" Occasional Table
By Selig, Poul Thorsbjerg Jensen
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Triangular guitar pick shaped Table by Poul Jensen. Beautiful Walnut grain on top with Teak legs and woven caned lower shelf. Made in Denmark, manufactured by Selig. Great as a Cof...
Walnut, Teak
Sold
H 17.25 in W 26.75 in D 25.75 in
Danish Modern Walnut and Cane Selig Occasional Triangle End Table by Poul Jensen
By Selig, Poul Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid Century triangular occasional guitar pick side table in walnut designed by Poul Jensen imported by Selig, Denmark. This piece features a unique raised edge top and lower tier mag...
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Solid Wood Side Table, Sweden 1950s
Located in Utrecht, NL
It was, in a way, a “softer” version of the modern movement by adopting natural, organic forms. The distinctive ‘guitar pick’ shape of this table is quite popular thanks to its fu...
Wood
Pair of Danish Tripod Side Tables By Poul Jensen for Selig
By Selig, Poul Thorsbjerg Jensen
Located in Peabody, MA
Pair of Danish "guitar pick" triangular three-legged end tables with carved lip edges and cane undershelves, designed by Poul Jensen for CFC Silkeborg, Denmark, and imported to the U...
Walnut, Cane
Sold
H 19.5 in W 26.75 in D 23.5 in
Adrian Pearsall Sculptural Mid-Century Modern Guitar Pick End Table
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Buffalo, NY
Fabulous Adrian Pearsall end table or cocktail table with a sculptural walnut base and a glass top in the form of a guitar pick. In excellent original condition, very tight and sturd...
Glass, Walnut
Sold
H 19.5 in W 26.75 in D 23.5 in
Adrian Pearsall Sculptural Mid-Century Modern Guitar Pick End Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Adrian Pearsall end table or cocktail table with a sculptural base and a glass top in the form of a guitar pick. In very good vintage condition, very tight and sturdy. Glass...
Glass, Walnut
Sold
H 17.5 in W 25.75 in D 26.75 in
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Guitar Pick End Table attributed to Poul Jensen
By Poul Jensen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and very elegant design by Poul Jensen with a guitar pick shape and a lip edge almost its entirety. Choice walnut veneers on top with a pattern. Caned shelf below is so beauti...
Cane, Walnut
Sold
H 18 in W 26.75 in D 25.63 in
Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dovetail Lane Acclaim Guitar Pick Side Table
By Lane Furniture, Andre Bus
Located in Chattanooga, TN
The Lane Acclaim guitar pick side table could be the most hard to find and sought after piece within the collection. Acclaim has become an American Mid-Century Modern Classic. The tw...
Oak, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Triangular End Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish vintage end table features unique bentwood legs paired with a guitar pick shaped top.
Iconic Guitar Pick Walnut Side Table by John Keal for Brown Saltman
By John Keal, Brown Saltman
Located in San Diego, CA
Iconic Guitar Pick side table by John Keal for Brown Saltman, circa 1960s. The table measures 27" deep x 20" wide x 16.75" high and is in very good vintage condition. Rare and hard t...
Walnut
Sold
H 15 in W 24 in D 20 in
Pair Modernist Sculptural Walnut and Glass End Tables . Adrian Pearsall /Noguchi
By Adrian Pearsall, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair Modernist Sculptural Walnut and Glass end tables attributed to Adrian Pearsall,, Similar to classic design by Isamu Noguchi. Two piece sculpted walnut base's. Retains original ...
Glass, Walnut
Free Edge Side Table by Roy Sheldon
By Roy Sheldon
Located in New York, NY
Chic architectural free., or live, edge side table by noted Mid Century woodworker, furniture Roy Sheldon. Triangular guitar pick form top, on splayed pole legs. This example is in e...
Wood
Mid Century Pearsall Jack Base Guitar Pick Top Side Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Mid Century end, or side, table designed by Adrian Pearsall, circa 1950/60’s.
Glass, Walnut
Sold
H 17.25 in W 24.5 in D 18.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Guitar Pick Triangle Nest of Tables Vintage Set
Located in Lisse, NL
Good quality and great Scandinavian design nest of tables. This, 1960s Danish nest of tables is of beautiful quality and design. The combination of the light colors, the surfboard...
Wood
Sold
H 19.5 in W 27 in D 24 in
Adrian Pearsall Jacks or Guitar Pick Walnut Side Tables Craft Associates, Pair
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by Adrain Pearsall and built by his company, Craft Associates, in the 1960s, these are classic Mid-Century Modern side or end tables. Often called the Jacks/Jax tables, due ...
Glass, Walnut
Sold
H 17.25 in W 25.75 in D 25.75 in
Vintage Pair of Danish Guitar Pick Tiered Cane Side Tables Poul Jensen Selig
By Poul Jensen, Selig
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning pair of Mid-Century Modern end tables boast a lovely rosewood grain throughout and a lower-tier made of woven cane. A sleek design that boasts raised edges and long tap...
Cane, Rosewood
Pair of Adrian Pearsall Craft Associates End Tables, circa 1960s
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Peabody, MA
Pair of midcentury end tables in carved walnut with “guitar pick” shaped glass tops, designed by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates, circa 1960s.
Glass, Walnut
Sold
H 19.75 in W 23.88 in D 27.13 in
Pair of Adrian Pearsall Jacks Side Tables in Walnut & Glass for Craft Associates
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of all original Adrian Pearsall Sculptural Jacks side or end tables in walnut with triangular or guitar pick shaped glass tops for Craft Associates. Original finish is in fine c...
Glass, Walnut
Pair of Walnut "Guitar Pick" End Tables
Located in Crockett, CA
Pair of organic shaped walnut end tables that can be positioned in several different ways. The shelf and top are supported by a three-legged base. There is 7" between the shelf and t...
Small Triangular Occasional or End Table by Lane Furniture
By Lane Furniture
Located in Crockett, CA
Small triangular or "guitar pick" occasional table, end table, or side table. The two-tone wooden top has a walnut centre and an ash border. The base is organically curvy in appearan...
Walnut, Ash
Danish Rosewood Table, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960s, Danish modern guitar pick shaped side table. Solid sculpted rosewood legs and finger jointed details on all three corners. Overall in wonderful condition, one small burn mark ...
Rosewood
Poul Jensen Rosewood Occasional Table
By Poul Jensen
Located in Hudson, NY
Guitar pick form, triangular table with medial cane shelf. Wonderfully grained rosewood top with raised edge detail. Danish export 1960s. warm patina, shows use.
Vintage Mid-Century Modern "Guitar Pick" Side Table by Lane "Acclaim"
By Lane Acclaim
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is from the sought after "Acclaim" collection of Lane, a beautiful end table manufactured in the USA in the 1960s. This fully restored guitar picked shaped side table, in walnu...
Walnut
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
Solana Wall Sconces
By Blueprint Lighting
Located in Westport, CT
The "Solana" wall mount sconce or reading light is strongly influenced by Scandinavian, Danish, French, and Italian Mid-Century Modernism. The walnut back plate (available in natural...
Enamel, Brass
$15,439 / item
H 32.68 in W 110.24 in D 40.56 in
Art Deco Sofa by Munna Design Studio with Velvet Upholstery
By Munna Design Studio
Located in New York, NY
This sofa features a wonderfully elegant fan-shaped motif, with its accentuated curvy lines with decadent and lavish finish. The feminine curves are ravishingly enhanced by the diffe...
Velvet
$3,990 / item
H 15.75 in W 74.81 in D 29.14 in
Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DD V daybed is an exclusive daybed made by hand in Bosnia and Herzegovina by skilled craftsmen with long experience in wood and upholstery. Both frame and the characteristic V-shaped...
Fabric, Beech, Velvet
LUfo Ceiling Light
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LUFO perforated brass dome ceiling light by Lumfardo Luminaires. Part of our contemporary collection the LUFO ceiling light is in a darkened patina finish. Hand perforations frame ar...
Brass
Pierre Cardin Queen Size Bedroom Ensemble
By Dillingham Manufacturing Company, Pierre Cardin
Located in Hanover, MA
Pierre Cardin queen size platform bed with double wardrobe units, spotlight bridge and headboard cabinet. Presented in white gloss laminate embellished with chrome banding and mirror...
Chrome
Craft Associates Modern Lounge Chair, 2002, the Parallax
By Craft Associates
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Laura Trenchard Manufacturer: Craft Associates Modern Furniture Period/Model: Mid-Century Modern Specs: Walnut, Mohair Yardage: 6 yards, 5.5 meters condition Craft Asso...
Mohair, Walnut
$1,190 / item
H 17.33 in Dm 24.41 in
Django • Sienna Earth • Sculptural Textured Velvet Ottoman by Odditi
By Odditi
Located in CAROOL, NSW, AU
The Django ottoman is a sculptural living object that brings its eclectic personality into any space. Exhibiting a sleek yet playful nature, Django also has a practical side and is a...
Fabric, Foam, Jacquard
Mid-Century Folding Bar Cabinet, Italy circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
An Italian modernist folding bar cabinet. Bar folds open in the middle and is finished on all sides to be free standing. Mahogany, teak, patinated brass details.
Mahogany
$16,573 / item
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
Metal, Brass
$5,485
H 16.15 in W 40.56 in D 18.9 in
Coffee Table by Giuseppe Scapinelli in Teak and Glass, Brazil, 1950's
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in Uithoorn, NL
This coffee table by Giuseppe Scapinelli, crafted in the 1950s, demonstrates the designer's characteristic focus on material and form. The table combines a glass top with a sculptura...
Glass, Teak
$13,422 / item
H 49.22 in Dm 70.87 in
Brass and Parchment Paper Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Impressive chandelier made of white enameled brass arms holding six beautiful parchment paper shades, which can be adjusted thanks to the handle of each socket. Signed by the arti...
Brass
Modern Style Side Table in Antique Pewter with Aged Patina
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Antique pewter colored side side table. Top has an antique patina, to look as if it is aged. Its sleek clean moder edge is smooth, this table is light weight, easy to use anywhere in...
Metal
Pair of Paul McCobb End Tables
By Paul McCobb, Calvin Furniture
Located in Denton, TX
A pair of walnut tops with aluminium base side tables from the Erwin collection designed by Paul McCobb for Calvin furniture.
Aluminum
$5,246Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 26.25 in W 25.5 in D 19 in
Pair of Mid-Century Two-Tier Side Tables in the manner of Ico Parisi
By Ico Parisi
Located in Hanover, MA
BG SUMMER SALE Dramatic vintage pair of bi-level tables in the style of Ico and Luisa Parisi. Finely constructed of walnut hardwood and veneer, both tiers feature upswept ends and ...
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.
The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.
Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.
Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.
Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.
The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte.
Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life.
No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.
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