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Ilse Mobel

50s Mosaic Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Neuss, NW
workmanship high-quality materials Made in Germany, manufacturer: Ilse Möbel
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Vintage 1950s German Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Brass

50s Mosaic Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel
50s Mosaic Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel
$2,015
H 21.26 in W 57.09 in D 31.5 in
White Top Coffee, Dining Adjustable Table, designed by Ilse Möbel, Germany
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Coffee table from Ilse Möbel, Germany. Height adjustable coffee table up to a dining table
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Metal

1960s-1970s Teak Coffee Table Side Table Ilse Möbel Danish Modern Design
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
1960s-1970s teak coffee table side table Ilse Möbel Danish Modern Design Object: coffee table
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Vintage 1970s German Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Midcentury oval Cocktail or Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel Germany
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Vienna, AT
This charming Midcentury coffee or cocktail table has been produced inGermany circa 1950s by Ilse
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Brass

Vintage Mid-Century German Modern Round Rosewood Coffee Table from Ilse Möbel
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This rare, modernist coffee table was produced by the German manufacturer Ilse Möbel during the
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Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modernist Teak, Iron, and Brass Rolling Cart by Ilse Möbel, 1960s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attractive Ilse Möbel Modernist teak, iron, and brass rolling bar or service cart with wood handle
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

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Brass, Iron

Rare Mid‑Century Ilse Möbel “Tulip” Side Table in Eero Saarinen Style
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Debrecen, HU
craftsmanship. Produced by the renowned West German maker Ilse Möbel, it is inspired by Eero Saarinen’s iconic
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Plywood

Teak round Coffee table Ilse Mōbel 1960s Germany
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice round Teak Coffee table . on a Chrome base . Good condition . 1960s Germany please ask for better chipping solutions
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

20th Century German Modern Maplewood Coffee Table - Sofa Table by Ilse Möbel
By Ilse Möbel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Maplewood and Walnut, designed and produced by Ilse Technik Möbel in good condition. The side table is
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Brass

20th Century German Modern Mosaic Coffee Table - Walnut Sofa Table by Ilse Möbel
By Ilse Möbel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
designed and produced by Ilse Technik Möbel, in good condition. The rectangular sofa table is composed with
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables

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Stone, Metal, Brass

Mid-Century, Glass Mosaic, Couch Table in Black & White and Grey & Gold
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Vienna, Austria
A beautiful Mid-centry glass mosaic coffee table from Ilse Möbel, Denmark. This remarkable glass
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass

Mid-Century, Glass Mosaic, Couch Table in Black & White and Grey & Gold
Mid-Century, Glass Mosaic, Couch Table in Black & White and Grey & Gold
$5,691 Sale Price
20% Off
H 21.46 in W 23.63 in D 47.25 in
Mid-Century Modern Mosaic and Brass Oval Coffee Table by Berthold Muller
By Berthold Muller
Located in Weesp, NL
coffee table, masterfully crafted by the renowned designer Berthold Müller. Marked “Ilse Möbel” on the
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Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Triangular Vintage Coffee Table, Germany 1950s
Located in Hellouw, NL
style of, and could very well be by, Ilse möbel. The three black legs have brass feet. The table has a
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Triangular Vintage Coffee Table, Germany 1950s
Triangular Vintage Coffee Table, Germany 1950s
$918
H 22.84 in W 43.31 in D 27.56 in
Filigree and Shapely Mid-Century Modern Side Tables, 1950s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
We found the side tables 8 years apart and they were probably made at different times. One of them is one centimetre higher and wider than the other :). It's not noticeable, only whe...
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Brass

Large Round Berthold Muller Mosaic Coffee Table, Germany, 1960s
By Ilse Möbel, Berthold Muller
Located in Berlin, DE
Round mosaic top coffee table with a brass band around it on four legs, by Berthold Müller. The top has an abstract composition and the brass has a lovely patina. Berthold Müller-Oer...
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

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Coffee Table Ilse Möbel, 1960s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Mazowieckie, PL
Rosewood coffee table Ilse Möbel from the 1960s fully original, without renovation. Attractive
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Coffee Table Ilse Möbel, 1960s
Coffee Table Ilse Möbel, 1960s
H 18.12 in Dm 41.34 in
Bar Trolley Ilse Möbel 3303, 1960s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Mazowieckie, PL
The unique Ilse Möbel 3303 bar trolley from the 1960s in the original condition, signed and no
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Bar Trolley Ilse Möbel 3303, 1960s
Bar Trolley Ilse Möbel 3303, 1960s
H 24.41 in W 27.56 in D 16.15 in
1950s German Plant Stand by Ilse Mobel
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Norcross, GA
This is a 5-tier 1950s German plant stand. Made by Ilse Möbel. Great for displaying plants or
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Wood

1950s German Plant Stand by Ilse Mobel
1950s German Plant Stand by Ilse Mobel
H 32.5 in W 15.5 in D 15.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Mosaic Coffee Table from Ilse Möbel, 1950s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in HEILOO, NL
Vintage mosaic coffee table or side table produced by Ilse Möbel in the 1950s. Model Paris
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Copper

Coffee Table Ilse Möbel 50s Germany Brass Wood Nice Shape Loop Feet
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Wendeburg, DE
Very rare and nice coffee table from the 50s by Ilse Möbel. The table loop feet and plate has a
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Beautiful Clean Maple Coffee or Side Table by Ilse Möbel, Germany, circa 1950
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Amsterdam, NL
elegant copper leg tips with floor stabilizers. Marked Ilse Möbel” underneath the tabletop. In very good
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Vintage 1950s German Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Copper

Small Side Table with Bar and Newspaper Tray the Pyramid by Ilse, Teak, 1960s
Located in Zurich, Zurich
production: ILSE MÖBEL, Germany, teak, black and white Formica, the surface can be folded out to a server
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Vintage 1960s German Side Tables

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Teak

Ilse Mobel Serving Trolley, 1960s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in The Hague, NL
Serving trolley model ‘3618’ for Ilse Möbel. Brass frame, metal perforated tray and wood/formica
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Metal, Brass

Ilse Mobel Serving Trolley, 1960s
Ilse Mobel Serving Trolley, 1960s
H 23.23 in W 15.75 in D 19.69 in
German Mid-Century Modern Curved Wood Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel, 1950s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in MIlano, IT
German Mid-Century Modern curved wood coffee table by Ilse Möbel, 1950s Curved wood coffee table
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Elliptical Mosaic Coffee or Side Table by Ilse Möbel, Germany, 1950s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Berlin, DE
brass legs. Produced in the 1950s by Ilse Möbel in Germany.
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Brass

Mid Century Teak Coffee Table by Ilse Mobel, 1960s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rare mid century bent teak coffee table with a clear glass top. This large coffee table is beautifully crafted and has a timeless look. 1960s - Germany Good condition Dim...
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Vintage 1960s German Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Teak

Ilse Möbel Coffee Table with Rare 'Onyx Travertine', Teak & Chrome from Germany
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Hudson, NY
Gorgeous piece of stone in this Ilse Model 3081 table. Very heavy usable table with a lot of
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx, Travertine, Chrome

Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel, Denmark 1950s
Located in Greding, DE
Coffee table standing on conical wooden legs with brass feet with mosaic top and surrounding brass edge.
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Brass

Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel, Denmark 1950s
Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel, Denmark 1950s
H 21.66 in W 47.25 in D 23.63 in
Mosaic Coffee Table, Isle Möbel, Germany, 1950s
Located in Greding, DE
Ilse möbel, No. 3161.
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Stone, Brass

Mosaic Coffee Table, Isle Möbel, Germany, 1950s
Mosaic Coffee Table, Isle Möbel, Germany, 1950s
H 20.48 in W 55.12 in D 19.69 in
Berthold Muller White Milk Glass Mosaic Coffee Table with Black Grout Germany
By Berthold Muller
Located in Chicago, IL
. This extraordinary piece, created in 1960 exclusively for Ilse Möbel.
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Adjustable Dining Table/Coffee Table made of plastic and wood by Ilse Möbler
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This table made by Ilse Möbler can either be a dining table or a coffee table, depending on which
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Plastic, Wood

Mosaic and Brass Side Table in the Style of Berthold Muller by Ilse Möbel
By Ilse Möbel, Berthold Muller
Located in Berlin, DE
Muller. The table was produced by Ilse Möbel.
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Brass

German Space Age Bubble Wall Shelf / Unit by Gerd Lange for Ilsemöbel
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Plastic wall shelf by Gerd Lange for Ilse Möbel 1970s' - Germany good condition with patina
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Vintage 1970s German Space Age Shelves

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Plastic

Two Ilse Germany Demilune Tables, 1960s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Den Haag, NL
Two 1960s demilune tables in brass with dark glass tops. Very elegant and nice looking tables, signed with manufacturer's label.
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Vintage 1960s German Hollywood Regency Demi-lune Tables

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Brass

Two Ilse Germany Demilune Tables, 1960s
Two Ilse Germany Demilune Tables, 1960s
H 20.87 in W 25.6 in D 16.54 in
Unique Mid-Century Adjustable Coffee Table by Ilse Mobler
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This versatile Danish modern coffee table adjusts in height allowing it to function as a small dining table. A clever design that goes from 19.75 inches high to 27.75 inches high. Qu...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Oval Grey Glass Mosaic Coffee Table with with Gold Highlights
By Berthold Muller
Located in Weesp, NL
glass mosaic. This extraordinary piece, created in 1960 exclusively for Ilse Möbel, is a rare and
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Triangular Table by Ilse Möbel, 1960s
Located in Warsaw, PL
This coffee table was manufactured by the well-known German maker Ilse Möbel. It is made from beech
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Triangular Table by Ilse Möbel, 1960s
Triangular Table by Ilse Möbel, 1960s
H 23.23 in W 25.6 in D 25.6 in
Midcentury Mahogany Extendable Lifting Table, Resopal Glass Plate, Ilse Möbel
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Matosinhos, PT
Midcentury mahogany extendable lifting table, Resopal glass plate, Ilse Möbel, Germany, 1955. A
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Midcentury Black Lacquered Wood and Resopal Glass Plate, Ilse Möbel, Germany
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Matosinhos, PT
Midcentury black lacquered wood and Resopal glass plate, Ilse Möbel, Germany. Midcentury coffee or
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

A Round Occasional Table in Walnut Signed Ilse Mobel 3233
Located in New York, NY
features tapering legs with Brass sabots and round Brass feet. Signed Ilse Mobel 3233. German circa 1950.
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Vintage 1950s German Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Plywood and Glass Coffee Salon table made by Ilse Möbel in Denmark, circa 1970
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Wingene, BE
the sides. There is an original 'Ilse Möbel' Sticker on the base with a serial number. Please contact
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Plywood

Refined 1960s Coffee Table
Located in Karlsruhe, DE
Refined 1960s coffee table from Ilse Möbel. The table comes with a walnut veneered table top and
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Refined 1960s Coffee Table
Refined 1960s Coffee Table
H 20.87 in W 27.56 in D 27.56 in
Mid-Century Coffee Table by Ilse Möbel, Germany, 1950s
By Ilse Möbel
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid-century coffee table, made by Ilse Möbel in Germany in the 1950's. Made of beech wood, brass
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

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Pair of Italian 1970's Lounge Chairs by Lev & Lev
By Lev & Lev
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Pair of Italian 1970's Lounge Chairs by Lev & Lev
Pair of Italian 1970's Lounge Chairs by Lev & Lev
$2,100 Sale Price / set
55% Off
H 31.5 in W 33 in D 33 in
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By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
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Brazilian Rosewood Lounge Chair by Jorge Zalszupin
Brazilian Rosewood Lounge Chair by Jorge Zalszupin
$17,850
H 25.25 in W 37.5 in D 29 in
Round Oak Modernized Art Deco Gueridon Side Table, France 1940's
Located in New York, NY
Elegant gueridon with a tri-lobe base raised on thick round feet. Original patina.
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Gueridon

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Silvio Cavatorta Mid-century Modern Italian Dining Table, 1960s
By Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Mahogany table designed by Silvio Cavatorta in the 60s. Completely restored and polished with shellac
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'Taliesin' Model #2005 Special Cabinet by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955, Signed
By Heritage-Henredon, Frank Lloyd Wright
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This gorgeously refinished Honduran Mahogany 'Taliesin' Model #2005 Special Cabinet on Stand was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Heritage-Henredon in 1955 and produced only for tw...
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'Taliesin' Model #2005 Special Cabinet by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955, Signed
'Taliesin' Model #2005 Special Cabinet by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955, Signed
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Italian Midcentury Sideboard Bar by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
Italian Midcentury Sideboard Bar by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
$6,402
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Ilse Mobel For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal ilse mobel for your home. Each ilse mobel for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and wood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect ilse mobel — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A ilse mobel is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Hollywood Regency and Scandinavian Modern styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Ilse Mobel?

Prices for a ilse mobel can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $390 and can go as high as $7,455, while the average can fetch as much as $1,512.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

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.

Finding the Right Tables for You

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 .