Jens Risom Walnut Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Model T.539 side table, designed by Jens Risom for his eponymous company in 1949.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Magazine Side Table
Early production Jens Risom Magazine Table , Classic Modernist Design
By Jens Risom
Located in Buffalo, NY
Original (OLD) model T.539 side table with magazine rack, designed by Jens Risom in 1949.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Magazine Side Table M6500 in Lacquered Oak by Jens Risom for Fredericia
By Jens Risom, Fredericia
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed in 1949, the Magazine Table is a great example of Danish-American designer Jens Risom’s stylish and innovative approach to modern design.
Category
2010s Latvian Scandinavian Modern Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Magazine Side Table M6500 in Black Lacquered Oak by Jens Risom for Fredericia
By Jens Risom, Fredericia
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed in 1949, the Magazine Table is a great example of Danish-American designer Jens Risom’s stylish and innovative approach to modern design.
Category
2010s Latvian Scandinavian Modern Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Danish Mid-Century Blond Mahogany Wedge Magazine Table 'Manner of Jens Risom'
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
Danish mid-century blond mahogany magazine end table with a wedge-shaped top with a rectangular cut-out and a similarly-shaped lower shelf supported on the thinner side side by a tap...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer
Jens Risom Maple Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original model T.539 side table with magazine rack, designed by Jens Risom in 1949.
Category
20th Century American Tables
Materials
Maple
Jens Risom Danish Mid-Century Walnut Coffee / Cocktail Table with Magazine Rack
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
(JENS RISOM) (Similar table: DUF0098B)
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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Jens Risom Magazine/Side table for Jens Risom Model T/539
By Jens Risom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Animated solid birch magazine/side table with splayed leg and open top for inserting magazines.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Jens Risom Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic Jens Risom magazine table.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Magazine Table by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Dallas, TX
A solid walnut side/magazine table designed by Jens Risom.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Side Tables
Jens Risom Walnut Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original model T.539 walnut side table, designed by Jens Risom in 1949. Fantastic angular profile is sleek and modern.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Walnut Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original model T.539 walnut side table, designed by Jens Risom in 1949. Fantastic angular profile is sleek and modern.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Solid Walnut 1950s Magazine Side Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare magazine table designed and produced by Jens Risom.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Magazine Table in Oak
By Jens Risom
Located in Westport, CT
Rare early example in solid oak by Jens Risom in excellent original condition, circa 1949.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Jens Risom Walnut T-539 Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A walnut version of the T539 wedge-shaped side table designed by Jens Risom in 1949. A lovely companion to our other Risom magazine table in birch, listed separately.
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Side Table by Jens Risom for Risom Inc. US, 1950s
By Jens Risom
Located in Berlin, DE
Side table by Jens Risom for Risom Inc. US, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Finn Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Chicago, IL
Risom for Risom Inc. Trapezoid top with cut-out for reading materials or magazines.
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Jens Risom Finn Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Chicago, IL
Risom for Risom Inc. Trapezoid top with cut-out for reading materials or magazines. The width starts at 18.75 tapers down to 16 inches.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Signed Jens Risom Model T539 Magazine Table in Walnut circa 1950s
By Jens Risom
Located in Peabody, MA
Jens Risom Model T539 magazine table in oiled walnut, circa 1950s. Retains original label.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Maple Magazine Side Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jens Risom Maple Magazine End table. Usually found in Walnut versions! This one is all original right down to its paper label to underside! Shows typical signs of wear but really n...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Maple
Early Jens Risom Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early edition of the T.539 wedge-shaped side table designed by Jens Risom in 1949. Carefully restored to bring out its beauty, while preserving the desirable patina. Birch, possib...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mid-Century Modern Tables
Mid-Century Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Westport, CT
Walnut magazine table in the style of Jens Risom.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Original Magazine Table Designed by Jens Risom
Located in New York, NY
An original magazine table designed by Jens Risom. The table is a simple, straightforward design without flaw. Risom's designs are elegant in their Modernist and utilitarian approach...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Side Tables
Materials
Maple
Ebonized Jens Risom Magazine Table T.359
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An ebonized, possibly pre-production edition of the T.539 wedge-shaped side table designed by Jens Risom in 1949. In excellent vintage condition. Measures: 24.75" long, 17.75" wid...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Oak
Early 1951 Jens Risom Walnut Coffee Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Cincinnati, OH
The sides of the coffee table taper in on each end , this very well designed and constructed piece is one of Risom's iconic pieces from the 1950's retaining the very early round gree...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Two-Tier End Tables in Walnut and Brass, a Pair
By Jens Risom
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful pair of Mid-Century Modern two tiered end tables. Recently refinished walnut with brass accents. Beautiful grain pops as it flows from one end of the table to the other. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern 3 Tier Walnut Magazine Table, Merton Gershun, X Inlay
By American of Martinsville, Jens Risom, Merton Gershun
Located in Decatur, GA
Mid-Century Modern three tiered magazine side table designed by Merton Gershun and manufactured by American of Martinsville, circa 1960s. Constructed from American black walnut with ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Dining Chairs by Jen's Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous set of 6 dining chairs by Jen's Risom. These are the playboy chairs as they were featured in a article on modern furniture in the magazine. 2 arm and 4 side chairs in walnut...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Square Stripe Pattern Top Mid Century Walnut Side Table
By Jens Risom, Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice square Mid Century modern walnut side end table with magazine rack shelf.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Jens Risom Magazine Side Table, Model T539, USA, 1940s
By Jens Risom
Located in Round Rock, TX
Offered is an early design by Jens Risom. Model T539 appeared in the very first Jens Risom Design catalog in 1948. Featuring solid walnut construction and bold angular design element...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare and important iconic design by Jens Risom, completely restored in perfect condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare Jens Risom Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare and early production wedge form magazine table by Jens Risom. Beautiful patina and character in very good original condition, circa 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Mid-Century Modern Walnut Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Astoria, NY
Jens Risom American Mid-Century Modern period side table or magazine table in walnut wood, model T.539, originally designed in 1949.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Danish Mid-Century Walnut Wedge Magazine Table (manner of Jens Risom)
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H 23.5 in W 30 in D 14.75 in
Danish Mid-Century Walnut Wedge Magazine Table (manner of Jens Risom)
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
Danish Mid-Century walnut magazine end table with a wedge-shaped top with a rectangular cut-out and a similarly-shaped lower shelf supported on the thinner side side by a tapered leg...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Walnut
Tri Legged Organic Shape Ebonized Side Table Magazine Rack.
By Jens Risom
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice occasional table with built in magazine rack.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Jens Risom Iconic "Playboy" Chairs and Dining Table, circa 1960
By Jens Risom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of six sculptural Playboy chairs by exemplary designer Jens Risom with extendable dining table and 2 leaves.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Jens Risom Danish Mid-Century Walnut Coffee / Cocktail Table with Magazine Rack
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H 17 in W 52.5 in D 24 in
Jens Risom Danish Mid-Century Walnut Coffee / Cocktail Table with Magazine Rack
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
(JENS RISOM) (Similar table: DUF0098A)
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Stylish Mid-Century Modern Walnut End Table by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Pemberton, NJ
This stylish vintage modern Jens Risom end table features a 2-tier design-second level is slatted for holding magazines etc.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Wedge Shape Magazine Rack Stand End Side Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern solid maple wedge shape Jens Risom style sculptured magazine rack side end table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Maple
French Oak Magazine Rack/ Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Magazine rack/ side table. Dating to the mid-50's, Honey tone to wood with a little white over wash. All original! Great Iconic Design and functional!.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Rope, Oak
July 1961 Playboy Featuring Eames, Saarinen, Bertoia, Risom, Wormley, et. al.
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H 11 in W 8 in D 1 in
July 1961 Playboy Featuring Eames, Saarinen, Bertoia, Risom, Wormley, et. al.
By Charles Eames, Playboy, Eero Saarinen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Up for sale is the July 1961 edition of Playboy Magazine. The Centerfold is nice, but the magazine’s real beauty is the spread on the masters of Mid-Century design — Eero Saarinen, H...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
July 1961 Playboy Magazine f/t Masters of Midcentury Design Eames Saarinen
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H 11 in W 8.5 in D 1 in
July 1961 Playboy Magazine f/t Masters of Midcentury Design Eames Saarinen
By Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Up for sale is the July 1961 edition of Playboy Magazine. The Centerfold is nice, but the magazine’s real beauty is the spread on the masters of midcentury design — Eero Saarinen, Ha...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
July 1961 Playboy Magazine f/t Masters of Mid-Century Design Eames Saarinen
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H 11 in W 8.5 in D 1 in
July 1961 Playboy Magazine f/t Masters of Mid-Century Design Eames Saarinen
By Charles Eames, Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Up for sale is the July 1961 edition of Playboy Magazine. The Centerfold is nice, but the magazine’s real beauty is the spread on the masters of midcentury design — Eero Saarinen, Ha...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
July 1961 Playboy F/T Masters of Mid-Century Design, Eames Bertoia Saarinen
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H 0.1 in W 11 in D 8.5 in
July 1961 Playboy F/T Masters of Mid-Century Design, Eames Bertoia Saarinen
By Charles Eames, Playboy, Eero Saarinen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Up for sale is the July 1961 edition of Playboy Magazine. The Centerfold is nice, but the magazine’s real beauty is the spread on the masters of Midcentury design, Eero Saarinen, Har...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Jens Risom Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare and beautiful magazine side table in black walnut. Striking form and such a usable table.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Tables
Jens Risom Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jens Risom walnut magazine table.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Side Tables
Jens Risom magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Hudson, NY
Magazine table with wedge top, in walnut. Mod. no. T-539, by Jens Risom. American, circa 1950.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wedge Top Magazine Table by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully functional wedge form magazine table in walnut. With label to the underside "Jens Risom Design Inc." Model no. T-539. By Jens Risom. American, circa 1950.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Midcentury Risom Style Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in New London, CT
Walnut end table or side table with shelf for magazines in the manner of Jens Risom.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair Of Mid Century Walnut Tables By Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great pair of walnut tables by Jens Risom with painted metal pedestal base, two drawers and magazine stand.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Side Tables
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Jens Risom Magazine Table in Walnut with Original Tag
By Jens Risom
Located in santa monica, CA
Striking, yet subtle design. Known as the T 539 magazine table by Jens Risom. Rare to find. Has been refinished beautifully.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and St...
Materials
Walnut
Magazine table by Jens Risom
Located in Hudson, NY
Rare solid walnut occasional table with book/magazine holder. Great design by Risom for Jens Risom Studio.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Danish Modern Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Danish modern walnut magazine table in the style of Jens Risom and Arthur Umanoff. Newly restored.
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Magazine Side Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walnut occasional table by Jens Risom. Offered by his company Jens Risom designs Inc. in 1949. This early design is considered one of the designers most dynamic. The leg serves as a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
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Jens Risom Walnut Magazine Table
By Jens Risom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Walnut wedge shaped Jens Risom magazine table. Has been professionally restored.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Side Tables
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Jens Risom Magazine Side Table For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal jens risom magazine side table for your home. A jens risom magazine side table — often made from wood, walnut and maple — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a jens risom magazine side table — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right jens risom magazine side table, those designed in mid-century modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made jens risom magazine side table over the years, but those crafted by Jens Risom and Knoll are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Jens Risom Magazine Side Table?
The average selling price for a jens risom magazine side table at 1stDibs is $4,750, while they’re typically $850 on the low end and $7,800 for the highest priced.
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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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 .
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