Ico Parisi Attributed Game Table And Chairs 1950's Modern
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
Amazing 1950's ebonized wood game table or dining table with laminate top and four sculptural chairs attributed to Ico Parisi, fully restored and re-upholstered in Mohair fabric, wit...
Mohair, Laminate, Mahogany
1980s Danish Blonde Beech Rolling Drinks Cart Side Table Alvar Aalto Style
By Alvar Aalto
Located in London, England
A functional Danish circa 1980s drinks bar trolley or side table with a removable top tray. In the style of designer Alvar Aalto. The two-tiered trolley with a blonde beech wood fra...
Laminate, Beech
Tulip Side Table by Maurice Burke in the style of Saarinen Knoll
By Burke, Inc.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
An elegant tulip side table with white Laminate top and heavy metal base in the manner of Eero Saarinen and Knoll International. This one is manufacture by Burke Inc. and designed by...
Metal
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Table
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Dallas, TX
Discover timeless elegance with the iconic tulip table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. Featuring a pristine white laminate top, this table epitomizes mid-century modern design with sleek...
Metal
American of Martinsville Brass / Tulip Styled Side Tables
By American of Martinsville
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A pair of star based side tables with white wood and laminate round tops having nice tailored octagon shaft and base with ball feet all in brass . A great look that would work with m...
Brass
Saarinen Tulip Side Table by Knoll Studio
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in New York, NY
Authentic Eero Saarinen's signature white pedestal Tulip Table by Knoll Studio, with laminate top and cast-aluminum base. Signature plate on the underside. **List Price: $1,400/EACH ...
Aluminum
Eero Saarinen 20" Top Tulip Side Table for Knoll ( B )
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A iconic sculptural tulip side table with a bigger sized 20" round top in white Laminate and matching steel base . Retains the manufactures label by Knoll designed by Eero Saarinen ...
Metal
Herman Miller Eames Dining Chair and Table Set
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original signed Herman Miller Eames dining set. Features multicolored shell chairs on black H bases. All nylon self leveling chair glides intact, for use on multiple types of surface...
Aluminum, Steel
Isamu Noguchi Cyclone Round Dining Table Knoll Associate, Vintage
By Knoll, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A smaller-scale example of Isamu Noguchi’s Cyclone dining table, produced by Knoll Associates, featuring the signature sculptural wire base in chrome over a circular steel plate. The...
Iron
7 ft. Vintage Herman Miller Eames Racetrack Light Grey Conference Table
By Herman Miller
Located in Pasadena, TX
This conference table comes with a beautiful laminate top on an aluminum base that boast 2 spider pedestals. The has adjustable glides on the feet to temper the height of the table. ...
Aluminum
Pair of Florence Knoll White Laminate and Walnut Square Nightstands / End Tables
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American mid-century square nightstands / end tables with white laminate tops above a walnut base with a single drawer, resting on four square walnut legs.
Wood, Laminate, Walnut
Saarinen Knoll Tulip Table
By Eero Saarinen
Located in New York, NY
Early Knoll Saarinen tulip table, cast iron base, oval laminate top. Minor cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age.
Iron
$360Sale Price|20% Off
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 Möbel, as marked on the underside. It features Brass legs and a oval laminated boar...
Brass
Hans Wegner, Telephone Table, Made by Johannes Hansen, 1950s
By Johannes Hansen, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Hans J Wegner Telephone Table, designed 1954 made by Johannes Hansen in the 1950s, stamped teak cabinet in with black laminate top on turned oak dowel legs, fitted two painted wood ...
Steel
1970s Italian Extendable Dining Table
Located in Praha, CZ
- Body Made of laminate with imitation of wood and Legs are made of Beech wood - Good original condition with minor signs of use
Wood, Laminate, Beech
Prototype Herman Miller Turned Walnut Side / End Table
By Herman Miller
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A prototype experimental turned walnut side / end table with a black painted center having a satin black Laminate top. This unique one of two produced tables was fashioned in the lat...
Laminate, Walnut
Saarinen styled Taller Tulip Side / Lamp Table by Maurice Burke (A)
By Burke, Inc.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A taller round tulip side table or lamp table in white with matching Laminate top designed by Maurice Burke in the manner of Eero Saarinen and Knoll . Manufactured by the Burke furni...
Metal
Eero Saarinen for Knoll 20" Pedestal Tulip Group Side Table
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Ferndale, MI
White laminate 20" diameter top on weighted cast base . Knoll label intact on underside of the top . Minor paint flaked on top edge . The ever iconic Tulip table was designed by Eer...
Metal
George Nelson Pedestal Side Table for Herman Miller
By George Nelson
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A simple and elegant pedestal side table with round top having a natural thin wood trim detail to the edge and cast meat star base . The base with foot pads to protect your floors ha...
Metal
Jean Prouvé Aérodrome table for the Doncourt-lès-Conflans Aeroclub France, 1938
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Skokie, IL
Jean Prouvé designed this Aérodrome occasional table for the Aero Club Doncourt-Les-Conflans 1938. This rare table has the original laminate top. A wonderful patina to metal. As foun...
Steel
Vintage George nelson Steel frame Side table for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
simple and elegant black steel frame with white laminate side table on castors. designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller
Iron
Zigzag coffee table display or seating furniture
By Harvey Probber
Located in South Charleston, WV
Multipurpose Furniture. We do not know exactly what this is. It could be a display table being 17.5" tall or it could be a seating arrangement with tables. Or it could be a cocktail ...
Steel, Chrome
Set of three 1970s Charles and Ray Eames LTR side tables
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1975 Set of Charles and Ray Eames LTR side tables by Herman Miller, USA In good vintage condition with each table showing light wear commensurate with their age - scuffs and a few ...
Steel, Zinc
Eames for Herman Miller Table Post Modern Look
By Ettore Sottsass, Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
A post modern take on a classic design. Eames Aluminum group dining or conference table with an 80's take. Stunning cork laminate top with almond edge banding makes this table very d...
Aluminum, Steel
$2,850
Alvar Aalto Dining Table
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean Lined Architectural Dining Table, designed by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, circa 1970s. Retains wonderful original patina only retained with age. Please see our other 1stdib...
Laminate, Beech, Birch
Drexel Furniture Mid-Century Campaign Style Bedside Table
By Drexel
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid Century Single drawer two tier campaign bed side Table by Drexel Furniture. Good vintage condition. Measures 23.5" in width x 16" in Depth x 24" in height
Wood
$1,515Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Dining Table in Italian Wood, 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
The top of the dining table is covered with a light laminate in a classic and typical style of the time, so it is ideal for Mid-century style dining rooms.
Laminate, Wood
Vintage Italian Brass Dining Table
Located in London, GB
A stunning vintage Italian brass dining table. This was made in Italy, it dates from around the 1950’s. The quality is superb, it is very large and impressive, it can easily seat ei...
Brass
$1,437Sale Price|40% Off
Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller 6' Conference Dining Table
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in South Charleston, WV
71.75 x 41.75 x 27 7/8". Table was designed by Charles and Ray Eames in the early 1960s for Herman Miller, This model produced 1980. Laminate combed oak top. Signed to underside. Fea...
Aluminum
1960s Charles Eames Herman Miller Round Black Conference or Dining Table
Located in Monrovia, CA
1960s Charles Eames aluminum group conference or dining table with segmented solid aluminum four star base. this sleek and elegant design by Charles and Ray Eames complements any ho...
Aluminum, Steel
Danish Modern Rosewood Extension Side Table Trolley By Kurt Östervig
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish modern, rolling, extension, serving table by Kurt Östervig for Jason Mobler is a lovely side or occasional table when folded. It slides open to extend to 59 inches wide with a...
Laminate, Rosewood
Elegant 1960s Office Desk with Display Cabinet by Giaiotti Spa - A Mid-Century I
Located in Manzano, IT
Elegant 1960s Office Desk with Display Cabinet by Giaiotti Spa - A Mid-Century Icon Enhance your workspace with this exquisite 1960s office desk by Giaiotti Spa, a piece that beauti...
Aluminum, Iron
Mid Century Modern Iron Bar with Raffia and 3 Stools by Arthur Umanoff
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Arthur Umanoff 4 PC set which includes the large, 60 inch bar with shelving and 3 original bar stools. This set is in great original condition with no issues at all. Wood, R...
Iron
Pair of Midcentury Dixie Furniture Single Drawer Side Tables
By Dixie
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of midcentury Dixie Furniture single drawer laminated top side tables measuring 18"W x 15"D x 23" in height. Drawer is 13" wide, 11.25" deep and 4.5" in height.
Laminate, Hardwood, Paint
Ladislav Rado White enameled Steel Modern Side Table, 1955, Knoll and Drake
By Knoll & Drake
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ladislav Rado white enameled steel modern side table, 1955, Knoll and Drake. Knoll and Drake produced a signature modern line of furniture for a few short years which had enameled sq...
Steel
MCM Burke Brunswick Tulip Side Table Style Saarinen Gray Base Faux Woodgrain Top
By Brunswick Co., Burke, Inc.
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage MCM (a.k.a.) Mid-Century Modern Burke Division for Brunswick Tulip side table style of Eero Saarinen comprised of a wood grain laminate top with back beveled edge an...
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi Cyclone Round Dining Table Knoll Associate, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Round dining table designed by Isamu Noguchi for Knoll Associates. A classic organic modern design by the renowned sculptor and designer. The circular top presents a clean white lami...
Steel, Iron
Pastoe Reversible Nesting Tables, Netherlands, 1960s
By Pastoe
Located in Voorburg, NL
A refined and multifunctional set of mid-century modern nesting tables made by Pastoe, the Netherlands, 1960s.
Chrome
1970s Round Table & Chairs
Located in Collonge-Bellerive, GE
This statement midcentury round table boasts a sleek, cylindrical, chrome-plated base that exudes a strong sense of modernity and sophistication. The flat surfaces of the table are d...
Aluminum
Vintage Set of Brass and Faux Tortoise Snack Tables with Stand
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Set of 2 folding snack tray tables in a richly finished faux tortoise or oil drip finish. Shiny brass toned metal flat bar legs for a cutting profile. Brass tone stand with black pla...
Brass
Enzo Mari rare Capitello Legato table for Driade, Italy, 1977
By Driade, Enzo Mari
Located in Skokie, IL
Enzo Mari rare Capitello Legato table for Driade, Italy, 1977. Materials: Pine, iron, laminate Condition: minor wear from age and use including some touchups and scratches to lamin...
Steel
$1,500
Tulip Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eero Saarinen style coffee table with tulip shape base. Location: Brooklyn NY.
Laminate
Alfred Hendrickx set of two night of side tables with black and white top
By Belform, Alfred Hendrickx
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of nightstands or sidetables designed in the sixties. Each nightstand is made out of walnut veneer with black and white laminated top. Highly decorative set a real ad to a decor...
Laminate, Walnut
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Post-Modern Cantilevered Glass Top Side Table by K. Dahl
Located in San Diego, CA
Post-Modern cantilevered glass top side table by K. Dahll, circa 1980s. The table is in very good vintage condition and measures 20.5"W x 18.5"D x 22"H; the glass (18.5"D) is removab...
Glass, Wood
Custom Made "Quaderna" Console/Table/Desk by Superstudio, 1970s
By Superstudio
Located in Brescia, Brescia
Unique piece oversized Quaderna console / table with custom black legs Superstudio, Italy, 1970s This one-of-a-kind oversized Quaderna console / table was custom-made in the 1970s b...
Plastic, Laminate, Wood
Alexander Girard Table for The Dragon Peak House
By Herman Miller, Eero Saarinen, Alexander Girard
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Rare collectors item designed by Alexander Girard. Dining table from Dragon Peak House. This table is one of four examples created for the Dragon Peak House. Features four folding ...
Steel
Superellipse Dining Table Model B616 By Piet Hein & Arne Jacobsen
By Piet Hein, Bruno Mathsson, Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Lejre, DK
Superellipse dining table, model B616, designed by Piet Hein in collaboration with Bruno Mathsson and Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen. The table has a minimalist look with a grey lami...
Steel
Greta Grossman for Glenn of California Side Table
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Glenn of California
Located in San Francisco, CA
Greta Magnussen Grossman tiered side table for Glenn of California. A rare form by an iconic designer seldom seen on the market, a tiered table for books, objects or magazines. Made...
Laminate, Walnut
Reversible Nesting Tables by Pastoe, Netherlands, 1960s
By Pastoe
Located in Voorburg, NL
A refined and multifunctional set of mid-century modern nesting tables made by Pastoe, the Netherlands, 1960s.
Chrome
Piet Hein & Bruno Mathsson “Super Circular” Dining Table, Denmark, 1970
By Fritz Hansen, Piet Hein, Bruno Mathsson
Located in Dronten, NL
Its rare provenance and refined execution make it highly collectible for connoisseurs of mid-century modern furniture. Designers: Piet Hein & Bruno Mathsson Origin: Denmark Material...
Chrome
Petite Vanity/Writing Table with Stool Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage mahogany vanity/writing table with corresponding naugahyde stool designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar (ca. 1950s, Indiana, USA). Angular form with triangular edges and whit...
Naugahyde, Laminate, Mahogany
Antonia Astori Large Kroma Console Table For Driade c.1980s
By Antonia Astori
Located in London, GB
Antonia Astori, Large “Kroma” Console Table for Driade, c.1980s Metal and laminate Made in Italy H94 x L230 x D80 cm Designed by pioneering Italian designer Antonia Astori, this stri...
Metal
Vintage Coastal Burnt Bamboo & Rattan Expandable Dining Table
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
A striking vintage coastal dining table crafted from natural burnt bamboo and rattan, showcasing timeless island elegance and organic warmth. The table features an expandable design ...
Rattan, Laminate, Plywood
Pair of "Tulip" side tables by Eero Saarinen for Knoll - USA - 1960s
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Milano, IT
Iconic pair of "Tulip" side tables designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll in the 1950s and produced in the 1960s. Made with a white lacquered aluminum base and a round white laminated w...
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi for Knoll "Cyclone" Side Table with Chrome Wire Base
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Designed in 1953, the Cyclone table features a sculptural base composed of a column of chrome-plated steel wires set into a cast-iron foot. This example features a white laminate top...
Metal
Saarinen for Knoll Pedestal Dining Table
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in New York, NY
Nice early Saarinen design for Knoll tulip dining table. This example has the 575 Madison Ave Knoll address, it is in very good original condition, showing only light cosmetic wear, ...
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Custom-Made Oak Table
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant custom built table to match up with a set of Eames DCW chairs. All oak laminate plywood with tapered legs. Very solid and in excellent condition.
Oak
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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