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Silhouette Table by Lane Furniture
By Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful midcentury walnut coffee table by Lane Altavista furniture. Please confirm item location
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Walnut

  • Silhouette Table by Lane Furniture
  • Silhouette Table by Lane Furniture
  • Silhouette Table by Lane Furniture
  • Silhouette Table by Lane Furniture
H 15 in W 59 in D 24 in
Lane Furniture "Silhouette" Coffee Table
By Adrian Pearsall, Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fantastic American mid-century modern coffee table from the legendary Lane Furniture Company of
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood, Hardwood, Oak

“Silhouette" Walnut Side Table by Lane, U.S.A, 1960s
By Lane Furniture
Located in Pasadena, TX
Mid-Century “Silhouette" Walnut Side Table by Lane 1960s Mid-century sculptural walnut side
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

"Silhouette" Oak & Glass Coffee Table by Lane Furniture
By Adrian Pearsall, Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fantastic American mid-century modern coffee table from the legendary Lane Furniture Company of
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood, Hardwood, Oak

Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Glass Walnut End Tables, Set of 3
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Basel, BS
Stunning, very rare set of Lane Silhouette series End tables attributed to Adrian Pearsall for
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood

Acclaim Series 900-05 Walnut Lamp Table End Table by Andre Bus for Lane
By Andre Bus, Lane Acclaim
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Lane Acclaim series 900-05 gunstock walnut lamp table, end table, or side table designed
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

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LANE “Silhouette" MCM Round End Side Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Mid Century Modern style round side table by Lane, their Silhouette Series. Walnut, brass cap
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Lane Silhouette Sculptural Coffee Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Southampton, NJ
This beautiful walnut and glass coffee table is from the Silhouette collection by Lane Furniture
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Restored Mid-Century Modern Lane Accent Tiered Walnut Coffee Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Hard to find Lane Accent coffee table by Lane. In ten years of business and hundreds of coffee
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Restored Mid-Century Modern Lane Accent Tiered Walnut End Tables
By Lane Furniture
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Pair of hard to find lane accent side tables by Lane. In ten years of business and hundreds of side
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

"Solomon" Chair Sculpture by Danny Lane in Stacked Glass, 1988
By Danny Lane
Located in Jersey City, NJ
silhouette's curvature. Please see the last image for visual reference of this. Danny Lane originally made
Category

Vintage 1980s Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Glass

Vintage Walnut & Rosewood “Tuxedo” Coffee Table by Lane, circa 1960s
By Lane Acclaim
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A very sleek coffee table from Lane's coveted "Tuxedo" line, this example is executed entirely in
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rosewood, Walnut

Atlas Curved Hand-Sculpted Glass Coffee Table by Danny Lane for Fiam Italia
By Danny Lane, FIAM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Designed by a renowned British sculptor Danny Lane, Atlas features layers of straight and curved edge glass
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass

Antique Danish Painting on Canvas of a Moonlit Fishing Village, circa 1840
Located in Round Top, TX
. Note the horse and buggy in the street outside a house lit from within; a person's silhouette in the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Paintings

Sculptural Mid Century Silhouette Coffee Table by Lane Furniture
By Lane Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Chic and stylish midcentury coffee table, silhouette by Lane Furniture. This example has been
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Glass

Midcentury Lane Amoeba Biomorphic Kidney Rosewood Coffee & End Tables
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Las Vegas, NV
often attributed to Adrian Pearsall but is designed by André Bus, for Lane as part of the "Silhouette
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Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Rosewood

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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 legendary 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.

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 today.