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McIntosh Coffee Table Extendable
By A.H. McIntosh Furniture
Located in Otley, GB
A very attractive midcentury coffee table by Scottish McIntosh & Co Ltd. Teak top, frame & legs
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Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

McIntosh Coffee Table Extendable
McIntosh Coffee Table Extendable
H 46 in W 107 in D 49.5 in
Mid Century Modern Teak Sunburst Coffee Table by Mcintosh
By A.H. McIntosh Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ntroducing the Mid Century Modern Teak Sunburst Coffee Table by Mcintosh, a truly stunning piece
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Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak, Glass

1960s Vintage Coffee Table by McIntosh
Located in London, GB
A stunning vintage coffee table of the highest quality and beautifully made. This was made by
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Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

A.H. McIntosh Mid-Century Rosewood Coffee Table
By A.H. MacIntosh & Company
Located in Redding, CT
Signed A.H. McIntosh Mid-Century rosewood coffee table. Classic parsons shape with simple
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Vintage 1960s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rosewood

Vintage Midcentury Teak Expandable Coffee Table by McIntosh, 1960s
Located in Chino Hills, CA
Just in, a lovely coffee table by McIntosh. Features a warm teak grain finish with extendable sides
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Mid-Century Modern Teak Danish Style Glass Coffee Table by AH Mcintosh
By A.H. McIntosh Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous coffee table by Ah Mcintosh of Scotland is a really rare best and would look perfect
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20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Teak

a.H. McIntosh Teak Surfboard Coffee Table with Pullout Drink Trays #2
By A.H. McIntosh Furniture
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Scotland Designer: Val Rossi Manufacturer: A.H. McIntosh Era: 1960s Materials: Teak
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20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Mcintosh Tri-Form Metamorphic Twist & Turn Langthorne Nesting Tables Scotland
By A.H. McIntosh Furniture
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Mcintosh Tri-Form Metamorphic Twist & Turn Langthorne Nesting Tables Made in Kirkaldy Scotland 1960
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

McIntosh Coffee Table, 1960s, Teak
By A.H. McIntosh Furniture, Tom Robertson
Located in Buxton, GB
McIntosh coffee table designed by Tom Robertson for A.H. McIntosh, made in Scotland in the mid
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Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Midcentury Teak Nesting Tables from McIntosh, 1960s
By A.H. McIntosh Furniture
Located in South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Midcentury design - Midcentury coffee table or nesting tables - Manufactured in the UK by
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Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

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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 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 Coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You

As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.

Low tables that were initially used as tea tables or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. Early coffee tables surfaced in Victorian-era England, likely influenced by the use of tea tables in Japanese tea gardens. In the United States, furniture makers worked to introduce low, long tables into their offerings as the popularity of coffee and “coffee breaks” took hold during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

It didn’t take long for coffee tables and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. In recent years, however, metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, and design hasn’t been restricted to the conventional low profile, either.

Visionary craftspeople such as Paul Evans introduced bold, geometric designs that challenge the traditional idea of what a coffee table can be. The elongated rectangles and wide boxy forms of Evans’s desirable Cityscape coffee table, for example, will meet your needs but undoubtedly prove imposing in your living space.

If you’re shopping for an older coffee table to bring into your home — be it an antique Georgian-style coffee table made of mahogany or walnut with decorative inlays or a classic square mid-century modern piece comprised of rosewood designed by the likes of Ettore Sottsass — there are a few things you should keep in mind.

Both the table itself and what you put on it should align with the overall design of the room, not just by what you think looks fashionable in isolation. According to interior designer Tamara Eaton, the material of your vintage coffee table is something you need to consider. “With a glass coffee table, you also have to think about the surface underneath, like the rug or floor,” she says. “With wood and stone tables, you think about what’s on top.”

Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.