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Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Knoll Associates
By Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique midcentury coffee table features brushed stainless frame with solid wood top. Original
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Mid Century Florence Knoll Square Coffee Table in Walnut
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Detroit, MI
This vintage Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates, Inc. square wood coffee table
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Florence Knoll American Mid-Century T-Bar Walnut Coffee / Cocktail Table
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular coffee / cocktail table with a walnut top supported on a T-shaped
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Knoll Rosewood Chrome Coffee or End Table
By Knoll
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a Mid-Century Modern rosewood coffee/end table attributed to Knoll. Features a square
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rosewood

Florence Knoll Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Dronten, NL
Florence Knoll for Knoll International coffee table in white enameled steel and black laminate
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Florence Knoll Coffee Table
Florence Knoll Coffee Table
H 16.34 in W 44.89 in D 22.45 in
Signed Original Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Coffee Table by Knoll
By Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition Materials: Italian Marble, Chrome Metal Dimensions: 19”H x 29.50”W x 29.50”D
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Chrome

Florence Knoll Marble + Chrome Coffee Table
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Make iconic mid-century modern design the focal point of any room with this exceptional marble
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Marble, Metal, Chrome

Marcel Breuer for Gavina / Knoll Mid-Century Black Mica Laccio Coffee
By Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American International-Style (circa 1924) 'Laccio' coffee table with a gloss black mica rectangular
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Chrome & Walnut End or Coffee Table After Florence Knoll
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Mid-Century Modern end table or coffee table in walnut and chrome made in the style of
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

American Mid-Century White Laminate Metal Coffee Table Mod.Tulip by Knoll, 1960s
By Knoll
Located in MIlano, IT
American Mid-Century Modern white laminate wood and metal Coffee table mod. Tulip by Knoll, 1960s
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip Walnut Coffee Table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Countryside, IL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip Walnut Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 36 wide
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century White Metal Tulip Feet and Wooden Top Coffee Table by Knoll
By Knoll
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century white metal tulip feet and wooden top coffee table by Knoll.
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Vintage 1970s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Vintage Mid Century Modern Coffee Table by Warren Platner for Knoll
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Coffee Table by Warren Platner for Knoll An iconic classic mid century
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wire

Mid-Century Authentic Knoll Warren Platner Wire Glass Coffee Table
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Baltimore, MD
A mid-century iconic, stunning, authentic original, vintage Platner circular wire glass coffee
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Classic Knoll Angle Steel Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Knoll design bench coffee table, with a white laminate top, and black angle steel frame
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Classic Knoll Angle Steel Coffee Table
Classic Knoll Angle Steel Coffee Table
H 15.75 in W 80.5 in D 20.25 in
Florence Knoll Circular Parallel Bar Cocktail / Coffee Table
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century 'Parallel Bar' cocktail / coffee table with a circular walnut top supported by
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Steel, Chrome

Florence Knoll T-Bar Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
This Florence Knoll T-Bar Coffee Table was designed for Knoll International in the 1960s. Its base
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Florence Knoll T-Bar Coffee Table
Florence Knoll T-Bar Coffee Table
H 16 in W 36.5 in D 36.5 in
Florence Knoll glass coffee table
By Florence Knoll
Located in PARIS, FR
Coffee table by designer Florence Knoll for Knoll International, from the 1970s. The structure is
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Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Florence Knoll glass coffee table
Florence Knoll glass coffee table
H 23.63 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Mid-Century Modern Richard Schultz Coffee Table for Knoll
By Knoll, Richard L.F. Schulz
Located in Antwerp, BE
A rectangular coffee table with chromed steel and clear glass top coffee table.This midcentury
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Florence Knoll Square Walnut Coffee Table
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by Florence Knoll in the 1950s, this simple coffee table has four square legs of chromed
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Knoll Furniture Teak and Chrome Square Table
By Knoll
Located in Toledo, OH
Mid-Century Modern Knoll furniture teak and chrome square table. Very nice to excellent condition
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Mid-20th Century North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Florence Knoll Chrome Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll
Located in Pasadena, TX
Florence Knoll 30" chrome coffee table The Florence Knoll table has a spare, geometric presence
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Coc...

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Chrome

Florence Knoll Chrome Coffee Table
Florence Knoll Chrome Coffee Table
H 19 in W 29.5 in D 29.5 in
Florence Knoll T-Bar Walnut Laminate Coffee / Cocktail Table
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular coffee / cocktail table with a walnut laminate top in three
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Parallel Bar Walnut Coffee Table by Florence Knoll for Knoll
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Florence Knoll designed this circular coffee table for Knoll, part of the Parallel Bar Series
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Unique White Knoll Glass Top Coffee Table
By Knoll
Located in New Haven, CT
This Classic Knoll design coffee table was professionally resurfaced in white enamel, a fresh
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20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Enamel

Mid-Century Modern Knoll Cocktail Table, 1960s
By Florence Knoll
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Solid stainless steel heavy two-piece base rectangular coffee table with thick white faux leather
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Parallel Bar Coffee Table by Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1950s. Original walnut top with metal parallel bar legs. Extremely rare. Tagged.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Knoll oval Tulip Coffee Table white laminate by Eero Saarinen
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid-Century Modern knoll oval tulip coffee table white Laminate top. Base is very heavy and has has
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Mid-Century Modern Knoll 3’ Round Tulip Coffee Table Walnut by Eero Saarinen
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid-Century Modern knoll 3’ round tulip coffee table walnut Laminate top. Base is heavy and has has
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

2 Coffee Tables in Knoll Style, circa 1960
By Knoll
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
2 coffee tables in Knoll style, circa 1960 lacquered metal legs, mahogany veneer top Dimension
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Early Florence Knoll Teak Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed to furnish the new interiors of postwar America, this table is a scaled-down translation
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Knoll Black Granite and Stainless Steel Coffee Table, 1970
By Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll Black Granite and Stainless steel coffee table, 1970. Original.
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Granite, Stainless Steel

Authentic Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Warren Platner for Knoll in Bronze
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An iconic classic circular cocktail table designed by Warren Platner for Knoll. It features a dark
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Bronze and Marble Rectangular Cocktail Table after Knoll
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An incredibly heavy and well made coffee table in the manner of Florence Knoll. It features a solid
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Mid Century Modern Oval Tulip Coffee Table in Marble by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Troy, MI
Iconic oval tulip coffee table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll in 1957 Sharp example in
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Coc...

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Marble, Aluminum

Florence Knoll Midcentury Design Wood Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll
Located in Brescia, IT
Round coffe table designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll International. Manufactured in the
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Rare Florence Knoll T-Angle Coffee Table in Birch; Knoll International c. 1960's
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Norwalk, CT
Introducing the epitome of Mid-Century Modern sophistication: the No. 306 coffee cable, a true
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century Marble Round Coffee Table, 1960s
By Florence Knoll
Located in Antwerp, BE
Round Carrara marble coffee table in style of Florence Knoll for Knoll. This design is an
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Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Coffee Table with Walnut Top
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This table as acquired from the original owner who had purchased new in 1971. It features a powder
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Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum, Iron

Richard Schultz for Knoll 'Petal' Coffee Table
By Knoll, Richard Schultz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Circular mid-century coffee table designed by Richard Schultz for Knoll. Made of composite top on
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum

Florence Knoll Coffee Table, White Laminate, Black Steel Frame
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Kansas City, MO
Signed Florence Knoll cocktail table. Original white laminate and lacquered steel legs and frame
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Florence Knoll T-Bar Coffee Table, 'Black Top'
By Florence Knoll
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
This classic steel T-Bar coffee table was designed by Florence Knoll in approximately 1952. It
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Gas Aulenti Jumbo Coffee Table for Knoll
By Gae Aulenti, Knoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gae Aulenti Jumbo coffee table for Knoll. Architect and designer Gae Aulenti's Jumbo coffee table
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Carrara Marble

Gas Aulenti Jumbo Coffee Table for Knoll
Gas Aulenti Jumbo Coffee Table for Knoll
H 14 in W 44.25 in D 44.25 in
Florence Knoll Coffee / Side End Table with White Marble Top
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Wilton, CT
Shown here we have the Florence Knoll Coffee Table, a design staple. This table has a handsome
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stone, Marble, Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Modern Knoll Style Chrome Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll (American, 1917-2019) style minimalist chrome low table with
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20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Richard Schultz for Knoll International Beige Lacquered 'Petal' Coffee Table
By Knoll, Richard Schultz
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century 'petal' form coffee / cocktail table made of redwood and finished with beige
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Vintage Midcentury Knoll Style Burled Top Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll
Located in Pasadena, TX
7" vintage burled top coffee table. This table features a beautiful burled wood top and a right
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Burl

Early T Angle Walnut Coffee Table / Bench by Florence Knoll # 332 for Knoll (B)
By Florence Knoll
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very early and rare segmented topped walnut coffee table or bench with satin black T angled metal
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Early T Angle Walnut Coffee Table / Bench by Florence Knoll # 332 for Knoll (A)
By Florence Knoll
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very early and rare segmented topped walnut coffee table or bench with satin black T angled metal
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Marcel Breuer for Gavina / Knoll International White Mica Laccio Coffee
By Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American International-Style (circa 1924) 'Laccio' coffee table with a white mica rectangular top
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Chrome

1970 Coffee Table by Knoll Iternational, iron black leg with marble top
By Knoll
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage 70s rectangular coffee table, by Florence Knoll for Knoll International. Coffee table with
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Steel

Eero Saarinen Coffee Table for Knoll, Walnut, 1970s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Round Rock, TX
An iconic design from an iconic designer. Eero Saarinen designed coffee table for Knoll
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum, Steel

Mid-Century Modern Oval Carrara Marble Top Organic Lucite Base Coffee Table
By Knoll
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern oval carrara marble top organic Lucite base coffee table.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

1st Edition Florence Knoll Chrome Coffee Table-Frame Only
By Florence Knoll
Located in Danville, CA
Very early first edition Florence Knoll chrome coffee table. This was a custom size piece ordered
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Midcentury Knoll Hannah Morrison Coffee Table
By Knoll, Bruce Hannah & Andrew Morrison
Located in Pasadena, TX
4 Ft Mid Century Knoll Hannah & Morrison Coffee Table Andrew Morrison and Bruce Hannah defined
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Rare T Angle Slat Wood Coffee Table by Florence Knoll
By Florence Knoll
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A rare dark slat redwood square coffee table having a black metal base that's been angle formed as
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Richard Schultz for Knoll White 'Petal' Coffee Table
By Knoll, Richard Schultz
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Richard Schultz for Knoll, 'petal' coffee table, aluminum, steel, polyurethane, United States
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum, Steel

Florence Knoll Round Parallel Bar Coffee Table in Solid Walnut and Steel
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Dallas, TX
Early production Florence Knoll designed parallel bar cocktail table with a solid wood top and
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Mid-20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Florence Knoll Black Walnut and Black Iron Square Coffee Table, 1960's
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Bainbridge, NY
American Mid Century Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates Black Walnut & Black Iron Side Table, End
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Carrara Marble and Chrome Coffee Table in the Style of Florence Knoll
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Kansas City, MO
36 inch square Carrara marble and chrome coffee table in the style of Florence Knoll. White marble
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Chrome

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Mid Century Coffee Table Knoll For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal mid century coffee table knoll for your home. Each mid century coffee table knoll for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and glass. There are many kinds of the mid century coffee table knoll you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right mid century coffee table knoll, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made mid century coffee table knoll has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Knoll, Florence Knoll and Eero Saarinen are consistently popular.

How Much is a Mid Century Coffee Table Knoll?

The average selling price for a mid century coffee table knoll at 1stDibs is $2,400, while they’re typically $400 on the low end and $48,000 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

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 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. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee table and cocktail tables today.