Mid century nightstand center Cube table with 4 drawers black lacquer rosewood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique Mid century nightstand center Cube table with 4 drawers black lacquer rosewood. All Black
Wood, Rosewood, Lacquer
Mid Century Italian Post Modern Travertine Marble Cube Side Table or End Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A simple modern cube table from Italy circa 1970's. It features thick cream colored travertine
Travertine
Mid-Century Modern Brushed Metal and Chrome Cube Shape Table Lamp
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice sleek modern design metal table lamp.
Mid-Century Solid Lucite Cube with Brass Connectors Coffee Table Base
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique Mid-Century Lucite cube and brass connector coffee table base, circa 1970s. The tubular
Brass
Sold|$3,126
Kurt Østervig Cube Tables
By KP Mobler, Kurt Østervig
Located in London, GB
Extremely rare pair of cube tables by Kurt Ostervig for K.P Mobler. Very finely crafted and
Glass, Hardwood
Sold|$3,000
Modernist Cube Side Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Modern Cube Side Table in walnut with geometrical legs.
Wood, Walnut
Pair of Mid-Century Danish Teak Cube Form End Tables, circa 1960s
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Peabody, MA
Pair of Danish teak cube form side tables with smoked glass tops, circa 1960s, in the style of Kai
Smoked Glass, Teak
Mid-Century Modern Oval Walnut Top Travertine Cube Base Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern oval walnut coffee table on travertine base.
Travertine
Sold|$1,100
Kai Kristiansen Teak Cube Tables
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Pair of elegant teak tables designed by Kai Kristiansen featuring an intricate corner based joinery
Sold|$2,500
black cube side tables
By Milo Baughman
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Gloss Black Open Cubed Side Tables.
Glass
Sold|$6,370 / item
Wood Cube Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These mid-20th-century Belgian Square wood block side tables showcase a rich patina that highlights
Wood, Hardwood
Mid-Century Modern Baughman Short Square Marble Side Table Cube on Wheels, 1960s
By Milo Baughman
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a short and chic, marble side or end table, on wheels, by Milo Baughman
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Paul Evans Argente Cube Chrome Slate Side End Tables
By Paul Evans
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a stunning pair of Argente chrome cube side or end tables, with slate
Chrome
Sold|$5,500 / set
Jens Quistgaard Cube Tables
By Richard Nissen, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Danish Modern teak cube tables, designed by Jens Quistgaard for Richard Nissen, Denmark
Teak
Mid-Century Verner Panton Pantonova Wire Cube for Fritz Hansen
By Verner Panton, Fritz Hansen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Rare Mid-Century Verner Panton Pantonova wire cube for Fritz Hansen. They can be used as a stool
Metal
Sold|$8,000 / set
Dunbar "Constellation" Cube Tables
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare "Constellation" cube tables by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Brass
Sold|$995
Burl Cube Table by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Burl cube table by Lawson-Fenning.
Italian Mid Century Modern Chrome Glass Ice Cube Table Lamp by Gaetano Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Portland, OR
A very stylish original Mid Century Modern Italian Chrome & Glass 'Ice Cube' table lamp, Gaetano
Chrome
Sold|$1,800
Minimalist Oak Cube Table Pedestal
By Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Square oak cube that can be used as a side or coffee table. It is also the perfect addition to our
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Small Pair of Square Wood Framed Cube Side End Tables, 1960s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a fantastic pair of square, wood framed, side or end tables, circa 1960s
Wood
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Stacked Black Lacquer and Glass Cube Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
This sleek and geometric pair of Mid-Century Modernist Stacked Black Lacquer and Glass Cube Table
Fabric, Glass, Lacquer
1970s Sottsass Style Modernist Mid-Century White Cube Metal Table or Floor Lamp
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Modernist cube table or floor lamp with white a enameled metal frame. In original
Metal
Sold|$3,800
Parquetry Cube Form Side Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Parquetry cube form side table, Italy. In very good vintage condition with wear commensurate with
Fruitwood
Sold|$625
Radboud Van Beekum Cube Table
By Radboud Van Beekum, Pastoe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This table is enameled metal frame with flecked dark formica top. Shown with his cube chair (S014
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Square Cube Patchwork Cocktail Table or End Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Paul Evans studio square patchwork cube table circa early 1960's in New Hope PA. It features copper
Slate, Bronze, Copper, Pewter
Sold|$850 / set
Adrian Pearsall Walnut Cube Tables
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Pair of Adrian Pearsall walnut cube tables circa early 1970s. Perfect as end tables, night stands
Walnut
Sold|$3,000
Gerald McCabe Glass Cube Table
By Gerald McCabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gerald McCabe glass cube table, c.1960s, USA is a minimalist design that stands the test of time
Steel, Chrome
Set of Two Mid-Century Modern Cube Table Lamps by Kaiser Leuchten 1960s, Germany
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Munich, DE
Set of two rare and elegant Mid-Century Modern cube table lamps. Manufactured by Kaiser Leuchten
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Thayer Coggin Burl Wood Cube Coffee Table 1970s
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a fabulous, cube coffee table, made of burl wood, by Milo Baughman for
Wood
Sold|$545
Max Sauze Cube Side Table
By Max Sauze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single black enameled metal wire side table with bottom and top plates of glass. Original condition.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Cube Coffee Table Slate Top Copper Patchwork 1970s
By Paul Evans
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is an incredible, cube coffee table, with a removable slate top on patchwork
Copper
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Skyscraper Style Cubed Lucite Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Skyscraper style cubed form lamps in Lucite with brass detailing
Sold|$2,200
Pair of Modernist Wood Cube Tables
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rochester, NY
A substantial & exceptional quality pair of striking flame grained walnut wood cube side tables
Walnut
Sold|$2,000
Milo Baughman Small Cube Tables
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
book matched walnut tops; black plinth bases; adjustable height feet
Wood
Sold|$1,650
Pair of Italian Parquetry Cube Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian Parquetry Cube Tables
Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood Brass Side End Coffee Cube Table Baughman Style
By Milo Baughman
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a phenomenal, burl wood side or accent table, with inlaid brass, in the
Burl
Sold|$4,263
Resin Cube Side Table on Castors
By Martha Sturdy
Located in Tulsa, OK
Chief cube side table on castors in new gold/antique gold finish.
Resin
Mid-Century Maple Burl Cube Coffee Table by Paul Mayen for Habitat Intl., 1970s
By Intrex, Paul Mayen, Habitat International
Located in Dublin 8, IE
table is really wonderful in person and has a great mid-century feel while also feeling fresh and modern
Burl
Sold|$1,012
Vintage Italian Travertine Cube Side Table
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very well made vintage Italian travertine cube side table. This was made in Italy, it
Travertine
Sold|$3,000
Walnut "Cubes" Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Walnut " Cubes " coffee table. The five pieces can be arranged to best fit your needs as a coffee
Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Walnut Floating Cube Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rochester, NY
Adrian Pearsall floating walnut cube table in original finish w/ black painted recessed base and
Walnut, Paint, Wood
Sold|$2,200
Vintage Brass and Lucite Cube Tables
Located in Austin, TX
French mid-century modern side tables in brass with lucite shelves (resting on lucite pegs!), open
Brass
Sold|$1,200
Brass and Glass Cube Side Tables
By Charles Hollis Jones, Maison Jansen
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of 20" cube shaped side tables with polished brass base and clear glass tops, circa 1970s.
Brass
Sold|$30,000
Paul Evans "Argente" Cube Side Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Amarillo, TX
Rare Paul Evans Argente cube table. USA, 1970s. Welded aluminum. Measures: 16 W x 16 D x
Aluminum, Metal
Set of Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak Cube Nesting Tables by Kai Kristiansen
By Kai Kristiansen, Vildbjerg Møbelfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition Dimensions: 16"H x 16"W x 16"D
Teak
Sold|$1,800
Italian Rouge Marble Cube Pedestal Tables
Located in Rochester, NY
A pair of exotically figured Italian rouge marble pedestal cubes / tables with mitered construction
Sold|$1,500
Burled Wood Cube Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Burled wood cube table. Very expressive and unique burled olive wood. Nice size, measuring 29
Olive, Burl
Sold|$7,300 / set
Maria Pergay Mesa Cube Tables, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Maria Pergay (French, born Moldova, b. 1930) Stainless Steel Cube Tables, circa 1970s
Stainless Steel
Baughman Style Brass & Chrome Tubular Cube Side End Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This tubular chrome side or end table is reminiscent of the mid century style of Baughman. The cube
Brass, Chrome
Sold|$1,200
Modernist Storage Cube
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A cherry wood storage box or side table with clean, modernist lines. Crafted of cherry, the piece
Brass
Sold|$800 / set
Rosewood + Brass Cube End Tables, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant pair of tables. Beautiful rosewood grain with brass hardware faux storage design. They
Brass
Tri-Mark Reticulated Metal Cube Table
By Tri-Mark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Tri-mark metal table with a cut out repeating design. Gun metal finish. Can be used as is or with a
Metal
Sold|$8,800
Hugh Acton Marble Cubed End Tables
By Hugh Acton
Located in Chicago, IL
Hugh Acton end tables, custom designed for Acton's residence. Caffe Bruno marble; Caffe Bruno
Marble
Sold|$6,800
Pair of Onyx Cube Form Side Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of onyx cube form side tables.
Onyx
Sold|$800 / set
Ice Cube Table lamps from Peill & Putzler ice cube 1960
By Peill & Putzler
Located in Oirlo, LI
One of the many types of Peill und Putzler ice cube lamps. This specific version of the lamps is
Glass, Art Glass
Sold|$395
Travertine Cube
By Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Small travertine cube perfect for a side table, plant table or drink table!
Travertine
Modernist Italian Geometric Cube Form Glass Top Table
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Fantastic cube form glass top table. Brass corner pieces connect 1 inch thick tubular segments
Brass
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.
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