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Pair of Jens Risom Danish Mid-Century Floating Top Walnut Coffee Table / Benches
By Jens Risom
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of Danish Mid-Century walnut coffee tables / benches with floating tops supported by a walnut
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut, Wood

Oiled Walnut Tile Insert Floating Top Mid-Century Long Surfboard Coffee Table
By John Stuart Inc., Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oiled walnut tile insert floating top mid-century long surfboard coffee table.
Category

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

Materials

Walnut

Pace Collection Floating 3/4" Glass Top Brass Base Coffee Table Mid Century
By Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice mid-century modern floating top 3/4" thick glass coffee table with real brass base.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Floating Widdicomb Marble Inserts Top Coffee Table
By John Widdicomb, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice "floating" rectangle top with three marble inserts coffee table by Widdicomb.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble

Mosaic Coffee Table with Floating Top, 1950s
By Mado Jolain
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage midcentury mosaic tile table. Striped design with neutral stone tile striped with blues and
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Mosaic Coffee Table with Floating Top, 1950s
Mosaic Coffee Table with Floating Top, 1950s
H 19.69 in W 35.83 in D 18.51 in
Antique Elm Coffee Table with a Floating Top
Located in Port Chester, NY
A dark elm coffee table with rich color, good patina, and a twist. This coffee table has a floating
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Elm

Midcentury Jens Risom Floating Top Coffee Table Bench
By Jens Risom
Located in Baltimore, MD
Vintage midcentury 1960s modern walnut coffee table, long bench by Jens Risom. This beautiful Jens
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Coffee Table by Jacob Epstein Table with Floating Glass Top
By Jacob Epstein
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful and oversize Jacob Epstein glass top table by Cumberland crafted from solid flat bar
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Wood Framed Stone Topped Coffee Table with Shelf
By Martin Visser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century Brutalist stone topped coffee or side table with wenge frame, lower shelf and
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stone

Midcentury Jens Risom Design Walnut Floating Top Coffee Table Bench
By Jens Risom
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
. Has floating top design coffee table top. Labeled Jens Risom Design. Great refinished condition, very
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Restored Four Pole Rattan Coffee Table with Floating Glass Top
By Paul Frankl
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Made circa 1940, this four-pole rattan coffee table has an unusual stacked rattan round base. The
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rattan

Vintage Mastercraft Coffee Table with Floating Brass and Glass Top
By Mastercraft
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern coffee table featuring sturdy chrome and brass base with a glass top. A stylish
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Restored Six-Pole Rattan Coffee Table W/ Floating Glass Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Circa 1940 Mid-century six-pole rattan coffee table with stacked rattan round base. The six rattan
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan

Glass Top Horn Tile Base Square Floating 3/4" Glass Top Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice large square thick glass top coffee table. The base is finished with horn "tile" and lacquer
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Italian Coffee Table White Travertine with Floating Top 70s, Minimalist &Design
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful Italian square coffee table in cream white travertine with floating top. . End of the
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Mid-20th Century Italian Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Travertine

Fully Restored & Rare Ole Wanscher Floating Top Rosewood Coffee Table 1960s
By Ole Wanscher, Poul Jeppesens Møbelfabrik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed in the 1960s by iconic designer Ole Wanscher, this high coffee table was produced by Poul
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Fully Restored & Rare Ole Wanscher Floating Top Rosewood Coffee Table 1960s
By Ole Wanscher, Poul Jeppesens Møbelfabrik
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed in the 1960s by iconic designer Ole Wanscher, this high coffee table was produced by Poul
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Floating Walnut Coffee Table by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern, angular, walnut coffee or low side table by Jens Risom features a floating top
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

1970s Danish Mid Century Modern Floating Coffee Table in the Jens Risom's Style
By Jens Risom, Trioh Møbelfabrik
Located in Miami, FL
Danish Mid Century Modern Floating Coffee Table by Trioh Mobler Denmark in the Jens Risom's Style
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Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Paul Laszlo Floating Travertine Stone Top Coffee Table for Brown Saltman
By Paul Laszlo, Brown Saltman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Travertine

Vintage Rosewood Floating Top Coffee Table by Grete Jalk for France & Søn Denmar
By Grete Jalk
Located in Emeryville, CA
This rare and elegant rosewood coffee table with a floating tabletop (model 622/40) was designed by
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rosewood

MCM Chrome Glass & Mirror Floating Coffee Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Italian Mid-Century Modern chrome glass & mirror floating top coffee table. Featuring a thick
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1990s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Floating Walnut and Glass Coffee Table Legs
Located in New York, NY
Floating walnut and glass coffee table legs. You are purchasing only the four legs. Legs each
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Lane Hexagonal Coffee Table Walnut & Smoked Glass Top Mid Century Modern
By Lane Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and made in the 1970s by Lane Furniture, this handsome coffee table features a great build
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Smoked Glass, Walnut

1950s Eugenio Escudero Floating Marble Coffee Table
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Marble Brass Mahogany Wood Coffee Table Mexico City Mexican Modernism at its finest. Unmarked
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Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

Jens Risom Floating Walnut and Tile Coffee Table
By Grete Jalk, Jens Risom
Located in Hudson, NY
Stunning floating walnut table sturdily built on top of elegant stilt styled legs. Simple yet
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Ceramic, Walnut

Mid Century Italian Modern Floating Travertine Marble Free Form Cocktail Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
freeform beige travertine top floating upon two glass pedestals.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Travertine

Unique Mid-Century Two-Tier Mahogany Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare Mid-Century Modern two-tier coffee table with cantilever floating top design and copper
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Copper

Rare French Mid-Century Suspended Organic Form Coffee Table
By Jean Royère
Located in New York, NY
A rare and important French Mid-Century Modern cocktail table. This exceptional piece features an
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Vintage Mid Century Modern Custom Crafted Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Custom Crafted Solid Wood Coffee Table, Signed by the maker. Circa 1960s
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Teak

Modern Burl Chrome & Polished Stainless Steel Floating Coffee Table Plinth Base
By Milo Baughman, Pace Collection
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome vintage late 20th century Modern burl veneer, chrome, & stainless-steel floating coffee
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Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel, Chrome

Extraordinary French Mid-Century Modern Macassar Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Discover the splendor of this extraordinary French mid-century modern Macassar coffee table
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive reclaimed four inch thick teak root coffee table. The top is polished with a natural oil
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2010s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Low Floating Coffee Table in Acrylic with Brass Trim, circa 1970s
Located in Peabody, MA
Low coffee table with inset base which gives the top the appearance of floating, octagonal form in
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Mid Century Style Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive reclaimed three inch thick teak root coffee table. The top is polished with a natural
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2010s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

1970s Modern Burl Floating Coffee Table With Storage Styled After Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a sleek, modern floating burl veneer coffee table in the manner of Milo Baughman. The burl
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Burl

Andrianna Shamaris Mid century Style Organic Teak Wood Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Single slab reclaimed teak wood coffee table with a natural oil finish. Floating on midcentury
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2010s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Grete Jalk for Glostrup Mid Century Danish Modern Rosewood Coffee Table
By Grete Jalk, Glostrup Møbelfabrik
Located in Baltimore, MD
A beautiful mid-century modern, rosewood Danish coffee table by Grete Jalk for Glostrup Mobelfabrik
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Long Surf Board Boat Shape Terrazzo Top Oiled Walnut Base Floating Top
By Harvey Probber, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Floating terrazzo top oiled walnut base long surfboard shape coffee table Kagan decor.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut, Terrazzo

Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Mid Century Style Bleached Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
and added a polish to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist
Category

2010s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Rare Mid-Century Modern Cityscape Paul Evans "L" Shaped Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
table boasts two-tone chrome patchwork and a floating top on one side. An impressive work of art that
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Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Mid Century Cube Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
materials and finishes. The table features a recessed antique mirrored top and overall broken leaf finish in
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cockta...

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Mid Century Cube Cocktail Table
Mid Century Cube Cocktail Table
H 17 in W 60 in D 30 in
Large Space Age Mid Century Modern Triangular Steel Black Laminate Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large vintage Mid-Century Modern high quality custom triangular coffee table in the manner of
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Restored Mid-Century Modern Walnut, Glass, Brass Kidney Shape Coffee Table 1960s
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the manner of Adrian Pearsall, a coffee table with three tapered walnut legs with brass caps
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Mid Century Style Bleached Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
and added a polish to the top for protection and a butterfly inlaid into the wood. Floating on mid
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2010s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Barclay Butera Raffia Covered Glass Top Cocktail Coffee Table
By Barclay Butera, Lexington Furniture 1
Located in West Hartford, CT
decorative metal band that separates the base from the top thereby creating a floating appearance. The
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Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Raffia, Glass, Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
shellack to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist. The St
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2010s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Amorphous Bleached Teak Wood Mid Century Style Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
a shellack to the top for protection. Floating on mid century style legs. Organic with a twist
Category

2010s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak Wood Grete Jalk P. Jeppesens Square Coffee Table
By Grete Jalk, Poul Jeppesen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique floating form vintage Danish Modern square coffee table by Poul Jeppesen with the design
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Teak

travertine Top Horn Like Pillars Tripod Base Round Coffee Table
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern round floating travertine top coffee table. Horn like base solid mahogany
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Travertine

Danish Mid Century Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard-Nielsen FD-516 Coffee Table
By Peter Hvidt, Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, France & Søn
Located in London, GB
& Søn in Denmark. Constructed from Teak, the coffee table has a large rectangular table top with
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Teak, Rattan

Cerused Oak Wood Coffee Table Glass Top France, circa 1940
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in Vienna, AT
Cerused oak wood coffee or side table with glass glass top, France circa 1940 Elegant coffee table
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Oak

Walnut Patchwork Large Checker Pattern Top Large Rectangle Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oversize chrome base large rectangle coffee table in style of M. Baughman. Floating top on chrome
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Sculptural Low Profile Teak Base Glass Top Danish Midcentury Coffee Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern sculptural base low profile floating glass top coffee table. Adrian
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Teak

Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Cocktail Table
By Johannes Andersen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Book matched rosewood cocktail table with cerused oak base. Tapered legs. Floating edge top subtle
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Rosewood, Oak

Square Walnut Mid Century Modern "Floating" Top Coffee Center Table Risom Style
By Jens Risom
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square Walnut Mid Century Modern "Floating" Top Coffee Center Table Risom Style
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

Harvey Probber Coffee Table, Signed
By Harvey Probber
Located in Trenton, NJ
Striking Mid-Century Modern coffee table by Harvey Probber features floating top style with clean
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Harvey Probber Coffee Table, Signed
Harvey Probber Coffee Table, Signed
H 16.25 in W 54 in D 19 in
1950s Swedish Mahogany Coffee Table
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A wonderfully stylish and very good quality Swedish coffee Table dating from the 1950s. The top and
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Mahogany

1950s Swedish Mahogany Coffee Table
1950s Swedish Mahogany Coffee Table
H 16.15 in W 46.07 in D 16.15 in
Mid-Century Italian 2-Tier Harlequin Cocktail Table
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's two-tier rectangular glass top cocktail table floating above bold graphic ivory and brown
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Chinese Mid 19th Century Qing Dynasty Kang Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese kang table from China mid-19th century. This low table is crafted in lacquered elm wood
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Elm

Chinese Mid 19th Century Qing Dynasty Kang Table
Chinese Mid 19th Century Qing Dynasty Kang Table
H 11.03 in W 31.89 in D 20.08 in
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Mid Century Floating Top Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal mid century floating top coffee table for your home. A mid century floating top coffee table — often made from wood, walnut and metal — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the mid century floating top coffee table you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right mid century floating top coffee table, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. Jens Risom, John Keal and Brown Saltman each produced at least one beautiful mid century floating top coffee table that is worth considering.

How Much is a Mid Century Floating Top Coffee Table?

A mid century floating top coffee table can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,600, while the lowest priced sells for $795 and the highest can go for as much as $10,500.

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.