Pair of Kidney Organic Shape Two-Tier Tri-Legged Side Tables
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Lacquered walnut round glass galleries organic kidney shape side tables.
Brass
Set of two Nesting Tables, Black / White Stripes, 50s Style, Kidney Shaped
Located in Berlin, BE
Exclusive offer of a set of two nesting tables, kindney shaped. In the style of the 50 s. Very decorative in black-white colored stripes. Also avaiable in other colors. These tabl...
Brass
1940's Kidney Shaped Coffee Table with glass top by Anton Kildeberg
Located in Minneapolis, MN
1940's original kidney shaped coffee table by Anton Kildeberg designs. This table is made from mahogany and has a printed glass top. 41" x 22" x 23" h, lower solid wood shelf is 12...
Mahogany
Large Biomorphic kidney shaped two tone mahogany & black coffee / cocktail table
Located in New York City, NY
A striking interplay of organic form and architectural precision, this sculptural original coffee table pairs a richly grained mahogany top with a contrasting black lacquered surface...
Metal, Nickel
Kidney Organic Shape Thick Glass Top Tessellated Base Side End Lamp Table Stand
By Maitland Smith
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Kidney Organic Shape Thick Glass Top Tessellated Base Side End Lamp Table Stand
Travertine
Kidney Shape Black Lacquer Raffia Cloth Wrapped Side End Coffee Table
By Harrison Van Horn
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Kidneyshape black lacquer raffia cloth wrapped side end coffee table. Custom design studio piece.
Raffia
Side Table, Kidney Shaped, Red-Pink Stripes, Three Elegant Legs, 50s Style
Located in Berlin, BE
Exclusive offer of one small kidney shaped side table. Red-Pink Stripes (see other offers: 4 different colours and patterns avaiable). Colour nunaces may be slightly different in re...
Brass
Small Side Table, Kidney Shaped, Black-White Stripes, 3 Elegant Legs, 50s Style
Located in Berlin, BE
Exclusive offer of one SMALL kidney shaped side table. The LARGER you will find in another offer. Very decorative in black-white colored stripes (see other offers: optional in 4 diff...
Brass
Merman Regency Style Mahogany Six-Leg Tiered Kidney Coffee Table, Circa 1940s
Located in Germantown, MD
Merman Regency Style Mahogany Tiered Kidney Coffee Table, Circa 1940s Measures 36" in width, 18" in height and 17" in depth.
Mahogany
Italian Gold Gilt Steel Rope Style Kidney Shape Glass top Side Lamp Table Mint
By Established Lines
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Gold Gilt Steel Rope Style Kidney Shape Glass top Side Lamp Table Mint
Wrought Iron
Large Side Table, Kidney Shaped, Black-White Stripes, 3 Elegant Legs, 50s Style
Located in Berlin, BE
Exclusive offer of one large kidney shaped side table. Very decorative in black-white colored stripes. These tables are a high-quality new production after original models of the 1...
Brass
Large Side Table, Kidney Shaped, Black-White, Silver, 3 Elegant Legs, 50s Style
Located in Berlin, BE
Exclusive offer of one large kidney shaped side table. Very decorative in black-white colored stripes. Silver Edge liner with a black stripe. Decoration is not included in the offe...
Brass
Vintage Mid Century Modern White Driftwood Kidney Glass Side Table Floor Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Mid Century Modern White Driftwood Kidney Glass Side Table Floor Lamp.
Glass, Wood
Three-legged, kidney-shaped coffee table with a black Formica surface 1950s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This table was manufactured in Switzerland in the 1950s/60s and impresses with its elegant mid-century design.
Formica, Wood
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Scrumptious Pearsall style Sculptural Walnut 2 Tier Coffee Table Kidney Shaped
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Scrumptious Adrian Pearsall style 2 tier walnut kidney shaped coffee table. This table is in fantastic restored condition with a new finish to the top. This table measures 15"t x 6...
Glass, Walnut
Two-Tier "L" Shape Glass and Brass Organic Kidney Shape Coffee Table
By Design Institute America, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern DIA style "L" shape or kidney shape glass top brass frame coffee center table.
Brass
Gesso Washed and Stained Kidney Shape Glass Top Natural Driftwood Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern very nice example of natural driftwood kidney shape coffee table.
Glass, Driftwood
Paolo Buffa Style Brass And Walnut Coffee Table With Kidney Shape Glass Top
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
1960's mid-century modern solid brass and walnut base with kidney shape glass top coffee table in the style of Paolo Buffa, in vintage condition the base has been lightly restored, w...
Brass
Vintage Neoclassical Revival Writing Desk, Hardwood, Kidney-Shaped w/ Marquetry
Located in Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Vintage Neoclassical Revival writing desk built on the kidney-shaped plan, a compact personal writing surface with a continuous curved top and softened edge. The top is set with a ma...
Wood
Oiled Walnut Boomerang Kidney Shape Glass Top Stretcher Base Coffee Table Mint!
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oiled Walnut Boomerang Kidney Shape Glass Top Stretcher Base Coffee Table Mint!
Glass, Walnut
1970s Karl Springer Style Painted Bone White Red Kidney Wood Lucite Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transport yourself back to the sleek and sophisticated 1970s with white and red kidney coffee table. The distinctive craftsmanship frame that gives this piece a mid century design, a...
Lucite, Wood, Lacquer, Paint
19th Century French Kidney-shaped Veneer Writing Desk with Brown Leather Top
Located in Sofia, BG
French kidney-shaped veneer writing table, topped with a leather-covered desk and opening with two belt drawers. Molded base joined by spacer and finished with casters. Decorated wit...
Leather, Wood
Ferguson Bros. Duncan Phyfe Style Mahogany Galleried Kidney Candle Stand
By Ferguson Brothers
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid Century Ferguson Bros. Duncan Phyfe regency Style Mahogany Galleried Kidney Form , , quadpad pedestal with brass cap paw feet Candle Stand Measures 20" in width x 12" in dept...
Brass
Vladimir Kagan Kidney Desk with Credenza in Tawi Wood
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Dallas, TX
This is truly an exceptional desk designed and manufactured by Vladimir Kagan. The desk features a kidney shaped work area supported on a thick Lucite base and a matching credenza al...
Brass
Kai Kristiansen Kidney 54 Walnut Desk for FM Furniture Feldballe 1950s
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Lejre, DK
Freestanding Model Kidney 54 desk designed by Kai Kristiansen for FM Furniture / Feldballes Møbelfabrik in Denmark. The desk is veneered in walnut and features the characteristic kid...
Walnut
Kai Kristiansen Model 54 Kidney Desk in Teak with Bar Cabinet
By Feldballes Møbelfabrik, Kai Kristiansen
Located in Lejre, DK
Model 54 Kidney desk designed by Kai Kristiansen and manufactured by Feldballes Møbelfabrik in the 1960s. The desk is crafted in teak with drawers on one side, a tambour-door bar cab...
Teak
Kidney-shaped design desk by C. F. Christensen Silkeborg, Denmark 1970
By CFC Silkeborg
Located in Radomsko, Województwo łódzkie
This kidney-shaped desk by CFC Silkeborg, designed in 1970, is a fine example of Danish craftsmanship from the era. Its smooth, organic shape reflects the focus on simplicity and fun...
Pine
Vintage circa 1970's Mid-Century Modern G Plan Style Side End Lamp Wine Table
By G Plan Furniture
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this vintage mid century modern kidney shaped side table in the G-Plan style A nice small utilitarian table, ideally suited for a glass of wine ...
Pine
French Modern Cerused Two Tiered Table
By Jean Prouvé, André Arbus, Dominique, Jacques Adnet, Jules Leleu
Located in Houston, TX
French Modern cerused two tiered table. This stunning French Mid-Century Modern kidney shaped table has a dark cerused / limed oak finish, three fluted legs and a top glass shelf att...
Brass
1970s Teak Curved Barrel Kidney Slatted Settee Table Chairs, Set of 4
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, teak kidney set you could hope to find. This is Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. Just look at the gorgeous curved de...
Teak
Pair of Italian Art Deco Kidney Shaped Night Stands Bedside Tables Marble Top
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant and refined Italian Art Deco design, pair of bedside tables in kidney design shape with wood front door, white marble top standing on four saber legs. Those pieces mak...
Marble, Brass
Carved Wood Kidney Shaped Bedside Tables with Bronze and Marble Top, Set of 2
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of kidney-shaped Transition style nightstands in carved wood with gilt bronze appliqués and gallery. Two heights and waist drawer. Marble countertop. Measurements: 70x35x54 cm. ...
Bronze
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.
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 .
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.
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