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Large Round Sheath of Bamboo Round Coffee Table Mid Century Modern McGuire MINT!
By Ficks Reed, McGuire
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Round Sheath of Bamboo Round Coffee Table Mid Century Modern McGuire MINT!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Brass Hoof Feet Polished Chrome Glass Top Square Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
By Maison Charles-Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass hoof feet polished chrome glass top square coffee table Mid-Century Modern.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Lucite Snail Base Square 3/4" Thick Glass Top Coffee Table Mid Century Modern
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Lucite Snail Base Square 3/4" Thick Glass Top Coffee Table Mid Century Modern
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Lucite

French Neo-Classical Glass Top Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern PE Guerin Style
Located in Stamford, CT
French Neo-Classical Glass Top Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern PE Guerin Style Petite coffee
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Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bronze

Studio Craft Solid Wood Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern, USA, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Studio Craft; Solid Wood; coffee table; Mid-Century Modern; USA; 1970s Wendell Castle; Roger Sloan
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Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Sculptural Triangular Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Sculptural walnut triangular coffee table. 3 well carved curved legs hold up a single walnut
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Polished Stainless Steel & Brass Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table Mid Century
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Polished stainless steel & brass 3/4" glass top rectangle coffee table Mid-Century Modern.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Francois Monnet Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table Smoked Glass and Brushed Steel
By François Monnet
Located in Miami, FL
Francois Monnet coffee table Mid-Century Modern from the 1960s. Brushed steel frame with elegant
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Magnificent Tile Top Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Tile top coffee table with magnificent splayed legs. This is one of those pieces that actually
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Ceramic, Walnut

Vintage Coffee Table Mid Century Modern Laminate Low Profile
Located in Lake Worth, FL
-tier Coffee Table The sides have a slight faux stone look. The top surfaces are smooth. Approximate
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Laminate

Clean Lined Architectural Chrome Coffee Table Mid Century Modern
By Poul Kjærholm
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean Lined Architectural Chrome Coffee Table, in the manner of Poul Kjaerholm, probably American
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Organic Redwood Free Edge Coffee Table Mid-century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful organic redwood thick slab coffee table. Adds fabulous organic texture to just about any
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

1960s Extendable Teak Coffee Table: Mid-Century Modern Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dive into vintage sophistication with our Extendable Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, impeccably
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid Century Modern Brutalist Gilt Metal Cocktail or Coffee Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Incredible Brutalist Brass Based Cocktail or Coffee Table, Midcentury Modern. It has an unusual
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Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Split Reed Bamboo Stepped Coffee Table
Located in La Mesa, CA
This is a beautifully unique and elegant split reed bamboo coffee table. Mid Century Modern. The
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bamboo, Reed

Ebonized Wood, Glass and Chrome Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Nantucket, MA
A very unusual Mid-Century Modern coffee table. It features ebonized legs in a faux Horn motif
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Bassett Coffee Table Mid Century Modern Walnut After Adrian Pearsall
By Bassett Furniture
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A Bassett mid century modern walnut coffee table after Adrian Pearsall with an organic and
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Wonderful Brass Widdicomb Mastercraft Square Coffee Table Mid Century Modern
By Mastercraft, John Widdicomb
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful John Widdicomb square brass coffee table. We love the sleek modern design with the
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Stunning Bertha Schaefer Travertine Round Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
By Bertha Schaefer
Located in Pemberton, NJ
. Coffee table by Bertha Schaefer for M. Singer & Sons in walnut and Round travertine top, circa 1950s
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Travertine

Stunning Pair of Chrome Jax Coffee Tables, Mid-Century Modern
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning pair of chrome jax coffee tables. Use with one large glass or as two separate tables side
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Bamboo Parquetry Coffee Table Mid-Century modern style
Located in Oxford, GB
luxurious feel. striking coffee table that's mid-century modern in style. perfect table to anchor a room
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2010s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Cane, Rattan

Wonderful Oblong Wrought Iron Scroll Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful Hollywood Regency oblong wrought iron scroll coffee table. This table has tons of vintage
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Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Fantastically Simple Frosted Lucite Wave Coffee Table Mid-century Modern
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous thick frosted lucite simplistic wave coffee table. Angled beveled glass sits on top of a
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Vintage 1970s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lucite, Glass

Mid Century Modern John Keal Style Walnut Expanding Coffee Table
By John Keal
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern John Keal Style Walnut Expanding Coffee Table Mid century modern unique
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Black High Gloss Polished Coffee Table
Located in North York, ON
Black high gloss polished coffee table. Mid-Century Modern inspired with a chinoiserie flare
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Black High Gloss Polished Coffee Table
Black High Gloss Polished Coffee Table
H 17.25 in W 47.5 in D 34 in
Rustic Solid Wood Coffee Table, France, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rustic solid wood coffee table, Mid-Century Modern, French craftsmanship 1950's; Rustic
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Rustic Solid Wood Coffee Table, France, 1950s
Rustic Solid Wood Coffee Table, France, 1950s
H 13.39 in W 51.19 in D 28.35 in
Large Vintage Chromed and Marble Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern Design
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Large vintage coffee table with a chromed metal base. The top is made of inlaid marble. This table
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Milo Baughman Oversized X Chrome Base Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Excellent oversized heavy chrome X base coffee table by Milo Baughman . This fabulous coffee table
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Unusual Large Surfboard Top Double Pedestal Coffee Table Mid-century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Unusual large surfboard top double pedestal coffee table. You will love the warm walnut top with
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Stunning Paul Mayen Habitat Aluminum Cylinder Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
By Paul Mayen
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning Paul Mayen for Habitat aluminum cylinder coffee table. The unusual bases measure 15" T x
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum

Silas Seandel Style Brutalist Torch-Cut Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
By Silas Seandel
Located in Pemberton, NJ
This is an amazing Brutalist glass top coffee or cocktail table of torch-cut steel with a gold base
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Cut Steel

Gorgeous Abstract Iron Silas Seandel Style Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
By Silas Seandel
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous abstract iron Silas Seandel style coffee table. We love the simple abstract design of the
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Gorgeous Signed Silas Seandel "Terra" Cocktail Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
By Silas Seandel
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A beautiful handcrafted stone and bronze abstract coffee table by New York artist, Silas Seandel
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Cast Stone, Brass, Bronze

Gorgeous Karl Springer Style Lucite Pillar Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
By Karl Springer
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous Karl Springer style Lucite pillar coffee table. We love the double arched chunky Lucite
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Antique 1890s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Lucite

Modern Round Oak and Walnut Coffee Table
Located in North York, ON
Modern Round Oak and Walnut coffee table. Mid-Century modern inspired clean design. Beautiful
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2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Oak, Walnut

1970s Maison Charles French Steel Brass Glass Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
By Maison Charles
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Artisan French rectangle Coffee Table made of chromed steel, steel, brass and
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome, Steel

Maison Lancel Three Part Brass & Glass Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern France
By Maison Lancel
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern 1960 Maison Lancel three parts Brass coffee table, original patina, new glass
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Fabulous Milo Baughman Burl Wood Chrome Cube Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Midcentury Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin coffee table with patchwork burl wood top and chrome
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Sirmos Attribution Rock Quarry Coffee Table Mid Century Modern Circa Late 1970s
By Sirmos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sirmos attribution 'Rock Quarry' coffee table. Made in the US circa 1970s. 3/4 inch thick glass top
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Plaster

Gorgeous Karl Springer Style Lucite Column Round Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
By Karl Springer
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous substantial Karl Springer style coffee or cocktail table with round 3/4" thick glass top
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Lucite

Stephen Chase Style Resin and Onyx Rolling Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Awesome Stephen Chase style onyx and resin coffee table. This unusual coffee table has small
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Onyx

Karl Springer Style Faux Shagreen Rectangle Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern 1980
By Karl Springer
Located in Miami, FL
Superb Karl Springer Style ivory faux shagreen coffee table made in America in the 1980. Very
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Lacquer, Faux Leather, Wood

White Bamboo Rattan & Enamel 2-Tier Round Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern round white two-tier bamboo, rattan and enamel coffee table from the late 1970
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Faux Bamboo Brass X Base Square Glass Top Coffee Table Mid Century Modern
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice vintage faux bamboo side coffee table. In style of Maison Bagues
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal, Brass

Round Wheat Bamboo Sheaf Base Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern McGuire
By McGuire
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern white wash finish bamboo sheaf base coffee table by McGuire.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Bamboo

French Glass, Steel and Brass Two-Tier Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern, c1960's
Located in Chicago, IL
French Two-Tier Glass and Burnished Steel Coffee Table, with Solid Brass Finials. This table is so
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Steel

McGuire Style Rectangular Bamboo Wood Mid-Century Modern Tray Table American 80s
By McGuire
Located in Miami, FL
McGuire style traditional tray coffee table Mid-Century Modern in light bamboo, woven with Leather
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Tray Tables

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Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Wood

Magnificent 4 Piece Vladimir Kagan Omnibus Sofa Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Large 3 piece sectional sofa with matching illuminated coffee table by Vladimir Kagan, Omnibus
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas

Materials

Upholstery, Lucite

Brutalist Oak Coffee Table Danish - Mid Century
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large Brutalist Oak Coffee Table, Mid Century Modern Originating from Belgium in the captivating
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20th Century Danish Brutalist Tables

Materials

Oak

Mid-Century asimmetric Coffee table, glass and wood
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
A coffee table with an asymmetrical design in wood and glass, with a mid-century-inspired style
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood

Teak coffee table with suspended top
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, IT
Teak coffee table with three legs held by a structure with crossed spokes and suspended top. 1960
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Teak

Italian 1950's elegant coffee table in dark mahogany
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, IT
COD-1511 Italian 1950's elegant coffee table in dark polished wood with fine bronze tips and a
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern walnut coffee table. Rather than your common long and narrow coffee table, this
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
H 14.5 in W 48 in D 30 in
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage walnut coffee table is full of Mid-Century style, with a surface of contrasting white
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
H 15.5 in W 31 in D 31 in
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stylish midcentury coffee table. Spacious table surface with interestingly contoured legs on the
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
H 17.25 in W 54 in D 25 in
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage coffee table combines a large solid top with a unique geometric base. Made with Mid
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
H 17 in W 54 in D 30 in
Mid-Century Modern Teak Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Mid-Century Modern walnut coffee table features two tiers and a sturdy base. This piece will
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Modern Mirrored Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An incredible mirrored coffee table that can add bold Mid-Century Modern flair to any room. A
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Mirror

Circular Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
enjoying coffee or drinks with company, this Mid-Century Modern table is stylish and sturdy. Please confirm
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Octagonal Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nice mid-century table with a large octagonal top with plenty of room to kick up your feet and
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

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Coffee Table Mid Century Modern For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the coffee table mid century modern you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and glass, every coffee table mid century modern was constructed with great care. Find 18251 options for an antique or vintage coffee table mid century modern now, or shop our selection of 399 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect coffee table mid century modern — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A coffee table mid century modern made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Scandinavian Modern — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one coffee table mid century modern that is appealing in its simplicity, but Knoll, Edward Wormley and Adrian Pearsall produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Coffee Table Mid Century Modern?

A coffee table mid century modern can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,699, while the lowest priced sells for $1 and the highest can go for as much as $371,625.

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.

Questions About Coffee Table Mid Century Modern
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, the tulip table is considered a mid-century modern design. This table shape has become an iconic statement of the era with a simple sculptural attitude and a practical nature. The first tulip table was created by Eero Saarinen, a noted Finnish designer who was a leader in mid-century modern home decor. Shop a collection of Saarinen furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.