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Mid-Century Modern Round Coffee Table
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A coffee table that is not seen very often, its shape makes it unique, domed wood in the shape of a
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Round Chrome Brass Glass Mid Century Modern Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Jansen style Mid-Century Modern chrome brass glass coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Unique Round Mid-Century Modern Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
without sacrificing style. This glass top table makes the perfect eye-catching addition to any modern
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Epoxy Resin

Mid Century Modern Aluminum & Glass Round Cocktail Coffee Table
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Port Jervis, NY
and 3/4 inch thick round glass top is original to the table. In excellent vintage condition with
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum

Mid Century Modern Brass Lucite Round Glass Charles Hollis Jones Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Brass, Lucite, and Round Glass Charles Hollis Jones attributed Coffee
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Thick Glass and Chrome Round Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
By Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern thick 3/4 glass and chrome tripod style base round glass top coffee table by
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Wonderful Mid-Century Modern Round Glass Top Lucite & Chrome Base Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern round glass top Lucite & chrome base coffee table In The Manner Of
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Wonderful Mid-Century Modern Round Glass Top Lucite & Chrome Base Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern round glass top Lucite & chrome base coffee table Measurements: 16
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Maison Baguès Mid-Century Modern Round Glass Brass Bronze Coffee Cocktail Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Maison Baguès Mid-Century Modern round glass top, with faux brass / bronze bamboo style
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Bronze

Mid-century Modern Italian Steel and Glass Round Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Steel table and very thick glass top, the surface below acts as a bottle holder. Italian production
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Mid-Century Modern Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A beautiful vintage modern propeller shaped metal base and a thick round glass top is sure to make
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Italian Mid Century Modern Chrome Brass Glass Top Round Coffee Table MINT!
By Romeo Rega, Maison Jansen, Milo Baughman, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid Century Modern Chrome Brass Glass Top Round Coffee Table MINT!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Mid Century Modern Lucite Base 40" Glass Top Round Coffee Table MINT!
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Lucite Base 40" Glass Top Round Coffee Table MINT!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Rounded Coffee Table in Solid Hardwood and Glass, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
with round wooden ends that secure the glass top in place. The table reflects the mid-century modern
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Mid Century Italian Modern Chrome Steel Spider Base Round Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid Century Italian Modern Chrome Steel Spider Base Round Glass Top Coffee Table. Item features
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Mid century Modern Dutch Round glass steel and leather Safari coffee table
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid century modern Round glass Safari sling leather coffee table on black lacquered metal base
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Mid-Century Metal Floral Base Round Glass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century coffee table with painted shaped metal floral base and circular glass top.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Round Gold Table Coffee Glass Top Italian Mid-Century Modern Design, 1950s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round gold table coffee glass top Italian Mid-Century Modern design, 1950s.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Stacked Glass Fan Shape Base Round Coffee Table Italian Post Modern Mid Century
By Brueton, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Stacked Glass Fan Shape Base Round Coffee Table Italian Post Modern Mid Century MINT!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass

Mid Century Modern Tubular Chrome Column Base Coffee Table, Round Glass Top
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Awesome Mid-Century Modern period piece. Chromed tubular base with a round 36 inch diameter glass
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Mid-Century Round Travertine Glass Coffee Table Italy 1970
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Discover Timeless Elegance with our Mid-Century Round Travertine Coffee Table from Italy 1970
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Mid Century Modern Round Glass Top Thick Diameter Bamboo Base Coffee Table MINT
By Paul Frankl, McGuire, Ficks Reed
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Round Glass Top Thick Diameter Bamboo Base Coffee Table MINT
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rattan, Glass

Mid Century Modern Octagonal Brass Base Glass Top Round Coffee Center Table MINT
By Mastercraft, Dunbar Furniture, Design Institute America, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Octagonal Brass Base Glass Top Round Coffee Center Table MINT
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Italian Mid Century Modern Round Chrome Brass Glass Top Center Coffee Table MINT
By Maison Baguès, Brueton, Maison Jansen, Mastercraft, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid Century Modern Round Chrome Brass Glass Top Center Coffee Table MINT!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Mid Century Italian Modern Round Glass Top Brass Chrome/Pewter Coffee Table MINT
By Maison Baguès, Brueton, Maison Jansen, Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Italian Modern Round Glass Top Brass Chrome/Pewter Coffee Table MINT
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Pewter, Chrome

Mid Century Italian Modern Round Chrome & Brass Base Glass Top Coffee Table Mint
By Maison Jansen, Milo Baughman, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Italian Modern Round Chrome & Brass Base Glass Top Coffee Table Mint
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Colli Round Mid-Century Modern Italian Table Coffee Leaves Brass Sculpture Glass
By Colli Torino
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Colli round Mid-Century Modern Italian table coffee leaves brass sculpture glass top.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Chrome Glass Coffee Table, Italy 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Glass Coffee Table, Italy 1970s. This striking coffee table, produced
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Austin, TX
Italian coffee table from Verona. This unique coffee table features two thick glass slabs connected
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
H 15 in W 55 in D 39.37 in
Mid-Century Modern Glass Coffee Table by Knut Hesterberg
By Knut Hesterberg
Located in Oirlo, LI
your home. Summary Mid-century modern design by Knut Hesterberg Round glass top with minor
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Italian Mid Century Round Coffee Table
Located in Weesp, NL
Step into timeless elegance with our Italian Mid-Century Round Coffee Table, a masterpiece of
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid Century Modern Square Glass Top Coffee Table Atomic Round Ball Shape Legs
By Harry Bertoia, Memphis Group
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern coffee table on a steel structure with mesh shelf.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Tri-Mark Roger Sprunger Style Chrome & Glass Mid Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Tri-Mark Roger Sprunger Style Chrome & Thick Round Glass Mid Century Modern Sculptural
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Midcentury American Modern Round Wood & Glass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury American Modern circular wood and glass coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Mid-Century Noordwolde Style Round Glass and Rattan Coffee Table
By Rohe Noordwolde, Rudolf Wolf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Mid-Century coffee table with black enameled bent metal base and glass top is classically
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Round Chrome and Plate Glass Coffee Table by Metaform, 1970's
By Metaform Holland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Round double banded steel chrome plated metal coffee table with 3/4" thick glass top is made by
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Mid-century Modern Round Coffee Table Red Marble, Glass Top, Satin Steel Base
By Cupioli made in Italy
Located in Rimini, IT
Questo splendido tavolino in stile moderno di mezzo secolo è realizzato artigianalmente utilizzando tre tipi di materiali: acciaio inossidabile satinato per le tre gambe e il piano s...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Steel

Round Studio Mid Century Abstract Modern Coffee Table in Sculptural Form & Glass
By Paul Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
galvanized steal clad base with thick clear heavy glass top.
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Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Mid-Century Modern Table Coffee Italian Design Walnut Woos Round Form
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Mid-Century Modern table coffee Italian design walnut woos round form.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Style Geiger Metal Series Round Clear Glass Top Coffee Table
By Poul Kjærholm, Geiger International
Located in Secaucus, NJ
High-End quality Metal Series round occasional table by Geiger International, the beautifully
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Ta...

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Metal

Vintage Mid Century Modern Live Edge Glass Top Burl Wood Pedestal Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Live Edge Glass Top Burl Wood Pedestal Coffee Table. Item features
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

Mid-Century Mod Rudolf Wolf Round Glass and Rattan Coffee Table
By Rudolf Wolf, Rohe Noordwolde
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century, Rudolf Wolf designed round glass coffee table with woven wicker basket and black
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Style 39 in Round Clear Glass Top Drum Wood Base Coffee Table
By Paul Mayen
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Gorgeous 39" round glass top and cylinder wood drum base coffee table, feature a starburst
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cock...

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Glass, Wood

Paul Mayén Mid Century Round Brass Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Paul Mayen
Located in Countryside, IL
Paul Mayén Mid Century Round Brass Coffee Table with Glass Top This coffee table measures: 36 wide
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Lucite Base Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
An elegant, stylish midcentury rectangular rounded corners glass top, with Lucite base coffee table
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Lucite

Mid-Century Modern Faux Bamboo Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern faux bamboo coffee table. Tripod faux bamboo base with a round glass top.
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Faux Bamboo, Glass

Mastercraft, Mid-Century Modern, Square Coffee Table, Brass, Glass, USA, 1970s
By Mastercraft
Located in Stamford, CT
Mastercraft, Mid-Century Modern, Square Coffee Table, Brass, Glass, USA, 1970s Square coffee table
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid-century Modern Round Coffee Table Green Marble Top, Glass Satin Steel Base
By Cupioli made in Italy
Located in Rimini, IT
Questo splendido tavolino in stile moderno di mezzo secolo scorso è realizzato a mano utilizzando tre tipi di materiali: acciaio inossidabile satinato per le tre gambe e il piano sup...
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Steel

Mid-Century Gianfranco Frattini Round Coffee Table, Teak and Glass, 1950s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Brussels, BE
Gianfranco Frattini Round Coffee Table, Teak and Glass, 1950s
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Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

1950s Gio Ponti Style Mid-Century Modern Solid Brass Round Italian Coffee Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
features of Ponti's design aesthetic and mid-century modern design principles. Gio Ponti was an influential
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Lucite and Glass Coffee Table by Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This beautiful rectangular coffee table is designed by the iconic designer Karl Springer. This
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Acrylic, Lucite

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

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Glass, Lucite

Mid 20th Century Modernist French Chrome and Glass Round Coffee Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vintage French 1970’s round chrome and glass coffee table, with a spare architectural base below an
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

American Mid-Century Brass and Glass Coffee Table Set
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century brass round coffee table with a glass top with acorn finials and a lower
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid Century Modern Heavy "Stacked" Chrome Base Octagonal Glass Top Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman, Roger Sprunger, Gavina
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern chrome and glass round octagon coffee table. Thick 3/4 inch glass top. Heavy
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Luciano Frigerio Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass and Glass Coffee Table, 1970s
By Luciano Frigerio di Desio, Luciano Frigerio
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Mid-Century Modern Brass Coffee Table with Smoked Mirrored Glass Top by Luciano Frigerio, 1970s
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Italian colored & gilded wood, brass & glass Mid Century Modern coffee table
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Varese, Lombardia
. shaped feet. Round glass table top. Very good condition. Partially restored.
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mid Century Modern Lucite Cylinder Leg Brass Glass Coffee Cocktail Table by Pace
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Lucite Cylinder Leg Brass Glass and Coffee Table by Pace. Item features
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Rare Round Mid-Century Italian Table Coffe Wood Glass Often Green Cesare Lacca
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rare Round Mid-century Italian table coffee wood glass often green Cesare Lacca.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Art Glass, Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Wood Round Coffee Table in Gio Colombo Style. Italy 70s
Located in Catania, CT
Great vintage condition with small trace of age and use for this round coffee table with wheels in
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

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Mid Century Modern Glass Round Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal mid century modern glass round coffee table for your home. Frequently made of glass, metal and wood, every mid century modern glass round coffee table was constructed with great care. Find 1808 options for an antique or vintage mid century modern glass round coffee table now, or shop our selection of 29 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a mid century modern glass round coffee table — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A mid century modern glass round coffee table made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Hollywood Regency — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one mid century modern glass round coffee table that is appealing in its simplicity, but Knut Hesterberg, Adrian Pearsall and Ronald Schmitt produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Mid Century Modern Glass Round Coffee Table?

The average selling price for a mid century modern glass round coffee table at 1stDibs is $2,495, while they’re typically $100 on the low end and $95,000 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 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.

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 — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.