$3,221Sale Price|25% Off
Vintage MCM Low Walnut Coffee Table or Bench by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage MCM a.k.a. Mid-Century Modern low coffee table or bench by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin composed of solid walnut legs and walnut veneer top.
Walnut
Coffee table By Marc D'haenens Circa 1980
By Marc D'haenens
Located in Brussels, BE
Belgian Modern design rectangular and sculptural Brass etched coffee table with inset Agate gemstone on a etched decorative movement brass. on 6 black metal base. signed and by MAR...
Agate, Brass
Italian Red Lacquered Wood + Travertine Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1970s Italian coffee table featuring a travertine top set within a lacquered red wood frame. The rectangular stone surface is softly honed, its pale tone animated by subtle natural...
Travertine
Olavi Hanninen Primitive Coffee Table for Aranjou, 1960
By Aranjou, Olavi Hanninen
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Olavi Hanninen primitive coffee table for Aranjou, Wood, France, 1960 This solid wood coffee table, attributed to the French producer Aranjou, showcases a bold, brutalist aesthetic ...
Wood
$3,226Sale Price|20% Off
Rosewood Coffee Table with Sculptural Base, Denmark 1970s
Located in Berlin, DE
Rectangular coffee table with rosewood veneer top. The top displays beautiful natural wood patterns and is finished with a shiny lacquer. The base is made of solid rosewood with diag...
Rosewood
Italian-Style Marble and Gilt Bronze Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
A refined statement piece suitable for Mid-Century Modern, Modernist, Brutalist or contemporary interiors.
Marble, Bronze
Handcrafted mosaic coffee table decorated with a sailboat
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Nice rectangular coffee table in white lacquered metal (original paint) with a top entirely covered in mosaic depicting a large sailing boat. Unidentified craftsmanship. Very good vi...
Metal
Tapio Wirkkala Coffee Table in Birch
By Tapio Wirkkala, Asko
Located in Waalwijk, NL
One of Finland's leading designers was Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) who made a great contribution to Scandinavian mid-century modern design of the 20th century. Born and raised in Hels...
Metal
$3,960Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Stacked Chrome, Brass & Beveled Glass Coffee Table
By John Mascheroni
Located in Basel, BS
Additional condition: Materials: Brass, Chrome, Glass Color: Brass Style: Hollywood Regency, Mid-Century Modern, Postmodern Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Table Shape: Squa...
Chrome
Madeira Portland Coffee Table, Live Edge Petrified Wood, Bronze Legs
Located in Queens, NY
"Madeira" Contemporary / Modern "Portland" organic fom rectangular coffee table featuring a live edge petrified wood top supported by four tapered polished bronze legs.
Stone, Metal, Bronze
Christian Heckscher etched brass coffee table, Belgium 1970s
By Christian Heckscher
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
The table features a rectangular wooden top clad with an etched brass plate, resting on a black lacquered metal base with a central brass detail. The contrast between the warm brass ...
Metal, Brass
Rosewood Minimalist Coffee Table with Straight Legs Danish Vintage 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This piece perfectly embodies vintage Danish Mid-Century Modern 1960s. Crafted from stunning rosewood, the table showcases a dark finish highlighted by expressive natural grain.
Rosewood
Roger Capron, Low Coffee Table, Tile, Stained Wood, France, 1970s
By Roger Capron
Located in Stamford, CT
Roger Capron, French Mid-Century Modern, Guarrigue Low Coffee Table, Floral Tiles, Stained Wood, France, 1970s French modernist rectangular waterfall coffee or cocktail table design...
Ceramic
Travertine Top Coffee Table designed by Bertha Schaefer, Singer & Sons
By Bertha Schaefer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bertha Schaefer coffee table, by Singer & Sons, USA, walnut base with six sculptural curved supports, original rectangular travertine top.
Travertine
Vintage Coquina Stone & Brass Coffee Table ~ circa 1960
Located in New York, NY
A rectangular coffee table with a natural Coquina stone top with bullnose edge, set atop a brass geometric, open frame base. The stone top features natural inclusions and seashell ...
Stone, Brass
Enamelled coffee table by Bernard Hesling, Sydney, circa 1970
By Bernard Hesling
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Folding coffee table with black lacquered metal base, designed by Bernard Hesling circa 1970. The rectangular enamelled metal top features a whimsical, stylized depiction of the ci...
Metal
Coffee Table with black Iron Frame, Italy 1960s
Located in Greding, DE
Rectangular coffee table featuring a clear glass top resting on an x-shaped black iron frame. The table stands on straight legs with decorative brass feet. The black lacquer finish s...
Brass, Iron
Natural Organic Burl Root Coffee Table Base
Located in Stafford, TX
Every angle reveals new contours and natural voids, creating an architectural presence that works beautifully in contemporary, Mid-Century Modern, Brutalist, Wabi-Sabi, Coastal, or C...
Wood, Burl
Square Brass and Glass Coffee Table, France 1970s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Chic and minimalist square coffee table. The bass is brass and the top smoked glass. Also available is the same table but larger and rectangular.
Folk Art Solid Walnut Coffee Table Italy, circa 1950
By Charlotte Perriand, Edward Wormley
Located in Vienna, AT
Large artisan walnut table, Italy, 1950 Great Italian rectangular walnut coffee table. Original mid century piece in good condition, it has been checked and newly oiled. It is in re...
Walnut
Italian Coffee Table with Parchment Veneer and Ebonized Legs
Located in Queens, NY
Italian 1940s-style (modern) rectangular coffee table with parchment veneer applied in squares of 3 x 6 rows and supported with 4 ebonized wood double leg forms in the manner of ICO ...
Wood
Piero Fornasetti Coffee Table, Bordo Bassorilievo Pattern, Milan, Circa 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Coffee Table, Bordo Bassorilievo Pattern, Milan, Circa 1955 This rectangular coffee table by Piero Fornasetti carries his Bordo Bassorilievo (low-relief border) pat...
Wood
Jean Gregorieff ceramic and steel coffee table, 1960s-70s
By Jean Gregorieff
Located in MADRID, ES
This mid-century modern coffee table is a striking example of French furniture design from the 1960s and 1970s.
Steel
Tommi Parzinger, Coffee Table, Bleached Mahogany, Leather, USA, 1930s
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Stamford, CT
Tommi Parzinger, Charak Modern, Rectangular Coffee Table, Bleached Mahogany, Tooled Leather, Glass, USA, 1930s A very nice Mahogany and tooled leather glass top coffee table designe...
Leather, Glass, Mahogany
French 1960s Tile-Top Coffee Table by Juliette Belarti
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rectangular coffee table with a chrome base and a colorful tiled top, by Belgian artist Juliette Belarti.
Danish Design Rosewood Coffee Table by Jason Design, circa 1960
By Jason Design
Located in Lejre, DK
Coffee table crafted from rosewood and manufactured by Jason Design around 1960. The table features a rectangular top and represents Danish furniture design from the period. — Manuf...
Rosewood
Danish Design Coffee Table in Teak from Jason Møbler, 1960s
By Jason Møbler
Located in Lejre, DK
Coffee table crafted from teak and manufactured by Jason Møbler in the 1960s. The table is an example of Danish furniture design from the period and features a rectangular top. — Ma...
Teak
Danish Teak Coffee / Side Table with Tile Top, 1960s
Located in Nørre Aaby, DK
Elegant rectangular coffee / side table designed and produced in Denmark during the 1960s. Crafted in teak and featuring a beautiful tiled top, this piece combines timeless Scandinav...
Ceramic, Teak
Chrome and Glass Coffee Table by Directional
By Milo Baughman, Directional
Located in Highland, IN
This large scale coffee table by Directional has a very strong architectural quality with a pair of chrome steel bases which support a hexagonal glass top that echos the angular shap...
Stainless Steel, Chrome
$873Sale Price|67% Off
Rectangular Bar Table Movable Top in Steel and Black Wood Italy 1970 Stildomus
By Stildomus
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rectangular bar table movable top in steel and black wood Italy 1970 Stildomus. inside you will find a place for bottles and glasses.
Steel
Cloutier Brothers Red enameled Lava Tile Coffee Table
By Cloutier Freres, Robert and Jean Cloutier
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Rare red enameled lava tile low table by Robert and Jean Cloutier dating from the 1950s. This mid-century Lava Tile Coffee Table by the Cloutier Brothers is truly a one-of-a-kind pie...
Lava
Rattan coffee table for Rohé Noordwolde, 1950's
By Rohe Noordwolde
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This coffee table was designed for Rohé Noordwolde in The Netherlands in the 1950's. The table has a black lacquered metal base with a rectangular rattan and cloud glass table top. T...
Metal
$818Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Scandinavian Design Coffee Table, Denmark 1960's
By Johannes Andersen
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Modern Scandinavian Design Side Table in the manner of Johannes Andersen. Made in Denmark, 1960's period. Teak rectangular top with black lacquered legs. This come...
Teak
1980s Extra-Large Granite Coffee Table with Pedestal Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental coffee table produced in the Netherlands during the 1980s demonstrates the period's embrace of raw, elemental materials. The design relies on pure geometric forms: a thick...
Stone, Granite
Italian Design Wooden Coffee Table with Bar Compartment, 1970s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This is a stunning and sophisticated piece of mid-century furniture. 1970s Italian design often combines elegance and practicality, making this coffee table truly unique. Its rectan...
Glass, Plywood
Percival Lafer, Coffee Table, Rosewood, Mixed Wood, Glass, Brazil, 1970s
By Percival Lafer
Located in Stamford, CT
Percival Lafer, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern, Coffee or Cocktail Table, Rosewood, Mixed Wood, Glass, Brazil, 1970s A mosaic rectangular folding coffee table designed by Percival Laf...
Glass, Rosewood
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Modernist Formica and Aluminum Coffee Table after Mayen
By Paul Mayen
Located in New York, NY
Chic architectural coffee table having a rectangular faux marble formica top, on rectangular brushed aluminum base. The table is in very good original condition, the formica has a co...
Aluminum
Vintage Sculptural "Starburst" Bronze Coffee Table by Daniel Gluck
By Daniel Gluck
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This sculptural bronze “Starburst” coffee table by Daniel Gluck stands as a testament to 1970s American design at its most ambitious.
Bronze, Steel
French Turned Beech Coffee Table, Louis XIII Style, 1950s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Low tables in this style were a French mid-century favorite, translating a great 17th century vocabulary into the scale of modern living rooms, and they remain endlessly useful: in f...
Wood
Vintage Bamboo, Brass and Smoked Glass Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
By Franca Helg
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning and unique mid-century coffee table in bamboo and brass with glass shelves.
Brass
MCM Jens Risom Style Floating Formula Side and with Coffee Table, Set of 2
By Jens Risom
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Jens Risom Style Floating Formula Square Top Side Table with Matching Rectangular Coffee Table - Set of 2 These Jens Risom style dark wood tables would lo...
Hardwood
Fumi Coffee Table by Isamu Kenmochi, Keyaki Wood, Japan, 1965
By Isamu Kenmochi
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Fumi model coffee table, designed by Japanese designer Isamu Kenmochi in the 1960s and produced by Tendo Mokko. This table is distinguished by its two sculpted side supports holdin...
Wood
Maison Ramsay Gilt Wrought Iron and Glass Coffee Table
By Maison Ramsay
Located in New York, NY
Maison Ramsay Gilt Wrought-Iron and Glass Coffee Table, France, Mid-20th Century An elegant French gilt wrought-iron coffee table by Maison Ramsay, dating to the mid-20th century, di...
Iron
Teak Coffee Table by Henning Kjærnulf for Vejle Mobelfabrik, 1960s
By Henning Kjærnulf, Vejle Stole & Møbelfabrik
Located in Rødekro, DK
This piece reflects the high standards of craftsmanship and refined proportions associated with Scandinavian Mid-Century design. The table features a beautifully grained rectangular ...
Teak
Set of Coffee Tables, Green Iron with Bronze and Brass Details
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Modern
Iron
Paul McCobb 5 Foot Maple Coffee Table/ Bench for Winchendon PlannerGroup
By Paul McCobb, Winchendon
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful iconic Paul McCobb solid maple coffee table or bench. Sleek and minimalist mid century design with rectangular top and McCobb’s signature splayed peg legs. Circa 1950s/196...
Maple
Price Upon Request
Lovig Danish Teak Sleigh Leg Mini-Coffee /Accent Table
Located in Kensington, MD
Break away from the pack with this raised parallel edge accent table! It has a similar profile to the Classic 4-legged rectangular accent table but is made interesting by the angular...
Teak
Vintage Neoclassical Style Coffee Table with Removable Glass Top.
Located in Seattle, WA
This vintage coffee table features a rectangular wood frame fitted with a removable inset glass top, allowing the raftsmanship of the base and apron to remain visible while providing...
Glass, Wood
Attributed to Alain Chervet French Sculptural Brass Ibex Coffee Table, France
By Alain Chervet
Located in San Diego, CA
The sculptural ibex heads appear to emerge organically from the sweeping horns, creating a dynamic composition from every angle. Equally suited to Mid-Century Modern, contemporary, o...
Bronze
Large Vintage Italian Travertine Coffee Table With Plinth Base
Located in Elkton, MD
Italian travertine coffee table with a two-piece construction, featuring a rectangular tabletop and a solid plinth base. The travertine showcases natural veining and warm tones.
Travertine
Asian Contemporary Mint Green Raffia Wrapped Coffee Table, 1950s-1970s
Located in Queens, NY
Asian contemporary style rectangular mint green painted raffia wrapped parson style coffee table
Porcelain
Architectural mosaic coffee table with marble inlays, Germany 1970s
Located in Berlin, DE
Coffee Table with Marble Mosaic Top Rectangular coffee table with mosaic top of grey and white marble tiles, set in rows within a metal frame. Supported by a square black-painted met...
Marble, Brass, Steel
Bronze and Glass Coffee Table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
By Milo Baughman, Dunbar Furniture, Roger Sprunger
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze and Glass Coffee Table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Need to confirm if we have the glass. Base Only at this time. Requires the purchase of glass or marble. Dims are of the or...
Bronze
Beige Raffia Coffee Table in Ming Dynasty Style, Asian Contemporary
Located in Queens, NY
Asian contemporary Ming dynasty style raffia wrapped rectangular coffee table in off-white beige
Raffia
Vintage Italian Modernist Lucite and Brass Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A masterclass in material-driven design, this vintage Italian coffee table captures the bold yet refined aesthetic that made 1970s Italian furnishings so influential. Constructed fro...
Brass
$4,161Sale Price|20% Off
Roger Capron Garrigue Herbier Coffee Table, Vallauris, circa 1970
By Roger Capron
Located in Antwerp, BE
A ceramic tile coffee table by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, circa late 1960s to early 1970s. This table belongs to Capron's well-known Garrigue/Herbier group of ceramic furnitur...
Ceramic, Wood
Rare painted coffee table by De Coene Frères, Belgium 1950s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A striking Belgian mid‑century coffee table by De Coene Frères, combining refined craftsmanship with painterly expression. The rectangular top features a lacquered panel with an abst...
Glass, Wood
Paolo Buffa Style Brass And Walnut Coffee Table With Glass Top
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
1960's mid-century modern solid brass and walnut base with rectangular shape glass top coffee table in the style of Paolo Buffa, in vintage condition the base has been lightly restor...
Brass
1960s Sky Blue Raffia Coffee Table in Asian Contemporary Style
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Contemporary Style rectangular sky blue painted raffia wrapped coffee table featuring a low tier shelf and indented design on top apron
Porcelain
Bodega Square Coffee Table, in Warm Wood Marquetry Veneer Table by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
The depth of one object goes beyond its dimensions. Natural Patterned wood rectangular coffee table is a furniture piece that by its material and finish simulates the three-dimension...
Plywood
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.
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.
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