2 Bodega Nightstands and 1 Coffee Table in Warm Wood Marquetry by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Set of Two Bodega Side Tables and One Rectangular Coffee Table in Warm Wood Marquetry by Joel Escalona Bodega Collection refers to cellar art or better known as chiaroscuro, a techn...
Plywood
Reverse Painting Glass Top Colomn Pedestal Shape Base Gold Gilt Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative reverse painted glass top rectangular coffee table Art Deco Mid-Century Modern.
Glass, Hardwood
Diminuitive Size Maison Jansen Style Brass Steel Glass Directoire Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Whether placed in an antique-inspired salon, a Hollywood Regency living room, or a mid-century modern setting, this coffee table delivers understated luxury and French refinement.
Brass, Steel
$2,800Sale Price|33% Off
Jean Claude Mahey Post-Modern Cocktail Table, 1980s France, Signed
By Jean Claude Mahey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cocktail table by Jean Claude Mahey would work great in a Post-Modern, Mid-Century Modern, Space Age Mod, Scandanavian Modern or Danish Modern home or penthouse apartment but co...
Wood, Goatskin
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Maison Jansen Louis XV Style Steel and Brass Coffee Table, C1950
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This elegant Maison Jansen Louis XV style coffee table, crafted circa 1950, is a striking example of mid-20th-century Parisian design.
Brass, Steel
$687Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Travertine Coffee Table, Mid-Century Modern, 1970s France
Located in Oirlo, LI
Discover the charm of French design with our timeless travetine coffee table, a stylish addition to any interior. This coffee table, originating from the 1970s, effortlessly combin...
Travertine
Brutalist Hand-Made Slate Stone Agate Coffee Table by Sculptor Paul Kingma
By Paul Kingma
Located in DE MEERN, NL
It is bold yet intimate, monumental yet remarkably detailed. Its generous rectangular proportions and rich, earthy palette make it a striking centrepiece for sophisticated contempor...
Agate, Concrete, Slate, Brass
Midcentury Bamboo Form Gilt Metal Cocktail Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine rectangular gilt metal cocktail table with bamboo form having darker patinated color flanking the ringed elements and highlighting the geometric design. The 3/8" thick glass i...
Metal
Modernist Vintage Sofa Table Circular Josef Hoffmann Style 20th Century Vienna
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Modernist vintage sofa table or coffee table from solid oakwood coffee table in the style of Josef Hoffmann, Vienna , 20th century.
Oak
Vintage Signed Italian Art Deco Modern Iron Curule Cocktail Trolley Table
Located in Forney, TX
A stylish vintage, circa 1930s, hammered and patinated bronze-tone iron Italian Modernist table on casters. Signed, V.E.T. Meris. Hand-crafted in Italy in the early/mid-20th centur...
Wrought Iron
$5,775Sale Price|30% Off
Danish Mid-Century Brazilian Rosewood Coffee Table
By Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel
Located in Montclair, NJ
Rectangular Brazilian rosewood coffee table. Rail with drawers and shelves. Manufactured by CFC Silkeborg, with maker's metal tag. CFC Silkeborg, Denmark/ Presumably Jørgen and Nanna...
Rosewood
Vintage Kravet Furniture “Upton” Burlap Top Cocktail Table
By Kravet Furniture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A handsome Kravet Furniture "Upton" cocktail table with a stylish Minimal design blending rustic and industrial influence. The table sports a rectangular glass top over a tan burlap ...
Iron
Contemporary Bronze Cocktail Table In Romeo Rega Style
By Romeo Rega
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A finely crafted Table with a satin finish to the bronze base. The rectangular cocktail table with a bright bronze frame open on the ends and a glass top. Dimensions: 48” L x 20 1/...
Bronze
Vintage Gilt Metal and Stone Cocktail Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage cocktail table crafted with a striking combination of a black stone top and a gilt brass base. The rectangular marble surface exhibits minor surface scratches, typical of i...
Marble, Brass
Brass Chrome Glass Rectangular Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangular glass top coffee table.
Brass, Chrome
Glass Top Gilt Faux Bamboo Form Cocktail Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A decorative and well made cocktail table having strong lines in Bamboo form. The table features a thick rectangular glass top over a gilt faux bamboo frame with sturdy cylindrical l...
Metal
Pair of Black Iron & Wire Tables with Taupe Yellow & White Terrazzo Tile Tables
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Versatile. Classic. American Mid Century Modern. Additional shipping options may be available, please inquire
Steel, Wire
Italian Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Onyx Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Almelo, NL
Italian Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Onyx Coffee Table, 1970s This striking Italian coffee table from the 1970s is a quintessential piece of Mid-Century Modern design, combining lu...
Onyx, Chrome
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
Adnet Hermes Style Faux Leather Iron Strap Cocktail Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-Century Modern French cast iron coffee or cocktail table featuring a faux leather equestrian strap design in the manner and style of Jacques Adnet and Hermes.
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Walnut Lane "Rythym" Low Coffee/Console table
Located in Wilmington, DE
A handsome Mid-Century Modern low-profile walnut console featuring warm wood tones, clean architectural lines, and versatile storage. The long rectangular case is fitted with sliding...
Wood
Philip Kelvin LaVerne Creation of Man Bronze Cocktail Table
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning midcentury modern etched bronze veneered coffee cocktail table designed by father and son Philip and Kelvin LaVerne. The large table depicts Michelangelo's creation of man i...
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Rustic Low Table with Geometric Carved Fretwork Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage Chinese low table combines rustic simplicity with the refinement of traditional craftsmanship. The rectangular top, made from naturally aged wood, sits over an intricate...
Softwood
$2,995 / set
Roger Capron Herbarium Tile Table
By Roger Capron
Located in Raleigh, NC
Works well as a coffee table, side table, or display surface in mid-century modern, bohemian, or eclectic settings.
Terracotta, Hardwood
Midcentury Waterfall Scroll Table with Crackled Brown Faux Leather
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage waterfall scroll coffee table from the mid 20th century, with brown faux leather and nailhead accentuation. Created in China during the Midcentury period this vinta...
Brass
Holly Hunt Gazelle Stone And Bronze Cocktail Table for Restoration
By HOLLY HUNT
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A classic Holly Hunt Cocktail Table in distressed condition with chips to the edges, some dings, rings and scratches which still retains the fine form of the design. The Gazelle Cock...
Stone, Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Waterfall Storage Box Low Coffee Table Solid Wood
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Mid-Century Modern waterfall-style storage box or low coffee table wrapped in rich wood.
Wood
Ceramic Tile Topped Iron Frame Cocktail Table
Located in Hanover, MA
Modern rectangular coffee table made of slim blackened iron frame the top of which is inset with 12 square glazed ceramic tile.
$1,480Sale Price|40% Off
Hollis Jones Style Lucite Waterfall Cocktail Table
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Lucite waterfall cocktail table in the manner of Hollis Jones. This exquisite rectangular Mid-Century Modern table sports thick lucite. The table is sturdy and will make a wonderful ...
Lucite
Walnut Low Table from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A walnut low table having a long rectangular top with raised end rails resting on a six-legged base with turned legs and stretchers. The legs attach to the top with a through tenon ...
Walnut
$11,200Sale Price|20% Off
Side Table by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Italian side table by Paolo Buffa for the Hotel Bristol. Etched rectangular glass with stars and circles motives hold by a mahogany pedestal base ending with a brass sabot.
Brass
Scandinavian wood and ceramic table, Sweden, 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Style : Scandinavian Modern Mid-Century Modern Nordic Design Scandinavian Modernism 1970s Minimalist Key Features : Solid wood frame Rectangular glazed ceramic top Swedish made Swed...
Ceramic, Wood
Minimalist Marble and Polished Steel Cocktail Table, 1970s
By Milo Baughman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This striking cocktail table offers a masterclass in refined minimalism, pairing the cool elegance of white marble with the industrial sophistication of polished steel. The rectangul...
Carrara Marble, Steel
Maison Bagues Faux Bamboo Drinks Side Table in Gilt Iron with Magazine Rack
By Maison Baguès
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Hollywood Regency gilt iron faux bamboo drinks table with magazine rack and foliage details, France, 1950s. In the manner of Maison Baguès. This beautiful rectangular ...
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
$5,955Sale Price / set|20% Off
Maison Bagues Gilt Iron Faux Bamboo Drinks Side Tables with Magazine Rack, Pair
By Maison Baguès
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of Hollywood Regency gilt iron faux bamboo drinks tables with magazine rack and foliage details, France, 1950s. In the manner of Maison Baguès. These beautiful rectangular tab...
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Poul Hundevad Model PH 23/2 Rosewood Serving Table for Vamdrup Stolefabrik
By Vamdrup Stolefabrik, Poul Hundevad
Located in Lejre, DK
Serving table / side table model PH 23/2 designed by Poul Hundevad and manufactured by Vamdrup Stolefabrik. The table is made from rosewood with a rectangular top and a practical she...
Rosewood
Midcentury Italian Vintage Brass Cocktail Table with Lucite Top and Looping Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian vintage brass cocktail table from the mid-20th century, with Lucite top. Created in Italy during the mid-20th century, this vintage brass cocktail table epitomizes the ele...
Brass
$944Sale Price|38% Off
Mid-Century Modern Glass Coffee Table by Mathieu Matégot, France, 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
This mid-century modern coffee table was designed by French designer Mathieu Matégot and produced in France around 1960.
Crystal, Sheet Metal
1980s Harvink Style 'Zig Zag' Black Metal & Glass Console Table
By Harvink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by the work of Dutch designer Jan Harvink, this 'Zig Zag' console table features a black enameled tubular metal frame in the brand's signature angular Z-profile. The asymmet...
Metal
VKG for Brown Saltman "Camel" Convertible Cocktail/Dining Table, Mahogany
By Brown Saltman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A rare and exceptionally resolved convertible cocktail-to-dining table, referred as the Camel table, produced by Brown Saltman of Los Angeles, one of the most important California fu...
Wood, Mahogany
1970s Belgian Square Travertine Top Side Table by Belgo Chrome
By Belgo Chrome
Located in London, GB
This is a vintage square coffee table by Belgo Chrome made in Belgium during the 1970s. It features a robust, geometric rectangular base with a sleek bronze finish, giving it a disti...
Travertine, Metal
$4,640Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage 60's Cocktail Table With Black Wood And Patinated Turquoise Copper Top
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage elongated rectangular cocktail table is black stained oak with an artistic top of patinated hammered copper that results in mottled turquoise and green colors with tan b...
Copper
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Lucite Table Base by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb midcentury Lucite table base by Charles Hollis Jones, circa 1970s. The base is finely crafted, very heavy and solid and measures 27.5" square. It can support a round, square o...
Lucite
Le Corbusier Table En Tube Basse, Outdoor For Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Table En Tube Basse, Outdoor For Cassina An outdoor table with a sleek design. The support structure reveals its uniqueness in the chrome-plating of the tubular steel u...
Stainless Steel
Le Corbusier Table En Tube Basse, Outdoor For Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Table En Tube Basse, Outdoor For Cassina An outdoor table with a sleek design. The support structure reveals its uniqueness in the chrome-plating of the tubular steel u...
Stainless Steel
Walnut Low Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rectangular dark walnut low table having a black laminate top and distinctive triangular legs.
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Danish Large Teak Coffee Center Table, Glostrup Denmark 1960s
By Glostrup Møbelfabrik
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Vintage midcentury large rectangular long coffee or center table with rounded edges and corners by Glostrup Møbelfabrik, made in Denmark, circa 1965.
Teak
Vintage Classic Steel & Brass Cocktail Table with Bronze Mirror Top
Located in Hanover, MA
Elegant Maison Jansen style rectangular coffee table with urn form turned brass legs, feet, supports and mounts with forged polished steel frame and serpentine stretchers. New bronz...
Maison Bagues Faux Bamboo Drinks Side Table with Magazine Rack in Gilt Iron
By Maison Baguès
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Hollywood Regency gilt iron faux bamboo drinks table with magazine rack and foliage details, France, 1950s. In the manner of Maison Baguès. This beautiful rectangular ...
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Danish Mid Century Modern, Oak Coffee Table with Ceramic Tile Top, 1950s
By Henning Kjærnulf, Frits Henningsen
Located in Odense, DK
A beautiful Danish coffee table crafted in solid oak and produced in Denmark during the 1960s. The table features an elegant rectangular form with beautifully turned barley-twist leg...
Ceramic, Oak
$2,880Sale Price|40% Off
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Table Bench with Brass Magazine Display
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dunbar coffee table or bench (Model 5933a) with built-in brass rods for suspending magazines. One other option is to recess a glass top over the rods to use as table surface. Signed ...
Brass
$12,082 / item
Patricia Urquiola Set of Two Sengu Low Table For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Set of Two Sengu Low Table For Cassina A collection of three designer low tables by Patricia Urquiola in combination with the eponymous sofa, they are the answer t...
Walnut
Patricia Urquiola Set of Two Sengu Low Table For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Set of Two Sengu Low Table For Cassina A collection of three designer low tables by Patricia Urquiola in combination with the eponymous sofa, they are the answer t...
Walnut
Belarti Modernist Wrought Iron Ceramic Tile Nesting Side Table, a Trio, 1960s
By Juliette Belarti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Belarti, Set of Three Ceramic‑Tiled Nesting Tables, Belgium, 1960s A beautifully composed trio from Belarti, this 1960s Mid‑Century Modern nesting table set showcases the studio's ce...
Metal, Wrought Iron
1960s Lacquer & Chrome Cocktail Table by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Dallas, TX
Ditch the classic square or rectangular coffee table and give your living room a fresh new look with this captivating modernist drum-style table designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer ...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Danish Large Teak Coffee Center Table, Glostrup Denmark 1960s
By Glostrup Møbelfabrik
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Vintage midcentury large rectangular long coffee or center table by Glostrup Møbelfabrik, made in Denmark, circa 1965.
Teak
Patricia Urquiola Set of Two Sengu Low Wood and Marble Tables For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Set of Two Sengu Low Table For Cassina A collection of three designer low tables by Patricia Urquiola in combination with the eponymous sofa, they are the answer t...
Walnut
Rare Sergio Rodrigues for ISA Bergamo 'Sheriff' Dining Table in Solid Pine
By ISA Bergamo, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Sergio Rodrigues for ISA Bergamo, dining table, pine, Italy, 1960s Sergio Rodrigues stands as one of the most iconic figures in Brazilian design, with a remarkable career that spann...
Pine
Vintage Chinese Red Lacquered Low Kang Table with Curved Legs
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage Chinese kang table, with its distinctly low and graceful profile, brings an authentic sense of historical charm to modern interiors. Crafted in China, the table showcase...
Wood
$1,832Sale Price / item|20% Off
Smoking Table in Glass and Steel by Vittorio Introini from Vip's Residence
By Italian school XX ct., Vittorio Introini
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful glass and steel smoking table designed by Vittorio Introini in the 70's, from Vip's Residence. The table has a rectangular shape with hard, classic lines. The top is made...
Steel
Poillerat Style French Gilt Iron and Marble Table with Magazine Stand, 1940s
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Barcelona, ES
Wrought iron parcel-gilt coffee table with rectangular black marble top and magazine rack. France, 1940s. Inspired in Gilbert Poillerat designs. This beautiful table has a black Ma...
Marble, Wrought Iron, Iron
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.”
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