Lane American Mid-Century Walnut Coffee Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular walunt coffee table with a single narrow drawer on either side of the table and with a sigtly raised edge on both sides resting on 4 squared tapering...
1990s Danish Coffee Table Modern Minimalist Glass, Polished Chrome Rectangular
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
A refined 1990s Danish Modern coffee table in clear glass and polished chrome. The clean rectangular silhouette pairs a thick clear glass top with two sled-style polished chrome base...
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Expandable Walnut Coffee Table by Directional
By Calvin Furniture, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Rectangular Mid-century modern parson walnut coffee table on 4 square legs.
Laminate, Walnut
Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, Beige Mica & Resin, 1960s
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern (1960s) rectangular beige mica and resin coffee table resting on a solid base.
Resin
Mid-century Peter Ghyczy Rectangular Brass Glass Oak Coffee Table 1970
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Mid-Century Peter Ghyczy Rectangular Glass Brass Coffee Table Transform your living space with the refined elegance of the Peter Ghyczy Rectangular Glass Coffee Table.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Teak Trestle Base Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish modern trestle style coffee table in teak. This sleek mid-century modern coffee table has a large rectangular top and sturdy sled legs.
Wood, Teak
$3,840Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, Italian Travertine & Glass, 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Spectacular Mid Century coffee table made in Italy from the 1970’s.
Travertine, Chrome
Fractale resin rectangular coffee table
Located in New York, NY
Fractale resin rectangular coffee table with clear Lucite geometric form bases.
Resin, Lucite
Rectangular brushed nickel coffee table
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular brushed nickel and glass coffee table.
Nickel
Rectangular coffee table – Italy 1950
Located in Girona, Girona
Rectangular coffee table in solid wood with sunburst pattern mahogany veneer, blackened steel legs with adjustable polished brass feet. French polish. Italy 1950
Brass, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Bronze and Marble Rectangular Cocktail Table after Knoll
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An incredibly heavy and well made coffee table in the manner of Florence Knoll. It features a solid bronze heavy frame with an inlaid Perlato marble.
Marble, Bronze
Aldo Tura Mid-Century Rectangular Parchment Low Coffee Table, Model 825, Italy, 1950
By Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
Extraordinary low coffee table model 825 created by Aldo Tura in Italy in the 1950s, an authentic super piece from the most iconic and sought-after production of the Milanese designe...
Parchment Paper
Mid-Century Modern Richard Schultz Coffee Table for Knoll
By Richard L.F. Schulz, Knoll
Located in Antwerp, BE
A rectangular coffee table with chromed steel and clear glass top coffee table.This midcentury modern coffee table will fit any classic or modern home and a real treasure for your in...
Stainless Steel
Rectangular coffee table – Italy 1960
Located in Girona, Girona
Rectangular coffee table in solid mahogany and mahogany veneer resting on four legs linked by a strut, two drawers acting as trays covered in red Formica opening at both ends, brass ...
Brass
Mid-Century Rectangular Coffee Table in Wood, Brass and Smoked Glass Italy 1960s
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rome, IT
Mid-century rectangular coffee table in wood, brass and smoked glass. Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Rectangular Cocktail Table in Walnut with Onyx Marble
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A lovely vintage table circa 1960s Heavy and well made. It features solid construction with inlaid onyx slabs. Clean and ready to use.
Onyx
Italian mid-century modern coffe tables in white wood, 1940s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern coffe tables in white wood, 1940s Pair of coffee tables with rectangular tops, made entirely of white painted wood.
Wood
Mid Century Modern Brass and Smoked Glass Coffee Table
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A mid-century coffee table featuring a sculptural brass base with gracefully curved legs and a rectangular smoked glass top.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Low Coffee Table with Chrome Base, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
A refined mid-century modern coffee table featuring a minimalist low-profile silhouette, warm timber top, and elegant chromed steel wire base.
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Rectangular Table with Curved Legs and White Top
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant mahogany coffee table with white top in style of Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina.
Wood
Gio Ponti Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, Walnut & Marble, 1955
By Gio Ponti
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern rectangular low / coffee table with a white marble top resting on a walnut frame with a curved x-form stretcher base with a central inlaid design, with leg...
Marble
Rosewood Coffee Table Trolley on Wheels Mid-Century Modern 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sleek Danish-inspired coffee table trolley blends mid-century sophistication with everyday mobility.
Rosewood
Maison Jansen Style Mid-Century French Modern Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Forney, TX
A superb French midcentury cocktail table in the style of Maison Jansen. Fine craftsmanship and quality, exceptionally executed, rectangular shape, having gorgeous olive burl wood to...
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th MCM Coffee or End Table Rectangular Walnut Frame & White Laminate Top
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage MCM (Mid-Century Modern) coffee or end table composed of a rectangular walnut frame with a white laminate top & brushed aluminum trim.
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern American of Martinsville Walnut Coffee Table - Refinished!
By American of Martinsville
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
Make a bold statement in your living space with this refinished Mid-Century Modern American of Martinsville walnut coffee table.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Banci Firenze, Italy, 1970s
By Banci Firenze
Located in Catania, CT
Elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern coffee table designed by Banci Firenze, circa 1970s.
Brass
Ace-Hi "Prelude Series" Rectangular Coffee Table
By Prelude, ACE-HI
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Produced by Ace-Hi of Gardena, California, the Prelude line of furniture features solid walnut construction and simplified (but never reductive) purity of form. This Prelude table ha...
Walnut
Mid Century Modern Brass Vintage Coffee Table Sofa Table Manhattan 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage coffee table or sofa table Manhattan from brass, 1960s.
Brass
Mid Century style Rectangular Coffee Table Bossa with Cane Top, Natural Oak foot
By Duistt
Located in Leça da Palmeira, PT
Bossa Rectangular Coffee Table Cane Top, Natural Solid Oak Wood, Handcrafted by Duistt The “Bossa” collection is inspired by the subtlety, particular charm, and harmonious simplicit...
Cane, Oak, Glass, Wood
$4,488 / set
Pair of coffee tables, mid-20th century
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of wooden coffee tables with sliding table top and internal storage space. The rectangular carcasses are provided with additional storage space on the sides and have an interest...
Wood
Italian Mid-Century Modern Polished Steel Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Striking Italian coffee table from the 1970s, crafted entirely in polished steel. Its square architectural form features four substantial rectangular legs and a recessed central comp...
Metal
Scandinavian Modern Vintage Teak Rectangular Glass Coffee Table Denmark, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Scandinavian Modern vintage teak coffee table with a geometric base construction and a clear glass top ( thickness 1 cm ). Good condition with minor signs of age and use approx. mea...
Glass, Teak
Elegant Sculptural Mid-Century Tessellated Stone Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking mid-century coffee table clad in tessellated stone, showcasing a bold geometric surface with natural variations in tone and texture.
Stone
Jules Leleu Rectangular Coffee Table
By Jules Leleu
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Jules Leleu (1883-1961). Rosewood marquetry, with gilded bronze accents side table. Signed, numbered and dated 1953. Measures: Height 21”, length 27”, depth 19”.
Rosewood
Arden Riddle Mid-Century Low Table, Rectangular Wood Design, USA
By Arden Riddle
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century low table with an elongated rectangular plank surface resting on four slightly tapered squared legs. (ARDEN RIDDLE)
Wood, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Viana Coffee Table by Sergio Rodrigues, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
A low rectangular coffee table by Sergio Rodrigues, produced by Oca, Brazil, 1960s. The piece is constructed in rosewood with hardwood and rosewood veneer, presenting a thick slab to...
Wood, Rosewood
Mexican Modern, Rectangular coffee table, 1960's Don S. Shoemaker
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Uccle, BE
Label: Señal S.A.Hecho en Mexico. Cocobolo wood and black leather mid-century modern coffee table from the sixties. The leather has a beautiful sensual feel and is in excellent cond...
Leather, Cocobolo
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in the style of Mastercraft
By Mastercraft
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage-modern coffee table featuring rectangular metal base with brass finish and glass top, manufactured in the style of Mastercraft.
Metal
Scandinavian Modern Solid Teak Rectangular Coffee Table Style of Westnofa Norway
By Westnofa Furniture
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous vintage Scandinavian Modern solid teak rectangular coffee table with rounded corners and a glass overlay in the style of Westnofa, Norway.
Teak
$5,604 / item
Onyx Top Mid Century Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A dramatic natural stone with architectural glamour. The rectangular top features onyx with color veining patterns unique to each piece, framed by a brushed gold metal edge. The scul...
Onyx, Metal
French Mid-Century Modern 1970's Signed Mara Brass Coffee Table
Located in Carmine, TX
French Mid-Century Modern brass coffee table by Mara, circa 1970s, featuring a sleek rectangular brass frame with elegant tapered legs and a smoked glass top.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Charles Hollis Jones, 1960s
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Charles Hollis Jones style rectangular coffee table is made of lucite and acrylic with glass tabletop with brass trim. The heavy and thick lucite legs and frame hold the glass t...
Brass
$1,552Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Laccio Coffee Table by Marcel Breuer, 1980s
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern Laccio Coffee Table by Marcel Breuer, 1980s.
Steel, Chrome
Large Mid-Century Brutalist Modern Paul Evans Rectangular Cocktail Table Brass
By Paul Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Paul Evans mixed metal rectangular coffee table circa early 1960's in New Hope PA. It features copper, bronze and pewter cladding design work with a thick black slate top. In ...
Slate, Bronze, Copper, Pewter
1970s Vintage Rectangular Marble Coffee Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage marble coffee table designed and manufactured in Italy circa 1970s. This beautiful coffee table features a rectangular top that sits on top of a marble base, perfect for your...
Marble
Mid Century Italian Post Modern Rectangular Cocktail Table in Glass & Marble
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and substantial coffee table from Italy circa 1970's. It features a thick clear glass top with chunky solid marble marble legs in white with grey veining.
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Danish Teak Coffee Table
By Vejle Stole & Møbelfabrik, Ansager Møbler 1, G-Plan, Uldum Møbelfabrik, Dyrlund
Located in Raleigh, NC
Mid-century rectangular coffee table. Made from teak wood, Denmark. Simple and streamlined with excellent wood grain. Nice border inlay on the top with rounded corners. Sitting atop ...
Wood, Teak
Danish Mid-Century Coffee Table, Teak and Iron, Modern Design, Denmark
Located in Queens, NY
Danish mid-century rectangular teak coffee table on 4 iron hairpin legs
Iron
Italian mid-century modern coffe table Strumenti da Disegno Fornasetti 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern coffe table Strumenti da Disegno by Piero Fornasetti, 1960s Strumenti da Disegno coffee table with rectangular gray wooden top decorated with illustrations...
Brass
Mathieu Matégot White Rectangular Perforated Lacquered Metal Coffee Table
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in New York City, NY
Mathieu Matégot white rectangular perforated metal coffee table, France, mid-20th century Simple yet elegant design consists of a perforated metal table top, clean curvilinear edg...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Piano Shaped Mirrored Cocktail Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully eccentric, baby grand piano-shaped coffee or cocktail table, made of mirrored glass, circa 1970s. Adds a touch of pop-art, opulence and eccentricity to any home interior...
Mirror
Mid-Century Modern Glass Coffee Table with Heavy Chrome X-Form Base
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Trenton, NJ
This mid-century modern coffee table exemplifies the era’s emphasis on structure, material contrast, and sculptural form.
Chrome
Rectangular Nickel and Glass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular 1970's nickel plated architectural base coffee table with new glass top.
Steel
Mid-Century Teak Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
At almost 180 cm, this is quite a long coffee table. Additional information: Material: Metal, Veneer Color: Black Period: 1960s Styles: Mid-Century Modern, Minimalist Item Type: Vi...
Metal
$3,071Sale Price|29% Off
20th Century Italian Polychromed Rectangular Marble Coffee or Cocktail Table
Located in Firenze, IT
This Florentine early 20th Century rectangular low coffe table expresses all Italian mastery in marble's selection and crafting. This solid marble table is made of precious White Car...
Carrara Marble, Marble
Mid-Century Danish Teak Coffee Table
By ABJ Denmark
Located in Baltimore, MD
Exceptional Danish Modern teak, Mid-Century Modern, vintage Scandinavian design, teak, rectangular coffee table by A.
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Walnut Coffee Table–Vintage MCM U-Base Low Table.
Located in Seattle, WA
Infuse timeless Scandinavian-modern elegance into your living space with this striking vintage mid-century modern walnut coffee table.
Walnut
Italian mid-century modern coffe tables in brass and glass, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern coffe tables in brass and glass, 1960s Pair of coffee tables with double rectangular glass shelves and brass edges.
Brass
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Butter Yellow Ceramic Tile Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
😁 Materials: Walnut-Stained Pine, Original Ceramic Tile Top This Mid-Century Modern butter yellow ceramic tile coffee table, c.1970s, brings a warm and casual vintage character wi...
Ceramic, Pine
Maurice Bailey Rectangular Coffee Table for Monteverdi Young
By Maurice Bailey, Monteverdi-Young
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maurice Bailey glass top coffee table for Beverly Hills furniture brand Monteverdi Young, c.1960s. The table features a walnut base with four tapered legs and brass cross bars. Dime...
Brass
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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