Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Green
By Tronk Design
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Yellow
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut Red
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut Gray
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Set of Mid-Century Modern Coffee Tables with Curved Legs and White Top
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant pair of mahogany coffee tables with white top in style of Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina. Rectangular table : Height: 14.85 in (37.7 cm) Width: 41.34 in (105 cm) Dep...
Wood
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut White
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Edward Wormley Black Wooden Coffee Table, Mid-Century USA, 1960s
By Edward Wormley
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century black painted wooden refectory coffee / cocktail table with a rectangular top and two concealed pull out leaves on either side. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR FURNIT...
Metal
Stacked Lucite Base Rectangular Glass Top Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern heavy stacked Lucite base glass top coffee table.
Glass, Lucite
French Mid-Century (1940s) Bagues Patinated Wrought Iron & Marble Coffee Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) Maison Bagues coffee tables having rectangular black marble tops over wrought iron bases with four legs bearing a gilded horse head motif finials and an ar...
Iron
Scandinavian Rectangular Coffee Table in Natural Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Coffee table, pine, Scandinavia, 1960s. The design of this coffee table shows a strong and solid construction executed in pine. This is realized by the sharp and clear lines discer...
Pine
Mahogany Double Pedestal Two Drawers Rectangular Coffee Table
By Baker Furniture Company, Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern double pedestal flame mahogany coffee table with two drawers.
Mahogany
Mid-Century French Coffee Table by A. Pittalis, Wrought Iron & Marble
By Maison Baguès
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) Maison Bagues coffee table having rectangular black marble tops over wrought iron bases with four legs bearing a gilded horse head motif finials and an arr...
Iron
Mid Century Modern Vintage Metal Chrome and Brass Coffee Table Italy, circa 1970
By Banci
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage coffee table from metal, chrome and brass.
Brass, Chrome
Minimalist Long Rectangular Rosewood Coffee Table Danish Vintage 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Its elegant profile and striking aesthetic beautifully embody the essence of Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern 1960s. Crafted from rosewood, the table showcases a rich grain pattern ...
Rosewood
Solid Brass Tube Glass Top Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern six legged solid brass tube coffee table.
Brass
Clarke Industrial Coffee Rectangular Table Maple White
Located in Cincinnati, US
The Clarke Collection comes in ten different table top sizes, two wood species, and two metal finishes. The exposed stainless steel bolts blur the line between Scandinavian and Indus...
Steel
Clarke Industrial Coffee Rectangular Table Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
The Clarke Collection comes in ten different table top sizes, two wood species, and two metal finishes. The exposed stainless steel bolts blur the line between Scandinavian and Indus...
Steel
$1,203Sale Price|58% Off
Midcentury Minimalist Walnut Brown Rectangular Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Midcentury Minimalist walnut brown rectangular coffee table, 1950s.
Walnut
Vintage Mid Century Modern Low Coffee Table with SolidWood Slab and Metal Base.
Located in Seattle, WA
This low-profile coffee table features a thick, solid wood slab top with natural grain variation, knots, and surface character consistent with reclaimed or minimally processed wood....
Metal
1970s MidCentury Brutalist Smoked Glass Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A simple but beautiful rectangular coffee table in its brutalist bold wooden frame and square smoked glass top. Simple craftsmanship with smooth wood finish. Also available a side t...
Glass, Wood
$2,706Sale Price|20% Off
California Studio Craft rectangular Oak Coffee Table, USA
Located in Berlin, DE
CA Studio Craft rectangular Oak Coffee Table, USA in fair original condition.
Wood, Oak
Italian mid-century modern wood and metal coffee table with newspaper hook 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern wood and metal coffee table with newspaper hook 1950s Coffee table with rectangular wooden top.
Metal
Large Thick Rectangular Glass Coffee Table Huge Massive
By Pace Collection, Leon Rosen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Massive oversize Mid Century Modern style coffee table. Measures: 48 x 64" 3/4".
Wrought Iron
North European mid-century modern Squared coffee table in wood and brass, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
North European mid-century modern Squared coffee table in wood and brass, 1960s Coffee table with rectangular top with rounded wooden corners, with light wood detail on the profile.
Brass
American mid-century modern rattan and white wood coffee table by Mcguire, 1960s
By McGuire
Located in MIlano, IT
American mid-century modern rattan and white wood coffee table by Mcguire, 1960s Rectangular rattan coffee table.
Rattan, Wood
Mid-Century Modern coffee table by ISA Bergamo, 1950s, attributed to Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti, ISA Bergamo
Located in Vigonza, Padua
The table is distinguished by its simple rectangular wooden top and its elegant architectural base, consisting of four slender black-lacquered metal legs that are slightly flared and...
Metal
$1,276Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Kipp Stewart Drexel Coffee Table Bench
By Bassett Furniture
Located in Baltimore, MD
A beautiful, mid-century, modern, retro, 1960’s, Danish style, coffee table/ bench, by Kipp Stewart and Stewart MacDougall for Drexel, from the Declaration series.
Walnut
Italian mid-century modern Coffee table in red marble, black metal brass, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Coffee table in red marble, black metal and brass, 1960s Coffee table with triangular top with rounded corners in red marble.
Marble, Metal, Brass
Rectangular Small Bosque Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid wood, with rounded legs that give the piece its weight without sharpening it. The top is chosen, not assigned—inset leather, wood, or stone, each material changing the table's ...
Leather, Oak
Midcentury Mosaic Rectangular Coffee Table with Chrome Legs
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Midcentury mosaic rectangular coffee table with chrome legs.
Chrome
Mid-Century Scandinavian Modern Low Brown Oak Coffee Table by Karl-Erik Ekselius
By Karl-Erik Ekselius, JOC Mobler Vetlanda
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
The very rare coffee table with a strong, modernist form. It was designed by Karl Erik Ekselius for J.O. Carlsson in Sweden during the 1960s. The geometric table is made of light oak...
Oak
Mid-Century Sculptural Wooden Coffee Table, Italy, 1950s
By Augusto Romano
Located in Argelato, BO
This sculptural mid-century Italian coffee table evokes the form of a spider, with its solid wood base opening into multiple sinuous, branching legs, curved and tapered like articula...
Glass, Wood
Antique English Oak Rectangular Coffee Table by Gordon Russell
Located in Seattle, WA
This antique English oak coffee table, attributed to renowned British furniture designer Gordon Russell, showcases fine craftsmanship and refined detailing characteristic of early t...
Oak
1970's Mid Century Modern Brass and Glass Two Tier Coffee Table
Located in Locust Valley, NY
The lower glass shelf provides additional display or storage space while maintaining the table’s airy, open profile. A versatile vintage-inspired piece that complements Mid-Century M...
Brass
Large Solid Pine Rectangular Coffee Table, France 1960's
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in New York, NY
Large Rectangular Pine coffee table in the manner of Perriand on four removable round legs
Pine
$1,108Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Coffee Table with Drawer Stanley Furniture
By Stanley
Located in Baltimore, MD
A beautiful, mid-century, modern, 1960’s, Danish style, coffee table/ bench, by Stanley Furniture.
Walnut
Contemporary Rectangular Coffee Table, Turned Legs, White Oak
By Alessandro & Maria Design
Located in Pompton Plains, NJ
Crosby Coffee Table Alessandro & Maria Design — Northern New Jersey The Crosby Coffee Table is a study in quiet confidence. Its dramatically tapered top gives the piece visual we...
Cherry, Oak, Walnut
$1,875Sale Price|25% Off
Large 1960s Mid Century Danish Brazilian Rosewood Coffee Table
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This is a stunning Danish modern coffee table crafted in richly figured Brazilian rosewood, circa 1960s. The rectangular top showcases dramatic grain patterns and warm natural tones,...
Rosewood
Raffia Cloth Covered Rectangular Glass Top Coffee Table Black
By Harrison Van Horn
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern raffia covered rectangular glass top coffee table.
Raffia, Glass
Long and low Mid-Century Modern coffee table, low console or bench by Paul Frank
By Paul Frankl
Located in Miami, FL
Long and low Mid-Century Modern coffee table, low console or accent bench by Paul Frankl, constructed of mahogany and thick natural cork.
Cork
Rectangular Coffee Table with Metal Structure and Glass Top
Located in Miami, FL
New rectangular coffee table with metal structure and glass top. You can choose the color The price includes the glass.
Iron
Ronald Schmitt Mid-Century Coffee Table with White Marble Base
By Ronald Schmitt
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century Modern German coffee table with angled cylindrical white Carrara marble base and floating rectangular glass tabletop (RONALD SCHMITT FOR BRUETON).
Carrara Marble
Faux Bamboo Rectangular Brass and Chrome Glass Top Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Classic faux bamboo coffee table with a modern twist. Chrome frame accented with brass. Dress it up or dress it down with versatile style for many decor options.
Brass, Chrome
1960s Rectangular White Rose Coffee Table By Terence Conran
By Sir Terence Conran
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
An original early 1960s coffee table by iconic British designer Terence Conran. In white melamine on a minimalist steel frame, it features the rare skeleton rose image, rendered in...
Steel
Paul McCobb 'Planner' Coffee Table in Blond Wood & Iron, Mid-Century
By Paul McCobb
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century 'Planner' coffee / cocktail table with a rectangular blond wood top with two drawers and a shallow shelf below, supported by a black iron frame with a stretcher ...
Metal, Iron
Italian mid-century modern Double shelf coffee table in buxus and wood 1930-1940
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Double shelf coffee table in buxus and wood, 1930-1940s Coffee table with double rectangular shelf, entirely made of wood covered with buxus (paper derivat...
Other
Paul McCobb Mid-Century Coffee Table, Tobacco Brown Maple & Iron Base
By Paul McCobb
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular coffee / cocktail table with a tobacco brown maple top resting on a wrought iron base. (PAUL MCCOBB) (Available in blond maple: DUF0084) Damage to ...
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Brass Frame Marble Top Rectangular Coffee Table McCobb Attributed
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass frame 3/4" marble top coffee table Paul McCobb match.
Marble, Brass
Teak Extendable Rectangular Coffee Table with Two Leaves Vintage 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rectangular coffee table features an extendable design with two pull-out leaves.
Teak
Long Rectangular Walnut Coffee Table w/ Two Travertine Inserts
By Paul McCobb, Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern long rectangle gate leg coffee walnut coffee table w/ two travertine inserts.
Travertine
Rosewood Rectangular Coffee Table with Ceramic Tile Top Vintage 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rectangular coffee table features a minimalist profile elevated by straight legs.
Rosewood
Paul Frankl Rectangular Whitened Coffee Table or Bench for Johnson Furniture Co.
By Paul Frankl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paul Frankl’s cork furniture pieces are among his longest-lasting contributions to American modernism and are highly sought after to this day. This example produced by Johnson Furnit...
Mahogany, Cork
Paul Frankl Rectangular Cork Coffee Table or Bench for Johnson Furniture Co.
By Paul Frankl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paul Frankl’s cork furniture pieces are among his longest-lasting contributions to American modernism and are highly sought after to this day. This example produced by Johnson Furnit...
Mahogany, Cork
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut Blood Red
By Tronk Design
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Blood Red
By Tronk Design
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Brassy Gold
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Steel
Square Solid Brass Profile Architectural Base Rectangular Coffee Table
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern solid brass profile base coffee table.
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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