Brass Frame Shape Base Glass Top Rectangular Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Heavy gage bolted together machined brass frame glass top coffee table.
Brass
Gordon and Jane Martz Rectangular Coffee Table with Blue and White Tile Inlay
By Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular coffee table by Gordon & Jane Martz for Marshall Studios. The walnut table top is inlaid with white square ceramic tiles with blue square tiles throughout creating a line...
Ceramic, Walnut
1970s Mid Century Brutalist Coffee Table by Silas Seandel
By Silas Seandel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Silas Seandel sculptural coffee table designed and manufactured in the United States, circa 1970s. This exceptional piece embodies the bold artistic vision and sculptural approach th...
Iron
Mid century solid teak scandinavian coffee table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century solid teak coffee table attributed to Niels Bach. Beautiful rectangular table top with an interlocking base. Very good condition Beautiful warm wood grain Dimensions:...
Teak
Mid-Century Wooden Coffee Table with X-Frame Legs and Magazine Shelf
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular wooden coffee table with x-shaped legs and built-in magazine shelf beneath the tabletop. (FOUNDERS)
Wood
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN COFFEE TABLE Mod.751 by ICO PARISI for CASSINA Italy 1950
By Ico Parisi, Franco Albini
Located in PARIS, FR
An architectural and square rectangular coffee table, Mid-Century-Modern, Modernist, Constructivist, straight geometric wooden structure, holding an original super thick Murano glass...
Glass, Wood
Jens Risom Danish Mid-Century Walnut Coffee / Cocktail Table with Magazine Rack
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
Danish Mid-Century walnut coffee table with a rectangular top with tapered edges and a rectangular cutout on one side resting on a stretcher base with built-in magazine rack and four...
Wood, Walnut
Italian mid-century modern Coffee table with extendable top in wood, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Coffee table with extendable top in wood, 1960s Coffee table with extendable top, entirely in wood.
Wood
Rectangular Coffee Table by Miguel Milá for Gres, Spain, 1962
By Miguel Milà
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rectangular coffee table designed by Miguel Milá in 1962 and produced by Gres, Spain. Beveled clear glass supported by a chromed and black painted iron structure. It was one of Migue...
Chrome, Iron
Danish Mid-Century Rosewood Coffee Table with Tiled Top, 1960s
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Haslev Mobelsnedkeri
Located in Asaa, DK
Large rectangular Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern coffee table with frame in beautiful grained rosewood/palisander and tiled table top.
Ceramic, Santos Rosewood
$620Sale Price|78% Off
Mid-Century Modern Knoll Cocktail Table, 1960s
By Florence Knoll
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Solid stainless steel heavy two-piece base rectangular coffee table with thick white faux leather top.
Stainless Steel
Sculptural Marble Coffee Table with Rectangular Glass Top Italy, 1970s
Located in London, GB
The contrast between the solid marble and transparent glass underscores the table’s refined yet expressive character. A strong statement piece that functions equally well as a funct...
Marble
Roger Capron French Mid-Century Wood and Ceramic Coffee Table
By Roger Capron
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century (1960s) rectangular coffee table with a brown painted wood frame supporting a ceramic tile top decorated with stylized figures. (signed: ROGER CAPRON)
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-Century Coffee Table by Paul McCobb, Wood Top, Iron Frame, USA
By Paul McCobb
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century rectangular coffee table / bench with a rectangular wooden top resting on a black iron frame with four legs ending in small circular feet. (PAUL MCCOBB FOR WINCH...
Metal, Iron
Vintage Mahogany Coffee Table, Hand-Crafted, Mid-Century, 1960s
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a vintage mahogany rectangular coffee table or tea table that we love. It is sturdy and attractive with French style touches, but manufactured in the U.S. This came up at a...
Mahogany
James Mont Mid-Century Coffee Table with Green Lacquer and Glass Top
By James Mont
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century High Style (circa 1940) rectangular coffee table with a green lacquered wooden frame, a clear glass top, and a rectangular stretcher shelf. (JAMES MONT) Some l...
Wood, Glass, Paint
1960s Mid-Century American Coffee Table with Copper Base and Glass Top
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular coffee / cocktail table with a copper-colored metal bracket-shaped base with bronze trim and an inset smoked glass top.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Custom Rectangular Brass Coffee Tables with Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom rectangular brass coffee tables with glass top and brass shelf. Measures: height of brass shelf 6.25".
Brass
Vintage Modern Rosewood Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage modern coffee table features a unique design and an unusually long rectangular shape.
Rosewood
Eames Rectangular Coffee Table by Charles and Ray Eames, 1990s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1990s Charles and Ray Eames Rectangular Coffee table for Herman Miller. White top with walnut legs. In good vintage condition with some light signs of use commensurate with age. Ov...
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Teak and Cane Coffee Table by Hans J. Wegner for Andreas Tuck
By Hans J. Wegner, Andreas Tuck
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Scandinavian AT-10 coffee table, designed by Hans J. Wegner for Andreas Tuck in the 1950s, embodies the philosophy that made Danish Modern design an enduring benchmark of craftsm...
Cane, Oak, Teak
French Mid-Century Coffee or Low Table with Wrought Iron Base and Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Mid-Century Modern low cocktail or coffee table featuring a rectangular figured marble top set upon a handsome wrought iron base.
Marble, Stone, Iron, Metal, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Rectangular Green Onyx Coffee table with Metal Marquetry
Located in Miami, FL
Magnificent Early 20th Rectangular Green Onyx Coffee table with Double Metal Marquetry across the top and legs.
Onyx
Charlie Sheppard Rectangular Mosaic Coffee Table Handmade glazed ceramic tile
Located in London, GB
Charlie Sheppard — Rectangular Coffee Table Handmade glazed ceramic tile on board, bespoke coloured grout top with burnished steel frame H 40.5 × W 100 × D 50 cm Born in 1988 and ba...
Steel
Mid-Century Swedish Coffee Table by Svante Skogh, Teakwood, 1950s
By Svante Skogh, Seffle Möbelfabrik
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rectangular, vintage Mid-Century modern Swedish coffee, sofa table made of hand crafted polished Teakwood, designed by Svante Skogh and produced by Seffle in good condition.
Teak
Contemporary Modern Smoked Glass Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage modern coffee table boasts a stainless steel base with unique legs that graduate downward. A smoked rectangular piece of glass with beveled edges sits comfortab...
Stainless Steel
$662Sale Price|20% Off
70s rectangular Chinese coffee table in inlaid wood, with drawerb
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Rectangular coffee table from the seventies, Chinese manufacturing. The structure is made of wood inlaid with typical oriental decorations, probably used as a tea table. The table ha...
Wood
Burl Wood Top Chrome Base and Trim Rectangular Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman, Leon Rosen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome and burl wood coffee table Pace Collection Baughman decor. Beautifully crafted frame base with cut corners.
Chrome
Rectangular Rosewood Coffee Table by Severin Hansen for Haslev Møbelfabrik, 1960
By Severin Hansen, Haslev Mobelsnedkeri
Located in Nørre Aaby, DK
Rectangular coffee table designed by Severin Hansen and produced by Haslev Møbelfabrik in the 1960s. Crafted in rosewood and featuring the iconic ‘Baca’ royal tiles in excellent cond...
Ceramic, Rosewood
Large Modernist Rectangular Coffee Table by Marzio Cecchi, Italy 1970s
By Marzio Cecchi
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a breathtaking XL Modernist coffee or cocktail table designed by Marzio Cecchi. It features a thick, rectangular tabletop done in resin and travertine v...
Travertine
Rectangular Rosewood Coffee Table with Round Tapered Legs Danish Design 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Rectangular rosewood coffee table from Danish furniture production in the 1960s. The table features a simple tabletop, round tapered legs, and a classic Danish design appearance. — ...
Rosewood
Mid-Century Tile Top Coffee Table by Kvalitet Form Funktion
By Tue Poulsen, Trioh, Trioh Møbelfabrik
Located in Raleigh, NC
Mid-century tile-top coffee table manufactured by Kvalitet Form Funktion, Denmark. This rectangular coffee table features tile inserts that create a starburst pattern. The tile colo...
Ceramic, Wood, Teak
Midcentury Rectangular Coffee Table Wood, Leather, Glass & Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular coffee table in wood, leather, glass, brass and mirror. The structure is made of wood with leather upholstery, lending a warm, refined look typical of...
Metal, Brass
Large Black Lacquer Cloth Covered Chrome Base Rectangular Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Massive solid looking Mid-Century Modern black lacquer cloth or raffia crome coffee table. Unsigned matches Karl Springer Decor.
Chrome
Double X Base Glass Top Rectangular Coffee Table on Wheels
By John Widdicomb, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern double X-base design coffee table from c.1970's.
Brass
$497Sale Price|71% Off
Rectangular Rational Midcentury Italian Design Teak Wood Coffee Table Brown
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rectangular rational midcentury Italian design teak wood coffee table brown.
Teak
1960s Mid Century Walnut and Oak Coffee Table by Lane
By Lane Furniture
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This stunning mid-century coffee table, designed and manufactured by Lane in the United States during the 1960s, is a true showcase of craftsmanship and style. The rectangular top fe...
Oak, Walnut
$1,419Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Walnut Rectangular Table Coffe Italian Design 1950 Glass Top
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Midcentury walnut rectangular table coffee Italian design 1950 glass top.
Glass, Walnut
$3,968Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Quartzite Marble and Brass Rectangular Italian Coffee Table, 1970s
By Ghidini 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Midcentury rectangular coffee table with an amazing quartzite marble top and solid brass structure. This exceptional item was designed in Italy during the 1970s following the style o...
Marble, Brass
French Mid-Century Coffee or Cocktail Low Table of Brass with Green Marble Top
By Maison Jansen
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Mid-Century coffee or cocktail low table of brass and marble attributed to the Parisian interior decoration and design house of Maison Jansen, featuring a rectangular t...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Brutalist Rectangular Terrazzo Coffee Table in Style of Erling Viksjø
By Erling Viksjø
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Elegant Vintage Brutalist Granito Terrazzo Coffee Table with Teak Frame Discover a true masterpiece of design with our vintage brutalist granito terrazzo coffee table, reminiscent o...
Concrete, Marble, Granite, Travertine
Custom Rectangular Rosewood and Glass Coffee Table by Adesso Imports
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom coffee table with curved rosewood ends and glass top attached with handmade decorative metal screws. Made in Los Angeles by Adesso Imports. Can be done in different sizes an...
Metal
Mid-Century Long Coffee Table w/ Walnut and Brass Trim
By Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage modern rectangular coffee table features statuesque walnut construction and elegant brass trim. This uniquely tall table features six slender legs for the perfect mix of...
Brass
Sirmos American Mid-Century White Plaster and Glass Faux Bois Stone Coffee Table
By Sirmos
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century cocktail / coffee table with a rectangular glass top supported by a white plaster faux bois stone base. (SIRMOS)
Glass, Plaster
Natural Finish Rectangular Coffee Table - Classic Fundamenta 28 by NONO
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Natural Finish Rectangular Coffee Table - Classic Fundamenta 28 by NONO Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or black tinted finish. Due to the nat...
Hardwood
Italian Mid-Century Wooden Coffee Table, Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Catania, CT
Elegant Italian Mid-Century coffee table from the 1950s, crafted in solid wood with a warm honey-toned finish. The rectangular top features a subtle shaped apron, adding movement and...
Wood
Rattan Bamboo Rectangular Coffee Table in the Style of Franco Albini
By Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Mid-Century Modern rectangular side table / coffee table handcrafted in bamboo and rattan.
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Ettore Sottsass Rectangular Wooden Coffee Table by Poltronova 1960s Italy
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Cascina, Pisa
A rectangular low coffee table entirely made in wood, designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Agliana 1960s. The son of an architect, Ettore Sottsass Jr. (1917-2007) was born i...
Wood
Mid-Century Danish Teak Coffee Table from Anton Kildeberg Møbelfabrik
By Anton Kildeberg
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal, Wood Color: Black Styles: Mid-Century Modern Period: 1960s Country of Origin: Denmark Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Diamension: 6...
Metal
Pace Brass and Glass Coffee Rectangular Table with Unusual Z Formation
By Pace Collection
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking Mid-Century Modern coffee table features a unique mix of brass and glass in a Z design with a thick beveled glass top. An eye catching mixture of clean modern lines and...
Brass
Danish Modern Tile Top Coffee Table
By Mobelfabrikken Toften
Located in Baltimore, MD
A beautiful Danish Modern teak tile top, rectangular coffee table is attributed to Mobelfabrikken Toften of Denmark during the 1970’s.
Ceramic, Teak
Berthold Müller mid-century brass and glass mosaïc coffee table
Located in Weesp, NL
A supremely elegant example of postwar German decorative arts, this rectangular coffee table by Berthold Müller-Oerlinghausen brings together handcrafted glass mosaic and patinated b...
Brass
Brutalist Pine Coffee Table, France, Circa 1960, Mid-Century Design
Located in Antwerp, BE
This low coffee table evokes 1960s Brutalist design and is made from solid pine with a thick rectangular top and softly rounded edges. The visible knots and expressive grain celebrat...
Pine
Danish Cabinetmaker Rectangular Exotic Wood Coffee Table, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Utrecht, NL
The combination of the beautiful exotic wood and the brass creates the modern look that Danish Mid-Century design is coveted for.
Brass
$2,860Sale Price|44% Off
Mid Century Brutalist Abstract Art Sculpture Coffee Table, circa 1960s
By Silas Seandel
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Amazing 1960s welded abstract dripping bronze sculpture coffee table. In the manner of Silas Seandel studios but not signed that I can find. Exquisitely constructed with layered de...
Metal
Roger Capron “Garrigue” Rectangular Coffee Table, Ceramic Tile Top, France 1970
By Roger Capron
Located in Miami, FL
Rectangular coffee table with the famous Roger Capron Garrigue tiles, designed from 1968 to 1982. The handcrafted Garrigue tiles were produced by a technique in which real leaves w...
Ceramic, Fruitwood
Solid Stainless Steel Heavy Base Rectangular Coffee Table with Parquet Top
By Paul McCobb, Florence Knoll
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern coffee table.
Stainless Steel
Large Rectangular Vintage Solid Birch Top with Hairpin Leg Coffee Table
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern look heavy solid birch top hair pin legs coffee table.
Steel
Romeo Rega Large Rectangular Brass and Chrome Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo, Romeo Rega
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous and unique Mid-Century rectangular coffee table in solid brass and chrome, completed by a smoked glass top. This incredibly stylish table was designed by Romeo Rega and pro...
Brass, Chrome
Norwegian Rosewood Resin Bench Planter Table Mid Century Modern
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Crafted with an eye for timeless design, this vintage Norwegian rosewood bench/planter/coffee table exemplifies mid-century modern elegance.
Chrome
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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