Mid-Century Pia Manu Mosaic Coffee Table by Jules Dewaele, Chrome Frame
By Jules De Waele, Pia Manu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coffee table by Jules Dewaele for Pia Manu demonstrates the Belgian workshop's commitment to artisan mosaic techniques during the Mid-Century period. Surface combines natural stone, ...
Stone, Chrome
Italian mid century wood and glass Acca coffee table Takahama Gavina, 1960s
By Kazuhide Takahama, Gavina
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern wood and glass Acca coffee table by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina, 1960s.
Glass, Wood
Hollywood Regency Mastercraft Rectangular Greek Key Brass & Glass Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in St. Louis, MO
1970s Hollywood Regency Greek Key coffee table by Mastercraft with glass bevel edge top on brass frame. The brass tone base has a rich warm patina, the glass has some scratches and ...
Brass
Mid‑Century Coffee Table Signed “OX-Art 71” by Trioh, Denmark 1970s
By Trioh
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A sculptural Scandinavian coffee table from the 1970s, signed Oxart 71. This table was manufactured by Trioh, Dene-mark. The rectangular frame is crafted in warm teak with clean, min...
Ceramic, Teak
Mid-Century Maison Bagues Attributed Bronze Dore Hollywood Regency Coffee Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exceptional and highly sought-after French Maison Baguès attributed tripartite coffee table, executed in richly patinated bronze doré and dating to the 1960s. This rare modular fo...
Bronze
Scandinavian Modern Teak Veneer and Chrome Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
Scandinavian Modern rectangular coffee table with a teak veneer top and a chrome base and legs. Vintage condition.
Metal
COFFEE TABLE with rectangular top. The feet surmounted by horse heads circa 1970
Located in Mouscron, WHT
COFFEE TABLE with rectangular top. circa 1970 The feet surmounted by horse heads and joined by a spacer Carved, molded and painted oak H. 54 cm - L. 125 cm - D. 63 cm
Oak
Mid-Century French Nickel and Brass Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Maison Baguès
Located in Dallas, TX
Executed in France circa 1950, this refined mid-century coffee table is designed in the manner of Maison Baguès, renowned for their luxurious use of gilt metal and glass.
Brass, Nickel
Italian Mid-Century Plastic Scagno Coffee Tables by Stoppino Elco Scorze, 1970s
By Giotto Stoppino, Elco
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century plastic Scagno coffee tables by Stoppino for Elco Scorze, 1970s Set of 4 Scagno coffee tables with rectangular plastic base, two in red-orange, two in cream whit...
Plastic
Mid Century Milo Baughman Thayer Coggin Walnut Coffee Table Square Unmarked 1950
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Forest Grove, PA
This Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin coffee table is in very good condition. Professionally restored, the color, depth and clarity of the walnut top exceeds the original factory fini...
Wood, Walnut
Vintage Danish Mid-Century Teak Coffee Table with Woven Rattan Magazine Shelf
Located in Nottingham, GB
A beautifully proportioned vintage Danish Mid-Century Modern coffee table, dating from circa 1960s and combining richly figured teak with a distinctive woven rattan magazine shelf.
Rattan, Teak
Mid-Century Modern Side Table, Solid Wood, Czech Republic, Circa 1960
Located in High Point, NC
Elevate your living space with this 20th Century Czech Side Table, a stunning example of mid-century craftsmanship. Constructed from solid wood, this table features clean lines and a...
Wood
Coffee Table rectangular in mosaic brass, stainless steel by Jean Claude Dresse
By Jean Claude Dresse
Located in Brussels, BE
Jean Claude Dresse, rectangular coffee table, mosaic brass an stainless steel, Belgium, 1980. This unique coffee table by Dresse was owned by a Belgian private collection from Brus...
Brass, Stainless Steel
Large Italian Rectangular Coffee Table in Bamboo, Wicker and Smoked Glass, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning French Riviera style rectangular organic coffee table fully made in bamboo and woven rattan wicker completed by a bronzed glass top. This stylish and unique piece was hand-m...
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Glass
Alvar Aalto Scandinavian Y805 Birch Plywood and Glass Rectangular Coffee Table
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a sleek coffee table designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto circa the 1950s. Known for combining functionality with aesthetic beauty, Aalto’s techniqu...
Glass, Birch, Plywood
Organic Rectangular Coffee Table in Bamboo, Leather and Glass by McGuire, 1970s
By McGuire
Located in Rome, IT
Organic stunning rectangular coffee table with four legs designed by John McGuire. This coffee table entirely hand-crafted, is made of iron pipe, bamboo poles, and rawhide lacing wi...
Metal, Iron
Mid Century Brass and Glass Coffee Table, by Jean-Danial Salvat
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid Century Brass and Glass Coffee Table, by Jean-Danial Salvat This wonderful piece is signed by Jean-Danial Salvat, the 2 individual brass legs are in the form stylised dragons ...
Art Glass
Luigi Sormani Rectangular Modular Coffee Table in Wood and Glass, Italy, 1960s
By Luigi Sormani
Located in Rome, IT
This modular rosewood, metal and glass coffee table produced by Luigi Sormani in the 1960s in Italy. Is divided into six different compartments: empty, removable tray, and glass ...
Metal
Walnut Coffee Table with Rectangular Glass Top Attributed to Ico Parisi, Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Late 1950s, made in Italy. Its design is ascribable to Parisi's. This coffee table features a solid walnut frame, a rare rectangular 22-millimeter thick green nile glass top and bras...
Brass
Rectangular Beech Coffee Table by Paolo Buffa with a Pink Travertine Top
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. This coffee table features a beech frame with brass feet caps and a pink travertine top. Its design is ascribable to Paolo Buffa. This is a vintage piece, the...
Travertine, Brass
Mid Century Probber Travertine Top Wood Base Coffee Table c 1950/60's
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
Chic architectural Mid Century coffee table having a rectangular travertine style marble top, mounted on an architectural wood base. The table is in good, original condition, showin...
Marble
Lyora FSC Teak Wood Rectangular Low Modular Coffee Table by SNOC
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyora FSC Teak Wood Rectangular Low Modular Coffee Table by SNOC Dimensions: D 83 x W 65 x H 20,5 cm. Materials: Teak wood. A delicate mid-century style, tempered by contemporary an...
Teak
Mid-Century French Maison Bagues Blackened and Gilt Bronze Coffee Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant and slender cocktail table was crafted in France circa 1960 and is attributed to the esteemed Maison Baguès. The design features a blackened steel and bronze frame with ...
Bronze
Late 20th Century Modern Brushed Steel Tube Coffee Table Removeable Black Glass
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage Modern brushed steel tube coffee table with a removeable rectangular black glass top insert.
Steel
Bodega Rectangular Coffee Table in Black Wood Marquetry Veneer by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
BODEGA COFFEE TABLE Bodega Collection refers to cellar art or better known as chiaroscuro, a technique of extreme contrast of light and shadow used by Caravaggio. Coffee table desi...
Plywood
Mid-Century Walnut Coffee Table with Travertine Inset and Cane Shelf by Heritage
By Heritage Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful large rectangular coffee table circa 1950s by Heritage. Walnut with a travertine inset at the top and partially caned lower shelf.
Travertine
Italian Mid-Century Rosewood Coffee Table with Glass Top and Lift-Lid Storage
Located in Troy, MI
This sculptural Italian coffee table is constructed in rosewood with strong figured grain, its case formed as two connected volumes joined by a continuous curved cutout. One end rise...
Metal
Pair of Petrified Wood Top Modern Style Coffee Tables
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of modern style custom petrified wood top coffee tables. This pair of coffee tables each feature four rectangular-cut petrified wood pieces set into a frame, making an overall...
Metal, Iron
Mid-Century Modern P.E. Guerin Faux Bois Gilt Bronze Table w/ Stretcher
By P. E. Guerin
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous Mid-Century Modern P.E. Guerin Faux bois gilt bronze coffee table/center table with stretcher.
Bronze
Thick Lucite Coffee Table With a Rectangular Form after Charles Hollis Jones 48
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1970s Thick lucite coffee table in a classic rectangular form. Glass inset top. Very nice in person. The clean lines, classic shape, and transparent qualities mean this can mix...
Glass, Lucite
Mid-Century Danish Teak Coffee Table by Ole Wanscher for Poul Jeppesens, 1960s
By Ole Wanscher
Located in Hamburg, DE
Original Danish teak coffee table by Poul Jeppesen, designed by Ole Wanscher from the 60s. Plain teak table of high material and processing quality. The rectangular tabletop is opti...
Wood
Marcel Breuer for Gavina / Knoll Mid-Century Black Mica Laccio Coffee
By Knoll
Located in Queens, NY
American International-Style (circa 1924) 'Laccio' coffee table with a gloss black mica rectangular top supported on a chrome plated steel tube frame. (MARCEL BREUER FOR GAVINA UNDER...
Metal, Chrome
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Phone Table in Wood, Black & White, 1950s, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Produced in Brazil during the 1950s, this side table reflects the experimental character of early Brazilian modern furniture, where expressive structure and practical materials were ...
Plywood
$3,055Sale Price|35% Off
Restored Mid-century Floating Glass Top Rattan Coffee & Side Table, Pair
By Paul Frankl
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored mid-century floating glass top rattan coffee table and side table set.
Wicker, Rattan
Willy Rizzo Style Mid-Century Brass and Chrome Bicolor Coffee Table, circa 1970s
By Romeo Rega, Willy Rizzo
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Willy Rizzo 'Flaminia' style two tiered double shelved patinated brass and chrome-plated vintage midcentury rectangular coffee or centre table, circa 1970s. Perfect for the Hollywood...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern French Maison Baguès Style Glass-Top Steel/Gilt-Bronze Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An exquisite example of late 20th century French design, this cocktail or coffee table is crafted in Italy in the refined Maison Baguès style, celebrated for its harmonious blend of ...
Metal, Brass
Mid Century Coffee Table in Mahogany, iron and brass attr. to Carlo Ratti, Italy
By Carlo Ratti
Located in Beograd, RS
Thoughtfully restored while preserving its original character, this coffee table remains in excellent vintage condition and is well suited to interiors ranging from mid-century moder...
Brass, Iron
Bohemian Modern Sculptural Woven Wicker Rattan Bamboo Coffee Table Ottoman 47"
By Isamu Kenmochi
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare vintage / mid century Bohemian / Boho wicker / rattan / bamboo coffee table or ottoman featuring rectangular form with thick rolled gallery, inset surface and skirted base. Att...
Bamboo, Rattan
Coffee Table with Red Enamel Top, by Erwin Walter Burger (1909-1982), Italy, Mid
By Erwin Walter Burger
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular coffee table on a black metal frame with a red enameled top. The surface features a decorative slotted pattern. Label at the underside.
Metal, Enamel
Large Glass Rectangular Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Large glass rectangular cocktail table with four cylindrical polished chrome supports.
Chrome
Mid Century Chevron Base Glass Top Coffee Table by Gordon's Inc. c. 1950's
By Gilbert Rohde, Gordons Inc.
Located in New York, NY
Chic, voguish mid century coffee table having a chevron form wood base which supports a thick ( .50 in. ) rectangular glass top. The table retains its original makers tag, which rea...
Glass, Mahogany
Rectangular Brass and Glass Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber, Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice actual brass (not plated) base glass top Mid-Century Modern coffee table.
Danish Mid Century Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard-Nielsen FD-516 Coffee Table
By France & Søn, Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, Peter Hvidt
Located in Rochester, England
Designed by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard Nielsen, the FD-516 coffee table was manufactured by France & Søn in Denmark. Constructed from Teak, the coffee table has a large rectangul...
Teak, Rattan
Pair of Mid-Century French Black Faux-Bamboo Iron And Glass Coffee Tables, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
An elegant pair of mid-century modern coffee or side tables originating from France, circa 1960.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Organic Maple Side Table Sofa Table by Max Kment Vienna 1955
By Max Kment
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage organic coffee table or side table from maple by Max Kment for Kunstgewerbliche Werkstätten Max Kment, 1950s Vienna.
Cord, Glass, Wood
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Formica Red Side Coffee Table 1960s Mid Century
By Milo Baughman
Located in London, GB
A slightly rectangular/near square side table with eye-catching coral red colour made from formica wood. This simple yet gorgeous piece has been created in the United States by Milo ...
Formica, Wood
1970s American Modern Coffee Table with Steel Frame & Marble Top
Located in Queens, NY
American Modern design rectangular steel coffee table with brown and white alternating marble stripes.
Steel
Rectangular Golden Brass and Black Varnished Metal Coffee Table by G.Urs, Italy
By G. Urs
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in 1950s - 1960s. This coffee table is made etched brass and features varnished metal and brass legs and ebonized beech edges. It also has a glass top to protect the engraved br...
Metal, Brass
Mosaic Glass Tile Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular mosaic glass tile coffee table with patinated brass supports. The table features rectangular and triangular white tiles with larger blue and red tiles at the center creat...
Brass
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN Bronze & Marble Side Table CONSOLE or GUERIDON, Italy 1950
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Franco Albini, Ico Parisi
Located in PARIS, FR
A small, elegant, luxurious side table, console or gueridon, Mid-Century-Modern, Modernist, Architectural, superb straight and massive black lacquered metal and patinated bronze stru...
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Scandinavian Modern Large Danish Teak Coffee Table 1950s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Executed in rich, warm-toned teak, this substantial coffee table exemplifies the refined elegance of the Scandinavian Modern aesthetic from the 1950s.
Teak
Italian Modern Live-Edge Travertine Coffee Table by Stone International
By Stone International
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Designed and manufactured in Italy during the 1970s, this rectangular Italian modern live-edge travertine coffee table by Stone International embodies the era's fascination with scul...
Travertine
Vintage Mid-Century Rosewood Side Table
By Aakjaer Jorgensen
Located in BERKEL EN RODENRIJS, NL
Lovely vintage Danish mid-century modern table made of rosewood. It has a rectangular top with gently curved edges and a smooth, polished surface. The table is supported by four slen...
Rosewood
Mid-century style Coffee Table Bossa by Duistt Natural Oak & Cane with Glass Top
By Duistt
Located in Leça da Palmeira, PT
Bossa Coffee Table, Natural Oak Wood, Handcrafted by Duistt The “Bossa” collection is inspired by the subtlety, particular charm, and harmonious simplicity of the Brazilian music mo...
Wood, Cane, Glass, Oak
Brazilian Modern “Amelia” Coffee Table in Rosewood & Chrome, Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
A masterclass in structural restraint and material richness, the “Amelia” coffee table by Sergio Rodrigues exemplifies the architectonic clarity that defined Brazilian Modernism duri...
Chrome
Cidue Mid Century Italian Black Lacquer, Mirror and Glass Coffee Table 1970
By Cidue
Located in Conversano, IT
Technical Details Product: Cidue Mid Century Italian Black Lacquer, Mirror and Glass Coffee Table 1970 Designer: Cidue production, in line with the work of Willy Rizzo Manufacturer...
Crystal
Post-Modern Style of Karl Springer Gray Goatskin Coffee Table
By Taller Maria Teresa Mendez, Karl Springer
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration Post-Modern Goatskin Coffee Table. Rectangular shape with angled legs. Wood table wrapped in goatskin with grey tones. Finish with satin lacquer or polyester f...
Goatskin
Mid-Century Modern Two-Drawer Cocktail Table in Walnut and Brass, Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and refined cocktail table was designed by Harvey Probber and handmade in Fall River, Massachusetts circa 1960. Probber believed that "aging gracefully" represented the ...
Brass
Stylish Mid Century Scrolled Cocktail Table In James Mont Style
By James Mont
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rarely seen Marble Top Cocktail Table with particularly fine form. With black finished Chinese lingzhi form base with rectangular marble top having rounded corners. Condition: Pl...
Marble
Rise Stone Textured Coffee Table by Hermhaus, Modern Oak & Lacquer
By hermhaus
Located in istanbul, TR
The Rise Stone Textured Coffee Table by Hermhaus is a contemporary sculptural coffee table defined by its architectural composition and bold material presence. Composed of a stacked ...
Wood, Oak, Lacquer
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
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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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