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
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
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
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Post-Modern Style of Karl Springer Gray Goatskin Coffee Table
By Karl Springer, Taller Maria Teresa Mendez
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
Marc D'haenens Belgian Modern Etched Aluminum and Agate Coffee Table
By Marc D'haenens
Located in Queens, NY
Belgian Modern design rectangular acid etched aluminum low coffee table with an lighted inSet agate on an ebonized rectangular solid base (by MARC D'HAENENS) Vintage condition.
Agate, Aluminum
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table in Walnut & Glass, Modern Design
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table For Cassina Asian-inspired, this design coffee table by Patricia Urquiola is a domestic architecture enhanced by the layering of different mater...
Walnut
$5,074 / item
Midcentury Style Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style brass inlaid walnut rectangular form cocktail table. This table features a veneer technique borrowed from the artisans of the Italian Renaissance. Inlays and...
Brass
Midcentury Italian Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Midcentury Italian cocktail table with a cast iron base, curving scroll feet, and rectangular marble top.
Marble, Iron
Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Caviúna Wood & Glass, Giuseppe Scapinelli, 1955
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Giuseppe Scapinelli, this exceptional coffee table embodies the sculptural sophistication and structural innovation that define the finest examples of Brazilian Modern de...
Hardwood, Glass
Black Lacquered Iron Coffee Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-Century Modern Rectangular Black Lacquered Iron Coffee Table with Glass Top.
Iron
Italian Modern Brass and Biomorphic Blue Enamel Coffee Table, Circa 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Over time, a natural patina has developed on the brass, imbuing the table with character and authenticity. Whether showcased as a focal point or quiet addition , this mid-century co...
Brass, Enamel
Widdicomb Walnut Coffee Table
By George Nakashima, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walnut coffee table by Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Widdicomb, c.1950s. The table features a flared rectangular top on faceted tapered legs and faceted stretchers on the length and w...
Walnut
$3,950Sale Price|29% Off
In the Style of Jacques Adnet, Rectangular Brass and Black Lacquered Coffee
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful coffee table is made of brass and black leather. This is a very nice work in the style of In the Style of Jacques Adnet. Rectangular brass and black lacquered coffee t...
Brass
Danish Modern Checkered Wengé & Mahogany Coffee Table by Gorm Lindum, 1970s
By Grom Lindum
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This coffee table, designed by Danish architect Gorm Lindum, features a simple, rectangular Wengé Wood construction embellished with a checkered top made of cubical solid pieces of W...
Wenge
Vintage Italian Travertine Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Showcasing refined Italian minimalism, this vintage mid-century coffee table is sculpted entirely from natural beige travertine stone.
Stone, Travertine
$1,871Sale Price|25% Off
Modern to Postmodern Coffee Table Travertine Hexagon Base Glass Rectangle Top
By Artedi
Located in Topeka, KS
Whether your design style is modern, postmodern, mid-century modern, Art Deco, Mediterranean, or Industrial this travertine coffee table is exactly what you need to add some Italian ...
Travertine, Metal
19th Century Chinese Export Coffee Table, Hardwood, Circa 1860
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive And Good Quality 19th Century Oriental Hardwood Rectangular Low Coffee Table, Having Well Figured Panelled Top Over Elegant Carved & Pierced Frieze, Raised On Stiff...
Hardwood
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table in Wood & Glass, Modern Design by Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table For Cassina Asian-inspired, this design coffee table by Patricia Urquiola is a domestic architecture enhanced by the layering of different mater...
Walnut
$7,800
Arrow base coffee table
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular coffee table with glass top and intersecting arrow base.
Glass
21st Century Bossa Square Coffee Table, Natural Oak, by Duistt
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
Vintage Brighton Rattan Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Crafted in sturdy bent rattan with leather-wrapped corner bindings, this vintage coffee table captures the exotic elegance of the Brighton Pavilion style. The rectangular frame featu...
Glass, Rattan
Brazilian Modern Rosewood Coffee Table by Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, Brazil, 1960
By Liceu de Artes e Ofícios
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural Brazilian modern coffee table by Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, crafted in rosewood in the 1960s. The richly figured wood has developed a warm, nuanced patina that brings dep...
Glass, Rosewood
$3,253Sale Price|43% Off
Cesare Lacca, coffee table
By Cesare Lacca
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare coffee table by Cesare Lacca for Fontana Arte, Italy circa 1950. Basement in gilt brass and rectangular top in glass.
Brass
Vintage Brutalist Forged Iron and Glass Coffee Table
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
A commanding anchor for any modern or eclectic living space, this vintage mid-century cocktail table balances industrial strength with minimalist elegance. Crafted with a heavy forge...
Cast Iron
$971Sale Price|25% Off
Modern Coffee Table Brass Toned Anodized Aluminum Frame with a Glass Inset Top
Located in Topeka, KS
Fantastic vintage Modern coffee or cocktail table composed of a rectangular brass toned anodized aluminum frame with painted plastic end caps and a glass inset top.
Aluminum
$4,072Sale Price|41% Off
French Modern Zebra Hide, Brass & Ebonized Wood Coffee Table, Circa 1960s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern Zebra Hide, Brass & Ebonized Wood Coffee Table, Circa 1960s This rare French modern zebra hide, brass, and ebonized wood coffee table from the 1960s is a stunning exam...
Brass
Philip & Kelvin Laverne Acid Etched Bronze "Zodiac" Coffee Table
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A highly collectible acid etched bronze coffee table by Philip and Kelvin Laverne. The rectangular shaped table features their "Zodiac" pattern on the tabletop with four cylindrical ...
Bronze
$24,631Sale Price|20% Off
Clouds Modern Coffee Table Decorated with Gold Leaf and Plane Tree Bark
By Giordano Viganò
Located in Meda, Lombardia
Clouds is a coffee table inspired by a classical style. The top is covered with gold leaf and an inlay made with plane tree bark. The bark was cut into several cloud-shaped pieces th...
Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Modern Polished Chrome & Glass Cocktail with Spherical Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern cocktail table was realized in the United States circa 1970. It features three rectangular legs capped on each end with a sphere, connected by concav...
Chrome
$1,790 / item
Brutalist Solid Wood Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Perfect as a centerpiece in modern, transitional, or rustic interiors, this coffee table offers both visual impact and enduring strength.
Wood
Cube Shape Rectangular Smoked Glass Oiled Walnut Side End Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern oiled walnut smoked glass cube shape rectangular coffee side end table.
Walnut
$5,225 / item
Herringbone Coffee Table
By CG capelletti
Located in Milan, IT
Combining traditional inlay techniques and modern aesthetics, this stunning coffee table showcases a rectangular top with a graphic herringbone pattern meticulously handcrafted using...
Wood
Italian Mid-Century Low Table with Black Glass Top
Located in London, GB
A good sized mid-century occasional table made from fruit wood with a black glass top. This table was made in Italy. Simple elegant design - perfect as a smaller coffee table, or a...
Glass, Wood
Danish Modern Bentwood oak coffee table by Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen
By Magnus Olesen, Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Square Danish Bentwood oak Botium coffee Table by Magnus Olesen 1970s. Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Dining table in steam bent light oak legs and table top.
Birch, Bentwood
Midcentury Tile Top Coffee Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mid-Century Modern coffee table. A rectangular inset tile top with rosewood frame and legs.
Ceramic, Rosewood
RARE Lane MCM Walnut Cocktail Table Coffee Table With Inlaid Polka Dots
By Lane Furniture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Rectangular walnut cocktail table with cross banding and oak dots. The table resting upon triangular faceted legs. Table is branded Lane and numbered as shown. Dimensions: 54" L, 21...
Walnut
Italian 1970s Bamboo Coffee Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
A stylish floating bamboo coffee table for the porch, patio, living room or family room. Slightly more rectangular than square. The glass is missing but we are happy to provide.
Bamboo
20th Century Lella and Massimo Vignelli Marble Coffe Table model Metafora
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Lella and Massimo Vignelli were influential and prolific Italian designers and architects. This husband-and-wife couple made important contributions to graphic design and industrial ...
Marble, Carrara Marble
Hugh Acton Terrazzo Coffee Table
By Hugh Acton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Terrazzo top coffee table by Hugh Acton, c.1960s, USA. The rectangular table features a black terrazzo marble stone top, supported by elegant brass hairpin legs. Dimensions 58" widt...
Brass
Jeff Knight Leather Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular leather coffee table by Jeff Knight c.1978, San Francisco. The table features a cognac leather wrapped frame with brass nailhead trim around the table top. Dimensions 4...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Walnut with Architectural Glass Attributed to Founder's
By Founders Furniture Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous architectural styled glass top cocktail table with a rectangular minimalist wooden base. Attributed to the Founders Furniture Co. and designed and constructed in the late si...
Glass, Walnut
Large Scandinavian teak coffee table, 1960s
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Its timeless design allows it to blend seamlessly into contemporary, Mid-Century Modern, or vintage interiors. Presented in excellent vintage condition, it boasts a lovely patina an...
Teak
Mid-Century Lucite Cocktail Table by Charles Hollis Jones, 1955
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American lucite rectangular cocktail / coffee table frame features a mirrored top on a beveled, stepped lucite base supported on 4 V-shaped perpendicular flattened legs. ...
Lucite
Silas Seandel Brutalist 'Tortured' Ribbon Steel Cocktail / Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Brutalist (1974) 'Tortured' ribbon steel coffee table with a rectangular clear glass table top. (signed, SILAS SEANDEL, '74)
Metal, Steel
Vintage italian marble coffee table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage rectangular white marble coffee table with 4 legs. The coffee table has a metal frame connecting the 4 legs which serves as a support for the table top. Beautiful natural ...
Marble
Vintage Woven Rattan and Metal Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The metal legs show minor surface wear consistent with age but remain structurally sound and reliable. Dating to the mid-20th century and identified as Mid-Century Modern, this coffe...
Metal
Illuminated Coffee Table R. Mathieu 517
By Robert Mathieu
Located in BAUD, FR
Coffee table, model 517 Design by Robert Mathieu Structure in black lacquered tubular metal, concealing integrated lighting, covered by a rectangular textured (granite-finish) glass...
Metal
Mid-Century Italian 2-Tier Harlequin Cocktail Table
Located in Hanover, MA
1950's two-tier rectangular glass top cocktail table floating above bold graphic ivory and brown leather diamond harlequin design supported by tapered brass stiletto legs and standof...
Brass
Large Danish Teak Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in BERKEL EN RODENRIJS, NL
The warm teak tone and expressive grain give the piece a calm, timeless presence that works equally well in minimalist, modern, and mid-century interiors. The table has been professi...
Teak
Vintage 20th Century Chinese Elm Wood Rectangle Coffee Table Light Wash Patina
Located in IT
Crafted from sturdy elm wood, this 20th-century Chinese coffee table brings a rustic yet refined charm to any space.
Elm
Coffee table by Arne Jacobsen
By Arne Jacobsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rectangular coffee table with rosewood top and chromed steel frame. Arne Jacobsen / Fritz Hansen
Steel
Composition Rock Form Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Composition rock form coffee table with rectangular glass top.
Composition
1980s Postmodern Rose Granite Coffee Table
Located in Elkton, MD
Substantial polished stone coffee table with rounded rectangular top and monolithic pedestal base. Executed in a heavily figured rose and charcoal granite with dramatic swirling move...
Granite
Coffee Table by Negroni, France circa 1970
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Coffee table manufactured by Negroni and attributed to Pierre Guariche. The rectangular white laminate top is set into a mahogany base made from a single piece cut into an X shape. ...
Plywood
Sculptural Mid-Century Modernist Glass and Lucite Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modernist glass and Lucite cocktail table offers the clean lines that enthusiasts of the period prize. Composed of two translucent materials, which upo...
Cut Glass, Lucite
Italian coffee table, 1960, Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Nice, FR
This table embodies an aesthetic highly characteristic of 1960s Italian design. A coffee table attributed to Fontana Arte (circa 1960), featuring a mahogany- or walnut-stained wood ...
Wood
Gordon & Jane Martz Green Speckle Glazed Coin Tile Coffee Table
By Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular coffee table by Gordon & Jane Martz. The table top is inlaid with green ceramic coin tiles. The frame, base and pedestal of the table are all solid walnut. Dimensions 49...
Ceramic, Walnut
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
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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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