$6,062Sale Price|10% Off
Late 20th Century rare brutalist coffee table by Arch Eugenio Mondellini
Located in Milano, IT
A striking vintage coffee table from the 1970s, this piece exemplifies the rational brutalism of the era while incorporating a stark and sculptural aesthetic. Constructed entirely fr...
Wood
$3,650 / set
MCM Teak Coffee and Occasional Table Set
Located in Dekalb, IL
Three-piece, mid-century modern occasional table set executed in teak with white laminate tops, comprising a large rectangular coffee table, a square coffee table, and a smaller side...
Laminate, Teak
Boho Monumental Textured Concrete Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Its grand dimensions, 84 1/4" W x 48 1/4" D x 15 1/4" H, make it an exceptional piece for large-scale interiors or open-concept living. The table's raw yet refined aesthetic makes it...
Concrete
Milo Baughman Rosewood Coffee Table for Thayer Coggin, Circa 1970
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (circa 1970) rectangular 'Minimalist' coffee table with a rosewood top supported on a chrome plated steel frame. (MILO BAUGHMAN FOR THAYER COGGIN)
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Italian Cocktail Table with Craquelure and Enamel Top
Located in Troy, MI
This low rectangular cocktail table features a top combining two surface treatments: a large craquelure field in gold and a flush-set vertical band of boldly colored enamel panels in...
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Modern Geometric Round Glass and Brass Chain Link Coffee Table, 1970's
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Sculptural Mid Century Modern geometric form coffee table, circa 1970's.
Brass
Custom Spectacular Etched Brass and Double Agate Rectangular Cocktail Table
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom, spectacular etched brass and double-agate rectangular cocktail table. Customization is available in different sizes, agate, finishes, and table base colors. Inquire with V...
Agate, Brass
Coffee Table by Melchiorre Bega, Italy, 1940s
By Melchiorre Bega
Located in New York, NY
Elegant coffee table by Italian architect and designer Melchiorre Bega, dating from the 1940s. The gracefully curved wooden base features delicately splayed legs connected by slender...
Glass, Wood
Granite Top 2 Tier Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This striking granite top two-tier coffee table combines timeless elegance with practical functionality, making it a versatile centerpiece for both modern and traditional interiors.
Granite, Brass
$919Sale Price|20% Off
Charles Eames for Herman Miller Rectangular White and Black Side Table
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This refined Eames table embodies the crisp modernist logic for which Charles and Ray Eames are celebrated. Every detail — from the stark black-and-white contrast to the molded plywo...
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
Asian Modern White Bleached Oak Coffee Table Faux Ostrich Top Chinoiserie, 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern rectangular white bleached oak wood coffee table with faux ostrich and curved legs.
Faux Leather, Oak
Vintage Bamboo Fretwork and Glass Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage bamboo coffee table showcases an intricate blend of natural material craftsmanship and architectural detail, its rectangular frame constructed entirely from bundled bamb...
Glass, Bamboo
Metal and stone coffee table, France, 1950s
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
This elegant coffee table stands out for the understated simplicity of its black metal frame and its generously proportioned tabletop, composed of natural stone pieces featuring deep...
Stone, Iron
1960s French Stone Tile Topped Coffee Table
Located in London, London
A characterful stone-topped table, likely French and dating to the 1960s, combining a richly textured surface with a light, architectural metal base. The rectangular top is composed ...
Stone, Steel
Vintage French Brass and Marble Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A stylish and extremely well made vintage French brass and marble coffee table, dating from around the 1960’s. It is of superb quality, the rectangular solid brass frame is very stu...
Marble, Brass
$1,176 / item
Modern Glass Top Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A rectangular tempered glass top cocktail table with an antique gold finish iron base with Greek key form feet. Dimensions: 48" W x 24" D x 19" H
Iron
Sculptural organic travertine coffee table, France 1980s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A sculptural travertine coffee table from France, dating to the 1980s, shaped with the quiet monumentality and refined minimalism that defined late‑mid‑century European design.
Travertine
Vintage Carved Faux Bamboo and Glass Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Showcasing mid-century tropical elegance, this large-scale rectangular coffee table features a carved solid wood frame meticulously detailed to mimic natural bamboo stalks.
Brass
Aldo Tura Crimson Goatskin Parchment Coffee Table with Brass Inlay
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
Red Lacquered Goatskin Parchment and Brass Coffee Table Striking Italian Mid-Century Modern coffee table by Aldo Tura, featuring a rectangular top clad in richly colored red lacquer...
Brass
20th Century Danish Ox Art Tile & Teak Coffee Table by Trioh
By Trioh Møbelfabrik
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stylish Mid 20th century Danish Ox Art coffee table with rectangular teak frame and tiled top. produced by Danish company Trioh. Great quality Wonderful dove-tail joinery.. signed t...
Ceramic, Teak
Midcentury Decorative Frosted Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish mid-century coffee table boasts a rectangular 3/4 inch thick glass top making it perfect for any modern interior.
Glass, Lucite
1950s Retro Metamorphic Coffee/Dining Table A truly ingenious table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
1950s Retro Metamorphic Coffee/Dining Table A truly ingenious table first as a rectangular coffee table, adjust upwardly and by unfolding the leaves it becomes a dining table, along...
Metal
Danish Teak Tile-Top Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Danish modern tile-top table executed in teak, featuring a richly toned tiled surface with a striking interplay of color and texture. The tiles are arranged in a geometric layout o...
Ceramic, Teak
Hans Wegner Teak & Oak Coffee Table
By Hans J. Wegner, Andreas Tuck
Located in Cambridge, US
Denmark, ca. 1950s. A rare model AT-308 coffee table by Hans Wegner for Andreas Tuck. Features rectangular teak top supported by solid oak X-shaped legs with tubular brass supports ...
Brass
1960s Roger Sprunger Dunbar Coffee Table with Bronze Frame & Glass Top
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (1960s) rectangular cocktail / coffee table with an inset smoked glass top supported by a bronze cross-shaped frame with a stretcher base, resting on rosewood fe...
Metal, Bronze
French brutalist coffee table in wenge, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
French brutalist coffee table in wenge, defined by a bold sculptural presence and strong architectural character. The thick rectangular top is supported by distinctive angled legs, c...
Wenge
Vintage Faux Bois Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage faux bois coffee table is a sophisticated blend of natural inspiration and sculptural design. The rectangular marble top features a beautifully polished surface with ric...
Marble, Metal
French Mid-Century Ceramic Tile and Wrought Iron Side Table from Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
A charming vintage occasional table featuring six richly glazed ceramic tiles in vivid shades of orange, amber and brown. Each tile is molded with a radiating floral medallion motif,...
Iron
1960’s Scandinavian carved oak coffee table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
1960's carved oak coffee table circa 1960. Good quality Scandinavian coffee table made from oak. Smooth shaped rectangular top with solid oak border. Carved apron of arranged rect...
Oak
$6,469 / item
Antonio Citterio Esosoft Coffee Table For Cassina
By Antonio Citterio
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antonio Citterio Esosoft Coffee Table For Cassina To round out the first project ‒ the modular Esosoft sofa ‒ by architect Antonio Citterio for Cassina, a series of coffee tables in...
Aluminum
$5,876 / item
Antonio Citterio Esosoft Coffee Table For Cassina
By Antonio Citterio
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antonio Citterio Esosoft Coffee Table For Cassina To round out the first project ‒ the modular Esosoft sofa ‒ by architect Antonio Citterio for Cassina, a series of coffee tables in...
Aluminum
Angelo Mangiarotti Carrara Marble Coffee Table, Italy 1970's
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Italian coffee table designed by Angelo Mangiarotti, executed in solid white Carrara marble with characteristic natural veining. The table presents a substantial rectangular top supp...
Carrara Marble
Vintage Round Low Coffee Table, Cerused Finish, Arch Form Base
Located in Trenton, NJ
A vintage round low coffee table combining generous scale with a cerused gray-greige finish and a sculptural arch-form base. The circular top provides substantial working surface at ...
Wood
Geometric Frame Style Legs Rectangular Brass Plated Side Table w/ Glass Top
By Design Institute America, Romeo Rega, Milo Baughman, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian mid century modern design brass side lamp or end side table with glass top.
Metal, Brass
Vintage Coffee Table by Smania in Burl Wood
Located in RIDDERKERK, NL
This vintage coffee table by Smania is an elegant example of Italian design, where luxurious materials and refined details come together. The rectangular shape and the warm appearan...
Burl
$1,681Sale Price|42% Off
Italian Design Wooden Coffee Table, 1970s RESTORED
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This is a stunning and sophisticated piece of mid-century furniture. Italian design from the 1970s often combines elegance and practicality, making this coffee table truly unique. T...
Wood
Solid modernistvelm coffee table from the 1970s
By Pierre Chapo, Charlotte Perriand
Located in LYON, FR
Maison Lecan presents this solid elm coffee table from the 1970s, a piece of direct and assured character in the manner of Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Chapo — that French rural mod...
Elm
Glazed lava coffee table attributed to 2potiers
By Les 2 Potiers
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French coffee table from the 1950s attributed to les 2 potiers. Lacquered metal base (original paint) and rectangular top covered with enameled lava in shades of blue, black, gray, a...
Lava
French 1950s Green Painted Iron Coffee Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual rectangular coffee table, the base made up of a series of six arches, giving the table a dynamic feel (an arch at each side, and two intersecting ones, making up a stretcher ...
Granite, Iron
Charles Hollis Jones Style Lucite Coffee Cocktail Tables or End Tables, Pair
By Charles Hollis Jones, Leon Rosen, Karl Springer
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This pair of Mid-Century Modern rectangular Lucite cocktail tables captures the peak of Hollywood Regency glamour.
Glass, Lucite
Willy Ballez marble coffee table Belgium 1979
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This coffee table designed by Willy Ballez, is crafted in his own atelier in Belgium in 1979. It stands as a truly remarkable piece that embodies the inspiration of Constructivist de...
Marble
$22,800Sale Price|20% Off
Massive Python Skin Ecthed Glass Coffee Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This massive python skin coffee table with etched glass top is an extraordinary fusion of natural luxury and bold modern design. The table features a substantial rectangular form wit...
Glass, Python
$5,600Sale Price / set|30% Off
2 Art Deco Macassar Ebony Sculptural Console Coffee Cocktail Tables Pair MCM 54"
Located in Dayton, OH
The perfect compliment to any Mid Century Modern, Art Deco or Contemporary Space.
Steel
$12,508 / item
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table For 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
Vintage Dolphin coffee table by Maitland Smith, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage tessellated stone coffee table shaped like a dolphin with a rectangular smoked glass top. Beautiful 'chic' look from the 1980s INlaid brass on the eyes 1980s - Asia Very...
Stone
$7,084 / item
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table For 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
$7,084 / item
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table For 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
$5,063 / item
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table For 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
Vejle Stole Møbelfabrik Danish Rosewood Coffee Table, 1970s
By Vejle Stole & Møbelfabrik
Located in Berkeley, CA
A sleek rectangular coffee table in richly grained rosewood, produced by Vejle Stole Møbelfabrik in Denmark during the 1970s. Clean lines, warm patina, and that unmistakable Danish r...
Rosewood
$8,071 / item
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Coffee Table For 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
Heavy Thick Glass Brass and Chrome Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
3/4" rectangular multi media Mid-Century Modern coffee table.
Brass, Chrome
Coffee Table by Philippe Barbier Inlaid Ammonite
By Philippe Barbier
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice and very good original rectangular coffee table By Philippe Barbier in White resin inlaid by A couple of Ammonite. circular wood base, France Circa 1960.
Resin, Wood
Vintage Regency Wrought Iron Target Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage Regency-style wrought iron coffee table delivers striking visual appeal with its crisp white finish and elegant, looped “target” motif. The open-frame design offers a li...
Wrought Iron
$2,601Sale Price|20% Off
Adrian Pearsall Wood and Glass Coffee Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Milano, IT
An elegant wood and glass coffee table designed by Adrian Pearsall Attr. in the 1960s. The coffee table consists of a solid light-coloured wooden frame that takes on a very sinuous ...
Glass, Wood
$3,600Sale Price|35% Off
Widdicomb Three-Drawer Travertine Top Coffee Table, 1963
By Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Camden, ME
An elegant and rare mid-century modern three-drawer coffee table by the Widdicomb Furniture Company, dated to the 1960s and retaining its original stenciled Widdicomb label with mode...
Travertine
Reflections in Brass: Italian 1970s Brass Liwan's Rome Coffee Table
By Liwan's Rome
Located in New York, NY
Italian Brass Coffee Table by Liwan's, Rome, 1970s: A refined Italian coffee table from the 1970s, by Liwan's of Rome, featuring a clean-lined rectangular form in patinated brass. ...
Brass
$8,884 / item
Antonio Citterio Esosoft Coffee Table For Cassina
By Antonio Citterio
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antonio Citterio Esosoft Coffee Table For Cassina To round out the first project ‒ the modular Esosoft sofa ‒ by architect Antonio Citterio for Cassina, a series of coffee tables in...
Aluminum
Vintage Hollywood Regency Lucite and Brass Coffee Table
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An elegant Mid-Century Modern coffee table designed in the style of Charles Hollis Jones.
Brass
French Mosaic Coffee Table with Brass Base, 1960s
Located in Chicago, IL
A French brass and ceramic mosaic coffee table from the 1960s, defined by its elongated oval form and richly textured surface. The top is composed of ceramic tesserae in a palette of...
Brass
Gold Painted Metal and Glass Designer Coffee Table
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A rectangular coffee table featuring lattice work accented with ball accents at the joints. Influenced by Jean Royère this piece shows age but most likely a 1990s production. The gol...
Metal
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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