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Tiered Bamboo Corner Table
Tiered Bamboo Corner Table

Tiered Bamboo Corner Table

By Ficks Reed

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mid-century corner table in bamboo and mahogany with tiered top. Top is removable. Please confirm

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Vintage Glenn of California Walnut Corner Coffee Table by Milo Baughman
Vintage Glenn of California Walnut Corner Coffee Table by Milo Baughman

Vintage Glenn of California Walnut Corner Coffee Table by Milo Baughman

By Milo Baughman, Glenn of California

Located in San Jose, CA

Mid century corner table designed by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California in walnut. This piece

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Magnificent Mid Century Modern Red Mahogany Corner Table Rare Paul McCobb 1960s
Magnificent Mid Century Modern Red Mahogany Corner Table Rare Paul McCobb 1960s

Magnificent Mid Century Modern Red Mahogany Corner Table Rare Paul McCobb 1960s

By Paul McCobb

Located in Peoria, AZ

Magnificent! Mid Century Modern Red Mahogany Finish Corner Table In the manner of Paul McCobb

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Mid-19th century Gustavian Corner Table
Mid-19th century Gustavian Corner Table

Mid-19th century Gustavian Corner Table

Located in Leesburg, VA

Mid-19th century Gustavian Corner Table Anonymous Scandinavia; mid-19th century Wood Approximate

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Tables

Materials

Wood

Vintage Corner Cupboards, Italy, Mid-20th Century
Vintage Corner Cupboards, Italy, Mid-20th Century

Vintage Corner Cupboards, Italy, Mid-20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Vintage corner cupboards is a design item realized in the mid-20th Century. Pair of stylish walnut

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Tables

Materials

Wood

Vintage Mid Century Modern Mahogany & Marble Top Slice Corner Side Table
Vintage Mid Century Modern Mahogany & Marble Top Slice Corner Side Table

Vintage Mid Century Modern Mahogany & Marble Top Slice Corner Side Table

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Vintage Mid Century Modern Mahogany & Marble Top Slice Corner Side Table. Item features 2 inset

Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Corner Console Tables
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Corner Console Tables

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Corner Console Tables

Located in Miami, FL

Pair of Mid-Century Modern corner console tables. Foldable with a wooden top protected by an angled

Category

Vintage 1980s French Modern Console Tables

Materials

Concrete, Metal

Mid-Century Modern Marble Corner Table with Tripod Legs, Italy
Mid-Century Modern Marble Corner Table with Tripod Legs, Italy

Mid-Century Modern Marble Corner Table with Tripod Legs, Italy

Located in W Allenhurst, NJ

Unique bespoke curved marble corner or sofa table. Sleek and slender. Beautifully grained marble

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables

Materials

Marble

Unique Mid-Century Modern 2 Tier Corner Table with Marquetry
Unique Mid-Century Modern 2 Tier Corner Table with Marquetry

Unique Mid-Century Modern 2 Tier Corner Table with Marquetry

Located in Fulton, CA

A unique one-of-a-kind square corner table. Circa. 1950's. Beautifully and skillfully hand crafted

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Maple

Mid Century Modern Two Tiered Rattan Corner Table. Circa 1950s
Mid Century Modern Two Tiered Rattan Corner Table. Circa 1950s

Mid Century Modern Two Tiered Rattan Corner Table. Circa 1950s

By Paul Frankl

Located in Miami, FL

Vintage Mid Century Modern Two Tiered Rattan Corner Table in the Paul Frankl's Style. C 1950s

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Rattan

Paul McCobb for Planner Group Mid Century 2 Tier Corner Table
Paul McCobb for Planner Group Mid Century 2 Tier Corner Table

Paul McCobb for Planner Group Mid Century 2 Tier Corner Table

By Planner Group, Paul McCobb

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Paul McCobb For Planner Group mid century 2 tier corner table The table measures: 30 wide x 30

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Wood

Rare Corner Table by Mexican Mid-Century Modernist Don Shoemaker
Rare Corner Table by Mexican Mid-Century Modernist Don Shoemaker

Rare Corner Table by Mexican Mid-Century Modernist Don Shoemaker

By Don S. Shoemaker

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

We offer this rare an amazing corner table designed by Don Shoemaker, circa 1960, this piece is

Category

Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Restored Mid-century Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Two-Tiered Corner Side Table
Restored Mid-century Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Two-Tiered Corner Side Table

Restored Mid-century Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Two-Tiered Corner Side Table

By Paul Frankl

Located in Van Nuys, CA

This beautifully restored two-tiered corner side table with vertically stacked legs and a dark

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Rattan, Mahogany

Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Coffee Table
Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Coffee Table

Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Coffee Table

By Angelo Mangiarotti

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Modern Coffee Table

Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Travertine

Mid-Century Two-Tier Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Costal Side & Corner Table Set
Mid-Century Two-Tier Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Costal Side & Corner Table Set

Mid-Century Two-Tier Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Costal Side & Corner Table Set

By Paul Frankl

Located in Van Nuys, CA

This beautifully restored pair of Mid-century two-tier stacked rattan end tables and included

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Rattan

Milo Baughman for Murray Furniture Mid Century Maple and Brass Corner Side Table
Milo Baughman for Murray Furniture Mid Century Maple and Brass Corner Side Table

Milo Baughman for Murray Furniture Mid Century Maple and Brass Corner Side Table

By Murray Furniture, Milo Baughman

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Milo Baughman for Murray Furniture Mid Century Maple and Brass Corner Side Table This side table

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Peter Hvidt for France and Son Mid Century Danish Teak and Rattan Corner Table
Peter Hvidt for France and Son Mid Century Danish Teak and Rattan Corner Table

Peter Hvidt for France and Son Mid Century Danish Teak and Rattan Corner Table

By Peter Hvidt, France & Søn

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Peter Hvidt for France and Son Mid Century Danish Teak and Rattan Corner Table This side table

Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Rattan, Teak

1960s Mid Century Danish Modern Tiled Square Corner End Table Denmark
1960s Mid Century Danish Modern Tiled Square Corner End Table Denmark

1960s Mid Century Danish Modern Tiled Square Corner End Table Denmark

Located in Dayton, OH

Danish modern square teak side accent table. Made of teak wood featuring a floral / leaf motif

Category

Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Modern End Tables

Materials

Ceramic, Teak

French Louis XV, Mid-18th Century Giltwood Corner Console
French Louis XV, Mid-18th Century Giltwood Corner Console

French Louis XV, Mid-18th Century Giltwood Corner Console

Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE

A very fine French Louis XV mid-18th century giltwood corner console table. Carved throughout with

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Console Tables

Materials

Marble

Restored Mid Century Maple and Faux Rattan Corner Table by Heywood Wakefield
Restored Mid Century Maple and Faux Rattan Corner Table by Heywood Wakefield

Restored Mid Century Maple and Faux Rattan Corner Table by Heywood Wakefield

By Heywood-Wakefield Co.

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Restored Mid Century Maple corner table by Heywood Wakefield with Faux Rattan single strand legs

Category

Vintage 1950s End Tables

Materials

Maple, Oak

Large Square Mid Century Modern Coffee Table on Chrome Corner Legs
Large Square Mid Century Modern Coffee Table on Chrome Corner Legs

Large Square Mid Century Modern Coffee Table on Chrome Corner Legs

By Knoll, Pace Collection

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Very nice square coffee table with thick glass top and chrome legs. Measures: 41 x 41.

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Charles Hollis Jones Style Coffee Table Lucite Nickel Corners Mid-Century Modern
Charles Hollis Jones Style Coffee Table Lucite Nickel Corners Mid-Century Modern

Charles Hollis Jones Style Coffee Table Lucite Nickel Corners Mid-Century Modern

By Charles Hollis Jones

Located in Miami, FL

glass top sits on the frame. Mid-Century Modern classical design timeless and chic. F-571-335

Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Mid Century Modern Rare Harvey Probber Curved Macassar Corner Tables - A Pair
Mid Century Modern Rare Harvey Probber Curved Macassar Corner Tables - A Pair

Mid Century Modern Rare Harvey Probber Curved Macassar Corner Tables - A Pair

By Harvey Probber

Located in Morristown, NJ

c. 1960s, USA, a rare pair of Harvey Probber corner tables with Macassar ebony veneer tops and dark

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Italian mid-century modern corner console with drawer in wood, 1940s
Italian mid-century modern corner console with drawer in wood, 1940s

Italian mid-century modern corner console with drawer in wood, 1940s

Located in MIlano, IT

Italian mid-century modern corner console with drawer in wood, 1940s Corner console table with

Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Metal

Vintage Modern Pinewood Corner Table
Vintage Modern Pinewood Corner Table

Vintage Modern Pinewood Corner Table

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This stylish vintage corner table features triangular design with bentwood stretchers and natural

Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Harvey Probber Mahogany Corner Triangle Sofa Table
Harvey Probber Mahogany Corner Triangle Sofa Table

Harvey Probber Mahogany Corner Triangle Sofa Table

By Harvey Probber

Located in Hanover, MA

Extremely versatile well balanced triangular shaped table by Harvey Probber. Original vintage mid

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables

Materials

Brass

MCM Coastal Corner Table by Heywood Wakefield
MCM Coastal Corner Table by Heywood Wakefield

MCM Coastal Corner Table by Heywood Wakefield

Located in Chicago, IL

Mid Century Modern Coastal Corner Table by Heywood Wakefield Mid-Century Modern two-tier corner

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Faux Bamboo

70s Mid-Century Modern Bamboo Handwoven Leather Corners Cane Top Cart Side Table
70s Mid-Century Modern Bamboo Handwoven Leather Corners Cane Top Cart Side Table

70s Mid-Century Modern Bamboo Handwoven Leather Corners Cane Top Cart Side Table

Located in Miami, FL

Vintage bamboo, cane and handwoven Serving Cart, side table, end table, bedside table, kitchen cart

Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Bamboo, Leather, Cane

Vintage French Brass Three Tier Corner Table
Vintage French Brass Three Tier Corner Table

Vintage French Brass Three Tier Corner Table

Located in London, GB

A smart and beautifully designed vintage French brass three tier corner table, dating from the 1970

Category

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Brass

M. Singer & Sons Triangle Corner Sofa Table
M. Singer & Sons Triangle Corner Sofa Table

M. Singer & Sons Triangle Corner Sofa Table

By M. Singer & Sons

Located in Hanover, MA

M. Singer & Sons triangle corner sofa table in walnut with label underside. Likely made for use

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables

Materials

Walnut

"Stacked" Quarter Round Corner Table by Steve Chase
"Stacked" Quarter Round Corner Table by Steve Chase

"Stacked" Quarter Round Corner Table by Steve Chase

By Steve Chase

Located in New York, NY

Quarter round corner table by Steve Chase. The table was designed to resemble a stack of different

Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Corner Fold Over Game Table Genoese
Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Corner Fold Over Game Table Genoese

Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Corner Fold Over Game Table Genoese

Located in Milano, MI

Exclusive Louis XIV Italian Genoese corner card table realized in rosewood and bois de rose, this

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XIV Game Tables

Materials

Felt, Rosewood

Edward Wormley Corner Magazine Table for Dunbar
Edward Wormley Corner Magazine Table for Dunbar

Edward Wormley Corner Magazine Table for Dunbar

By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Triangular walnut and mahogany corner side table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar c.1940s, USA. The

Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Walnut

3/4" Thick Glass Top Rounded Corners Brass Cylinder Legs Mid Century Modern
3/4" Thick Glass Top Rounded Corners Brass Cylinder Legs Mid Century Modern

3/4" Thick Glass Top Rounded Corners Brass Cylinder Legs Mid Century Modern

By Pace Collection

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Mid Century Modern Rectangle 3/4" Thick Glass Top Rounded Corners Brass Cylinder Legs Dining Table

Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

ViNTAGE NEST OF THREE MARBLE AND BRASS CORNER TABLES LOVELY MID CENTRUY LOOk!
ViNTAGE NEST OF THREE MARBLE AND BRASS CORNER TABLES LOVELY MID CENTRUY LOOk!

ViNTAGE NEST OF THREE MARBLE AND BRASS CORNER TABLES LOVELY MID CENTRUY LOOk!

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

brass and marble nest of three corner tables Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it

Category

20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Danish Modern Hvidt & Mølgaard Minerva Corner Table
Danish Modern Hvidt & Mølgaard Minerva Corner Table

Danish Modern Hvidt & Mølgaard Minerva Corner Table

By Hvidt & Mølgaard, France & Søn

Located in Minneapolis, MN

A Danish Modern occasional table designed by Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard-Nielsen and produced by

Category

Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern End Tables

Materials

Cane, Teak

Sofa Corner tables by Mathieu Matégot - 1950s
Sofa Corner tables by Mathieu Matégot - 1950s

Sofa Corner tables by Mathieu Matégot - 1950s

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Uccle, Bruxelles

A magnificent set of sofa corner tables designed by Mathieu Matégot in the 1950s. These are

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Restored Stacked Two-Tier Rattan Corner Side Table
Restored Stacked Two-Tier Rattan Corner Side Table

Restored Stacked Two-Tier Rattan Corner Side Table

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Fully restored rattan corner side table with mahogany tops and a second removable top. The table

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Rattan

T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Corner Table
T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Corner Table

T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Corner Table

By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

Located in St. Louis, MO

Walnut corner table with dark brown finish, circa 1950s.

Category

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

Restored Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Corner Side Side Table
Restored Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Corner Side Side Table

Restored Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Corner Side Side Table

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Vintage stacked cut-out rattan two-tier corner side table with a mahogany top. 1950, United States

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Rattan, Mahogany

Large Wide Rectangle Rounded Corners Thick Glass Coffee Table
Large Wide Rectangle Rounded Corners Thick Glass Coffee Table

Large Wide Rectangle Rounded Corners Thick Glass Coffee Table

By Charles Hollis Jones, Karl Springer

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Mid-Century Modern bent Lucite thick 3/4" glass top rectangle coffee table.

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass, Lucite

“Moduline” Corner Table In Teak By Ole Gjerløv Knudsen + Torben Lind
“Moduline” Corner Table In Teak By Ole Gjerløv Knudsen + Torben Lind

“Moduline” Corner Table In Teak By Ole Gjerløv Knudsen + Torben Lind

By France & Søn, Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen and Torben Lind

Located in Berkeley, CA

Origin: Denmark Designer: Ole Gjerløv Knudsen & Torben Lind Manufacturer: France + Søn Era: 1960s Materials: Teak, Wool Measurements: 37.5" wide x 37.5" deep x 12" tall Condition: ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Wool, Teak

Mid-Century Modern End Table W/ Lamp
Mid-Century Modern End Table W/ Lamp

Mid-Century Modern End Table W/ Lamp

Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon

Mid-century modern side or corner table with lamp, made of wire metal with a green oak veneer top

Category

Vintage 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Wire

Clipped Corner BRIG Dining Table in Walnut
Clipped Corner BRIG Dining Table in Walnut

Clipped Corner BRIG Dining Table in Walnut

By Chris Earl

Located in North Hollywood, CA

clipped corners and individualized dutchman joints. Each table uniquely accentuates and utilizes the

Category

2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood, Ash, Oak, Walnut

Danish Teak Rounded Corners Extendable Rectangle Dining Table
Danish Teak Rounded Corners Extendable Rectangle Dining Table

Danish Teak Rounded Corners Extendable Rectangle Dining Table

Located in Baltimore, MD

Beautiful Mid-Century Modern teak rounded corners rectangle expandable dining table, circa 1970’s

Category

Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Teak

Cityscape Aluminum Base Lucite Rectangle Top Rounded Corners Coffee Table
Cityscape Aluminum Base Lucite Rectangle Top Rounded Corners Coffee Table

Cityscape Aluminum Base Lucite Rectangle Top Rounded Corners Coffee Table

By Charles Hollis Jones, Paul Evans

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Cityscape aluminum base 3/4" lucite rectangle top rounded corners coffee table mint!

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Paul Frankl Corner Tables, Lacquered Cork and Mahogany, 1951
Paul Frankl Corner Tables, Lacquered Cork and Mahogany, 1951

Paul Frankl Corner Tables, Lacquered Cork and Mahogany, 1951

By Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Co.

Located in Amarillo, TX

Paul Frankl. Corner tables (pair). Johnson Furniture Company, USA, circa 1951. Lacquered

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Cork, Mahogany

Linde Freya Tangelder Soft Corners Side Table, Modern Stainless Steel
Linde Freya Tangelder Soft Corners Side Table, Modern Stainless Steel

Linde Freya Tangelder Soft Corners Side Table, Modern Stainless Steel

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Linde Freya Tangelder Soft Corners Side Table For Cassina An industrial style low table marks the

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Corner Table with Magazine Shelfs by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Corner Table with Magazine Shelfs by Edward Wormley for Dunbar

Corner Table with Magazine Shelfs by Edward Wormley for Dunbar

By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley

Located in Sagaponack, NY

A unique oak corner end table with built in magazine / book racks.

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Oak

1950s Stylish Heritage Henredon Tiered Corner End Table in Walnut Wood
1950s Stylish Heritage Henredon Tiered Corner End Table in Walnut Wood

1950s Stylish Heritage Henredon Tiered Corner End Table in Walnut Wood

By Heritage-Henredon

Located in Chula Vista, CA

Corner table. Heritage Henredon tiered corner end table in walnut wood. Tall Tapered legs

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Large & Long Rounded Corners Stainless Steel Chrome Rectangle Console Table
Large & Long Rounded Corners Stainless Steel Chrome Rectangle Console Table

Large & Long Rounded Corners Stainless Steel Chrome Rectangle Console Table

By Brueton, Pace Collection

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Large & long rounded corners stainless steel chrome rectangle console table. Heavy gage polished

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel, Chrome

1960s Jens Risom Design Large Side/Corner Table in Walnut Wood
1960s Jens Risom Design Large Side/Corner Table in Walnut Wood

1960s Jens Risom Design Large Side/Corner Table in Walnut Wood

By Jens Risom

Located in Miami, FL

Offered is a large square side/corner/coffee table in Walnut wood made in the 1960s by iconic Mid

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

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Mid Century Corner Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the mid century corner table you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each mid century corner table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and hardwood. There are 362 variations of the antique or vintage mid century corner table you’re looking for, while we also have 10 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer mid century corner table, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A mid century corner table made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Scandinavian Modern — is very popular. Heywood-Wakefield Co., Dunbar and France & Søn each produced at least one beautiful mid century corner table that is worth considering.

How Much is a Mid Century Corner Table?

Prices for a mid century corner table start at $1 and top out at $625,725 with the average selling for $2,752.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

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.

Finding the Right Tables for You

The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.

Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.

Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.

Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.

The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte

Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life. 

No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .

Questions About Mid Century Corner Table
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, the tulip table is considered a mid-century modern design. This table shape has become an iconic statement of the era with a simple sculptural attitude and a practical nature. The first tulip table was created by Eero Saarinen, a noted Finnish designer who was a leader in mid-century modern home decor. Shop a collection of Saarinen furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.