Poul Kjaerholm PK 61 Slate and Steel Coffee Table Clean Lined Midcentury Design
By Poul Kjærholm
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean Lined Danish Modern Slate and Matte Steel PK 61 Coffee Table, designed by Poul Kjærholm, Denmark, circa 1960s. Retains wonderful original distressed patina.
Marble, Chrome
Perfect Size Midcentury Modern Wrought Iron Base & Slate Stone Top Coffee Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning handcrafted round shape coffee table. This super sturdy and highly stylish wrought iron table with slate stone top and first tier is in excellent condition. The quality han...
Stone, Wrought Iron
$3,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Trompe-L'oeil Occasional Tables John Dickinson 'Et Cetera' for Drexel
By Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920 - 1982 California design. Rare set. Probably custom or limited. Dickinson's Et Cetera line for Drexel were pieces made in the faux / Trompe-l'oeil style. For example, these tab...
Slate, Metal
Edward Wormley Hexagonal Table
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Highland, IN
This table is an early design by Ed Wormley for Dunbar is a cylindrical form of mahogany with hexagonal faceted sides. It can serve as a side table, or with the addition of a larger ...
Slate
Vintage Marble Top Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage metal and marble console Table. This table features ornate metal frame, legs and accenting. The beautiful beveled edge leading up to the marble surface top is an eye catching...
Slate, Steel
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Model 6302E Olive Burl Pedestal Table with Dry Bar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally produced by Dunbar in the mid-20th century, this model is documented in period catalogs and is increasingly sought after for its combination of rare material, compact vers...
Slate
Iconic Brutalist Paul Kingma Schist Center Table
By Paul Kingma
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Rectangular assembled schist table with rounded corners and brass inlay, very rare octagonal legs, signed on the top H: 47 cm Top: 80 x 120 cm. Paul KINGMA (1931 - 2013) Dutch s...
Slate, Schist, Metal, Brass
Paul Evans Mixed Metal Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This magnificent table was designed by Paul Evans during his "Brutalist" period. The frame contains a patchwork of mixed metals in varying condition, including hammer pits, exposed n...
Slate, Metal
$1,650 / set
Vintage Stacked Stone Table Lamps - Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This striking pair of vintage stacked slate table lamps beautifully combines natural stone with warm brass accents, creating a sculptural design that embodies rustic modern elegance....
Slate, Brass
Early Paul Evans Sculpted Steel Polychrome Wall Shelf Console Table, 1960
By Paul Evans
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Paul Evans Sculpted Steel Poly Chrome Wall Shelf Console Table, 1960. 1960 Paul Evans Studio piece, great condition and absolutely beautiful. Top is slate. Measures 54" long...
Slate, Metal
$5,666
Pia Manu coffee table
By Pia Manu
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Nice coffee table by Pia Manu for Amphora
Slate, Stainless Steel
Low Table from USA, 1970s
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An interesting and well-rendered low table showing a secessionist influence, having a rectilinear form with square-shaped through-tenoned legs, and a light wood top with an expressiv...
Slate
Paul Evans Brutalist Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Evans (American, 1931-1987) Brutalist mixed metal patchwork coffee table with original slate top, circa 1970. 42 inches wide and deep by 16 ½ inches tall
Slate, Copper
Preben Fabricius & Jorgen Kastholm Coffee Table
By Jørgen Kastholm & Preben Fabricius
Located in London, GB
This incredible coffee table was created by Preben Fabricius & Jorgen Kastholm circa 1970. The Danish design duo met at the Copenhagen School of Interior Design and went on to fo...
Slate, Chrome
Poul Kjaerholm PK61 Coffee Table for Fritz Hansen
By Poul Kjærholm, Fritz Hansen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Poul Kjaerholm coffee table PK61. Executed by Fritz Hansen, Denmark. Dull chromium plated steel and top of black slate. Marked Fritz Hansen, 1985.
Slate, Steel
Midcentury Couchtisch Schiefer Coffee Table Teak Vintage 1960
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Vintage Couchtisch mit Schieferplatte aus den 1960er Jahren zum Verkauf an. Das Tischgestell ist aus Teakholz gefertigt und von innen hohl. Durch das h...
Slate
Slate and Walnut Dry Bar Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
Slate and Walnut Dry Bar Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, American Mid-Century dry bar cabinet with a walnut case featuring a left-hand closed cabinet next to an open shelf compar...
Slate
Mosaic Stone Top Coffee Table by Heinz Lilienthal Germany, 1970s
By Heinz Lilienthal
Located in Berlin, DE
Round coffee table by Heinz Lilienthal with a mosaic stone top set in circular inlays of varying sizes and tones, framed in wood. The table rests on a geometric wooden base with cros...
Slate
Roche Bobois Glass Coffee Table with Stone & Chrome Base, 1970s
By Roche Bobois
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glass coffee table with a slate grey stone base with chrome accented corners by Roche Bobois, circa 1970's. The stone has a beautiful light grey/white veining as well as a faint tran...
Stone, Slate, Chrome
Brutalist wood and natural stone coffee table, China 1960s
By Pierre Chapo
Located in ECHT, NL
Brutalist square coffee table. Made from solid wood with a natural stone (slate) inlay in the top. Made in China in the 1960s. It is painted in brown/gold paint that gives it a textu...
Slate
French Louis Philippe Mahogany Wine Service Table with Slate Top & Brass Gallery
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This elegant Louis Philippe-period wine table, or rafraîchissoir, is a remarkably practical and sophisticated diminutive case piece dating to the mid-19th century.
Slate, Brass
Important Maxalto Style Coffee Table Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Italy 1970s
By Maxalto, Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare and extraordinary coffee table with very thick slate top and irregularly shaped walnut wood frame. It is an original and highly refined work of complex cabinet-making, which i...
Slate
Martin Visser (attr) Square Stone Top Side or Coffee Table with Metal Frame
By Martin Visser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Visser (attributed) square coffee or side table with thin black enameled metal frame and inset stone top. Attractive and sleek with a well balanced use of mixed materials this...
Slate, Metal
James Martin Studio Pedestal Side End Table American Black Walnut & Cleft Slate
By James Martin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Working with American black walnut and cleft slate, Martin crafted this beautiful pedestal side table.
Slate
Coffee - Cocktail Table by Fred Kemp In Soapstone and Walnut
By Fred Kemp
Located in New York, NY
Round soapstone (often called slate but not slate) topped cocktail or coffee table with octagonal walnut base by St. Louis architect, Fred Kemp. Kemp was a leading figure in the St. ...
Slate
Walnut Base Petit Credenza with Slate Top TV Stand Cabinet Console Table
By Drexel, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Small hall entry space cabinet credenza, TV stand alternative with slate top. Mid-Century Modern circa 1970s Milo Baughman style piece.
Slate
Wrought Iron and Slate Garden Patio, Sunroom Table After McCobb, Woodard, 1950s
By Woodard Furniture Co., Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Great architectural end, side table with a thick slate top on wrought iron base. The table features two shelves top 22 H x Lower 14.5 H inches - the lower shelf is of metal mesh. Cle...
Slate, Wrought Iron
1960s Artimeta Style Coffee Table with Inset Stone Top and Chrome Base
By Artimeta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960s Artimeta style square coffee table or side table with thin chrome frame and inset stone top. In original condition with visible wear including chipping and scratching. Wear is ...
Slate, Chrome
$9,349Sale Price|20% Off
Tavolo Pranzo Rotondo Ardesia, Scagliola e Base Legno, Fatto a Mano in Italia
By Cupioli made in Italy
Located in Rimini, IT
Tavolo rotondo realizzato a mano da artisti italiani, con la tecnica dell' intarsio in scagliola nelle tonalità dell'ocra e color cotto. Basamento in legno tre piede marmorizzato ed...
Slate
Very Rare and Exclusive Cocktail Table with Agate Inlays and Teakwood Base
By Heinz Lilienthal
Located in Munich, DE
Very elegant massive teakwood base with a slate top surrounded by a belt of large agate inlays. made by the famous glass artist Heinz Lilienthal, who worked for Aristoteles Onassis u...
Agate, Slate
Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm Modèle BO 750 Coffee Table for Bo-Ex
By Jørgen Kastholm & Preben Fabricius
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm for Bo-Ex designed "Model BO 750" coffee table with sleek black stained wood, polished steel frame and inset slate. After meeting at the...
Slate, Metal
Original Paul Kingma Art Coffee Side Table, Blue Agate Brass and Black Stone
By Paul Kingma
Located in Den Haag, NL
This is a one off unique art piece made by famous Dutch designer and Sculptor Paul Kingma. The table is made of black slate and several blue stones, Large Blue Agate stone in the mid...
Stone, Agate, Concrete, Slate, Brass
Brutalist Art Round Dining Table With Cast Iron Base By Paul Kingma Agate 1980
By Paul Kingma
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Discover the Elegance of Paul Kingma's Vintage Brutalist Round Dining Table 1980 Introducing an extraordinary piece of functional art, the Vintage Brutalist Round Dining Table with ...
Agate, Multi-gemstone, Concrete, Slate, Brass, Iron
Vintage Granite and Chrome Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
One of a kind slate table. Mid-Century Modern table in black stone marble and rosewood finish.
Granite
Poul Kjaerholm PK61 basalt top EKC Denmark 1956
By E. Kold Christensen, Poul Kjærholm
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This PK61 coffee table, designed by the legendary Poul Kjærholm and produced by Ejvind Kold Christensen in Denmark, 1956, stands as a testament to minimalist design and superior craf...
Slate, Steel
Gothic Brass Candelabra Lamps Lion Wolf head Maximalist Vintage 1950s
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful lamps, brass chain sashes, Appears to be Wolf Heads on Slate Base and Lion's Heads around the chain sash. Great lamps for those long power outages, these can be used witho...
Slate, Brass
$2,750 / set
Pair of Richard Schultz Cocktail Tables
By Richard Schultz, Knoll
Located in Stockton, NJ
A pair of vintage 1960s Richard Schultz for Knoll cocktail tables- with a twist. Each has been repainted in matte black and the tops replaced with thick slate.
Slate, Aluminum
Brutalist Coffee Table by Paul Evans, Patinated Metal & Slate, 1970s
By Paul Evans
Located in Queens, NY
Brutalist American Modern 1970s patinated patchwork metal coffee table with riveted copper, brass, and pewter sheeting with slate top (attr: Paul Evans for Directional )
Slate, Copper, Pewter
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
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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.
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 .
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.
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