Mid-Century Sculptural Wooden Coffee Table, Italy, 1950s
By Augusto Romano
Located in Argelato, BO
This sculptural mid-century Italian coffee table evokes the form of a spider, with its solid wood base opening into multiple sinuous, branching legs, curved and tapered like articula...
Glass, Wood
Mid Century Modern Brass & Stained Glass Inlaid Games Table, by Morris Lapidus
By Morris Lapidus
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Brass & Stained Glass Inlaid Games Table, by Morris Lapidus, USA, Circa 1950s This Mid-Century Modern Brass & Stained Glass Inlaid Games Table, designed by Morris...
Brass
$850Sale Price|61% Off
Large Sculptural Ceramic Lamp with Biomorphic Cut Outs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Sculptural Ceramic Lamp with Biomorphic Cut Outs, American, circa 1950's. The lamp measures an impressive 40.5" height to the top of the shade. It measures 22" height to the to...
Brass
Yasha Heifetz Mid-century Sculptural Nude Torso Table Lamp in Cerused Wood
By Yasha Heifetz
Located in Miami, FL
Yasha Heifetz Mid-century Sculptural Nude Torso Table Lamp in Cerused Wood Offered for sale is a Mid-century Sculptural lamp by Yasha Heifetz.
Wood
Monumental Pair of Italian Biomorphic Amber Blown Glass Balloon Lamps, c. 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Italian glass lamps, Enrico Capuzzo style, Vistosi, opaline glass, biomorphic design, Mid-Century Modern lighting, Murano style lamps, amber glass lighting, Italian art glass, 1970s ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
mid century ceramic table lamp in the style of George Jouve, 1950's , France
By Georges Jouve
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking French mid-century ceramic table lamp from the 1950s, featuring a highly sculptural “siren” or biomorphic form with fluid curves and openwork volumes.
Ceramic
1960s Italian Biomorphic Sculptural Double Octagonal Pedestal Marble Desk
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Extremely rare and one of a kind biomorphic marble desk. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. Just look at the gorgeous curves on this beauty! This beutiful beige marble desk ...
Marble
Beautiful Pair of Danish Modern Biomorphic Teak Lamps by Johannes Aasbjerg
By Johannes Aasbjerg
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual, sculptural table lamps in teak designed by Johannes Aasbjerg and produced in Denmark for a short time in the early 1960s. The teak base is 16"H and 23.5"H to the t...
Teak
1980s Vintage in the Manner of Maitland Smith Biomorphic Tessellated Stone Coffe
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Dimensions 60ʺW × 42ʺD × 16ʺH Styles Mid-Century Modern Modern Postmodern Table Shape Other (unique shapes) Styled After Maitland - Smith Period 1980s...
Stone
Selection of Mid Century Modern Ceramic Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of mid century modern ceramic table lamps. All are rewired and ready to use.
Metal
$396Sale Price|20% Off
1960s, Biomorphic Sea Form Brass Table Dish
By Ben Seibel
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful Animorphic table dish or ashtray, solid brass, hand crafted and polished. Signed.
Brass
Pair Of Wooden And Glass Coffee Tables, 20th-century Design
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Rare pair of mid-century Italian side tables, each featuring a round clear glass top resting on a boldly sculptural wooden base.
Glass, Wood
$3,600Sale Price|21% Off
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates 'Compass' Dining Table in Walnut, 1960s
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This design, also known as the 'Ribbon' table, exemplifies mid-century modern ideals: organic form, fine craftsmanship, and a balance of strength and elegance.
Walnut
Silas Seandel Brutalist Iron Torch Cut Cocktail Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic mid-century modern coffee or cocktail table hand-crafted from thick torch-cut iron in the brutalist/modern or industrial/avant-garden style by Silas Seandel (American b. 19...
Iron
$3,200
Petala Wood Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary Mid-Century Scandinavian-inspired "PETALA" coffee table constructed of solid FSC-Certified American sourced walnut with a biomorphic / modern organic-shaped top with cur...
Wood, Walnut
Biomorphic Table Lamps by Masjestic Lamp.Co USA Walnut and brass 1960
Located in Oirlo, LI
Crafted in the 1960s, it reflects a moment in design history when nature became a source of inspiration for everyday objects. The walnut wood base unfolds in a graceful, almost orga...
Brass
Vintage Cherry Coffee Table in the style of Osvaldo Borsani, 1940s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming Italian mid-century round side table crafted in warm, honey-toned wood with elegant detailing and beautifully balanced proportions.
Cherry
Italian Pottery Fish Lamp by Ivo De Santis for Gli Etruschi, Florence, Large
By Ivo de Santis, Gli Etruschi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Italian Ceramic Fish Table Lamp by Ivo De Santis for Gli Etruschi, Florence, c. 1955–65 A whimsical and sculptural mid-century Italian ceramic table lamp, designed by Iv...
Pottery, Wood
$4,760Sale Price|30% Off
Monumental Midcentury Brutalist Center or Garden Table Sculpture
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-Century Modern iron center table or garden patio table made on a monumental scale.
Iron
$2,280Sale Price / set|40% Off
Brown-Saltman Magazine Tray Side Table by John Keal, Pair
By Brown Saltman, John Keal
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Fully restored original pair of Mid-century side tables with hairpin styles and a pullout / pull-out magazine shelf designed by designer John Keal for Brown-Saltman.
Teak
Vintage Boho Abstract Original Studio Pottery Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vessel is a captivating conversation piece, ideal for adding a touch of eccentric mid-century craft to a coffee table, bookshelf, or executive desk.
Pottery, Stoneware
Unavailable|$1,800 / set
Pair of Mid Century Side Tables Biomorphic Cut-Outs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Unusual pair of side tables featuring lacquered wood top and base. Notice the biomorphic cut-outs and textured plywood
supports.
Note: Item in warehouse. Plea...
Unavailable|$5,750
Canadian Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic Wall-Mounted Large Console Table
Located in Port Hope, ON
This solid, imposing and beautifully carved wooden console shelf is an early fifties piece that is attributed to Canadian custom furniture makers, The Bernard Winterton company of To...
Unavailable|$2,800
Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic Wood Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The open form rests on rod and ball feet. Height to light fitting: 20" Height to top of shade: 32".
Wood
Unavailable|$12,750
Large Rare Canadian Mid-Century Biomorphic, Triple Stepped Coffee Table
Located in Port Hope, ON
This fabulous, large and very rare Canadian Mid-Century biomorphic two-tone coffee table was produced in the early 50's by custom furniture designers and cabinet makers,The Bernard W...
Wood
Unavailable|$1,600 / set
Biomorphic Walnut End Tables
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Baltimore, MD
Handsome pair two tier kidney tables crafted in solid walnut. There is no secondary wood, just solid walnut through and through, quite unusual. Deep walnut surfaces supported by tape...
Walnut
Unavailable|$3,800
Isamu Noguchi Style Biomorphic Coffee Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Isamu Noguchi style biomorphic coffee table. Extremely rare form, utilizing a molded mica wrapped solid wood top.
Hardwood, Paint
Unavailable|$1,500
Biomorphic Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
US mid century biomorphic solid mahogany coffee table with marble top.
Marble
Unavailable|$5,382 / set
Pair of Biomorphic Marble Cocktail Tables
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Beautiful pair of cocktail tables with a finely polished marble top, three black lacquered metal legs.
Marble, Metal
Unavailable|$2,900
Signed Biomorphic Table Lamp by Vistosi
By Vistosi
Located in Princeton, NJ
Captivating blown glass form with undulating curves highlighted by a subtle, (almost) white-on-white color scheme. Etched "Vistosi 1973" to reverse.
Blown Glass
Unavailable|$3,800
Repurposed Biomorphic Lamp
By Gino Vistosi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Repurposed biomorphic lamp. Magnificent handblown piece of Murano glass repurposed into a monumental table lamp. Utilizing solid 1/4" bronze base and 28 year LED strip lighting with...
Glass
Unavailable|$1,495
Vintage Walnut Biomorphic Coffee Table by Kroehler
By Kroehler Mfg. Co.
Located in Toronto, ON
This beautiful sculptural vintage walnut coffee table by Kroehler features biomorphic style legs and large surface area. Often attributed to Adrian Pearsall and clearly heavily influ...
Wood, Ash, Walnut
Unavailable|$1,400
Midcentury Biomorphic Lamps
Located in New London, CT
Newly rewired with new brass fixtures these oak sculptural lamps are great examples of 1950s style. Lamps are adjustable in height and take two 100-watt bulbs.
Oak
Unavailable|$4,760
Biomorphic Lucite Cocktail Table by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
A rare, sexy, biomorphic cocktail table by Charles Hollis Jones in sparkling Lucite and chrome-plated steel polished to a mirror finish. We have an extensive selection of vintage Lu...
Chrome
Unavailable|$3,200 / set
Pair of Matte Glazed Terracotta Biomorphic Modernist Table Lamps
By Yasha Heifetz
Located in Hudson, NY
A sculptural pair of table lamps in glazed terracotta. Stylized female form in matte gray with white speckle over glaze on a matte black base with speckle over glaze. Retains origina...
Unavailable|$11,000
Robsjohn Gibbings Original Biomorphic Freeform Walnut and Brass Coffee Table
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., John Stuart Inc., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Miami, FL
Original iconic biomorphic Freeform coffee table designed by TH Robsjohn Gibbings and produced by Widdicomb furniture circa 1950. Sold by John Stuart Inc- This rare early version (2/...
Brass
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates Walnut Modern Biomorphic Coffee Table
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Portland, OR
A coffee table in Pearsall’s trademark modern biomorphic style. Thick kidney-shaped glass top with a slight bevel and starburst walnut base.
Walnut, Glass
Unavailable|$7,800 / set
Pair of Rare Laurel Raised Grain Biomorphic Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Northbrook, IL
Sculptural Pair of Rare Monumental Raised Grain Biomorphic Shaped Lamps by Laurel. Mat Black Wood Finish and Black Cubed Metal Base with Bronze Disk Detail that Rotates to Work as a...
Bronze, Metal
Unavailable|$4,212 / item
Mid-Century Modern Center Coffee Table Abstract Figures Walnut Wood Marquetry
Located in Porto, PT
With a mid-century modern flair, the center table features a joyful and contemporary marquetry pattern, a magnificent work that reflects his signature pictorial signs, biomorphic for...
Lacquer, Walnut
Pair of Opposing Biomorphic Lamps in Oil Rubbed Bronze and Brass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These great lamps are reminiscent of the sculpture, "Wakai Hito" by Isamu Noguchi. There is a beautiful contrast between the oil rubbed bronze finish and the brass accents. They have...
Bronze
Unavailable|$1,295
Pair of Midcentury Side Tables
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Matched pair of French midcentury side tables with biomorphic /shaped tops in oak. Wood legs in black lacquer (removable for transport). Tops retain warm old/possible original finish...
Unavailable|$4,446 / item
Minimalist Modern Round Nightstand Surrealist Print White Wood Bedside Table
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
With a Mid-Century Modern flair, the Bedside Table features a joyful and contemporary marquetry pattern that reflects his signature pictorial signs, biomorphic forms, geometric shape...
Wood
A Midcentury Biomorphic Table Light Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage biomorphic table light sculpture. This lamp takes on Edison base bulb. Good vintage condition with original cord. Reduced from: $1,295
Glass
Sold|$6,500
Biomorphic Coffee Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderfully shaped coffee table after a design of Vladimir Kagan. Great period mid century table. Beautifully shaped glass on a sculptural base. Glass has some surface scratches, and...
Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Biomorphic Monkey Pod Table
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in La Mesa, CA
Beautiful three-legged solid Thick Koa wood, free-form coffee table, high gloss clear lacquer solid top. Sitting on three solid lacquered legs, nice grain and unique shape very nice ...
Hardwood
Sold|$3,895
Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern biomorphic table lamps Dimensions: 32in H x 10in W x 7in D Lamp shade: 13in H x 20.50in W x 10.50in D.
Brass
Mid Century Marble Top Biomorphic Coffee Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid Century Marble Top Biomorphic Coffee Table, with round tapering legs and a beautiful rouge marble top.
Marble
Superb Mid Century Biomorphic End Tables Nightstands
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A gorgeous pair of biomorphic designed side tables /nightstands. Made by Popel's, a custom furniture company in Los Angeles. Old label (see photo) is on one of the backs. Satinwood f...
Satinwood, Cherry
Sculptural Biomorphic Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
Located in Fulton, CA
Finely crafted biomorphic glass top coffee table. Graceful, curvaceous form. Glass top is framed in asymmetrical oak and does not separate from table. Notice key tenon construction d...
Glass, Oak
Mid Century Biomorphic Walnut and Glass Coffee Table
By Erno Fabry
Located in Lutz, FL
Mid Century Modern Biomorphic amoeba/kidney bean shaped Walnut and Glass Coffee Table.
Glass, Walnut
Sold|$3,165 / item
Mid-Century Modern Two-Tier Biomorphic Coffee Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This biomorphic, Mid-Century Modern coffee table features two-tiers embellished with marbleized white Formica surfaces.
Brass
Mid-Century Biomorphic Louis Sognot style Atomic Boomerang Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Hyattsville, MD
The documented designer/maker is unknown. Atomic boomerang glass sofa table.
Glass, Oak
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic Wood Coffee Table by Mansion House
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome vintage mid-century modern biomorphic wood coffee table by Mansion House.
Oak
Mid century modern biomorphic bamboo coffee table, circa 1960
Located in View Park, CA
A mid century modern biomorphic amoeba-shaped coffee table with a bamboo base and mahogany kidney -ish top, circa late 1950s or early 1960s.
Bamboo, Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern biomorphic coffee table with glass top.
Glass, Wood, Oak
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Biomorphic Walnut and Brass Table Lamp by Modeline
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome mid-century modern sculptural biomorphic walnut table lamp with brass accents and wearing its original oval shade with scattered leaves by Modeline.
Brass
Mid Century Glass-Top and Walnut Biomorphic Coffee Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in New York, NY
The free form glass top resting on the walnut base.
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.
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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