$730Sale Price|19% Off
Marble Italy in the Style of Gio Ponti Coffee Table Metal Brass, 1960s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Oirlo, LI
This elegant Italian side table from the 1960s is a timeless expression of mid-century sophistication. Its black metal frame, adorned with aged brass details, tells a quiet story of ...
Marble, Metal
Milo - Sculptural Twin-Tier Green Marble Coffee Table Set by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
Bold in form and balanced in proportion, this sculptural green marble coffee table set features a twin-tier design that blends contemporary fluidity with timeless luxury. Crafted fro...
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Italian Round Coffee Table with Onyx Top and Sleek Steel Fram
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant circular coffee table featuring a sleek steel flat bar frame and a polished onyx top. Crafted in Italy, this piece combines luxurious natural stone with minimalist metalwork,...
Marble, Steel
Milo - Green Marble Coffee Table with Sculptural Arch Base by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
Channeling the elegance and drama of Art Deco architecture, this sculptural green marble coffee table is a masterpiece of form and material. Carved from richly veined Verde Alpi marb...
Marble
1950's Solid Brass Swan Legs Italian Coffee Table With Inlay Carrara Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
1950's solid brass swan legs Italian coffee table with carrara marble top with an inlay floral and scroll design, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina due to age a...
Carrara Marble, Brass
Milo - Green Marble Coffee Table with Architectural Art Deco by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
A celebration of geometry and organic form, this sculptural green marble coffee table draws inspiration from Art Deco architecture and modernist design principles. Carved from solid ...
Marble
Marble and Chrome Kono Coffee Table by Massimo & Lella Vignelli for Casigliani
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Izegem, VWV
This Kono table is made out of white Carrara marble base and of an chrome plated metal cone and a clear glass top of 120 cm resting on the chrome cone and the rectangular Carrara str...
Carrara Marble, Chrome
Coffee Table by Reto Frigg with Top Plate in Carrara Marble, Circa 1980
By Reto Frigg, De Sede
Located in Renens, CH
Four-legged coffee table with light L-shaped chrome-plated steel legs by Reto Frigg, enclosing a carrara marble top plate. Original and beautifiul piece of Design.
Carrara Marble, Steel, Chrome
Milo - Green Marble Round Coffee Table with Solid Block by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
Understated luxury meets timeless geometry in this minimalist green marble round coffee table. Carved from rich Verde Alpi marble, this design emphasizes clean lines, weighty presenc...
Marble
$5,500Sale Price / set|24% Off
Wonderful Pair of Lorin Marsh Brass Bronze Marble-Top Two-Tier Coffee Tables
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful pair of Lorin Marsh brass / bronze mounted marble-top two-tier coffee / cocktail tables We would consider selling them separately Measurements: 18 3/4 x 36 x 30 in.
Marble, Bronze
1970s Vintage Custom Made Black and White Marble Coffee Table Nero Marquina
Located in Chicago, IL
Unbelievable table!! Such a beautiful design and very cool proportion. In excellent condition (no scratches or chips). The table top and base are separate pieces.
Marble
Jan Vlug large Coffee Table with Round Marble Top - 1970s - Belgium Ø 85 , 5cm
By Jan Vlug
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Jan Vlug Coffee Table with Round Marble Top - 1970s - Belgium Jan Vlug - Marble - Vintage - Mid Century Measures : 85.5cm diam H: 36cm Top: 2cm Materials : Marble - wood - Brass We...
Marble, Brass
1980s Hank Kwint 'KW-1' Carrara Marble and Glass Coffee Table for Metaform
By Hank Kwint, Metaform Holland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1980s Hank Kwint 'KW-1' Carrara marble and glass coffee table for renowned manufacturer Metaform. A beautiful combination of complementary materials creating an attractive and useful...
Marble, Chrome
A Rope Twist Leg and Pink Marble Circular Coffee Table after Fournier
By A.M.E Fournier
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1940 An unusual mid twentieth century circular coffee table with ebonised rope twist base, with tassel feet and central knot to the stretcher, the base supporting a ci...
Marble
Coffee Table in White Metal and Marble Top Attributed To George Nelson, 1960's
By George Nelson
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Coffee Table in White Lacquered Metal and Marble Top Attributed To George Nelson, 1960's Additional Information: Material: White lacquered metal and marble top Style: Mid century, S...
Marble, Steel
Small Square Bronze and Black Marble Coffee Table, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
A Mid-Century square coffee table with a black marble top veined with white and yellow, raised on a bronze base.
Herman Miller La Fonda Coffee Table by Charles and Ray Eames, Marble Top
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Chicago, IL
"La Fonda" coffee table by Ray and Charles Eames for Herman Miller 1975 The La Fonda table was part of the "La Fonda Group" Furniture line for Alexander Girard's La Fonda Restaur...
Marble, Chrome
French Chain Link Coffee Table in Gilt Wrought Iron and Marble Top, Brutalist
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Chain Link Rectangular Coffee Table with Garnet and White Marble Top. France, 1950s. Stylish shapes and dramatic garnet marble top with white veins. This stunning brutal...
Marble, Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Jumbo Carrara Marble Italian Square Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti For Knoll, 1960s
By Gae Aulenti, Knoll
Located in Madrid, ES
An early Mid-Century Modern Jumbo coffee table designed by Gae Aulenti (Italy, 1927-1972) for Knoll.
Carrara Marble
1980s Round Metaform Marble Top Coffee Table with Wide Black Enameled Drum Base
By Metaform Holland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Round 1980's Metaform coffee table with carrara marble top and wide black enameled metal drum base. Top features smooth, reversed bevel edge and deep textural character in whites and...
Marble, Metal
Italian Modernist Faux Marble Coffee Table by Willy Rizzo, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Designed by the celebrated Italian designer Willy Rizzo during the 1970s, this exceptional coffee table exemplifies the refined glamour and modernism that defined his work. Known for...
Stainless Steel, Chrome
$2,300
Coffee Table 1980's
Located in Shibuya-ku, 13
A vintage coffee table, estimated to date from the 1980s, distinguished by its beautifully detailed tabletop and sophisticated decorative character. The surface features intricate ma...
Marble
Vintage Ebonized Wood Coffee Table with a Green Alps Marble Top, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s. It is made in ebonized wood and features a green Alps marble top. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight trace of use, but overall it can be con...
Marble
Set of 3 Coffee or Nesting Tables in Black Marble and Black Lacquer 1970s
Located in Meer, VAN
Set of 3 coffee or nesting tables in black marble and black lacquer, 1970s or 1980s. This is a wonderful set of three coffee, side or nesting tables in expressive black marble wit...
Marble
Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm for Bo-Ex BO 551 MCM Marble Coffee Table
By Jørgen Kastholm & Preben Fabricius
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm for Bo-Ex BO 551 Mid Century Marble Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 55.25 wide x 30 deep x 17 inches high All pieces of furniture can ...
Marble, Chrome
Brazilian Mid-Century Center Table, by Giuseppe Scapinelli
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Sculptural coffee table designed by renowned Italian-born Brazilian designer Giuseppe Scapinelli in the 1960s. Crafted in solid caviúna wood, the piece showcases Scapinelli’s signatu...
Marble
$5,440Sale Price / set|38% Off
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Green Marble Cocktail Table / Coffee Table, c. 1950s
By Edward Wormley
Located in Deland, FL
The quintessential cocktail table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. A green marble top resting on an ebony black base. Table retains the original Dunbar maker's mark.
Wood
$8,875 / item
Tumbler Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The handcrafted Tumbler Coffee Table is a minimalist design inspired by the Mid-Century Modern period and its masterful use of natural mixed materials.
Travertine, Marble
Harvey Probber Style Black Lacquer & Terrazzo Marble Coffee-Cocktail Table 1960s
By Harvey Probber
Located in Southampton, NJ
An elegant Mid-Century Modern coffee or cocktail table having Terrazzo marble top inserted into a black lacquered walnut frame over Sabre legs in the manner of Harvey Probber.
Terrazzo, Walnut, Lacquer
Giacometti Style Verdigris Patinated Bronze and Marble Table
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Chicago, US
An elegant Giacometti-style table featuring a finely cast bronze base with a rich verdigris patina, paired with a refined marble top. Inspired by the iconic work of Alberto Giacomett...
Marble, Bronze
Coffee or Cocktail Table with a Precious Marble Top Signed by P. Marazzi
Located in Rome, IT
Fine modern coffee table, composition with precious colored marbles ; "cipollino marino" "broccatello di spagna" "verde antico " "giallo di siena" ecc. This panel is a work of art...
Marble
$13,678Sale Price|20% Off
Coffee Table Composed of Two Designer Faux Marble Tables Resting on Chrome Legs
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare and beautiful design coffee table is composed of two tables made of faux marble resin tops and resting on two discreet chrome legs of different heights giving the impressio...
Chrome
$3,191Sale Price|20% Off
Polycarbonate Table Coffee, Brass 1970s Faux Marble, possibly Maison Jansen
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Table coffee, 1970s Maison Jansen attributed, feet in polycarbonate, thick brass, and imitation marble lacquered wood.
Brass
Sturdy Midcentury Coffee Table with a Beautiful Marble Top and Wrought Iron Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Great size, practical and very decorative round table. This beautiful quality coffee or large size end table is made of natural materials only and you could not wish for a more du...
Marble, Wrought Iron
$4,800
David Rosén Coffee table
By NK (Nordiska Kompaniet), David Rosén
Located in New York, NY
Designed by David Rosen in 1940 for Nordiska Kompaniet. The top is gray Swedish Komarden marble. The base is fruit wood with walnut feet and brass details.
Marble, Brass
Tomlinson Sophisticate Model 315 Fossil Marble and Pecan Coffee Table, 1960s
By Tomlinson
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A sculptural Tomlinson cocktail table from the celebrated Sophisticate line, model 315, produced during the mid-century period. The centerpiece is a richly figured slab of Portuguese...
Wood
1970s Italian Black faux Marble Floating Coffee Table Designed by Willy Rizzo
By Willy Rizzo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A commanding statement piece of 1970s Italian post-modern luxury, this low-profile rectangular coffee table designed by Willy Rizzo is constructed from striking black faux marble fea...
Wood
Italian Large Circular Black Polished Marble Coffee Table by Liliana Grassi
By Liliana Grassi
Located in CA, CA
A very rare large circular low minimal coffee table designed by Lillian Grassi circa 1950, black polished marble top, patinated brass legs and adjustable brass screw feet. Lilian...
Granite, Brass
$9,600 / item
Luca Coffee Table large travertine stone table
Located in Brooklyn, US
Luca Coffee Table Dimensions: 55”W x 34”D x 12"H, table leg diameter 6" Finishes Available: Stone Top: Madre Perola, Travertine, Empress Green Marble Base: Patinated Textured Bro...
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Griotte...
Joaquim Tenreiro coffee table
By Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Très jolie table basse de Joaquim Tenreiro à piétement d’aile d’avion et traverse fuselée. Le bois utilisé est de l’imbuia et le plateau est en marbre. C’est une table de 1950. ...
Carrara Marble
French Marble Inlay Cocktail Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Large cocktail table with curved legs and marble inlay set in an irregular geometric pattern. France, 1950's.
Marble
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Lion in Frost Travertine Marble & Glass Swivel Top Coffee Cocktail Table
By Lion in Frost
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A 1970's Mid-Century Modern Travertine Marble & Glass Coffee Cocktail Table by Lion in Frost Glass top swi...
Travertine, Chrome
William Haines, Marble Cocktail Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions: 17"h x 59"w x 49"d Material: Oak Faux Bamboo and Marble Designer: William Haines USA c1960's VNT1761 The discount noted for all Last Chance pieces supersedes any other d...
Marble
Italian Scagliola Top Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An antique, marble trimmed, inlaid scagliola table top depicting Greek mythology figures on an iron base of a later date.
Marble, Iron
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Knoll Warren Platner Marble Coffee Table Vintage 1960s Nickel Plated Cabinmodern
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Some light age and oxidation to the nickel base. Unvarnished white stone top, extremely heavy, with classic knoll knife edge (underside bevel.) No label, but from very old and high-...
Stone, Steel, Nickel
Mid Century Modern Custom Made Tesselated Travertine Cocktail Table
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful simple and elegant. Architecturally styled in its length [75 in.] with a Quilted Herringbone design in the limestone Marble top. Marble top is framed in Bronze. Turned Legs...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Heinz Lilienthal Mosaic Onyx Coffee Table
By Heinz Lilienthal
Located in Greensboro, NC
Heinz Lilienthal mosaic onyx coffee table. Stone top has been polished, small chips have been repaired. Shows beautifully. Wooden legs are not original, show minor wear commensurat...
Onyx, Granite, Marble
Midcentury Patinated Bronze and Marble Cocktail Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Midcentury patinated bronze and marble cocktail table well made period midcentury low table with textured frame edge surround. The two tiers with inset striated white/ gray marble, t...
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century Eye-shaped Marble Table
Located in London, London
A sculptural stone coffee table, dating from the late 20th century, featuring an elegant eye-shaped top carved from richly veined green, brown and red stone. The surface displays na...
Marble
$3,360Sale Price|20% Off
Harvey Probber Walnut And Travertine Marble Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern table designed by Harvey Probber which could be used as a coffee table or gaming table.
Marble
Art Deco Coffee Table, France 1940's
By Andre Domin & Marcel Genevriere for Maison Dominique
Located in New York, NY
Long coffee table in the Manner of Dominique with an offset beige marble top.
Marble
$8,675 / item
Round Bosque Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The same table thinking, rounded. Solid wood base, rounded legs, inset top in leather, wood, or stone. The round form softens what the proportions otherwise make substantial. Availa...
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Raw Travertine Side Table, Brass, Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Raw Marble Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Raw marble side table celebrates the interplay between refined...
Onyx, Quartz, Travertine, Marble, Statuary Marble, Metal, Brass, Stainle...
Surfboard Terrazzo Coffee Table Attrib Harvey Probber / Adrian Pearsall
By Harvey Probber
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-century Harvey Probber terrazzo marble coffee table.
Terrazzo
Small Coffee Table by Scapinelli, Brazil, 1950's
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in Uithoorn, NL
The round top holds an inset marble slab with natural veining. The piece reflects Scapinelli’s signature blend of mid-century modernism and Brazilian craftsmanship, balancing structu...
Marble
$4,000 / item
Belgian Marble + Oak Side Table, 1976 - 2 Available
Located in Chicago, IL
A Belgian side table from 1976, where material contrast and proportion define the design. Low and grounded, the form is deliberately compact, scaled to sit beside a chair or float w...
Marble
Gae Aulenti Jumbo Coffee Table for Knoll
By Gae Aulenti, Knoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gae Aulenti Jumbo coffee table for Knoll. Architect and designer Gae Aulenti's Jumbo coffee table is her most iconic creation made from honed white Carrera marble in Italy, this tabl...
Carrara Marble
$8,150 / item
Rectangular Bosque Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid wood, with rounded legs that give the piece its weight without sharpening it. The top is chosen, not assigned—inset leather, wood, or stone, each material changing the table's ...
Marble
Jumbo Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti, Italy 1965
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jumbo Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti, Italy 1965 Manufactured by Knoll White Marble
Marble
$4,600 / item
Briance Coffee Table, by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
By Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 1960s inspiration. This elegant kidney shaped coffee table features a white Carrara marble top. The handcut slab, with it beveled edge, sits gracefully on three tapered brass legs....
Carrara Marble, Brass
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.”
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