Mid-Century Modern Raw Quartz Side Table, Patagonia, Handmade by Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Raw Quartz Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Raw quartz side table celebrates the interplay between refined...
Granite, Onyx, Travertine, Statuary Marble, Quartz, Marble, Metal, Brass...
Mid-Century Modern Raw Quartz Side Table, Patagonia, Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Raw Quartz Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Raw quartz side table celebrates the interplay between refined...
Onyx, Marble, Travertine, Statuary Marble, Quartz, Metal, Brass, Stainle...
Mid-Century Modern Raw Quartz Side Table, Patagonia Quartz, Handmade Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Raw Quartz Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Raw quartz side table celebrates the interplay between refined...
Onyx, Marble, Granite, Travertine, Statuary Marble, Quartz, Metal, Brass...
$2,724 / set
Set of 2 Italian Marble Side Tables, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice set of 2 Italian coffee tables or side tables, handcrafted out of marble. They can be used inside or outside the house. Both tables have the same size. The plate an...
Marble
Erno Fabry Fishtail Surfboard Marble & Walnut Cocktail Table
By M. Singer & Sons
Located in Hanover, MA
This table came from the collection of a prominent child psychiatrist and a magnificent apartment on Central Park West furnished in original Italian Mid-Century Modern furnishings so...
Marble
$4,206 / set
Set of 3 Italian Marble Side Tables, 1970s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful set of 3 Italian coffee tables or side tables, handcrafted out of marble. They can be used inside or outside the house. The tables of this stunning set all have a diff...
Marble
Mid-Century Cocktail Table Eve with Snake in the Manner of Melchiorre Bega
By Melchiorre Bega
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This stunning round coffee table from the late 1940s boasts a one-of-a-kind design. The solid cast tripod foot with a pillar made from maple wood in a rich brown color with black det...
Alabaster, Marble, Brass
Custom Size Karl Springer Free Form Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The free-form silhouette recalls the influence of mid-century biomorphic design while remaining wholly contemporary.
Marble, Brass
$3,066 / set
Set of 3 Italian Marble Nesting Tables, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Beautiful set of 3 Italian Coffee or Nesting Tables, 1980s. The tables have all a different size so they fit in each other. This amazing set is handcrafted out of stunning Carrara ...
Carrara Marble
Minimalist Marble and Polished Steel Cocktail Table, 1970s
By Milo Baughman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This striking cocktail table offers a masterclass in refined minimalism, pairing the cool elegance of white marble with the industrial sophistication of polished steel. The rectangul...
Carrara Marble, Steel
Italian Modernist Cocktail Table with Fossil Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
An Italian modernist cocktail table with fossil marble top. Polished nickel base with large marble top containing embedded ammonite and orthoceras fossils dating back to around 4...
Marble, Nickel
Italian Modernist Fossilized Marble Cocktail Table, Walnut Base, 1950
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Italian modernist fossilized marble cocktail table. The large polished marble top containing embedded ammonite and orthoceras fossils dating back to the Pre-historic ...
Marble
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
1970s Beige Octagon Travertine Cocktail Coffee Table, sculptural
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Basel, BS
Absolutely gorgeous octagon shaped travertine coffee or cocktail table from the 1970s, in fantastic, virtually unused condition. Features incredibly stunning cube base and a very be...
Travertine, Carrara Marble
$16,000 / set
Pair of Iron and Marble Tables, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Octagonal table in a crenelated form with white marble tops.
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
Leon Rosen for Pace Chrome and Marble Cocktail Table
By Leon Rosen, Pace Collection
Located in Houston, TX
A 1970s Leon Rosen for pace seamless chrome and marble cocktail or coffee table.
Marble, Chrome
Paul Mayan for Habitat Aluminum Table with Marble Top
By Habitat International, Paul Mayen
Located in Redding, CT
Paul Mayan for Habitat Aluminum Table with Marble Top Paul Mayen designed for Habitat international Architectural Supplements This base, a sculptural polished Aluminum design was or...
Marble, Aluminum
$8,150 / item
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina This versatile coffee table designed by Philippe Starck with luxury finishes is perfect for use in lounge areas, corporate offic...
Marble
$12,310 / item
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina This versatile coffee table designed by Philippe Starck with luxury finishes is perfect for use in lounge areas, corporate offic...
Marble
Marina Dining Table in Jara Travertine Glass Top 1990 Unique Mid-Century Piece
By Meddel, Joaquín Moll
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
Marina Dining Table in Jara Travertine Glass Top 1990 Unique Mid-Century Piece The Marina dining table is a rare, unique and fully documented design piece created in 1990, positioned...
Travertine, Marble
Coffee Table in Gilt Bronze by Maison Baguès
By Maison Baguès
Located in Brussels, BE
Coffee table by Maison Baguès in gilt bronze, white original marble top. Since its establishment in 1860, the Maison Baguès has been an emblem of French sophistication in luxury lig...
Marble, Bronze
Shaped wooden living room table with green Alps marble top
By Ico Parisi
Located in Milano, IT
Ico Parisi (1916-1996) Shaped wooden living room table with green Alps marble top. Coming from a private property in Como, around 1955.
Marble
Midcentury Italian Coffee Table in the Manner of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
The combination of the elegant walnut base and the unique Cippolino Marino marble top makes this piece a true masterpiece of mid-century Italian design, reminiscent of the iconic sty...
Marble
Italian Modernist Coffee Table, Granite and Chromed Steel, 1970s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
Italian Modernist Coffee Table, Granite and Chromed Steel, 1970s. This low table pairs a speckled granite top with a tubular chromed steel base. The stone slab is cut with softly ro...
Marble, Chrome, Steel
Amaizing Italian Table 1960 in Marble and Iron
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Personalized Quotes: We would be delighted to advise you and provide a quote for any intervention according to your personal taste. Amaizing Italian table. Materials: iron and marb...
Marble, Iron
$12,584 / item
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina A collection of luxurious low tables topped with premium marble, designed by Philippe Starck in two sizes, with rounded edges, e...
Marble
$8,150 / item
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina A collection of luxurious low tables topped with premium marble, designed by Philippe Starck in two sizes, with rounded edges, e...
Marble
$11,946 / item
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina A collection of luxurious low tables topped with premium marble, designed by Philippe Starck in two sizes, with rounded edges, e...
Marble
$10,498 / item
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Philippe Starck Volage Ex-S Coffee Table For Cassina A collection of luxurious low tables topped with premium marble, designed by Philippe Starck in two sizes, with rounded edges, e...
Marble
Two Tiered Brass coffee Table by Jansen, France 1950's
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Elegant coffee table with recessed lower level and raised top, each level has a thick striped marble top.
Marble, Brass
$3,777Sale Price|30% Off
Massimo & Lella Vignelli Stone Column Coffee Table for Casigliani
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in London, England
Designed by Lella and Massimo Vignelli for Casigliani, this iconic statement coffee table features two carved black marble arcs and a single stippled white marble column.
Marble
Miyazaki coffee table design by Joseph André Motte for Airborne 1960s
Located in Tresbœuf, FR
Miyazaki coffee table designed by Joseph-André Motte for Airborne in the 1960s. This elegant modernist coffee table combines a minimalist chrome-plated metal base with a beautiful wh...
Marble, Chrome
Set of 3 Italian Carrara Marble Side Tables, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice set of 3 Italian coffee tables or side tables, handcrafted out of Carrara marble. They can be used inside or outside the house. The tables of this stunning set have al...
Carrara Marble
Wormley for Dunbar Style Walnut Coffee Table, 1960s, USA
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful marble-top coffee table in the Wormley for Dunbar style. Marble top has a repaired crack, 1960s, USA.
Marble
Classic Modernist Marble Oval Cocktail Tulip Table. Eero Saarinen / Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Modernist Marble Oval Cocktail Tulip Coffee / cocktail Table. Designed by Eero Saarinen manufactured by Knoll. Stunning graining to the Italian marble.. Hand delivery avail t...
Marble, Aluminum
Modern Infinity Travertine and Glass Coffee Table, Handmade by Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Infinity Coffee Table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern.
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
Unique "Armadillo" Wrought Iron Coffee Table, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unique and fabulous long coffee table with a wrought iron base. The legs represent stylized armadillos and are joined together by a star-shaped stretcher. Dark grey marble top, veine...
Marble, Wrought Iron
1970s Faux Tusk Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid Century Modern Faux Elephant Tusk Coffee table with brass details and stepped marble base.
Travertine, Brass
Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in bruxelles, BE
Round coffee table in white laminated wood by Eero Saarinen. Stamped under the leg (see photo). Wear due to time and age of the table.
Marble, Aluminum
Brueton Style Marble and Steel with Glass Option Cocktail Table, 1980s
By Brueton
Located in Hamburg, PA
A unique Mid-Century Modern, industrial style, post-modern, contemporary monolithic coffee table or cocktail table. This monumental table is made of a stainless steel base with a bea...
Marble, Steel
$6,080Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Arturo Pani Bronze Marble Cocktail Table Mexico City
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mexico 1960s spectacular round tiered cocktail table bronze and marble Arturo Pani No label present, attribution Arturo Pani. Bronze and steel frame with clean modern lines. Sculptu...
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Steel
Two Piece Surfboard Coffee Table in Walnet With MarbleTop, Circa 1960s
By Lane Furniture, Paul Laszlo
Located in Peabody, MA
An American surfboard coffee table in walnut with Italian marble inserts, consisting of two identical wedge shaped elements which can be "bunched" together used singly as end tables.
Marble
Walnut Coffee Table with Stone Insert by Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Atlanta, GA
A circular coffee or center table by Harvey Probber for Harvey Probber, Inc. circa 1958.
Marble, Brass
Italian Organic Form Carrara Marble Cocktail Table with Brass Legs
Located in Stamford, CT
Italy is a country of enduring symbols, many of which have shaped culture across centuries. Among them, Carrara marble stands as a hallmark of artistic heritage, reaching back to Mic...
Carrara Marble, Brass
DOOQ Center Table Carved from Solid White Marble Bonnie and Clyde
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Coffee or center table carved from a solid block of Estremoz white marble, a sculptural piece that is hand polished to the finest detail. Made to Order. Sensual curves and straight ...
Marble
$899Sale Price|39% Off
1960's Marble & Stone effect Lounge Table
Located in Bern, BE
Stylish 1960’s marble and stone effect Lounge Table. Hard wearing material tabletop encasing a thick MDF plate, sat on a chromed & black powder coated steel base. Would sit well ...
Metal, Steel
Pair of Charlotte Perriand Table À Plateau Interchangeable in Carrara Marble
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices vary dependent on the material/color/model of the product. Set of 2 tables. The measurements given apply to the lower version of the table. The taller one measures 75cm (diame...
Marble, Carrara Marble
Rare 1970s Cubic Wenge & Marble Side Tables by Claus Bonderup & Torsten Thorup
By Torsten Thorup & Claus Bonderup
Located in Oirlo, LI
Discover a rare masterpiece of Danish minimalism With this exceptional set of two cube-shaped side tables, you bring pure architecture into your home. Designed in the 1970s by the le...
Marble
French Art Deco Wrought Iron Coffee or Side Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A round French Art Deco wrought iron table with a green and white marble top that can be use as a coffee or side table. We are the rare source that specializes exclusively in French...
Marble, Wrought Iron
1950's coffee table with a splendid top made of Breccia Medicea
By Italian school XX ct.
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee table with a splendid top made of "Breccia Medicea," also known as "Breccia Seravezza," from the Apuan quarries, with shaped wooden legs. Italian manufacture, circa 1950s.
Marble
1950s Brazilian Modern Coffee Table by Giuseppe Scapinelli in Caviúna Wood, 1955
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural restraint meets material richness in this exceptional 1950s coffee table designed by Giuseppe Scapinelli, one of the most distinctive voices of Brazilian mid-century design.
Marble
Coffee table Lafonda by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller - 1970s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Uccle, Bruxelles
Magnifique table basse imaginée par Charles et Ray Eames pour Herman Miller dans les années 1970. Cette table basse dispose d'un pied dit Lafonda car ils ont été développés lors de...
Marble
Elliptical Italian Marble Cocktail Table with Cast Solid Bronze Legs
Located in Hanover, MA
An exceptional Italian coffee table consisting of an long oval 'surfboard' shaped marble top supported by sinewy organic Y-form cast solid bronze legs polished to a mirror finish. ...
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Italian Rectangular Marble White Cocktail Table, Roma Circa 1950's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Impressive long rectangular Italian sculptural marble coffee table featuring brass trim and brass plated tapered legs from the Mid-20th Century.
Marble, Brass
K1000 coffee table by Team form AG for Ronald Schmitt, 1970s Germany.
Located in Landgraaf, NL
K1000 coffee table by Team form AG for Ronald Schmitt, 1970s Germany.
Marble
Modern Table Semi precious stone- YELLOW STONE MARBLE Circles and Stones
Located in New York City, NY
Handcrafted by skilled artisans, this Capsule or " Rounded Oval" Table features a base crafted from bent plywood and edged with matte brass. The top made by layering Bianca Carrara (...
Onyx, Alabaster, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
Contemporary Dornes Nesting Coffee Table Set/2, Travertine, Handmade Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Dornes Nesting Coffee Table, Set/2, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Dornes nesting coffee table is a tribute to Portu...
Onyx, Travertine, Granite, Marble, Brass
Modern Landscape Travertine Nesting Coffee Table Set/2, Handmade Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Coffee Tables, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Landscape nesting coffee table draws inspiration from the or...
Onyx, Travertine, Granite, Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
Paul Mayen for Habitat Round Brass Table with Pink Marble Top
By Habitat International
Located in Redding, CT
Paul Mayen for Habitat Industrial Round Brass Table with Pink Marble Top. Perfect side table or end table. Loose Marble top has been married to it . Not original.
Marble, Brass
Cut Corners 40" Square Single Pedestal Base Italian Travertine Coffee Table
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Cut Corners 40" Square Single Pedestal Base Italian Travertine Coffee Table MINT
Marble, Travertine
Impressive Jumbo Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Knoll International, Italy 1965
By Gae Aulenti, Knoll
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive Jumbo coffee table in very good condition. Designed by Gae Aulenti in the 1960s. Manufactured by Knoll International. This particular table is made from Nero Marquina, ...
Marble
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
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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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