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
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
$5,275 / item
Bronson Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Bronson coffee table features a stone top with notched corners that rests atop a detailed American walnut or white oak base. The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and hand...
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...
$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
$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
$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
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
Coffee Table by George Ciancimino for Mobilier International - 1970s
By George Ciancimino
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Elegant modernist coffee table designed by George Ciancimino for Mobilier International, featuring a striking white marble top with gray veining resting on an architectural brushed a...
Marble, Metal
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
$8,975 / item
San Rafael Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The San Rafael Coffee Table has 3 solid hardwood sculptural legs and a Ceppo Marble top with a bull nosed edge. The robust beauty will be the anchor of any room. The Lawson-Fenning...
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
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
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Modernist Italian Brass and Marble Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Modernist Italian solid brass with rare marble top tripod side table, number 5 of a limited edition of 6.
Marble, Brass
$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
Elegant Marble Top Side Table with Iron Base - 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
**Title: 1950s Marble Top Side Table with Iron Base** Elegant 1950s side table characterized by a refined combination of materials typical of mid-century Italian design. The round t...
Marble, Metal
$3,125 / 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 Marble. ...
Marble
$6,691Sale Price|20% Off
Gilden Coffee Table Maison Ramsay circa 1950-1960
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Superb coffee table designed by Maison Ramsay with gold leaf patinated beaten iron structure and rectangular light green onyx "à livre ouvert" (open book marble) top resting on 4 tap...
Marble
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...
Onyx, Quartz, Travertine, Granite, Marble, Statuary Marble, Metal, Brass...
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...
Onyx, Quartz, Travertine, Granite, Marble, Statuary Marble, Metal, Brass...
Vintage Design Table with Spheres and Marble, 1970s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
1970s table featuring a smoked glass top supported by acrylic spheres and square bases in black marble with white veining.
Marble
$2,470Sale Price|35% Off
James Mont Style Coffee Table by Weiman
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1950's wood lacquered base with Carrara Italian marble top coffee table in the style of James Mont made by Weiman, the base have been lacquered in antique gold finish, there...
Carrara Marble
Vittorio Dassi, pair of organic shaped coffee tables
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2842 Vittorio Dassi (1893-1973) Pair of organic shaped coffee tables with marble top and base. Manufactured by Dassi Turin, ca.1930/40s. Vittorio Dassi, a key figure in the r...
Marble
Quartzite Flow Coffee Table from Redline Design Furniture
Located in Toronto, CA
Introducing our exquisite marble and walnut coffee table, a masterful blend of luxury and natural elegance. This piece features a striking green marble top that rests gracefully on a...
Marble
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...
Charlotte Perriand Set Of Two Table À Plateau Interchangeable Coffee Table
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Perriand Set Of Two Table À Plateau Interchangeable Coffee Table The first model of this historic design low table was crafted in 1937 for Charlotte Perriand’s studio in M...
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Marquetry Infinity Side Table Beech Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Marquetry Infinity Side Table, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Handcrafted with precision and care, the Infinity side table presents the art of ma...
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Modern Marquetry Infinity Side Table Beech Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Marquetry Infinity Side Table, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Handcrafted with precision and care, the Infinity side table presents the art of ma...
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
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...
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...
Granite, Quartz, Statuary Marble, Travertine, Marble, Onyx, Metal, Stain...
"Nimbus" End Table in Polished Steel and Marble
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful cloud gray marble coffee table with elegant Olpe shaped stainless steel base.
Marble, Stainless Steel
Giulio Lazzotti Megeia coffee table pair Italy 1979
By Giulio Lazzotti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Nice pair of coffee tables by Gulio Lazzotti and manufactured by Megeia, italy 1979. The base consists of four marble columns with beautiful cut lining. Three black and one white. Tw...
Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
Sérgio Rodrigues “Alex” Coffee Table, Brazil, ca. 1960
By Sergio Rodrigues, Oca
Located in Knokke-Heist, BE
The “Alex” table by Sérgio Rodrigues (1927–2014) is a refined example of Brazilian mid‑century modernism, produced by Oca around 1960. The “Alex” table by Sérgio Rodrigues (1927–201...
Marble, Brass
$2,776 / 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
$4,287 / 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
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
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
$3,624Sale Price|20% Off
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
French Brutalist Style Iron and Marble Low Table, C. 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished by its organic form and hand-forged character, the table features a thick, freeform marble top with shaped edges, emphasizing the raw beauty and individuality of the s...
Marble, Iron
Lawson-Fenning Normandie Cocktail Table, Travertine & Walnut Modern Coffee Table
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Normandie Cocktail Table by Lawson-Fenning with wood top is a variation of our stone top Normandie Cocktail Table. It features an American walnut or white oak fluted base with a ...
Marble
$3,125 / 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
Marina Dining Table in Jara Travertine Glass Top 1990 Unique Mid-Century Piece
By Joaquín Moll, Meddel
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
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
$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
Paul Mayan for Habitat Aluminum Table with Marble Top
By Paul Mayen, Habitat International
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
$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
$8,306 / 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
$12,546 / 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
Leon Rosen for Pace Chrome and Marble Cocktail Table
By Pace Collection, Leon Rosen
Located in Houston, TX
A 1970s Leon Rosen for pace seamless chrome and marble cocktail or coffee table.
Marble, Chrome
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
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
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
$12,825 / 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
$8,306 / 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
$12,174 / 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
$10,699 / 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
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.”
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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