Florence Knoll Coffee Table with Verde Alpi Marble Top
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Rochester, England
The Florence Knoll coffee table with Verde Alpi marble top is a timeless example of modern luxury. Designed with precision and crafted from quality materials, this piece combines sle...
Marble
1950s Eugenio Escudero Coffee Table Mahogany Marble Bronze
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents Elegant Coffee Table Marble Bronze Mahogany Mexico City 1950s. Mexican Modernism at its finest. Unmarked, attribution Eugenio Escudero. 17.5 h x 59 w x 30 d Origina...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
$2,520Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 15 in W 26.5 in D 59 in
1960 Mid Century Modern "Muller" Cult. Marble & Match. Side Table by "Muller"
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1960's Mid Century Modern Cultured Marble Coffee Table with Matching Side/ Accent Table by Famed Mexican Designer "Muller".
Marble
Italian Marble Leaf Shape Coffee Table, 1980's
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
A very nice Italian Coffee Table handcrafted out of marble in the 80's. The fabulous marble features a beautiful pattern of different colors. The beautiful top has the shape of ...
Marble
$11,975 / item
H 16 in Dm 48 in
Lawson-Fenning San Rafael Coffee Table, Marble Top Round Cocktail Table
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The San Rafael Coffee Table - Round by Lawson-Fennig has 4 solid hardwood sculptural legs and a Ceppo Marble top. The robust beauty will be the anchor of any room. The Lawson-Fenni...
Marble
Angelo Mangiarotti Carrara Marble Coffee Table, Italy 1970's
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Italian coffee table designed by Angelo Mangiarotti, executed in solid white Carrara marble with characteristic natural veining. The table presents a substantial rectangular top supp...
Carrara Marble
Italian White Marble and Brass 1970s Square Coffee Table
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This elegant coffee table was produced in Italy around the 1970s. It is made from a brass structure with a white marble top. The table remains in very good vintage condition: unifor...
Marble, Brass
$3,500
H 16 in W 48 in D 22 in
Mid-Century Modern Bronze and Marble Rectangular Cocktail Table after Knoll
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An incredibly heavy and well made coffee table in the manner of Florence Knoll. It features a solid bronze heavy frame with an inlaid Perlato marble.
Marble, Bronze
Set of Two Italian Mid-Century Modern Marble Base Artedi Tables
By Artedi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage modern end table and coffee table features a marble base with brass cross supports. An elegant Italian design with a cube base and a taller diamond shaped base....
Marble, Brass
Mid-Century Modern iJ-v4 Floating Walnut and Stone Coffee Table
Located in Toronto, CA
I designed the iJ-v4 around a single square stone. The rest of the top is proportionally smaller with hand-picked grain to highlight the diversity of wood grain and how it contrasts ...
Marble
$2,600
H 12.5 in W 31.25 in D 15.75 in
Argentine Designer, Coffee Table, Marble, Wood, Metal, Argentina, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A marble, wood and metal coffee table designed and produced in Argentina, c. 1950s. Wear consistent with age and use. Overall Dimensions (inches): 12.5"H x 31.25"W x 15.75"D All i...
Marble, Metal
$3,800
H 12.5 in W 42 in D 17 in
Argentine Designer, Coffee Table, Wood, Marble, Brass, Argentina, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood, marble and brass coffee table likely designed and produced in Argentina, c. 1950s. Wear consistent with age and use. Overall Dimensions (inches): 12.5"H x 42.0"W x 17.0"D ...
Marble, Brass
$4,263 / item
H 23.04 in W 13.98 in D 15.95 in
Mid-Century Modern Raw Marble Side Table, Calacatta Bianco, Handmade 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, Marble, Travertine, Statuary Marble, Quartz, Metal, Brass, Stainle...
Vintage Cipollino Marble Round Coffee Table, Italian, 1980s, 99cm
By Stone International, Roche Bobois
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Introducing the Exquisite Vintage Cipollino Marble Round Coffee Table – Italian Design, 1980s Elevate your living space with a stunning centerpiece that exudes timeless elegance: ou...
Marble
Antique Italian Baroque Fruitwood Marble Top Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Italian Baroque fruitwood marble top coffee table is a beautiful expression of the Baroque revival style as expressed in a restrained manner from solid fruitwood, sculpted al...
Marble
$4,200
H 15 in W 57.5 in D 24.5 in
Mid Century Italian Modern Kidney Shape Marble Cocktail Table with Brass Legs
By Gio Ponti, Ico Parisi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning Italian coffee table from Italy circa 1960's. It features an elongated kidney shape top in a beige marble, with sexy brass plated stiletto legs. Nice warm patina to brass ...
Marble, Brass
19th Century Oriental Hardwood & Marble Coffee Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality mid-19th century oriental hardwood coffee table having inset marble top over elegant pierced frieze raised on cabriole legs (Much larger than the more commo...
Hardwood
$3,315
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Modern Raw Marble Side Table, Statuario Brass, Handmade Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
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...
Marble, Statuary Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Quartz, Metal, Brass, Stainle...
$3,309 / item
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Modern Raw Marble Side Table, Calacatta Viola, Handmade 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...
Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Statuary Marble, Quartz, Metal, Brass, Stainle...
$2,842 / item
H 16.54 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in
Mid-Century Modern Raw Marble Side Table, Calacatta, Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple
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, Marble, Travertine, Statuary Marble, Quartz, Metal, Stainless Stee...
Gio Ponti Wooden with Marble Top Coffee Table 50s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Turin, Turin
An eclectic personality, from his early days he was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design. He graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic i...
Marble
$8,500
H 15 in W 47.75 in D 20 in
Brass Frame and Carrara Marble Cocktail / Coffee Table 'Manner of Maison Jansen'
By Maison Jansen
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century rectangular coffee table with a brass x-shaped frame with stretcher supporting a white and gray Carrara marble table top.
Marble, Metal, Brass
Giuseppe Scapinelli Attribution, Coffee Table, Wood, Marble, Brazil, 1950s
By Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and marble coffee table attributed to Giuseppe Scapinelli, Brazil, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 16.5"H x 33.0"W x 33.0"D All items ship from High Point, North Caro...
Marble
Mid-Century Oval Marble Side Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Lovely marble side-table, designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International. Very nice oval marble plate with a white aluminium tulip base. This original table is mar...
Marble, Metal
$6,972
H 12.21 in W 39.38 in D 31.5 in
Architectural mosaic coffee table with marble inlays, Germany 1970s
Located in Berlin, DE
Coffee Table with Marble Mosaic Top Rectangular coffee table with mosaic top of grey and white marble tiles, set in rows within a metal frame. Supported by a square black-painted met...
Marble, Brass, Steel
Mid-Century Oval Marble Side Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Lovely marble side-table, designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International. Very nice oval marble plate with a white aluminium tulip base. This original table is mar...
Marble, Metal
An Italian specimen style marble coffee table 1950s
Located in London, GB
It’s all about the quality of the Breccia marble - almost specimen like displaying a variety of black, grey and red inclusions reminiscent of an abstract expressionist composition. W...
Breccia Marble, Stainless Steel
Brass and Marble Base Glass Top Square Coffee Table
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern marble and brass base large square glass top coffee table.
Marble, Brass
Brass Frame Marble Top Rectangular Coffee Table McCobb Attributed
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass frame 3/4" marble top coffee table Paul McCobb match.
Marble, Brass
20th Century Italian Marble Coffee Table, c.1950
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Mid 20th Century Italian marble topped coffee table with ebonised wooden legs capped in brass.
Marble
American Designer, Coffee Table, Bamboo, Rattan, Marble, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A bamboo, rattan and green marble coffee table likely designed and produced in the US, c. 1970s. Wear consistent with age and use. Replaced marble top. Serpentine Green Marble Ove...
Marble
1960s Knoll Style Round Marble Coffee Table Star Base
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mid Century Modern round marble coffee table with aluminum star base 28 in diameter x 14 H Original unrestored vintage preowned condition.
Marble, Aluminum
$5,600
H 17.5 in W 47 in D 20.25 in
American Designer, Coffee Table, Bamboo, Rattan, Marble, USA, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A bamboo, rattan and marble coffee table designed and produced in the US, c. 1960s. Wear consistent with age and use. Brand new marble top. Overall Dimensions (inches): 17.5"H x 47...
Marble
$13,590 / item
H 11.82 in W 59.85 in D 55.12 in
Mid-Century Modern Bordeira Stone Coffee Table, Onyx Brass, Handmade Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Bordeira Stone Coffee Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Bordeira stone coffee table was designed to bring the es...
Onyx, Marble, Brass
Glass X Cross Base Coffee Table w/ Marble Top
By Charles Hollis Jones, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern square marble top coffee table.
Marble, Brass
20th Century Hollywood Regency Coffee Table with Marble Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Enhance your living space with our 20th Century Empire Style Coffee Table. Crafted with a marble top and exquisite empire style lions paw leg design, this coffee table adds an elegan...
Marble
$2,032Sale Price|23% Off
H 16.15 in W 43.31 in D 43.31 in
Vintage Design Italian marble vintage coffee table, 1970s Italy
Located in Oirlo, LI
Vintage Design Italian marble vintage coffee table, 1970s Italy Very beautiful round Italian marble coffee table with a thick glass top, 1970s. The fantastic marble has a beautiful...
Marble
$20,327Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 17.72 in W 96.46 in D 59.06 in
Mid-Century Style Bordeira Nesting Coffee Table, Onyx Brass, by Greenapple
By Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Style Bordeira Nesting Coffee Table, Set/3, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Bordeira nesting coffee table was designe...
Marble, Onyx, Statuary Marble, Quartz, Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel
$750
H 19 in W 24 in D 24 in
Vintage French Louis XV Style White Painted Marble Top Small Square Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style White Painted Marble Top Small Square Coffee Table. Item features white and dark gold paint distressed finish, marble top, shapely legs, very nice low v...
Marble
Marble and gilt metal dolphin coffee table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Coffee table having a circular marble top raised on four gilt metal dolphins on a shaped mahogany platform base. Dimensions Height 19.5 Inches Width 35.5 Inches Depth 35.5 Inches
Wood
$14,209
H 41 in W 105 in D 105 in
Angelo Mangiarotti, Eros Coffee Table, Skipper Marble 70s Italian Design
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Skipper
Located in Krefeld, DE
Angelo Mangiarotti “Eros” coffee table for Skipper, Italy, 1970s. Black marble, four-leg construction. This iconic “Eros” coffee table by Angelo Mangiarotti is executed entirely in s...
Marble
$16,072
H 17.72 in W 59.06 in D 47.25 in
Mid-Century Modern Stone Coffee Table, Cream Onyx, Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Stone Coffee Table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Stone coffee table lives up to its name featuring an exuberant stone textur...
Marble, Carrara Marble, Onyx, Travertine
$19,000
H 14 in W 44.25 in D 44.25 in
Marble Coffee Table Attributed to Gae Aulenti, Italian Design, 1970s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Houston, TX
This sculptural marble coffee table, attributed to Gae Aulenti for Knoll, exemplifies the architect-designer’s signature approach to furniture as “micro-architecture.” Crafted entire...
Marble
PK 61 - Coffee table in Cippolini marble by Poul Kjærholm
By E. Kold Christensen, Poul Kjærholm
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PK 61 - Coffee table with top in Cippolini marble on a steel frame. Stamped from the manufacturer E. Kold Christensen and designed by Poul Kjærholm.
Marble, Steel
Wrought Iron And Beige Marble Coffee Table Circa 1930
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Wrought Iron And Beige Marble Coffee Table Circa 1930
Marble, Wrought Iron
Cube Square Shape Travertine Marble Coffee Table on Wheels
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern cube shape dramatic patter square coffee side end occasional table or wide pedestal on wheels. Measures: 17” high.
Travertine, Marble
American Designer, Coffee Table, Bamboo, Rattan, Marble, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A bamboo, rattan and green marble coffee table designed and produced in the US, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 27.5” H x 36.25” Diameter All items ship from High Point, Nor...
Marble
American Designer, Coffee Table, Bamboo, Rattan, Marble, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A bamboo, rattan and light grey marble coffee table designed and produced in the US, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 17.5” H x 40.6” Diameter All items ship from High Point,...
Marble
Italian Brass and Marble-Top Boomerang Shaped Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian brass and marble-top boomerang shaped small coffee table. The table has faux bamboo brass legs.
Marble, Brass
Set of three Vintage Carrara Marble Coffee Tables, 1970s
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Set of 3 Hollywood Regency, vintage design Carrara white marble coffee tables or side tables, to be used as a group. From the 1970s. Measures: L 60 x W 60 cm in 3 heights: 40 cm,...
Carrara Marble
$8,981Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 13.98 in W 60.04 in D 31.11 in
Mid-Century Modern Soajo Quartz Coffee Table, Brass, Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Soajo Quartz Coffee Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Soajo quartz coffee table is inspired by the raw beauty of...
Marble, Granite, Travertine, Onyx, Brass
1970s Sculptural Cantilevered Marble Wood and Glass Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, table you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the best, it bei...
Marble
$10,500
H 15.93 in W 53.75 in D 27.81 in
American Designer, Coffee Table, Marble, Oak, United States, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A marble and oak coffee table designed and produced by an American designer, United States, c. 1940s.
Marble
$11,999
H 14.25 in W 44.25 in D 44.25 in
Gae Aulenti Carrara Marble Jumbo Coffee Table for Knoll International
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The Gae Aulenti Jumbo Coffee Table is an iconic piece of mid‑century design that blurs the line between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in 1965 by Italian architect and ...
Marble
$1,575
H 17.72 in W 43.51 in D 23.63 in
French Cherrywood & Marble Top Coffee Table Classical Style, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
French midcentury coffee table with marble top. The marble is held in place by a brass belt. The massive cherry wood has been carved and stained to give it this classic style. The c...
Marble, Brass
$7,697 / item
H 17.72 in W 29.93 in D 27.17 in
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Marble Side Table, Brass, Handmade by Greenapple
By Greenapple, GF Contemporary
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Marble Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Landscape marble side table draws inspiration from the o...
Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Brass
$3,500
H 16 in W 42 in D 42 in
Mid Century Modern Beige Marble, Glass & Brass Cocktail Table by Leon Rosen
By Leon Rosen, Pace Collection
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large coffee table designed by Leon Rosen & made by Pace circa 1970's. It features solid beige marble legs with thick clear glass and brass accents.
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.”
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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