Mid Century Modern Square Sculptural Cocktail Table in Cream Marble Lacquer
By Karl Springer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A lovely formed coffee table in the style of Karl Springer circa 1970's. It features sculpted wood construction with cream colored lacquer with a marbled glaze. In clean ready to use...
Wood
Mosaic Marble-Top Solid Brass Bracket Legs Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangle mosaic multi-color marble-top coffee table on solid polished brass legs.
Brass
$1,669Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Italian Design Table Coffee Mahogany Brass Marble Gold Brown Beige
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Midcentury Italian design table coffee mahogany brass marble gold brown beige, attributed to Paolo Buffa design.
Marble, Brass
Rosewood and marble Coffee Table by Unknown designer, Brazilian Midentury, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
The iconic Brazilian designs inspired many other craftsmen and small manufacturers with their vanguard production concerning Brazilian materiality and the "modern values" of the form...
Marble
$2,318Sale Price|20% Off
Rectangular Table Coffee Italian Design 1970s Brass Marble Portoro Glass Top
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rectangular table coffee Italian design 1970s brass marble Portoro glass top. Made of brass tubular, with large blocks of Portoro marble, the upper part a thick glass plate.
Marble, Brass
Round Brass Coffee Table with x Base and Italian Marble Top
By Mastercraft, John Widdicomb
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA and Italy, 1970s Round brass coffee table with X base and Italian marble top. In the style of Mastercraft or John Widdicomb. Excellent quality and very nicely done Vintaged bras...
Marble, Brass
$1,168Sale Price|40% Off
Louis XV Style Coffee Table with Marble Top and Gilt Brass Base
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant mid-20th century coffee table embodies the refined craftsmanship and timeless aesthetics of the Louis XV style.
Marble, Brass
Gae Aulenti Space Age Marble Jumbo Coffee Table for Knoll International, 1969
By Gae Aulenti, Knoll
Located in Vicenza, IT
Jumbo coffee table, designed by Gae Aulenti and produced by the American manufacturer Knoll international in 1965. Legs made of white Carrara marble, tabletop of black Marquina ma...
Marble, Carrara Marble
19th Century French Louis XIII Walnut Coffee Table with Marble Inlay Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring a sophisticated Old World accent to a seating area or library with this elegant antique coffee table crafted in southern France circa 1860. Built of richly patinated walnut in ...
Marble
Coffee Table in Solid Rosewood & Marble by Jorge Jabour for Móveis Cantu, Brazil
By Jorge Jabour
Located in New York, NY
With its generous proportions, refined craftsmanship, and harmonious use of materials, this table exemplifies the understated sophistication of mid-century Brazilian design and funct...
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Rectangular Cocktail Table in Walnut with Onyx Marble
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A lovely vintage table circa 1960s Heavy and well made. It features solid construction with inlaid onyx slabs. Clean and ready to use.
Onyx
Ray low Coffee Table, Bronze Structure, Nero Marquina marble, Made in Portugal
By Duistt
Located in Leça da Palmeira, PT
Ray Coffee Table, Bronze Structure and Nero Marquina Top, Handcrafted by Duistt Ray coffee table is a combination of elegance and versatility. its three delicate rays confine divisi...
Marble, Bronze, Brass
"Heart” Sculptural Green Marble Coffee Table – Love-Inspired by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
Introducing the “Heart Table” — a sculptural green marble coffee table inspired by the universal symbol of love. Hand-carved from luxurious Verde Alpi marble, this one-of-a-kind piec...
Marble
Coffee Table Chrome Brass Marble & Glass Romeo Rega Style, Italy, 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular coffee table featuring a marble base with chrome and brass legs and a glass surface in the style of the Italian designer Romeo Rega. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Marble, Metal, Brass, Chrome
Contemporary Landscape Marble Nesting Coffee Table Set of 2, Handmade Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Coffee Tables, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Statuary Marble, Marble, Granite, Travertine, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
Coffee or 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. Sensual curves and straight lines embody th...
Marble
Brutalist Coffee Cocktail Table with Rose Marble Top, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Handsome structural form and new top designed to fit.
Marble
Milo - Marble Coffee Table with Faceted Sculptural Base by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
A bold statement in geometry and material, this square green marble coffee table features a faceted architectural form that feels both grounded and futuristic. Carved from solid Verd...
Marble
Stylish Mid Century Scrolled Cocktail Table In James Mont Style
By James Mont
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rarely seen Marble Top Cocktail Table with particularly fine form. With black finished Chinese lingzhi form base with rectangular marble top having rounded corners. Condition: Pl...
Marble
Mid Century Marble Top Cocktail & End Table with Leather Wrap Base Marge Carson
By Marge Carson
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of leather wrapped tables with marble tops framed in bronze. End table measures 30 x 30 x 26H. Cocktail Table is 50 x 40 x 18.5. Both are in very good condition with a...
Marble
Oval Glass Top Polished Ball & Shoe Shape Tessellated Marble Base Coffee Table
By Enrique Garcel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oval Glass Top Polished Ball & Shoe Shape Tessellated Marble Base Coffee Table MINT!
Marble
French Louis XVI Style Coffee Table with Marble Top and Geometric Lattice Design
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French carved walnut coffee table, mid-20th century, topped with a rectangular marble slab displaying warm, mottled veining.
Marble
Rare Marble & Brass Hidden Bar Coffee Table by Paul Michel, France, 1970s
By Paul Michel
Located in Izegem, VWV
A Paul Michel 1970s coffee table executed in white marble with brass trim. This combination in materials is rarely seen on these tables. The luxurious marble top opens up smoothly t...
Carrara Marble, Brass
20th Century Italian Handmade Wrought Iron Coffee Table Frame Inlaid Marble Top
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Precious marble coffee table inlaid with precious stones, including lapis lazuli. The marble top is a precious canvas embellished with precious stone inlays, adding a layer of opulen...
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
$2,240Sale Price|30% Off
Giulio Lazzotti “Of One, Three Designs” Marble Coffee Table For Casigliani Italy
Located in Miami, FL
“Of One, Three Designs” uses a single slab of marble to form three separate architectural bases to a coffee table. This Italian marble table was designed by Giulio Lazzotti for Casi...
Marble
French Midcentury Gilt Iron Coffee Table with White Marble Top and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French vintage gilt iron coffee table from the Mid-20th Century with white veined marble top, cabriole legs and curving X-Form stretcher.
Marble, Iron
Vintage Coffee Table Attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich with Carrara Marble Top
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s - 1950s. This coffee table features an ebonized walnut frame and a Carrara marble top. It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it...
Carrara Marble
Willy Rizzo Italian Squared White Botticino Marble and Steel Coffee Table, 1970
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Midcentury squared coffee table in white Botticino marble and steel bottles or objects holder.
Marble, Steel, Stainless Steel
$7,235Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Pink Marble Coffee Table Retro Design Joaquín Moll, Slate Legs, 1990s
By Meddel, Joaquín Moll
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
Midcentury Pink Marble Coffee Table Retro Design Joaquín Moll, Slate Legs, 1990s – A Unique Luxury Masterpiece Discover a rare mid-century modern coffee table by Joaquín Moll, an exc...
Stone, Marble, Slate
Coffee Table Art Deco, 1950, Materials: Wood and Marble, Sign: 1267
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. Coffe table Sign: 1267 Material: Wood and marble...
Marble
$9,280Sale Price|20% Off
Jumbo Carrara Marble Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Knoll, Italy, 1960s
By Gae Aulenti, Knoll
Located in Antwerp, BE
Carrara marble "Jumbo" coffee table, designed by Gae Aulenti for Knoll in the 1960s. Featuring a smooth, square marble top supported by four robust column legs, this design consists ...
Carrara Marble
Modern Bordeira Nesting Coffee Table, Set/2, Marble, Handmade by Greenapple
By Rute Martins, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Modern Bordeira Nesting Coffee Table, Set/2, Contemporary Collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Bordeira nesting coffee table was designed to bring the ess...
Quartz, Granite, Travertine, Carrara Marble, Marble, Stainless Steel, Brass
21st Century Ray Round Coffee Table, Bronze Structure & Nero Marquina Marble top
By Duistt
Located in Leça da Palmeira, PT
Ray Coffee Table, Bronze Structure and Nero Marquina Top, Handcrafted by Duistt Ray coffee table is a combination of elegance and versatility. its three delicate rays confine divisi...
Marble, Bronze
$3,152Sale Price|20% Off
Sexy Italian Gio Ponti style Black Marble Rectangular Coffee Table Brass legs
By Gio Ponti
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Sexy Gio Ponti style Italian black marble rectangular coffee table with interesting solid brass splayed legs. It measure 13.75"t x 60.25"l x 18"d.
Marble, Brass
Superb Italian Coffee Table in Rosso Levanto Marble, red green white, 1970s
By Stone International
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fantastic coffee table was imported from Italy after its production in the 1970s, and is made of some of the best Rosso Levanto marble we've seen. Typically characterized in a d...
Marble
1960s Warren Platner for Knoll Bronze Wire Coffee Table with Pink Marble Top
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A bronze wire coffee table designed by Warren Platner for Knoll, this example dating from the late 1960s. Purchased from the original owners who also had the purple throne chairs se...
Marble, Bronze
$1,669Sale Price|20% Off
1970 Coffee Table by Knoll Iternational, iron black leg with marble top
By Knoll
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Vintage 70s rectangular coffee table, by Florence Knoll for Knoll International. Coffee table with black painted steel structure and marble top. Dimensions Height:43cm Width: 114cm D...
Marble, Steel
$3,096Sale Price|86% Off
Expandable French Modern Neoclassical Wood, Marble Coffee Table by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Jansen re-affirms this with a modern neoclassical coffee table from the midcentury that has a top of grey veined Carrara marble surrounded by a bronze gallery, the rich wood veneers ...
Carrara Marble, Brass
Vintage Beech Coffee Table with a Rectangular Marble Breccia Pernice Top
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s. This coffee table features a turned beech frame with brass and varnished metal details, and a 2-centimeter thick rectangular marble Breccia Pernice top. This ...
Marble, Metal, Brass
Eero Saarinen Coffee Table Mod “Tulip” Circular Top in Carrara Marble Italy 60s
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Palermo, IT
Timeless beauty, Eero Saarinen Round Coffee Table, featuring a stunning marble top. This iconic mid-20th century design classic combines understated elegance with luxurious materials.
Carrara Marble, Aluminum
Massimo and Lella Vignelli 'Metaphora' Coffee Table in Carrara Marble and Glass
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive Metaphora coffee table in very good condition. This coffee table is designed by Massimo & Lella Vignelli in 1979 Four forms of the Euclidean geometry, the cube, the cyli...
Carrara Marble
Ico Parisi Style Sculptural Italian Walnut Coffee Table w/ Carrara Marble Top
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural Italian Coffee Table with a Carrara Marble Top, style of Ico Parisi. Sculptural wood frame with brass sabots.
Carrara Marble, Brass
20th Century Italian Surreal Wood and Green Marble coffee Table, Italy 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
20th Century Italian Surreal Wood and Green Marble coffee Table, Italy 1940s
Marble
$3,301Sale Price|20% Off
Akra Travertine Marble Coffee Table Modern Design Joaquín Moll Made To Measure
By Joaquín Moll, Meddel
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
Akra Travertine Marble Coffee Table Modern Design Joaquín Moll Made To Measure The Akra Travertine Marble Coffee Table by Joaquín Moll is a refined expression of contemporary design ...
Crystal, Travertine, Marble
Travertin Marble & Wrought Iron Coffee Table, France 1940's
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in New York, NY
Substantial wrought iron and Travertine coffee table made of square bar with a double tapered stretcher.
Travertine, Wrought Iron
Grey Italian Marble Cube Shape Base 30x50 Rectangle Glass Top Coffee Table CLEAN
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Grey Italian Marble Cube Shape Base 30x50 Rectangle Glass Top Coffee Table CLEAN
Marble
Square marble & glass coffee table in the taste of Massimo Vignelli, Italy 1970s
By Massimo Vignelli, Cattelan Italia
Located in Antwerp, BE
A striking exercise in pure geometry and balance, this coffee table embodies the minimalist language associated with Massimo Vignelli and the refined Italian craftsmanship of Cattela...
Marble
Oval Glass Coffee Table with Portoro Marble and Iron Base, Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. Its design reminds us Parisi's style. This coffee table features a 17-millimeter thick glass top and a varnished iron, nickel-plated brass and Portoro marble fr...
Marble, Brass, Iron
1970's Artedi Inspired Black Marble, Brass and Glass Side or Coffee Table
By Artedi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Geometric coffee table from the 1970s in the Artedi-inspired style, featuring a solid black marble pedestal base with striking white veining throughout. The square clear glass top re...
Marble, Brass
Carrara Marble and Chrome Coffee Table in the Style of Florence Knoll
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Kansas City, MO
36 inch square Carrara marble and chrome coffee table in the style of Florence Knoll. White marble with gray and beige veining. No chips or significant scratches. The chrome is free ...
Marble, Chrome
Set of 3 Italian Bianco Carrara Marble Coffee or Side Tables, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Stunning set of 3 Italian coffee or side tables, handcrafted out of Bianco Carrara Marble. They can be used inside or outside the house. The tables all have a different height so t...
Marble
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
Large Oversize Boat Shape Rosewood & Walnut Coffee Table Brass Inlay Marble Tile
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern huge marble tile insert brass inlay measure: 48 x 72" boat shape rosewood coffee table on tapered dowel legs.
Marble, Brass
Flat Bar Chrome with Carrara Marble-Top Coffee Table in the Style Kjaerholm
By Poul Kjærholm
Located in New York, NY
Flat bar chrome with Carrara marble top coffee table in the style Kjaerholm. Mid-Century Modern.
Carrara Marble, Chrome
Italian "Flower" Coffee Table in Marble With Facet Cut Oval Plate, 1970s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Stunning marble coffee table in shape of a flower. It is made in Italy in the 1970's. We found it in a beautiful lake house in Italy. The base looks like a flower. It is made of be...
Marble
Nero Marquina Marble Coffee Table In The Style Of Gae Aulenti, Italy 1960s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
An impressive marble 'Jumbo' style coffee table attributed to Gae Aulenti, Knoll, Italy, 1970's. The top and the legs come as five separate parts. This classic coffee table in Nero M...
Marble
Large in Size Italian Design MidCentury White Marble Coffee or Cocktail Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and functional Italian, marble square shape table. This large size, two-piece square marble table with comes with an attractive, symmetrical and strong base and both are in...
Carrara Marble, Iron
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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