Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table for Craft Associates
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Medina, OH
Own a piece of design history with the iconic Compass Dining Table designed by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates in 1952.
Walnut
Adrian Pearsall 'Compass' Dining Table for Craft Associates
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking mid-century modern dining table designed by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates, featuring the iconic sculptural 'Compass' base in solid walnut.
Glass, Wood, Walnut
$3,600Sale Price|21% Off
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates 'Compass' Dining Table in Walnut, 1960s
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking example of Adrian Pearsall’s sculptural design language, this 'Compass' dining table was produced by Craft Associates in the 1960s.
Walnut
$3,700Sale Price|22% Off
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates 'Compass' Dining Table in Walnut, 1960s
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking example of Adrian Pearsall’s sculptural design language, this 'Compass' dining table (Model 2458-T48) was produced by Craft Associates in the 1960s.
Walnut
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates Mid Century Compass Walnut Dining Table
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates Mid Century Compass Walnut Dining Table This dining table measures: 41.5 wide x 41.5 deep x 28.75 inches high, with a chair clearance of 28.25 i...
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table and Six Chairs
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Frederick, MD
This is an incredible example of one of Adrian Pearsall's most iconic designs, the Compass Table and coordinating chairs.
Glass, Walnut
Mid Century Adrian Pearsall Dining Set
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Spring Valley, CA
It includes Pearsall's rectangular "Compass" dining table and six of his high-back dining chairs - 2 captain and 4 armless chairs.
Fabric, Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in New York, NY
Iconic design "Compass" dining table by Adrian Pearsall. Sculpted architectural wood base supports round plate glass top.
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Raleigh, NC
An incredible sculpted walnut base with original glass top. Classic mid century styling from Adrian Pearsall. Measures 71” by 38.5”, 29” high. surface scratches to glass and one ...
Glass, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table. Featuring a large glass top, compass style designed table base, constructed of solid wood, long modern ...
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Walnut Glass Compass Dining Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Walnut Glass Compass Dining Table. Featuring an original round glass top, solid wood compass style base, and a beautiful dark...
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Walnut Compass Dining Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Walnut Compass Dining Table. Featuring a thick round glass top and a walnut compass style base.
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table with Round Glass Top
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Dallas, TX
Adrian Pearsall compass dining table with 1/4" round glass.
MCM Vintage Adrian Pearsall Compass Walnut & Glass dining table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Sayreville, NJ
Adrian Pearsall Craft Associates dining table with walnut frame and glass top. Designed by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates. A masterful example of American 20th Century design. ...
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Walnut Compass Dining Set
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern dining set by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates features a compass dining table with sculptural walnut base and round glass top with 4 high back walnut chairs i...
Velvet, Glass, Walnut
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H 29.5 in W 72 in D 35 in
Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Room Table Desk Writing Table Iconic Midcentury
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in West Hartford, CT
Rare and iconic midcentury classic, the Compass table from Adrian Pearsall, circa 1960's.
Glass, Walnut
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H 28.5 in W 34.5 in D 71 in
Mid-Century Modern Pearsall Compass Dining Table & Kagan Dining Chair Set
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This set includes a very stunning Adrian Pearsall compass dining table and a set of 5 Vladimir Kagan dining chairs.
Wood
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H 28.75 in W 48 in D 48 in
Vintage Compass Dining Table Model No. 2458 - T48 Designed by Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage compass dining table model no. 2458-T48 designed by Adrian Pearsall of Craft Associates.
Walnut
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H 28.5 in W 48 in D 48 in
Adrian Pearsall Sculpted Walnut Glass Top "Compass" Dining Table, Refinished
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern "Compass" dining or game table By Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates USA, 1960s Sculpted walnut base, with round glass top.
Glass, Walnut
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H 26.5 in Dm 48 in
Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Compass Dinette Dining Table and Four Chairs
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is an original, architectural "Compass" dinette or dining table and four chairs, made of walnut with a glass top and light green/yellow fabric on the chairs, b...
Glass, Walnut
Original Adrian Pearsall 2179-T Walnut Compass Dining Table
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall, Vladimir Kagan
Located in Chattanooga, TN
It’s been years since we had this Adrian Pearsall 2179-T Walnut Compass Dining Table on our showroom floor and it won’t last long.
Glass, Walnut
Midcentury Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table Model 1135 T, Walnut + Glass
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Decatur, GA
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates "Compass" dining table, circa 1962.
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Glass Top "Compass" Dining Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Wilmington, DE
Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall "Compass" dining table Offered is a vintage Mid-Century Modern dining table, designed by Adrian Pearsall.
Walnut
Ebonized Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Culver City, CA
A stunning ebonized walnut compass dining table designed by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates.
Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Style Mid Century Compass Dining Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Adrian Pearsall Style Mid Century Compass Dining Table This dining table measures: 72 wide x 42 deep x 30 inches high, with a chair clearance of 29.5 inches All pieces of furniture...
Wood
Adrian Pearsall Compass Dining Table Base for Craft Associates
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Wayne, NJ
Adrian Pearsall compass dining table base. Base only. Measurements are of the base.
Walnut
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H 29 in W 71.25 in D 38.75 in
Adrian Pearsall Sculpted Walnut Glass Top "Compass" Dining Table, Refinished
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern dining table By Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates USA, 1960s Sculpted walnut base, with boat-shaped glass top. Measures: 71.25"W x 38.75"D x 29"H...
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Compass Walnut Dining Table for Craft Associates
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archetypal "Compass" dining table by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates, circa 1960s.
Glass, Walnut
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H 29 in W 71 in D 38.5 in
Mid-Century Sculptural Elongated "Compass" Dining Table by Adrian Pearsall
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Peabody, MA
Mid-Century Modern sculptural elongated "compass" dining table in solid walnut by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates, circa 1960s.
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Sculpted Walnut Glass Top "Compass" Dining Table, 1960s
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern "Compass" dining table or game table By Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates USA, 1960s Sculpted walnut base, with round glass top.
Glass, Walnut
Mid Century Compass Dining Table by Pearsall for Craft Associates
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Mid Century design, Compass model dining table, designed by Adrian for Craft Associates, circa 1960's. The table features a sculptural, architectural wood base, which supports...
Glass, Wood
Mid Century Modern Walnut and Glass Compass Dining Table by Adrian Pearsall
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage compass dining table model no. 2458-T48 designed by Adrian Pearsall of Craft Associates.
Glass, Walnut
Mid Century Compass Dining Table designed by Adrian Pearsall c 1960's
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Mid Century design, compass dining table designed by Adrian Pearsall, for Craft Associates, circa 1960's.
Glass, Wood
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H 28.5 in W 36 in D 40.75 in
Adrian Pearsall Mid-Century Modern Craft Assoc. Compass Walnut Dining Table Base
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Wayne, NJ
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates Compass Walnut Dining Table Base only.
Wood
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H 25.5 in Dm 23 in
MCM Solid Walnut "Compass" Dining Table by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful MCM solid walnut "Compass" dining table base by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates, circa 1960s.
Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Compass Walnut Dining Table w/ Glass Top
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Asheville, NC
Known as the Compass table. Some light scuffing/scratching to the glass top.
Glass, Walnut
Adrian Pearsall Walnut and Glass "Compass" Dining Table
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Great dining table by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates.
Glass, Walnut
Red Fox Fur Cushion by Muchi Decor, Made in Italy
By Muchi Decor by LA-RI S.r.l.
Located in Poviglio, IT
This natural Red Fox fur cushion has been made by carefully selecting each skin, ro be processed as to create a chequered composition, combining colours and volumes in a meticulous a...
Other
$2,500 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 9.85 in
Cult Stool, Sculptural Side Table, Hand-Carved Green Onyx Marble Conglomerate
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Cult stool/ side table; a hand sculpted stone from a Mexican marble and Mexican onyx conglomerate, remits to primal sculptural-architectural language while displaying materials in a ...
Onyx
The 'Matisse' Etagere
Located in London, GB
The 'Matisse' wrought iron side table. A hand made and patinated wrought iron etagere with whimsical Matisse style cut-out decoration. Made to order based on a 1960s original. Avail...
Wrought Iron
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
$2,630
H 18.12 in W 18.12 in D 1.38 in
Italian Riviera Franco Albini Rattan Square Sunburst Mirror, Loop Design, 1950s
By Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Midcentury Franco Albini Rattan Mirror ___________________________________________________________ A highly decorative squared Mid-Century Modern mirror with undulated rattan frame a...
Cane, Rattan, Mirror
$7,950 / set
H 30.32 in W 26.78 in D 29.53 in
1940s Kozelka & Kropacek Armchairs in Texel Sheepskin & Brown Patinated Frame
By Karel Kozelka & Antonin Kropacek, Jindřich Halabala
Located in Almelo, NL
Mid-Century Czech design by Kozelka & Kropacek, reupholstered in luxurious Texel sheepskin with warm brown patinated bentwood frames. Comfort, craftsmanship, and timeless style. De...
Sheepskin, Upholstery, Bentwood
$935 / item
H 32.29 in W 16.54 in D 15.75 in
Mid Century Butterfly Chair, Linen Schwarzwald Dedar, Dark Wood, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Dining chair called "Butterfly" with dark brown walnut stained beech legs and fully upholstered seat and back in beautiful italian fabric. This chair can be customized to your speci...
Fabric, Bouclé, Beech
Pink Marble Pedestal Cone Side Table
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Introduce monumental elegance and a grounded detail to your interior with the stunning pink marble CONE side table. The sculptural geometric shape of this contemporary design piece ...
Marble
$4,120 / item
H 30 in W 60 in D 36 in
Oval Dining Table 36x60, Midcentury Modern Pedestal Base, Handmade In Walnut
Located in Bloomington, IN
Our "Kapok" oval dining table fits seamlessly into any dining room or kitchen decor style. With mid century modern good looks and solid hardwood construction this dining table adds ...
Wood, Hardwood, Cherry, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
$2,800 / item
H 30 in Dm 42 in
Round Dining Table 42" With Pedestal Base, Handmade, Midcentury Style, Walnut
Located in Bloomington, IN
Our "Kapok" round dining table fits seamlessly into any dining room or kitchen decor style. With mid century modern good looks and solid hardwood construction this dining table adds...
Abalone, Wood, Hardwood, Cherry, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
Chic 'Méandre' Gilt Bronze Side Chair by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Undulating 'Méandre' gilt bronze finish side chair by Design Frères. Gilt bronze finish over steel frame. Natural linen upholstered cushion with contrasting piping. Chic and unders...
Steel
Gazelle Dining Table Series 60 in Natural Walnut by Stamford Modern
By Stamford Modern
Located in Westport, CT
The Gazelle Dining Table by Carlos Solano captures the essence of high-end mid-century modern design with a sculptural elegance that feels both timeless and bespoke. Handcrafted in C...
Brass
$1,870 / set
H 29.93 in W 20.08 in D 20.08 in
Set of 4 Lucite Pink and Chrome Plia Chairs, Piretti for Castelli, Italy 1970s
By Anonima Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Roma, IT
Set of 4 original and signed "Plia" pink lucite folding chairs. NOS (new old Stock) This fantastic set was designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli in 1967. PLIA, the symbol of a n...
Steel, Chrome
Pair of Tulips Murano Glass and Brass Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of wall lamps, entirely handmade in Murano, Italy, that bring the energy of Nature and Feng Shui into your interior. This pair of modern organic wall lamps is composed of a hand...
Brass
$3,647Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.93 in Dm 50.6 in
Wood Dining Table Round by Moscatelli for Meroni Mid-Century Modern Italy 1964s
By Giulio Moscatelli, Meroni
Located in Palermo, IT
Mid-century dining table by Giulio Moscatelli for the Meroni company. This Italian design piece, dating back to 1964, is crafted from fine wood with visible grain on the circular top...
Metal
$2,300 / item
H 20.5 in W 14 in D 67 in
HIFI Vinyl LP Storage Bench / Record Shelf Mid-Century Modern Walnut Pete Deeble
By Pete Deeble
Located in Long Beach, CA
This bench is the ideal solution to having records sitting all over your house and no place to sit. This is an original design, but with a strong influence of Mid Century Danish Mode...
Walnut
Adrian Pearsall designed some of the most exuberant and expressive American chairs, sofas and other furniture of the 1950s and ’60s. For verve and vivacity of form, he surpasses even Vladimir Kagan — whose work is the emblem of swinging, sexy mid-20th century modernism. Pearsall gave his imagination free rein, and his flamboyant, eye-catching styles are icons of what has become known as “Atomic Age” design.
Pearsall studied architectural engineering at the University of Illinois before opening his Pennsylvania furniture company, Craft Associates, in 1952, and that training shows in many designs.
A Pearsall trademark, for example, is a lounge chair with an exceptionally tall, trapezoidal back, which give the pieces a skyscraper-like silhouette. Pearsall also had a talent for so-called Gondola sofas — long, low-slung pieces with upswept ends. Many of Pearsall’s sofas and chairs are supported not by legs, but on gently arced walnut skids.
Pearsall had a gift for tables, too, in particular glass-topped side tables and coffee tables with frames that have the look of an Alexander Calder stabile. As you will see from the offerings on 1stDibs, Pearsall had flair, and his work adds an attention-getting, sculptural exclamation point to any décor.
Find vintage Adrian Pearsall sofas, armchairs, coffee tables and other furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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.
Antique and vintage dining room tables have long been the anchor of the home's most social room. The round pedestal and long banquet forms most collected today trace back to the 18th and 19th centuries, when the dining room itself first came into fashion.
Styles to Know
Round and oval tables suit smaller or open-plan rooms, while rectangular pedestal and trestle tables remain the standard for larger, more formal spaces. A credenza adds extra serving storage nearby, and a vintage wall mirror overhead opens up the room. For layout ideas, browse 20 dining rooms arranged for entertaining.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Dining Table
A dining table is usually the largest piece in the room, which makes delivery details worth confirming: White Glove service, disassembly options, and the table's full length, leaves included, measured against the space you have. Every table comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, backed by the 1stDibs Promise.