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Lane Perception Coffee Table

Vintage Lane "Perception" Coffee Table
By Warren C. Church, Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sleek and sculptural, this 1964 Lane "Perception" coffee table designed by Warren Church combines
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut, Wood, Hardwood, Fruitwood

Vintage Lane "Perception" Coffee Table
Vintage Lane "Perception" Coffee Table
$1,500
H 13.5 in W 56 in D 20 in
Mid-Century Modern Lane “Perception” Coffee Table by Warren Church, 1955
By Warren C. Church
Located in Morristown, NJ
A striking Mid-Century Modern coffee table from the iconic “Perception” line designed by Warren
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Wood, Oak, Walnut

Mid century modern walnut round coffee table by Lane from Perception line
By Lane Furniture
Located in Houston, TX
Mid century modern walnut and fruitwood round coffee table by Lane from the Perception series
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Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Mid Century Modern Walnut + Oak COFFEE TABLE by Lane Perception
By Warren C. Church, Lane Furniture
Located in Weehawken, NJ
Mid Century Modern Walnut and Oak Coffee Table by Warren Church for Lane Perception. The
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

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Mid Century Coffee Table Perception by Lane
By Lane Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Classic Mid-Century Modern coffee table, perception line, manufactured by Lane Furniture. The table
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Warren Church for Lane Perception Walnut Coffee Table
By Lane Acclaim
Located in Esperance, NY
Warren church for Lane perception walnut coffee table. Table is very well made and has a great
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Lane Perception Surfboard Coffee Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Mid-Century Modern lane coffee table made of solid walnut and oakwood. This piece is from their
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Lane 'Perception' Walnut Kidney Coffee Table by Lane
By Lane Furniture
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a Mid-Century Modern coffee table, made by Lane "Perception". The table is has a kidney
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Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern “Perception” Coffee Table by Lane
By Lane Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage designs that can seamlessly be incorpo...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Warren C. Church Switchblade Coffee Table For Lane Perception
By Lane Furniture, Warren C. Church
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This gorgeous and versatile, mid-century modern switchblade style coffee table was designed by
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

A mid century modern oak coffee table by Lane. Part of perception collection
By Lane Acclaim
Located in Houston, TX
A mid century modern coffee table by Lane, with a beautiful wood grain on top and cross base. I had
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Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Andre Bus for Lane Perception Mid Century Walnut Switchblade Coffee Table
By Andre Bus, Lane Furniture
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Andre Bus for Lane Perception mid century walnut switchblade coffee table Table measures: 56 wide
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Ebonized Coffee Table By Warren C Church For Lane Perception
By Lane Furniture, Warren C. Church
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century modern round, ebonized oak coffee table with walnut trim designed by Warren C Church
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Pair of Mid-Century End Tables and Coffee Table by Andre Bus for Lane, 1960
By Andre Bus, Lane Furniture
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Awesome matching set. Pair of end tables and matching coffee table designed by Andre Bus for Lane
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Walnut

Lane 'Perception' Coffee Table by Warren Church
By Lane Furniture, Warren C. Church
Located in Littleton, CO
'Perception' walnut coffee table with lattice-front drawer and triangle legs by Warren Church for
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Mid Century Lane Perception Coffee Table by Warren Church
By Lane Furniture, Warren C. Church
Located in New York, NY
Classic perception coffee table, for Lane by Warren Church. This example is in very good, clean
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Midcentury Lane Perception Oak Walnut X-Base Coffee Table
By Lane Acclaim
Located in Pasadena, TX
Mid-Century Modern lane perception oak walnut X-base coffee table Mid-Century Modern coffee
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Lane 'Perception' Sculpted Boomerang Leg Coffee Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a beautiful coffee table from Lane's 'Perception' line. This table is made from walnut
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Lane "Perception" Oak Walnut X-Base Coffee Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a nice Mid-Century Modern coffee table made by Lane "Perception". The piece has a two
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Mid Century Kidney Bean Top Coffee Table by Perception Lane # 1166 54
By Lane Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Classic Amoeba, or Kidney Bean form coffee table by the Lane Furniture company, in very good
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Lane Perception Coffee Table in Walnut
By Lane Furniture
Located in New London, CT
Classic Mid-Century coffee table from the Perception series by Lane. It features two drawers with
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

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Lane Perception Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the lane perception coffee table you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, walnut and oak, every lane perception coffee table was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer lane perception coffee table, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A lane perception coffee table, designed in the Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Lane Furniture, Lane Acclaim and Warren C. Church each produced at least one beautiful lane perception coffee table that is worth considering.

How Much is a Lane Perception Coffee Table?

The average selling price for a lane perception coffee table at 1stDibs is $1,038, while they’re typically $449 on the low end and $1,500 for the highest priced.

Lane Furniture for sale on 1stDibs

When the first iteration of the Lane Furniture company began to produce its now-famous Lane cedar chests in the early 20th century, the family behind the brand was unsure of how successful they’d be, so they initially didn’t bother adding their name to the offerings.

The manufacturer was off to a modest start but the family was industrious: The Lanes were made up of farmers and contractors who’d built more than 30 miles of the Virginian railroad. They owned a cotton mill and purchased thousands of acres of land in Campbell County, Virginia, where the Virginian railroad was intended to cross the main line of the Southern Railway.

The Lanes hoped to start a town in this region of the state, and by 1912, streets for the town of Altavista had been laid out and utility lines were installed. In the spring of that year, John Lane purchased a defunct box factory at a bankruptcy auction. His son, Edward Hudson Lane, was tasked with the manufacturing of the cedar “hope” chests for which the Lane family would become known, even though the company was initially incorporated as the Standard Red Cedar Chest Company.

The Standard Red Cedar Chest Company struggled in its early days but introduced an assembly system at its small factory after securing a contract with the federal government to produce ammunition boxes made of pine during World War I. The company prospered and applied mass-production methods to its cedar-chest manufacturing after the war, and, in 1922, rebranding as the Lane Company, it implemented a national advertising campaign to market its products.

Ads tied the company’s strong cedar hope chests to romance. Anchored by copy that read “The gift that starts the home,” the campaign rendered a Lane cedar chest a necessary purchase for young women to store linens, clothing and keepsakes as they prepared to marry.

Wartime production during World War II had Lane producing aircraft parts. In the 1950s, the family-owned company began to branch out into manufacturing tables, bedroom pieces and other various furnishings for the entire home. Today, the brand’s vintage mid-century furniture — which includes the PerceptionTuxedo and Acclaim collections — is highly sought after. 

Designed by Andre Bus, Lane’s Acclaim furniture collection of coffee tablesend tablesdressers and more has been compared to Drexel’s wildly popular Declaration series for its blend of traditional craftsmanship and the impeccably clean contours that are frequently associated with the best of mid-century modern design

Ads for the Acclaim line suggested that it included “probably the best-selling table in the world.” Before its offerings expanded to include items for the bedroom and dining room, Lane was primarily known for its tables and case pieces — there are side tables, coffee tables and more created by Bus in the Acclaim collection, each sporting graceful tapered legs and dovetail inlays. 

Later, during the 1960s, Lane offered handsome modular wall units created by the likes of Paul McCobb, an award-winning Massachusetts-born designer best known for his work at Directional.

The company was acquired by United Furniture Industries in 2017 and became particularly well-known among contemporary consumers for its upholstered furniture. In 2022 United abruptly closed and ceased operations at Lane.  

Vintage Lane furniture is generally characterized by relatively neutral styles, which are versatile in different kinds of interiors, as well as good quality woods and careful manufacturing. All of these attributes have made Lane one of the most recognizable names in American furniture.

Browse storage cabinets, side tables and other vintage Lane furniture on 1stDibs.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

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.

Finding the Right Coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You

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.

Questions About Lane Furniture
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024
    United Furniture took over Lane Furniture in 2017. After that, the furniture maker became well known among contemporary consumers for its upholstered furniture. In 2022, United abruptly closed and ceased operations at Lane due to financial problems. Find a collection of Lane Furniture pieces from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024
    Yes, Lane Furniture was made in the USA. The American furniture maker produced most of its pieces at factories located in North Carolina and Mississippi. However, Lane Furniture stopped manufacturing pieces in 2022. Shop a large selection of Lane furniture from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.