Italian Travertine Single Pedestal Diamond Shape Base Glass Top Coffee Table
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Travertine Single Pedestal Diamond Shape Base Glass Top Coffee Table
Travertine
Vintage French Brass Coffee Table Base in the Manner of Maison Ramsay
By Maison Ramsay
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A circa 1950s coffee and French cocktail table in the Hollywood Regency style in the manner of Maison Ramsay with brass frame and cabriole legs. Very good vintage condition, with som...
Brass
Georgia Jacob Table Lamps with Resin and Marble Base, Vintage Design
By Georgia Jacob
Located in London, England
Georgia Jacob's lamps are a true tribute to the innovative design of the 70s, combining both aesthetics and functionality. Inspired by the shape of a flaming torch, these unique piec...
Marble
1940s Restored Brass Table Lamp with Marble Base and Glass Shade
Located in Praha, CZ
- Newly rewired - 1x E26-E27 bulb - US wiring compatible (US plug adapter includes)
Marble, Brass
1940s Restored Brass Table Lamp with Wooden Base and Glass Shade
Located in Praha, CZ
- Newly rewired - 1x E26-E27 bulb - US wiring compatible (US plug adapter includes) - Minor signs of use
Brass
Maitland Smith Tessellated Bone and Stone Dining Room Table Base, circa 1980
By Maitland Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Maitland smith tessellated bone and stone dining room Table Base, circa 1980. Can accommodate a round glass up to 60 inches diameter.
Stone
Pair of Italian Travertine Base and Brass Table Lamp by Fratelli Mannelli
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Pair of Italian Travertine base and brass table lamp by Fratelli Mannelli with round lampshade, completely rewired.
Travertine, Brass
1950s Round Table with Woven Base and Glass Top
Located in Milano, IT
A 1950s-style table with a distinctive base consisting of three interwoven support elements, made of turned wood with a bamboo-like finish. The brass fittings add a touch of elegance...
Brass
French Art Deco Ceramic Table Lamp with Enameled Base, Circa 1950
Located in Beirut, LB
French Art Deco table lamp consist of a white pumpkin shape base in enameled ceramic, with a pleated lampshade having brown fur on the border in the manner of E.J Ruhlmann. Having o...
Ceramic
$4,975Sale Price|50% Off
Danish Coffee Table with Jax Iron Base, Solid Teak Parquetry, 1973
By Tranekær Furniture, Grom Lindum, Rolf Middelboe
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This massive Danish modern coffee table is not just furniture—it’s architectural art. Built atop a distinctive Jax-style iron base, five radiating spires bolt into a central column, ...
Iron
$1,429Sale Price|20% Off
6.4kg Travertine Marble Fratelli Mannelli Style Table Light Base, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Impressive large travertine marble light base stand Origin: Italy (was sold on the germany market) Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage light base ele...
Travertine, Marble, Metal
$2,000 / item
Round 40-Inch Glass-Top Coffee Table with Wood Base
By James Loewen
Located in Goshen, IN
The glass top of the Chiral K531-40 coffee table rests on a sculptural solid-wood base which itself is an exercise in radial symmetry. The five walnut legs, each with a triangular c...
Glass, Maple, Walnut
Round Upholstered Ottoman Coffee Table on Walnut Base with Shelf
By The Tailored Home
Located in Greenwich, CT
A round cushioned top with contrast piping rests above an open walnut shelf base — a Mid-Century form that functions equally as a coffee table or central ottoman.
Walnut, Upholstery
$857Sale Price|20% Off
Original Modernist Huge Stilnovo Style Table Light with Brass Base, Italy, 1970s
By Stilnovo
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Table light Origin: Italy Age: 1970s Original 1970s table light made in Italy. This wonderful modernist 1970s table light comes with a huge original ...
Metal, Brass
Vintage Hollywood Regency Onyx Marble Light Base Table Light, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Impressive large onyx marble light base stand Origin: Italy Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage light base element is made of high ...
Onyx, Marble, Metal
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Silas Seandel Attrb. Brutalist Torch Cut White Lacquer Steel Coffee Table Base
By Silas Seandel
Located in Miami, FL
White lacquered torch cut steel coffee or cocktail table base attributed to Silas Seandel, 1960s. Base only, no glass. Unsigned, no markings.
Steel
Herman Miller Rolling Table Base with Custom Solid Walnut Top
By Herman Miller
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1970s Vintage Herman Miller aluminum group table base on casters- with a custom made solid American black walnut top. The top was added to the base circa 2016 and is oiled walnu...
Aluminum
Table Lamp Travertine Base and Brass by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Rome, IT
Table lamp by the Italian designer Fratelli Mannelli in a travertine base and brass structure featuring a removable lampshade, Italy, circa 1970. Measures: Height with lampshade 5...
Travertine, Marble, Brass, Metal
Vintage Hollywood Regency Onyx Marble Light Base Table Light, Italy, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Impressive large onyx marble light base stand Origin: Italy Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage light base element is made of high ...
Onyx, Marble, Metal
Vintage Hollywood Regency Onyx Marble Light Base Table Light, Italy, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Impressive large onyx marble light base stand Origin: Italy Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage light base element is made of high ...
Onyx, Marble, Metal
MCM Stemlite Tulip Base Table Lamp with Smoked Glass Globe by Design Line Inc.
By Design Line
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s-1960s; Stemlite by Design Line Inc. - El Segundo, CA Mid-century modern table lamp by Stemlite, featuring a white enameled tulip-form base and oversized smoked glass globe ...
Enamel
1970s Substantial White, Grey, Black, Pink Marble Coffee Table, sculptural Base
Located in Miami, FL
Absolutely gorgeous octogonal marble coffee or cocktail table from the 1970s, in fantastic, virtually unused condition. Features incredibly stunning sculptural bases. The top comes ...
Marble
$1,450Sale Price / item|20% Off
Mazzega Murano Table Lamp, Hand-Blown Glass, Chrome Base, Italy, 1970s
By Mazzega
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Large and elegant vintage table lamp by Italian designer Mazzega, with hand blown glass globe from white to amber. Very rare design. Murano glass sphere circling on space age chrome ...
Aluminum, Chrome
Nice Coffee table by Roger Capron in ceramics and Iron base
By Roger Capron
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Table basse par Roger Capron vers 1960, plateau en lave émaillé. 1952 Capron rachète une poterie désaffectée de Vallauris (ancienne fabrique de poteries culinaires du Font des H...
Iron
Solace 11: Formal Solid Wood Coffee Table with Geometric Base
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sculptural Coffee Table Made of Solid Wood, Center Table Solace S11 by NONO The Solace table series, designed by Joel Escalona, is a furniture collection that exudes balance and pr...
Hardwood
1970s Round Coffee Table with Interlocking Brass-Tone Base and Glass Top
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A circular coffee table dating to the 1970s, built around a sculptural base of three interlocking brass-toned crescent frames. The tri-point support creates an open geometric structu...
Brass
Pair of Rectangular Crome X Base 3/4" Glass Tops Coffee Side End Tables Stands
By Milo Baughman, Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Rectangular Crome X Base 3/4" Glass Tops Coffee Side End Tables Stands
Chrome
Fine Details Carved Tree Leaves Solid Wood Base 60" Glass Top Dining Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Fine Details Carved Tree Leaves Solid Wood Base 60" Glass Top Dining Conference Center Table MINT!
Glass, Beech
Vintage Cast Bronze Dancing Cherubs Coffee Table Base with Dark Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage lost wax bronze dancing cherubs coffee table base from the mid 20th century, with dark patina.
Bronze
Saporiti 1950s Marquetry Wood Top and Metal Base Coffee Table
By Fratelli Saporiti
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Saporiti 1950s variation coffee table Probably a one-off Wild Nature, floral and parrots marquetry on a wood top and black lacquered metal base coffee table.
Metal
$522Sale Price|44% Off
Restored Round Split Rattan Table Lamp W/ Carved Wood Base & Wrappings
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored midcentury round rattan table lamp featuring thirteen decorative rattan poles centered around a rattan post all fixed to a wood circular base with fancy wrappings. Measure ...
Rattan
Jaime Hayon Chinoz Ming - Burgundy Base White Matte Table Lamp For Parachilna
By Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jaime Hayon Chinoz Ming - Burgundy Base White Matte Table Lamp For Parachilna Asian inspired table lamp. Consisting of a mouth-blown diffuser, ceramic body and a lacquered wooden b...
Ceramic
Dorothy Thorpe Illuminated Red Coffee Table Lucite Base Round Glass Top
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a coool coffee table! It has a Lucite base with circle cut-outs which has a bulb in the center brass case. The bulb that came in it is red and the red light seems to radiate ...
Glass, Lucite
1970s Organic Modern Copper & Brass Inlaid Coffee Table on Ebonized Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1970s Inlaid Organic Modern Copper & Brass Inlaid Coffee Table This good-sized organic modern coffee table, dating to the 1970s, is a striking example of studio craft furniture...
Brass, Copper
Dutch-Language World Globe Table Lamp with Pin-Point Light, Black Metal Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vintage illuminated world globe mounted on a solid oval black metal base. The globe is rendered in Dutch-language cartography — oceans labeled 'Atlantische Oceaan,' with country na...
Metal
Sculptural Low Profile Teak Base Glass Top Danish Midcentury Coffee Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern sculptural base low profile floating glass top coffee table.
Glass, Teak
Florence Knoll Oak and Re-Chromed Steel Base Dining or Conference Table
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Florence Knoll-designed oak dining table. This table features a 7' foot long top and a newly re-chromed steel base. This table was also sold as a conference table. The top was recen...
Steel, Chrome
Regimental base drum presented as a coffee table. British c. 1950’s
Located in London, GB
A genuine military regimental base drum with the colours and regimental honours of the Royal Scot’s Fusiliers. Showing battle honours from Blenheim 1704 through to Burma 1944. Regime...
Goatskin, Rope, Glass, Wood
Hollywood Regency Faux Gold Gilt Base Solid Slate Top Coffee Table
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Hollywood Regency gilt base slate top coffee table.
Hardwood
Heavy Chrome Jacks Style Spikes Base Round Glass Top Coffee Table
By Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern chrome jack base 3/4" glass top coffee table.
Chrome
Vintage Italian Marble Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Vintage Carrara Marble Coffee Table - Italy, 1960s A stunning vintage coffee table from the 1960s, this piece features a luxurious Carrara marble top set atop a sleek black iron str...
Carrara Marble, Brass, Iron
Tobia Scarpa Chrome Base Rectangle Glass Top 4 Cylinder legs Dining Table Mint!
By Tobia Scarpa, Knoll
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tobia Scarpa Chrome Base Rectangle Glass Top 4 Cylinder legs Dining Table Mint!
Chrome
Large 66" Square 3/4" Glass Top Italian Pedestal Base Dining Conference Table
By Brueton, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 66" Square 3/4" Glass Top Italian Lacquered Pedestal Base Dining Conference Table MINT!
Glass, Hardwood
$510Sale Price|60% Off
Vintage Coral Effect Twig Wrought Iron White Tripod Base Table Lamp Rare
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a rare vintage white painted twig form lamp that is made of wrought iron rendered in the most incredible coral effect. The lamps is full of possibilities. This is a designer'...
Wrought Iron
Square Rounded Corners Wood Finials X-Stretcher Base Chrome Coffee Table
By Design Institute America, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome base glass top square coffee table.
Chrome
Rare Vintage 1950s Art Glass Table Lamp Base, Attributed to Paolo Venini
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Crafted by the prestigious Venini glassworks in Murano, Italy, this lamp base is a stunning example of mid-century design.
Brass
1960s Murano Filigrana glass shade with brass base Italian design table lamp
By Venini
Located in London, GB
An Italian design table light, brass metal base, Venini blown glass shade. 1960's.
Brass
Bronze Lamp Base Signed By Lelievre And Susse Frères, Founders, 19th Century
Located in Charmes, FR
Large gilt bronze lamp, beautifully crafted, signed on the base by Lelievre and the founder Susse Frères, in very good condition
Bronze
Traverting & Chrome Diamond Shape Pedestal Base Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table
By Artedi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern glass top travertine base rectangular coffee table.
Travertine, Chrome
Paul Kingma slate and stone mosaic coffee table on steel base, 1967
By Paul Kingma
Located in amstelveen, NL
Striking and sculptural coffee table by Dutch artist and designer Paul Kingma, 1967. This work features a hand-composed mosaic top made from carefully selected pieces of natural sla...
Stone, Slate
$1,191Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Hollywood Regency 5.4kg Travertine Marble Table Light Base, Italy, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Impressive large travertine marble light base stand Origin: Italy (was sold on the germany market) Decade: 1970s Description: This original vint...
Marble, Travertine, Metal
Midcentury Italian Vintage Brass Cocktail Table with Lucite Top and Looping Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian vintage brass cocktail table from the mid-20th century, with Lucite top.
Brass
Vintage 1970s French Ceramic Table Lamp Base with Brass Fleur-de-Lis Details
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Charming vintage table lamp made of crackle-glazed ceramic in a beige/cream tone. The body features raised, patinated bronze or brass Fleur-de-Lis (French lily) ornaments and a subt...
Ceramic
Round Coffee Table with Mirror Top and Brass and Black Metal Base
Located in Barcelona, ES
Beautiful Mid-Century Modernist brass, black lacquer and mirror round end tables / cocktails table.
Brass, Iron
Danish Midcentury Coffee Table with Teak Veneer and Oak Base, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
This Danish midcentury coffee table dates from the 1960s and exemplifies the understated elegance and functionality associated with Scandinavian modern furniture. The table features ...
Wood, Oak
Stacked Polished Lacquered Brass Bars Base Glass Top Square Coffee Table
By Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass "pyramid" shape base coffee table.
Brass
Unique Bronze table lamp by Ragnar Gellerstedt signed on base circa 1930 Sweden
Located in Paris, IDF
Unique Bronze table lamp by Ragnar Gellerstedt signed on base circa 1930 made in Sweden Good condition. Very nice green patina. Three bacchante-like figures encircle the stem of t...
Bronze
Extra Long Oval Dark Walnut Dining Conference Table on Stainless Chrome Base
By Knoll, Herman Miller
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Elongated oval shape dark walnut Knoll, Herman Miller match dining conference table.
Walnut
$2,160Sale Price|20% Off
Wrought Iron Coffee Table with Glass Top and Gilt Sphere X-Form Base
Located in Miami, FL
Details Material: Hand-forged wrought iron, glass, gilt metal accent Design: X-form stretcher base with central gilt ball finial Top: Rectangular glass top Origin: European, mid-...
Wrought Iron
Rustic Mexican Vintage Natural Wood Coffee Table Base with Lower Shelf
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Mexican vintage natural wood coffee table base from the mid 20th century, with lower shelf.
Wood
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.
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