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Theodore Waddell for Cassina Mid-Century Modern Chrome Tension Table
By Cassina
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Modern (1970s) "Tension" sculptural dining / center table, the base of which
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
FLOS Kelvin Edge LED Tension Table Lamp in Titanium by Antonio Citterio
By Flos, Antonio Citterio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Edge Lighting Technology from which it takes its name, this table lamp combines efficiency with light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
FLOS Kelvin Edge LED Tension Table Lamp in White by Antonio Citterio
By Flos, Antonio Citterio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Edge Lighting Technology™ from which it takes its name, this table lamp combines efficiency with light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
FLOS Kelvin Edge LED Tension Table Lamp in Black by Antonio Citterio
By Antonio Citterio, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Edge Lighting Technology™ from which it takes its name, this table lamp combines efficiency with light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
FLOS Kelvin Edge LED Tension Table Lamp in Chrome by Antonio Citterio
By Flos, Antonio Citterio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Edge Lighting Technology™ from which it takes its name, this table lamp combines efficiency with light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Morgana Table Lamp by FontanaArte, 1991
By Fontana Arte
Located in Medesano, Parma
The Morgana low-tension table lamp has multi-coloured light stream provided by 3 cloloured bulbs
Category
1990s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Hikaru Mori "Lota" Table Lamp for Nemo Cassina, Italy
By Hikaru Mori, Nemo Lighting 1
Located in Delft, NL
Hikaru Mori "Lota" table lamp for Nemo Cassina, 1994, Italy
Original low-tension table lamp with
Category
20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Katharina Eisenkoeck, "Tension Mirror Chocolate", 2017
By Katharina Eisenkoeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Tension mirrors are created from natural stones. The shape of each stone is formed the way
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Table Mirrors
Materials
Stone, Brass
Mid Century Industrial Mechanical Adjustable Tension Desk Lamp by Tensor, 1980's
By Tensor
Located in Deland, FL
About: Introducing a Tensor adjustable desk or table lamp with perfect 1970's Industrial styling
Category
Vintage 1980s Taiwanese Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Wire
H 14 in W 5 in D 6 in
Antithesis Table by Onno Adriaanse
Located in Geneve, CH
colour.
Antithesis Table creates visual tension, combining contradictory states such as fragile and
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
"Not Yet" Hammered Iron Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, creates a sense of tension and balance. These tables are versatile, suitable for both indoor and outdoor
Category
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Materials
Iron
Table Mirror – Hand-carved Limestone Pedestal w/ Circular Mirror
By Mike Newins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sculptural table mirror addressing tension and balance.
Mike Newins is a self taught
Category
2010s American Modern Table Mirrors
Materials
Limestone
Kluskens Pernette Dining Table
By Kluskens
Located in Nederweert, NL
, which are also solid, have different shapes, so that the table evokes a certain visual tension.
The
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Kluskens Organic Dining Table
By Kluskens
Located in Nederweert, NL
, have different sizes, so that the table evokes a certain visual tension.
The table is available in
Category
2010s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Kluskens Jura Dining Table
By Kluskens
Located in Nederweert, NL
, have different sizes, so that the table evokes a certain visual tension.
The table is available in
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Italian Suspended Murano Glass and Chrome Base Table Lamps - a Pair
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of chrome table lamps with tension wiring holding frosted murano glass shades suspended in air
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Sculptural Round Dining Table in Solid Oak - Organic Brutalist Design + 3D Model
Located in Burlăceni, Cahul District
tension - each table carries a unique soul, shaped by both nature and the artisan's hand.
Perfect for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moldovan Scandinavian Modern Dining Room T...
Materials
Oak
H 29.53 in Dm 43.31 in
Contemporary Round Side Table in Travertine & Cast Glass, Barh Wonderglass
By Jeroen Thys van den Audenaerde, barh.design
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
This small beauty was created from our inspiration in shifting layers and our disc table. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Other Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble
Modern "Fe-Tisch" Dining GlassTable by Deconstructon Designer Helmut Palla 1986
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A dining-table in tension designed by Austrian 'deconstruction designer' Helmut Palla.
Iron part
Category
Vintage 1980s Austrian Modern Center Tables
Materials
Iron
H 29.53 in Dm 61.03 in
Banquet Attrib to Van Den Hoecke Religious Oil on Table Old Master 17th Century
By Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
proponents of the strong narrative tension that transpires from the table and are rendered with extreme
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tension Console
Located in New York, NY
Sandblast sprayed straight grain wood, 3 drawers with carved out detail for pivot hinge pulls, pulls and legs in medium oxidized bronze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Tension Console
By Lorin Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Sandblast sprayed straight grain wood, 3 drawers with carved out detail for pivot hinge pulls, pulls and legs in medium oxidized bronze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Interlock Calacatta Turquoise Side Table Round
Located in Long Island City, NY
interlock and create perfect tension, balance and form.
Tables are made of polished Italian Turquoise
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Marble
Cocktail Table Patio Table Coffee Table by Sunbeam Jackie
By Sunbeam Jackie
Located in Penzance, Cornwall
handcrafted ash table frame with hand-cut leather tension straps supports the glass table top.
The etched
Category
2010s British Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Leather, Glass, Ash
Design Round Table "Exo" by Grégoire de Lafforest
By Grégoire de Lafforest
Located in Paris, FR
The table like a tension.
Inspired from props that support young trees, it’s an embrace between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Gueridon
Materials
Metal
Walnut Mistral Coffee Table, Modern Sculptural Living Room Table by Arid
By Arid
Located in Albuquerque, NM
the legs overhang and fall away from the table, but that tension gives it strength, both literally and
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
Oak Mistral Coffee Table, Modern Sculptural Living Room Table by Arid
By Arid
Located in Albuquerque, NM
overhang and fall away from the table, but that tension gives it strength, both literally and figuratively
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Oak
Artemide Demetra LED 27K Table Lamp in White with Clamp
By Naoto Fukasawa, Artemide
Located in Hicksville, NY
tension control cables in aluminum
Table clamp made in die-cast aluminum with matching painted finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Artemide Demetra LED 27K Table Lamp in Anthracite Grey with Clamp
By Naoto Fukasawa, Artemide
Located in Hicksville, NY
tension control cables in aluminum
Table clamp made in die-cast aluminum with matching painted finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Artemide Demetra LED 27K Table Lamp in Matte Black with Clamp
By Naoto Fukasawa, Artemide
Located in Hicksville, NY
tension control cables in aluminum
Table clamp made in die-cast aluminum with matching painted finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Artemide Demetra LED 30K Table Lamp in Matte Black with Clamp
By Naoto Fukasawa, Artemide
Located in Hicksville, NY
tension control cables in aluminum
Table clamp made in die-cast aluminum with matching painted finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Soho Dining Table in Reclaimed Chestnut, Brushed Stainless Steel Base
By Bellboy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Soho dining table considers the tension between contemporary materials. Stout reclaimed
Category
2010s American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Artemide Demetra Pro LED 12W 30K Table Lamp in Matte Black with Clamp
By Naoto Fukasawa, Artemide
Located in Hicksville, NY
springs and external tension control cables in aluminum
Table clamp made in die-cast aluminum with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Bandelier #5
By Forrest Moses
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, an empty table, creates tension with anticipation of what might occupy it. While an object finds its
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bandelier #1
By Forrest Moses
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, an empty table, creates tension with anticipation of what might occupy it. While an object finds its
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bandelier #4
By Forrest Moses
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, an empty table, creates tension with anticipation of what might occupy it. While an object finds its
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bandelier #2
By Forrest Moses
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, an empty table, creates tension with anticipation of what might occupy it. While an object finds its
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Falling Water #3
By Forrest Moses
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, an empty table, creates tension with anticipation of what might occupy it. While an object finds its
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wetlands #3
By Forrest Moses
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, an empty table, creates tension with anticipation of what might occupy it. While an object finds its
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wetlands #2
By Forrest Moses
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, an empty table, creates tension with anticipation of what might occupy it. While an object finds its
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wetlands #1
By Forrest Moses
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, an empty table, creates tension with anticipation of what might occupy it. While an object finds its
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Theodore Waddell for Cassina Mid-Century Modern Chrome Tension Table
By Theodore Waddell, Cassina
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Modern (1970s) \"Tension\" sculptural dining / center table, the base of which
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Tension Side Table, Paul Coenen
By Paul Coenen
Located in Geneve, CH
Tension side table, Paul Coenen
Collection borders of assembly
Dimensions: 50 x 45 x 50 cm
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Materials
Zinc
Architectural Table Lamp with Tension Cables by Curtis Jere
Located in New York, NY
Architectural table lamp with tension cables by Curtis Jere, American 1970's
Category
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
Pair of Modern Contemporary Tension Wire Pedestal Tables
Located in Miami, FL
Two contemporary pedestal tables with electric blue steel frame top with glass insert on a steel
Category
1990s Unknown Post-Modern Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Steel
Solid Oak Trestle Dining Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazingly simple solid oak trestle dining table constructed with tension pegs.
In original
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Franco Albini teak dining Table Model TL2 'Cavalletto' for Poggi, Italy 1950s
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
envisioned a minimal structure for this historic wooden table, where tension and compression serve as primary
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Brass
H 27.37 in W 27.56 in D 70.48 in
1980's Chromcraft Leather Dining Game Chairs & Table
By Chromcraft
Located in Lake Worth, FL
dining game 5 piece set
Chairs have casters and adjustable seat rocking tension and the table currently
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Metal
De Puydt Attributed Heavy Brutalist Oak Trestle Coffee Table or Bench
By De Puydt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Brutalist coffee table or bench with trestle base and peg tension construction. This
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
H 18.425 in W 47.75 in D 19.75 in
Fiam Italia 1980s Glass Waterfall Cocktail Coffee Table with Black Sphere Base
By FIAM
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
black speckled stone sphere. This table is incredibly unique, and a great way to add drama and tension
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stone
H 15.25 in W 49.5 in D 27.5 in
Set of 4 Ate Van Apeldoorn 'Attr' Oak Cube Chairs
By Houtwerk Hattem
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and are newly upholstered with natural canvas. The cushions are held on with peg tension support
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Set of Two Brass Adjustable Arc Floor Lamps with Marble Base, Italy 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
by means of the lucite connections so that the shade can be placed perfectly over a table. The
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
H 70.87 in W 9.85 in D 31.5 in
Pair of Italian Mid-Century Lacquered Brown Goatskin Sofatables, Aldo Tura 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Salzburg, AT
veneer, but the veneer is
different in tone which also creates tension between the two tables.
The
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
H 13.78 in W 19.69 in D 27.56 in
Lightolier Lytespan Table Floor to Ceiling Lamp
By Lightolier, Maurizio Tempestini, Gerald Thurston
Located in South Charleston, WV
either side coupled with adjustable height and lamp table height, the lytespan tension pole
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel
S. Iosephus - Original Etching by P.A. Killian - 1736
Located in Roma, IT
.
A marvelous man, portrayed in a moment of maximum muscular tension (he is making a table), has
Category
1730s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 6.3 in W 4.34 in D 0.04 in
Contemporary Dining Table
Located in Houston, TX
construction used for this table. The tension between the strong vertical and horizontal lines creates a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Dining Room Tables
Theodore Waddell Dining Table
By Cassina, Theodore Waddell
Located in High Point, NC
Chrome rods with tension wire dining table by Theodore Waddell the 714 Tensegrity Dining Table
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Chrome, Wire
1986 Renzo Piano Teso Dining or Work Table for Fontana Arte Italy
By Renzo Piano
Located in Chicago, IL
its high glass-compression coefficient, tension makes the table a one-piece structure. Clean simple
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Steel
Antique Industrial Cast Iron Drafting Table by Dietzgen
Located in Hudson, NY
a very handsome antique adjustable drafting table by dietzgen. wonderful classic table with a
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
Art Moderne Burl Walnut Table, Italy, circa 1940
Located in Houston, TX
profile of the legs against the geometric apron and inlay create a terrific visual tension. The table will
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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Tension Table For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal tension table for your home. Frequently made of metal, aluminum and steel, every tension table was constructed with great care. There are 3 variations of the antique or vintage tension table you’re looking for, while we also have 10 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect tension table — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A tension table, designed in the Modern or Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one tension table that is appealing in its simplicity, but Antonio Citterio, Flos and Paul Coenen produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Tension Table?
Prices for a tension table start at $438 and top out at $17,550 with the average selling for $811.