Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
American
Revered for its handcrafted and highly collectible mid-century modern sofas, coffee tables and other furnishings, Dunbar Furniture was founded in 1910 in Berne, Indiana, but it didn’t gain widespread recognition until the ’30s, following the introduction of its president to a designer who would leave an indelible mark on the company’s legacy: Edward Wormley.
After a stint at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Oswego, Illinois-born Wormley worked as an interior designer for Marshall Field’s before joining Dunbar in 1931. Initially focused on developing the company’s cheapest furniture line, which could be bought with soap coupons, he was soon leading Dunbar Furniture into a new era of residential furniture for modern American homes. He would serve as the company’s design director for over three decades, designing about 150 pieces each year.
During that time, he oversaw the production of designs in a wide range of materials, with influences ranging from Scandinavian modernism to Art Deco. There were modern upholstery pieces, like swiveling lounge chairs and low-slung sofas, and experiments with textural wood on bar carts and cabinets as well as minimal, sculptural tables and functional office furniture. A passionate collector of Tiffany Studios lamps, Wormley used their glass tiles in Dunbar tables in 1956. He also worked on the reproduction of pieces by designers such as Jean-Michel Frank and Richard Riemerschmid.
One standout Dunbar Furniture collection was Janus, introduced in the 1960s, with Austrian-born ceramicists Otto and Gertrud Natzler. These pieces see the Natzlers’ uniquely artful ceramic tiles set into several styles of wooden tables. They remain some of the most sought-after mid-century modern Dunbar pieces on the vintage market today. During the peak of his design career and, indeed, the height of Dunbar Furniture’s history, Wormley amassed a whopping 30 Good Design awards between 1950 and 1955 through the “Good Design” exhibition, hosted by the Chicago Merchandise Mart and the Museum of Modern Art. Dunbar today produces a limited selection of archival Wormley designs, but many sales of original Dunbar pieces are through the resale market.
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Creator: Dunbar
Edward Wormley "Long John" Coffee Table
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Long John" bench/table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar with slat-style top, turned edge and great curved legs. This is the long version.
(Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - wit...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mid Century Coffee Table
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Countryside, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mid Century Coffee Table
This coffee table measures: 60 wide x 19 deep x 15.25 inches high
All pieces of fu...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley Dubar off White Leather Top Dark Walnut Cocktail Table
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Westport, CT
Edward Wormley for Dunbar large round off-white leather too dark walnut base cocktail table, with gold metal tag to underside. Model 5219 Dunbar catalog.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Burl Elm Pentagonal Coffee Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pentagonal coffee table designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, circa 1970.
Burl elm wood table top with walnut trim and a walnut base.
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Edward Wormley Round Cork Top Coffee Table for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward Wormley round coffee table for Dunbar c.1950s, USA. The table showcases a beautiful cork table top and mahogany frame. Retains the Dunbar label.
Dimensions
48.5" diameter x 1...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Cork
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Cocktail Table with Brass Stretcher, 1950s
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
We have fully restored this beautiful cocktail table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. It has a mahogany frame and a walnut top, a shelf underneath the top and a brass stretcher that sur...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Edward Wormley for Dunbar Carpathian Elm Coffee Table
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Edward Wormley for Dunbar Carpathian Elm Coffee Table
A beautiful and rare Edward Wormley burled triangular top coffee table fo...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Elm, Burl
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Table Bench with Brass Magazine Display
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dunbar coffee table or bench (Model 5933a) with built-in brass rods for suspending magazines. One other option is to recess a glass top over the rods to use as table surface. Signed ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,880 Sale Price
40% Off
Walnut Low Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rectangular dark walnut low table having a black laminate top and distinctive triangular legs.
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Cork Low Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, 1950s
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A simple and elegant square low table with a raised cork top on a mahogany 'Parsons' base.
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Cork
Edward Wormley Table, Bench, Dunbar, Brass, Mahogany
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Miami, FL
Cool Dunbar table/ bench/ magazine rack designed by Edward Wormley. Mahogany and brass.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Dunbar Zebra Wood Square Side Lamp Occasional Coffee Table Stand Mint!
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Dunbar Zebra wood square side lamp occasional coffee table stand mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Zebra Wood
Dunbar Expandable Refectory Coffee Table by Edward Wormley
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted mahogany expanding refectory coffee table with each end that pulls out making the total length 68" . This functional piece is the perfect size and proportions for...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Bronze and Glass Coffee Table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Roger Sprunger
Located in New York, NY
Chic, voguish, and sophisticated coffee table designed bye Roger Sprunger for Dunbar circa 1970's. This version features an architectural metal star form base of solid bronze, which ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Chrome Coffee Table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Roger Sprunger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970s chrome coffee table designed by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar. Thick 3/4" glass top with light scratches, 42" diameter. Arched chrome base...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Sculptural Chrome and Glass Coffee Table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
By Roger Sprunger, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural chrome and glass coffee table designed by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Furniture.
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Tom Lopinsky for Dunbar Bronze, Rosewood and Smoked Glass Coffee Table
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Interconnected brushed bronze architectural coffee table base with bronze spacers, rosewood caps and feet, and smoked glass top by Tom Lopinsky for Dunbar. The top fits securely into...
Category
1960s American Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Rosewood
Rectangular Coffee table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar, 1960s
By Dunbar Furniture, Roger Sprunger
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Rectangular Coffee table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar, 1960s
Vintage - Decoration - Home Decor
Measures : 135,5x51cm H:32,5cm
Glas Top : 120x47cm
Materials : chromed steel - smoked ...
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20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
1970s Solid Bronze and rosewood Architectural Coffee table Tom Lopinski Dunbar
By Tom Lopinski, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A solid bronze coffee table with a minimalist architectural form. Designed by Tom Lopinski for Dunbar furniture company in the 1970s. The glass top is original and shows a great gree...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid-Century Modern Brass Glass Coffee Table Clean!
By Dunbar Furniture, Roger Sprunger
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar Mid-Century Modern brass glass coffee table Clean!
Glass measuring 3/4 inches in thickness.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Tall Round Center Coffee Table Chrome and Glass
By Roger Sprunger, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome and glass round coffee table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar. This table is 22" higher which higher then usu...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Wormley for Dunbar Coffee Table
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Asian style Ed Wormley for Dunbar coffee table with Eglomise mirrored inset top. Fully restored in deep espresso finish.
Category
1950s American Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Rosewood Coffee Table
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Rosewood Coffee Table. Featuring a long rosewood rectangular top and four modern legs with a dark wood finish. This is an exceptional ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Dunbar Square Lamp or Side Table
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern square Dunbar side or end table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Early Edward Wormley Dunbar Long Oriental Cork Coffee Table
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Edward Wormley Dunbar long oriental cork coffee table. Early green rectangular label attached. This version of this table is rarer in the longer length.
Measures: 62" x 14.7...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cork
Edward Wormley Elliptical Rosewood Coffee Table by Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Highland, IN
This stunning cocktail table by Edward Wormley exemplifies his refined sensibility and fine detailing as well as the quality of Dunbar's construction. The table was custom ordered wi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Versatile Set of Coffee Table and Two Side Tables by Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Versatile set of coffee table and two side tables by Dunbar (with original sticker).
The measurements below are for the coffee table.
Each sid...
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1950s American Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Stainless Steel and Glass Coffee Table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
By Roger Sprunger, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Roger Sprunger for Dunbar stainless steel and glass center table, 1970c. We have 2 in stock.
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Dunbar coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Dunbar coffee and cocktail tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Dunbar coffee and cocktail tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original coffee and cocktail tables by Dunbar were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider coffee and cocktail tables by Edward Wormley, Paul McCobb, and Knoll. Prices for Dunbar coffee and cocktail tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,250 and can go as high as $16,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,400.
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Questions About Dunbar Coffee and Cocktail Tables
- Where is Dunbar Furniture made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Dunbar furniture is made in High Point, North Carolina. The original location of the company was Berne, Indiana. Its relocation occurred after Currey & Co. bought Dunbar from founder James Wormley in 1970. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Dunbar furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024To identify Dunbar furniture, search your piece for maker's markings. Some pieces feature a D-shaped metal tag, while others bear a metal plaque with the brand name etched on its surface, with or without the company's location: Berne, Indiana. Dunbar also branded its name onto the wood frames of certain furnishings. Upholstered pieces will most likely have the brand name on a label sewn onto a cushion. If you have difficulty locating a maker's mark, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer will assist you. Shop a variety of Dunbar furniture on 1stDibs.