Edward Wormley Side Tables
American, 1907-1995
As the longtime director of design for the Dunbar furniture company, Edward Wormley was, along with such peers as George Nelson at Herman Miller Inc., and Florence Knoll of Knoll Inc., one of the leading forces in bringing modern design into American homes in the mid-20th century. Not an axiomatic modernist, Wormley deeply appreciated traditional design, and consequently his vintage seating, storage cabinets, bar carts and other work has an understated warmth and a timeless quality that sets it apart from other furnishings of the era.
Wormley was born in rural Illinois and as a teenager took correspondence courses from the New York School of Interior Design. He later attended the Art Institute of Chicago but ran out of money for tuition before he could graduate. Marshall Field hired Wormley in 1930 to design a line of reproduction 18th-century English furniture; the following year he was hired by the Indiana-based Dunbar, where he quickly distinguished himself. It was a good match.
Dunbar was an unusual firm: it did not use automated production systems; its pieces were mostly hand-constructed. For his part, Wormley did not use metal as a major component of furniture; he liked craft elements such as caned seatbacks, tambour drawers, or the woven-wood cabinet fronts seen on his Model 5666 sideboard of 1956. He designed two lines for Dunbar each year — one traditional, one modern — until 1944, by which time the contemporary pieces had become the clear best sellers.
Many of Wormley’s signature pieces — chairs, sofas, tables and more — are modern interpretations of traditional forms. His 1946 Riemerschmid Chair — an example is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art — recapitulates a late 19th-century German design. The long, slender finials of his Model 5580 dining chairs are based on those of Louis XVI chairs; his Listen-to-Me Chaise (1948) has a gentle Rococo curve; the “Precedent” line that Wormley designed for Drexel Furniture in 1947 is a simplified, pared-down take on muscular Georgian furniture. But he could invent new forms, as his Magazine table of 1953, with its bent wood pockets, and his tiered Magazine Tree (1947), both show. And Wormley kept his eye on design currents, creating a series of tables with tops that incorporate tiles and roundels by the great modern ceramicists Otto and Gertrud Natzler.
As the vintage items on 1stDibs demonstrate, Edward Wormley conceived of a subdued sort of modernism, designing furniture that fits into any decorating scheme and does not shout for attention.
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Creator: Edward Wormley
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Magazine Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
An Edward Wormley for Dunbar magazine table with bentwood holders.
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1950s Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Walnut
Magazine Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
An Edward Wormley for Dunbar magazine table with bentwood holders and sap grain top.
Category
1950s Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Leather Top Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
A mahogany table with inset leather top designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category
1950s Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Set of Palle Suenson Side Table in Solid Teak with Edward Wormley Armchairs
By Robert Sonneman, Edward Wormley
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Palle Suenson, side table, teak, Denmark, c. 1940
Striking Scandinavian Modern side table by Danish architect and designer Palle Suenson (1904-1987). This particular table is spec...
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Metal
Edward Wormley for Drexel 'Precedent' Wood and Cork End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American mid-century rectangular three-tier end / side tables with blonde wood frames with rounded edges and an inset cork top with two wooden shelves below. (EDWARD WORMLEY ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood, Cork
Rosewood Side Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
An Edward Wormley for Dunbar sculpted rosewood table with glass top.
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1970s Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Rosewood
Edward Wormley Round Wooden End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century round wooden side / end table with a circular top with beveled edge resting on three vertical rectangular supports connected to a triangular scooped side base. (...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Medium Brown Wooden Three Tier End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century three-tier medium brown finished wooden end table with a rectangular top and two shelves below, with rectangular supports on either side, resting on a pedestal b...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar 3-Tiered Wooden Rectangular End / Side Tables
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century wooden end tables with a rectangular top and two identical lower shelves supported by four square legs. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR)(PRICED AS PAIR)
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar Wooden Open Frame End / Side Tables
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American mid-century medium finish wooden end / side tables with rectangular tops with rounded corners, pedestal bases, and an open frame design. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR F...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Square Wooden Double Shelf End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century square wooden end / side table with an open shelf below the square top, resting on a solid stepped base that creates as a taller lower shelf. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar Wooden Single Drawer Nightstands
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century wooden nightstands with a single drawer. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR)(PRICED AS PAIR)
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Dark Wood Stepped Oblong End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century stepped end / side table with an oblong profile and smaller demilune upper shelf connected to the table top by two dowel supports, resting on three reverse taper...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar Square Wooden Double Shelf End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century square lacquered wooden end / side tables with an open shelf below the square top, resting on a solid stepped base that creates as a taller lower shelf. ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar Wooden Single Drawer End / Side Tables
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American mid-century wooden end / side tables with a rectangular table top above an open shelf containing a single drawer below with a curved brass tab drawer pull, resting o...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Edward Wormley Lacquered Dark Wood Two Shelf End / Side Tables
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century end / side tables with lacquered dark wooden frames with a square top and lower shelf supported by four square legs. (EDWARD...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar Dark Wooden Open Frame End / Side Tables
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century dark wood end / side tables with rectangular tops with rounded corners, pedestal bases, and an open frame design. (EDWARD ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar Square Wooden Two-Tier End / Side Tables
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century square wooden end / side tables with a lower square stretcher shelf connecting four square legs. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR F...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Circular Wooden Stretcher Shelf End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century circular wooden end / side table with a circular top with shallow lip above an identical stretcher shelf supported on the exterior b...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Wooden Open Frame End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century wooden end / side tables with a rectangular top with rounded corners, a pedestal base, and an open frame design. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR FURNITURE COMPANY)(Si...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Square Top Triangle Grain Wooden End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century wooden end / side table with a square top comprised of triangular panels that create a triangular grain pattern, resting on four square legs that curve slightly ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Pair of Edward Wormley for Drexel American Mid-Century Blond Wood Magazine Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American mid-century blond wood magazine / end tables with rectangular tops above five short shelves. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DREXEL)(PRICED AS PAIR)
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Edward Wormley For Dunbar Parsons Style Wooden Stretcher Shelf End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century Parsons-style end/side table with a wooden rectangular form with a lower stretcher shelf. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR FURNITURE COMPANY).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Travertine and Light Wood Wedge End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century end / side table with a wedge-shaped beige travertine top resting on a light wood base with connecting stretchers and four dowel legs ending in beige leather wra...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Travertine
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Wood Framed Inset Top End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century end / side table with a slightly rounded rectangular top with a lighter stained wooden inset top supported by a darker wooden frame with a shaped apron with four...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Parsons Style Wooden Rectangular End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century Parsons-style end table with a wooden rectangular form. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR FURNITURE COMPANY)
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Light Finished Wooden Two Tier End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century two-tier end / side table with a square top with a shallow gallery above a lower shelf containing a single drawer supported by two reverse tapered legs. (EDWARD ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Travertine and Dark Wood Wedge End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century end / side table with a wedge-shaped beige travertine top resting on a dark wooden base with connecting stretchers and four dowel legs ending in black leather wr...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Travertine
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Dark Finished Wooden Two Tier End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century two-tier dark finished wooden end / side table with a square top with a shallow gallery above a lower shelf containing a single drawer supported by two reverse t...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley Dark Finished Wooden Two-Tier End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century wooden two-tier end / side table with a dark finish, square top, and slightly larger lower stretcher shelf above a shallow single drawer, supported by four squar...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Blond Wooden Open Frame End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century blond wood end / side table with a rectangular top with rounded corners, a pedestal base, and an open frame design. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR FURNITURE COMPANY)...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Square Lacquered Wooden Double Shelf End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century square lacquered wooden end / side table with an open shelf below the square top, resting on a solid stepped base that creates as a taller lower shelf. (EDWARD W...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Edward J Wormley for Dunbar Furniture Circular Blond Maple Two-Tier End / Side T
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century wooden pedestal desk with four drawers with wooden drawer pulls, a shelf on the right-hand side below the tabletop, and a cabinet to the left with an extendable ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Maple, Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Light Wooden Open Frame End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century blond wood end / side table with a rectangular top with rounded corners, a pedestal base, and an open frame design. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBAR FURNITURE COMPANY).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar American Mid-Century Dark Walnut Janus Cabinet
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century cabinet with a dark stained walnut cabinet with two hinged doors, a dovetail connected top, and key hole, resting on four ball casters. (EDWARD WORMLEY FOR DUNBA...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Dunbar Sheaf of Wheat End Table, Itailian Travertine Marble
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Dunbar Sheaf of Wheat End Table, 3/4" Itailian Travertine Marble, Dark stained oak with structural brass ring.
Dunbar Label on underside.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Occasional Table with Murano Mosaic Tiles
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Occasional Table with Murano Mosaic Tiles, model 5425, Mahogany wood base, glass tiles with brass edge.
Label on underside [Du...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Occasional Table with Murano Mosaic Tiles
By Edward Wormley
Located in Montreal, QC
Walnut X form side table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar , the brass bound top inset with various shades of green Murano glass pieces, model 5425 .
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Wood
Pair of Stone Top Dunbar Wedge Tables
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of walnut wedge side tables with stone tops. Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
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1950s Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Walnut Side Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Mid-Century Modern round-topped side table in figured oiled walnut having sculpted and tapered legs and an organic shaped lower stretcher. Designed by Edward Wormley, manufactured ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Walnut
1950s Walnut 'Janus' End Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A walnut 'Janus' end table of Asian inspiration, with raised edges to the legs and diagonal cloud-lift stretchers.
Accented with green inlaid ceramic tiles.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Edward Wormley Side Table in Mahogany with Conical Brass Legs 1940s 'Signed'
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Rare side table with chest in mahogany with recessed pulls and conical brass legs by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, American 1940s (signed on drawer with Dunbar tag). This is a rare Wormley...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Brass
Pair of Folding Side Tables by Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Rare matched pair of tables by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Folding solid rosewood frames with inset Murano glass tile tops. Table model #5425.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Parsons End Table by Dunbar
By Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bleached walnut 'Parsons' end table.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Parsons Style Side Table by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Parsons style side table in walnut by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, American, 1960s (Dunbar tag and label on bottom).
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Dunbar X-Base Table with Murano Glass Tile Top
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
A rare form with solid rosewood base and Murano glass tile top. Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
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1950s Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Clean-Line End Table in Teak by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Clean-line end table in teak by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, American, 1950s. (Dunbar metal tag on bottom).
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Teak
Parsons End Table by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rare low Dunbar "Parson's" end table with the original yellow-orange lacquered frame and a black epoxy top with a constellation of random walnut doy inlays.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Edward Wormley Tulip Side Tables
By Edward Wormley
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rarely seen pair of tables designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
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1950s American Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Tiered End Table by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A two-tiered round end table on three legs with single drawer. Shelf height is 16.5".
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Dunbar Side Tables by Murano Glass Mosaic Tiles
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
A rare pair of occasional tables with mosaic Murano glass tiles. Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
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1950s Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Murano Glass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Circular Walnut Veneer Two Tier End / Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century two-tier end / side table with a circular top above a circular stretcher shelf supported by three tapered legs, finished in walnut v...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Dunbar "Sheaf of Wheat" Side Table with Travertine Top 1950s 'Signed'
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
"Sheaf of Wheat" side table No. 5479 in laminated ash with travertine top by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, American 1950's (Dunbar tag on bottom). The stone on this table is absolutely ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Edward Wormley Side Tables
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Travertine, Brass
Edward Wormley side tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Edward Wormley side 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 Edward Wormley side tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original side tables by Edward Wormley 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 side tables by Dunbar, Paul McCobb, and Baker Furniture Company. Prices for Edward Wormley side tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $995 and can go as high as $32,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $5,195.
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