Paul Evans Tables
American, 1931-1987
A designer and sculptor, Paul Evans was a wild card of late 20th century modernism. A leading light of the American Studio Furniture movement, Evans’s sideboards, credenzas, coffee tables and other work manifests a singular aesthetic sense, as well as a seemingly contradictory appreciation for both folk art forms and for new materials and technologies.
Evans’s primary material was metal, not wood, which was favored by his fellow studio designers, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, neighbors George Nakashima and Phillip Lloyd Powell. He trained in metallurgy and studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, the famed crucible of modern design and art in suburban Detroit. For a time early in his career, Evans also worked at Sturbridge Village, a historical “living museum” in Massachusetts, where he gave demonstrations as a costumed silversmith.
Evans’s earliest work unites these influences. The pieces that made his reputation are known as “sculpted-front” cabinets: wood cases faced with box-like high-relief patinated steel mounts laid out in a grid pattern. Each mount contains a metal emblem, or glyph, and the effect is that of a brawny quilt.
Evans’s later work falls into three distinct style groups. His sculpted-bronze pieces, begun in the mid-1960s, show Evans at his most expressive. He employed a technique in which resin is hand-shaped, and later sprayed with a metal coating, allowing for artistic nuance in the making of chairs, tables and case pieces. Later in the decade and into the 1970s, Evans produced his Argente series for celebrated manufacturer Directional (a brand known to vintage mid-century modern furniture collectors everywhere): consoles and other furniture forms that feature aluminum and pigment-infused metal surfaces welded into abstract organic forms and patterns.
Last, Evans's Cityscape design series — a milestone in the history of brutalist design — meshed perfectly with the sleek, “high tech” sensibility of the later ’70s. Evans constructed boxy forms and faced them with irregular mosaic patterns that mixed rectangular plaques of chromed steel, bronze or burlwood veneer. These, like all of Paul Evans’s designs, are both useful and eye-catching. But their appeal has another, more visceral quality: these pieces have clearly been touched by an artist’s hand.
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Creator: Paul Evans
Vintage Paul Evans "Cityscape" Chrome and Glass Coffee Table
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Vintage Cityscape coffee table with original glass by Paul Evans for Directional. The coffee table is in good vintage condition, regular scuffs and scratches on the chrome and glass....
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Illuminated Cityscape Corner Table by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Atlanta, GA
A triangular corner side table in the "Cityscape" series made by Paul Evans studio for Directional, circa 1975. The table was a custom piece with built-in illuminated underneath. It ...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
$7,000 Sale Price
26% Off
Curvilinear Dining Table with extension Paul Evans for Directional
By Paul Evans
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fantastic Curvilinear dining table by Paul Evans for Directional circa 1970s. Model PE-509 with Olive Burl wood patchwork contrasting the shades of brass. Heavy and substantial, th...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass
Stunning Signed Paul Evans Directional Burl and Chrome Cityscape Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning Cityscape coffee table with glass top by Paul Evans for Directional. Burl-Walnut alternates with chrome in this dynamic mid-70s design by Paul Evans. Very nice original cond...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
1970's Cityscape Coffee Table by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cityscape Coffee Table by Paul Evans, c. 1970's, USA
L 51" x W 23.5" x H 13"
FDV11574
*Wear consistent with age and use.
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1970s American Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
Paul Evans Mid-century 1972 Stalagmite Round Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Paul Evans mid-century 1972 Stalagmite Round Coffee Table.
This coffee table measures: 42 wide x 42 deep x 16 inches high.
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
Paul Evans Faceted Cityscape Console
By Paul Evans
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic artistic console form by Paul Evans. From the PE 300 Series
Paul Evans Studio for Directional
USA, circa 1975
Restored - lacquered bird's...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Wood
Set Paul Evans for Directional Chrome Brass Cityscape Shelf Brackets Console
By Paul Evans
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning set signed Paul Evans for Directional shelf brackets or console tables. The glass is not pictured but is included and is 12" w x 48" l and is brand new. This set is truly fa...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Paul Evans Glass Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique coffee table by Paul Evans features contrasting textures and colors in its geometric base along with a large glass top. Rare and collectible, this vintage table by renown...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Cityscape Dining Table Base Only by Paul Evans Published Model
By Paul Evans
Located in Atlanta, GA
An unusual table as part of the cityscape series by Paul Evans for Directional. Constructed with chrome plated cubes and lacquered surface and it is currently shown with a 42 by 84 glass top and functions as a dining table. However, it is in a very versatile size to accommodate glass tops of a wide range of sizes and shapes so it can also functions as a striking center table, or a console table. Table base only...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
Paul Evans Sculpted Bronze "Stalagmite" Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Dallas, TX
A Paul Evans designed PE-128 "Stalagmite" coffee table with glass top.
Category
1970s Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Bronze
Paul Evans PE-11 Sculptured Metal Cocktail Table for Directional Furniture
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Stamford, CT
The Mid-Century Modern design movement is known for many firsts brought to us by a wave of influential designers. Their work sought out to simplify the cluttered aesthetic they inher...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Paul Evans Cityscape Dining Suite, Eight Chairs with Table
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Chicago, IL
This listing is for a Dining Suite in desirable chrome cityscape and white leather. Includes a dining table (not pictured at this moment) with two armchairs and six side chairs. Dini...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
Fabulous Paul Evans Brutalist Metal Patchwork Coffee Table Signed Slate Top
By Paul Evans
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Very handsome Paul Evans patchwork metal coffee table. The top has a textured piece of heavy slate in wonderful vintage condition. The base is a variety of metals patchworked togethe...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Slate, Copper
Pair of Rare Paul Evans Gunmetal Cityscape End or Coffee Tables on Castors
By Paul Evans
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare gunmetal cityscape pattern. These come with slate tops that are removable. They are inserted and rest on top of the lip and a center peg.
Both tables are on rolling castors.
Mos...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
Stunning Paul Evans Cityscape Brass Chrome Patchwork Coffee Table Directional
By Paul Evans
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous Paul Evans for Directional brass and chromed steel coffee table consisting of two sculptural bases supporting an over sized glass top. This particular table is not signed bu...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Rare Welded and Patinated Aluminum "Argente" Side Table by Paul Evans for Direct
By Paul Evans
Located in Montreal, QC
Welded and patinated aluminum "Argente" Side Table by Paul Evans for Directional, model PE 37 . From a Los Angeles estate designed by Oliver Furth.
Prove...
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1960s American Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Paul Evans PE-509 Dining Table by Directional Furniture in Walnut Burl
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Raleigh, NC
This striking Paul Evans PE-509 dining table by Directional Furniture showcases the designer's masterful patchwork walnut burl construction. The table features Evans' signature tech...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Walnut
Paul Evans City Scape Table Base
By Paul Evans
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic City Scape 8-Sided Table Base
Burlwood & Metal
Vintage Condition
Wear consistent with age & use
Height : 28.5 in
Width : 22.25 in
Depth : 22.2...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
Signed Paul Evans Octagonal Cityscape Pedestal Dining Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Signed Paul Evans octagonal cityscape pedestal dining table
Table is showing reflection from floor.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
$7,000 Sale Price
30% Off
1970s Signed Paul Evans for Directional Cityscape Chrome Cube Side Table
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a striking example of Paul Evans’ iconic Cityscape collection for Directional, this chrome-plated steel cube table embodies the bold, architectural elega...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
1960s Paul Evans Studio Loop Coffee Table Fish Scale Gold Gilt
By Paul Evans
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A rare Paul Evans loop coffee table circa 1960s. This studio made coffee table consisting of welded iron base highlighted with gold gilt. Two gold g...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Iron
Paul Evans Brutalist, Torch Cut Coffeetable
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century Brutalist torch cut, welded polychrome steel double pyramid coffee table base by Paul Evans. Mint original condition. Sold without glass for cost effective shipping.
Fre...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Steel
Paul Evans Cityscape Brass and Wood Side Table
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in New York, NY
Rare and unusual Cityscape side table signed Paul Evans with brass and wood panels. This stunning combination is not often seen, this example is in very good, original condition, sho...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Evans Stalagmite Cocktail Table, Signed
By Paul Evans
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful Paul Evans Stalagmite cocktail table, signed and dated 1970. The base is 16"H x 26" D.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Bronze
Paul Evans Patchwork Brutalist Center, Coffee or Cocktail Table for Directional
By Paul Evans
Located in Plainview, NY
Mid-Century Modern iconic patchwork design table by Paul Evans (American 1931-1987). The modern brutalist table base is made of welded and patinat...
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Mid-20th Century Brutalist Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Steel
Paul Evans Chrome & Brass Plated Cityscape Dining Table Base
By Paul Evans
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century dining / conference table base with various size rectangular patchwork chrome and brass veneer panels eminating from a recta...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
Cityscape Dining Table by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage burlwood top Paul Evans dining table with brass base. Large table top with no scratches on it. Base has nice detail and t...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Wood
$7,920 Sale Price
28% Off
Paul Evans Brutalist Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist welded steel base, plate glass top table, signed Paul Evans.
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Iron
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Evans Mixed Metal Patchwork Table with Smoked Glass
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Redding, CT
Paul Evans mixed metal patchwork table with smoked glass.
Designed for Directional in the late 1960s by Evans this Brutalist masterpiece involved a lot of hand work and is really an...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass, Pewter, Copper
$10,800 Sale Price
28% Off
Signed Paul Evans City Scape Polished Chrome Double Pedestal Mid Century Modern
By Paul Evans
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Signed Paul Evans City Scape Polished Chrome Double Pedestal Mid Century Modern.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
Welded Polychromed and Patinated Steel "Skyline Dining" Table by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Montreal, QC
Welded polychromed and patinated steel "skyline dining" table by Paul Evans. Welded signature and date to base ‘Paul Evans 73’. Dimensions of the base: H:29 W:40 D:18 in. USA c.1973 ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Steel
Paul Evans for Directional Cityscape Style Mid Century Patchwork Burlwood Table
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Paul Evans for Directional Cityscape style mid century patchwork burlwood table
The table measures: 39 wide x 39 deep x 29.25 high, with a chair...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Burl
Paul Evans Brutalist Mixed Metal and Slate Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century Brutalist-style slate-top coffee table with mixed metal patch work base. (Attributed PAUL EVANS).
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
Paul Evans Mid Century Welded and Patinaed Steel Patchwork Side Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Paul Evans Mid Century Welded and Patinaed Steel Patchwork Side Table
This side table measures: 29.5 wide x 29.5 deep x 21.5 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Steel
Paul Evans Brutalist Side Table Welded Metal and Slate Top, Signed and dtd 1977
By Paul Evans
Located in Dallas, TX
Paul Evans unique signed brutalist side table. Painted and welded steel with a slate top. A timeless design. Signed Paul Evans and dated 1977.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Slate, Steel
Low Table by Paul Evans for Paul Evans Studio, 1960s
By Paul Evans
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A welded, patinated, and polychromed steel and glass low coffee / cocktail table of Brutalist influence.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Steel
Sculpted Steel Low Table
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
Paul Evans (1931–1987) was a visionary American furniture designer, sculptor, and artist celebrated for his groundbreaking role in the American Craft Movement of the 1970s. Renowned ...
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1960s North American Brutalist Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Steel
Price Upon Request
Paul Evans tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Paul Evans tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Paul Evans tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original tables by Paul Evans 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 tables by Charles Hollis Jones, Milo Baughman, and Herman Miller. Prices for Paul Evans tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $795 and can go as high as $130,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $11,500.
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