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 Chrome "Cityscape" Dining Table by Paul Evans for Directional
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exceptional vintage “Cityscape” dining table designed by Paul Evans for Directional in the United States, circa 1970s. This dining table belongs to ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
$6,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Welded and Painted Steel Paul Evans Studio Circular Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Montreal, QC
Welded and Painted Steel Paul Evans Studio circular coffee table.
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Steel
Cityscape Console by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Cityscape console in brass and walnut signed Paul Evans.
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1970s American Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass
Paul Evans Cityscape Mirror Cocktail/Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paul Evans Cityscape Mirrored Coffee/Cocktail Table Base
Wear Consistent with age & Use
Signed As Shown In Photos
1970s
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Mirror
Original Paul Evans Brutalist PE-11 Cocktail Table
By Paul Evans
Located in North Miami, FL
Welded and patinated steel PE-11 Brutalist coffee table by Paul Evans Studio for Directional, 1966.
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Argente cube side table by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul Evans model PE – 37 cube side table. Welded aluminum construction with etched patterns on oxidized and painted panels.. with an inset black slate top. Manufactured by Paul Evans...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Slate, Aluminum
Paul Evans Console with Mirror, Mid Century Modern, 1978, Hollywood Regency
By Paul Evans
Located in Manhasset, NY
Paul Evans console and mirror, Mid-Century Modern. A rare model PE 881 marquetry inlaid mirror and console by Paul Evans. Purchased from Paul E...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Boxwood
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
Burl Wood Patchwork Table by Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fantastic cube cityscape side table by Paul Evans for Directional, circa 1970s. Made of patchwork of burl wood with dramatic grains, in contrast with high glossy black lacquered top ...
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1970s American Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Wood, Burl
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
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
Signed Paul Evans Cityscape Chrome and Glass Octagon Dining Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Vintage 70s Paul Evans Chrome and Glass Dining Table.
Design: Two-part structure with a glass resting on the base. Sits 4 to 6 comfortably depending on the chairs.
If you get a bi...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
Paul Evans American Mid-Century Brutalist Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Forney, TX
Paul Evans (1931-1987) American Brutalist industrial modern welded steel, copper, mixed metals patchwork coffee table with rivet accents and i...
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Late 20th Century American Brutalist Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Slate, Metal, Copper, Steel
Paul Evans Mixed Metal Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This magnificent table was designed by Paul Evans during his "Brutalist" period. The frame contains a patchwork of mixed metals in varying condition, including hammer pits, exposed n...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Slate, Metal
Paul Evans Cityscape Expandable Dining Table. Burl Wood and Chrome. Signed.
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stunning extension dining table designed by Paul Evans for his Cityscape series and manufactured by Directional. Patchwork burl top and chrome base. Without leaves it is a 47 inch ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Burl
Paul Evans Cityscape Brass and Wood Side Table
By Directional, Paul Evans
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
Paul Evans 1967 Brutalist Welded Metal Bowtie Pyramid Coffee Cocktail Table
By Paul Evans
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Amazing signed Paul Evans 1967 welded metal brutalist cocktail coffee table. As seen by the date, this is one of his older tables. Bowtie pyramid design. In excellent condition with ...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
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
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
Paul Evans for Directional 'Cityscape' PE200 Side Table in Chrome and Brass
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paul Evans for Directional, 'Cityscape' side table, from the PE200 series, chrome-plated steel, brass, United States, circa 1975
This side table from the 'Cityscape' (PE 200) line ...
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel, Chrome
Sculpted Steel Zigzag Coffee Table Base by Paul Evans for Directional
By Paul Evans
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sculpted steel "zigzag" coffee table base by American Designer and studio craftsman Paul Evans (American, 1927-1993) circa 1960s for Directional. The table, Model PE-11, takes a geometrical ‘Zig Zag' form and is welded from the steel. Its surface is decorated with his iconic relief patterns such as stars, swirls, lines, gilt dots and grid web as well as red, yellow, green and gold polychrome colors with black strokes...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Steel
Cityscape Coffee Table Paul Evans for Directional
By Paul Evans
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large brass patchwork cityscape coffee table in contrast with a rather unusual Brazilian rosewood top. A very generous size with striking visual impact. This is a custom pieces executed circa 1975 by Paul Evans for Directional.
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Paul Evans Brutalist Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Evans
(American, 1931-1987)
Brutalist mixed metal patchwork coffee table with original slate top, circa 1970.
42 inches wide and deep by 16 ½ ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Slate, Copper
Paul Evans Brutalist, Torch Cut Coffeetable
By Directional, Paul Evans
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
Signed Paul Evans Octagonal Cityscape Burl Wood and Chrome Dining Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Signed Paul Evans octagonal cityscape burl wood and chrome dining table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
$7,700 Sale Price
30% Off
Paul Evans Cityscape Brass and Chrome Pedestal
By Paul Evans
Located in Countryside, IL
Paul Evans Cityscape Brass and Chrome Pedestal
This pedestal measures: 15 wide x 15 deep x 64.5 inches high
ABOUT PHOTOS: We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Paul Evans Console for Directional Brutalist Sculpted Bronze & Glass Wall Mount
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in Dallas, TX
1960s sculpted bronze wall mount console designed by Paul Evans and produced by Directional. New glass top. Original wall mount brackets.
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Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Steel
Paul Evans Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Mixed Metal Console Table, 1970’s
By Paul Evans
Located in Hampstead, QC
Paul Evans (1931-1987) was an iconic American furniture designer, sculptor, artist and a leading figure in the mid-century modern American movement with his now famous Brutalist furn...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass, Copper, Steel
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
Paul Evans Deisgned Mid-Century Coffee Table
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage modern coffee table features a cityscape style base with a textured pattern design. Unique cocktail table with metal ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Metal
$2,500 Sale Price
37% 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 Cityscape Patchwork Coffee Table, Signed
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
Paul Evans cityscape patchwork coffee table. The table is burl wood with a brass base. Signed Paul Evans.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paul Evans Tables
Materials
Brass
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 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
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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