Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Beige
Faux Bamboo X Base Round Dining Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern faux bamboo X base dining table w/ thick glass top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Mid-century Italian Marble Coffee Table with Brass Legs, 1960s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-century Italian Marble Coffee Table with Brass legs, 1960s, Italy
Very heavy product
Measurtements :
100 cm x 50 cm x 44 cm
Plea...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mid-Century Italian Travertine Side/Center Table, 1970s
Located in Hilversum, NL
Beautiful coffee table completely executed in travertine. The base consists of a round pedestal. With the bright natural material travertine, the characteristics of the limestone cre...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pedestal Tulip Walnut Coffee Table by Knoll Associate
By Knoll
Located in Houston, TX
A 1950s original pedestal tulip coffee table with a walnut top by Eero Saarinen for Knoll Associates. An early example of a MCM design in very good vintage condition. Bevelled edge t...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Laminate
Mid-Century Modern Tulip Style Marble Center Table, Italy, 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian Tulip-inspired center table, made of a white lacquered iron base, and a rounded white marble tabletop.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Large 41" Square Italian Mid Century Modern Single Pedestal Coffee Table Beveled
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 41" Square Italian Mid Century Modern Single Pedestal Coffee Table Beveled Edge
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Modern Coffee Table
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Travertine
Pedestal in Onyx and Brass by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Superb center table in onyx and brass base by Studio Glustin.
France, 2021.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Italian Mid-Century Brass Black Opaline Console Table 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful thick brass and black opaline glass was made in Italy in the late 1970s. Symmetrical brass elements strike through black opaline glass tops, the result being an impres...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Oval Carrara Marble Top Organic Lucite Base Coffee Table
By Knoll
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern oval carrara marble top organic Lucite base coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Metal and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage gold coffee table showcases a ornate metal base through its circular glass top. Perfect for enjoying coffee or drinks with compa...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Glass Top Solid Brass Trim Cross Shape Base Chrome Base Round Coffee Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Glass Top Solid Brass Trim Cross Shape Base Chrome Base Round Coffee Table MINT!
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Large Oval Glass Top Brushed Stainless & Brass Base Coffee Table Nice
By Romeo Rega, Paul Evans
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large oval 3/4" thick glass top brushed stainless & brass base coffee table nice.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Square Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century Italian modern 40" square travertine coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine
Center Table Caldas with Portuguese Tiles
Located in Lisbon, PT
Well-known for its ceramics tradition, Portuguese tiles production dates back to XVI century.
Inheriting this rich crafts knowledge, the table tops of ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Heavy Polished Brass x Base Thick Glass Square Coffee Table Nice!
By Paul Evans
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Heavy polished brass x base 3/4" thick glass square coffee table nice!
Paul Evans attributed decor match.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Chrome Brass Ram Heads Hoof Feet Square Side End Stand Table Made in Italy Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Chrome brass ram heads hoof feet square side end stand table made in Italy mint!
Glass measures .5'' in thickness.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Mid-Century Modern Onyx Tripple Cylinder Base Side Table Stand Pedestal Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern onyx tripple cylinder base side table stand pedestal lamp table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antler Grouping Base Glass Rectangle Top Coffee Table Folk Art Mid Century Mod
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antler Grouping base glass rectangle top coffee table Folk Art Mid-Century Modern.
Artist signed. Glass top measures 1/2'' thick.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bone, Antler, Glass
Midcentury Brass and Smoked Glass Italian Coffee Table after Romeo Rega, 1970
By Romeo Rega
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful large and iconic coffee table attributed to Romeo Rega, one of the few produced during 1970s.
Like most of Rega's production, this modernist piece with clean lines is ch...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Goatskin Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Karl Springer Goatskin coffee table, 1970. Original.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Glass
Handmade Colorful Yellow Tiles Table top Round Centre Table Caldas for Outdoors
Located in Lisbon, PT
Well-known for its ceramics tradition, Portuguese tiles production dates back to XVI century.
Inheriting this rich crafts knowledge, the table tops of Caldas tables are made with han...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Onyx and Resin Square Cube Shape Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table on Wheels MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Sleek Mid-Century Modern square cube shape coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Onyx
Sunburst Red Tile Mosaic Round Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Round red and white tile brass bezel incased top Sun burst shape coffee table on round tapered dowel legs with brass tips.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Square Solid Brass Bar Profile Base Rectangle Smoked Glass Top Coffee Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square Solid Brass Bar Profile Base Rectangle Smoked Glass Top Coffee Side Table.
Glass Measures 1/2'' in thickness.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Polished Brass Base Glass Top Coffee Table Rounded Scallop
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Vintage Italian polished brass bass rectangular glass top coffee table with rounded scallop shape corners.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Two-Tier "L" Shape Glass and Brass Organic Kidney Shape Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern DIA style "L" shape or kidney shape glass top brass frame coffee center table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Brass Base Glass Top Rounded Square Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Vintage Italian polished brass bass cast brass finials glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Custom-Made Center Hall Table in Cold Plated Bronze with Onyx Top in Most Sizes
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-made in Chicago workshop and part of the Old Plank Collection of Furniture and Sheep. Our Mid-Century Modern center hall tables are typically built to order and are available in...
Category
2010s North American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Onyx, Steel
Traverting & Chrome Diamond Shape Pedestal Base Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table
By Artedi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern glass top travertine base rectangular coffee table. Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Chrome
Abalone Shell Cast in Resin Oval Top Coffee Table on X-Shape Base
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern shell cast in resin top coffee table with Florence Knoll style X-base.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Shell
Glass X Cross Base Coffee Table w/ Marble Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern square marble top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Large Bicolor Brass and Chrome Smoked Glass Coffee Table 1970s Springer Style
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Large bicolor / bicolour rectangular centre coffee table with a smoked glass table top "floating" on a curved polished brass frame supported on large, oversized mirrored chrome legs ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Extending Brass and Glass Table by Romeo Rega, Italy, 1960s
By Romeo Rega
Located in New York, NY
Octagonal dining table by Romeo Rega with brass framing and smoked glass tops. At the center it has a folding leaf to extend the piece by 28”. The two ends can also be used as consol...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Sergio Terzani Gold Illuminated Palm Leaf Table, 1970's
Located in Hastings, GB
An exceptionally rare and beautiful illuminated palm leaf table by Sergio Terzani, Italy, 1970's
This fantastic large coffee table is crafted from bra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
DOOQ Center Table Carved from Solid Marble Bonnie and Clyde
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Coffee or center table carved from a solid block of Estremoz white marble, a sculptural piece that is hand polished to the finest detail. Made to Order.
S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Large Cloth-Covered Square Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice cloth covered square Mid-Century Modern coffee table in style of Karl Springer.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Grasscloth, Seagrass
Bamboo Rattan Rectangular Smoked Glass Top Coffee Table with Dowel Bottom Shelf
By Paul Frankl
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern bamboo bronze glass top rectangular coffee table.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Glass
Single Suspended Pedestal Base Square Glass Top Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual "Suspended" top illusion side or center table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stone, Steel
Mosaic Tile Top Table with Brass Legs
Located in New York, NY
Circular mosaic tile top table with squared brass legs and stretcher. The top has a Roman Key motif in brass tone tile with metallic and off whit...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Brass Frame Marble Top Rectangular Coffee Table McCobb Attributed
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass frame 3/4" marble top coffee table Paul McCobb match.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Square Travertine Legs Brass X Shape Base Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern heavy grade materials square travertine legs glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Base on Wheels Travertine Top Expandable Coffee Table
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass base on wheels travertine top coffee table with iron shape expandable extensions or leaves. Fully adjustable coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Brass Frame Shape Base Glass Top Rectangular Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Heavy gage bolted together machined brass frame glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Square Suspended Base Glass Top Coffee or Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Single "suspended" pedestal Mid-Century Modern square glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stone, Iron
Lacquered Parchment Tray Stainless Steel Base Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Super high studio quality metal work stainless steel base coffee table with tray shape lacquered white goat skin top. Fine pattern lines in the...
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Stacked Polished Lacquered Brass Bars Base Glass Top Square Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass "pyramid" shape base coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Mosaic Marble-Top Solid Brass Bracket Legs Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangle mosaic multi-color marble-top coffee table on solid polished brass legs.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Coffee or Center Table Carved from Solid Marble Bonnie and Clyde, in Stock
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Coffee or center table carved from a solid block of Estremoz white marble, a sculptural piece that is hand polished to the finest detail.
Sensual curves and straight lines embody th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Oval Brass & Glass Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern machine crafted brass base with glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Square Rattan Coffee Table with Formica Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large 31" long square coffee table with pole rattan legs and wood grain formica top with a rattan trim along the borders.
Restored to new for you.
All rattan, bamboo and wicker f...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Rattan
1970s Modernist Chromed Center Table by Karl Springer
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A superb polished stainless steel "tulip" center table having a thick disc base and three flaring brass accented arms supporting a round glass top.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Italian Modern Round Travertine Top Coffee Table on Tapered Metal Legs Base
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Midcentury Italian Modern Gio Ponti looking travertine top coffee table on Fine metal base.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Round Center Hall Table in Bronze or Brass
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern Center Hall table hand-made here in Chicago and available in either brass or bronze. Various patina's are available upon request.
** Measurements provided include...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
Gio Ponti Style Amazing Alabaster Top on Turned Wood Base Dining Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Ferndale, MI
Alabaster top turned wood dining table in the style of Gio Ponti.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Alabaster
Rectangular Brass and Glass Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice actual brass (not plated) base glass top Mid-Century Modern coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Large Harvey Probber Style Terrazzo Octagon Shape Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Walnut base octagon terrazzo top coffee table in the style of H. Probber. Nice brass inlay.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Painted Cast Aluminum Banana Leaf Base Center Table 3/4 Inch Thick Round Glass
By Dickinson
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Thick 3/4" thick glass top cast aluminum base cafe dinette gueridon center table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-century Modern center tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern center tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage center tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, murano glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern center tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for center tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $145 and tops out at $66,749 while the average work can sell for $3,900.
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