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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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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.

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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid Century Modern Large Rectangle Burl Wood Chrome Base Coffee Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Mid-Century Modern rectangle book matched burl wood chrome base coffee table milo baughman atr. Mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Danish Mid-Century Modern Oval Coffee Table with Smoked Glass Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid teak Danish modern oval coffee table.
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Teak

Bamboo Center Table
Located in Clermont, FL
1970s Bamboo rectangular table with removable glass top.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Bamboo, Glass

Richard Schultz for Knoll International Red Lacquered Redwood 'Petal' Table
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century 'petal' form center table made of redwood and finished with red lacquer, resting on a pedestal base. (RICHARD SCHULTZ FOR KNOLL INTERNATIONAL).  
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood, Lacquer

20th Century Renato Polidori Skipper Table Mod. Faraone Marble and Crystal, 80s
Located in Turin, Turin
Renato Polidori, an italian designer born in 1934, is not so know as many others. He worked for a long time alongside Angelo Mangiarotti at Skipper Ita...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Crystal, Marble, Steel

Petit Fontana Arte Mid-Century Modern Brass & Glass Rectangle Coffee Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petit Fontana Arte Mid-Century Modern brass & 3/4" glass rectangle coffee table mint!    
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Square Travertine Base Glass Top Side End Occasional Coffee Lamp Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern square travertine base glass top side end occasional coffee lamp table mint!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

Mid-Century Sika Mobler Denmark Teak and Smoked Glass Coffee Table 1960s
Located in Torquay, GB
Mid-Century Teak and Smoked glass coffee table by Sika Mobler Denmark, circa 1960s. Whilst under the helm of Ankjær Andreasen, Sika Mobler introduced smal...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Teak

Mid-Century Italian Brass, Chrome Table Base Signed Romeo Rega
Located in Vilnius, LT
Mid-century Italian Romeo Rega dining table base is made of brass, chrome, plywood. It is heavy and solid, very good vintage condition. Signed Romeo Rega Made in Italy.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Midcentury Formica Writing Desk, 1960´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid century writing desk with one drawer. It has chromed legs and formica top. Very simple design, typical for period 60´s in Czechoslovakia. Condition: Good vintage condition,...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

White Wood Mid-Century Modern Table in the Style of Gerrit Rietveld, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Crate table design in the style of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld for Metz & Co, manufactured in Holland, circa 1950. Lacquered wood and glass top. In good original condition, preserving a beautiful patina. Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (24 June 1888-25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. One of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement called De Stijl, Rietveld is famous for his red and blue chair and for the Rietveld Schröder House...
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1940s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Chrome Dining Table by Osvaldo Borsani for Stow & Davis
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1970s Chrome and glass dining table designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Stow & Davis. Condition notes: In very good vintage condition. Fine surface scratches to the smoked ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Italian Black Marble Top Double Pedestal Base Rectangle Coffee Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern black marble top double pedestal base rectangle coffee table MINT!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Steel

Stainless Steel and Glass Waterfall Coffee Table by Brueton, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Stainless Steel and Glass Waterfall Coffee/cocktail Table by Brueton, 1970. Original condition.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stainless Steel

"Cinova" Chrome Game Table by Sergio Mazza & Grimigna, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, PA
An impressive chrome designer card table by Sergio Mazza & Grimigna, circa 1970. This iconic designer is well known for mid-century modern lighting designs and we have never owned a ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Caviuna Coffee Table from Hotel Nacional Brasilia circa 1960 Midcentury Brazil
Located in New York, NY
This coffee table produced in the 1960s is made of solid Caviuna with a Formica top, a decorative solution largely used in Brazilian mid-century furniture production. The most charming detail is the elliptical legs, using massive pieces of golden Caviuna - very rare nowadays. This coffee table belonged to Hotel Nacional...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Formica, Hardwood

Brass & Lucite Round Glass Top Coffee Occasional Table Clean!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass & Lucite round glass top coffee occasional table clean!.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Mexican Dinning and Center Table in the Style of Michael Van Beuren
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Dinning Table that can be converted to a coffee table by simply moving the base, in the style of Michael Van Beuren made in pine wood and palm cords, circa 1960. Great ...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Seagrass, Pine

Midcentury Formica and Wood Central Table, Czechoslovakia, 1960's
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid-century central table with a formica plate, beech legs and one drawer. It can be used as a writing desk as well. It was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1960´s. In well preserved Vintage...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Formica, Wood, Beech

Italian Round Table With Glass Top
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Round centre or dining table, wood, glass, Italy, 1950s Elegant round dining or center table made in Italy in the 1950s. The table top is executed in green glass with circular white...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stained Glass, Wood

Osvaldo Borsani Rare Dining or Center Table Model 7387
Located in New York, NY
Osvaldo Borsani for ABV Arredamenti Borsani Varedo rare dining or center table model 7387 with original beautifully grained circular marble top resting on sculptural dark stained mah...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

Tomlinson Fossil Marble Rolled Edges Rounded Corners Rectangle Coffee Table MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tomlinson Fossil Marble Top Rolled Edges Rounded Corners Rectangle Surf Boat One Drawer Coffee Table MINT!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stone

Octagonal Oil Walnut Base Round Slate Top Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Octagonal Walnut Base Round Slate Top Mid-Century Modern coffee table MINT!.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Slate, Stone

Mid-Century Italian Coffee Table with Marble Top, 'circa 1950s'
Located in London, GB
Mid-century Italian coffee table with marble top in the style of Ico Parisi (1950s). A tan with white highlights, rectangular (with curved ends) marble top sits upon a very stylish b...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

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
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Travertine, Marble

Mid-Century Modern Cylinder Drum Shape Burl Wood End Side Table Nightstand Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern cylinder drum shape burl wood end side table nightstand mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Burl

Signed Silas Seandel Coffee Table
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Signed silas seandel coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Bronze, Steel

Mid Century Italian Marble Round Dining Table or Center Table with Chrome Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous circular dining table with burgundy marble from Italy circa 1970's. It features a four legged chrome plated steel base with thick m...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Chrome

Artistic Early 1950's Rattan Cane and Reed Table
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Beautifully hand crafted rattan foyer or sun porch table with intricate split reed SUN design top. Edge trim is nubby split rattan. Legs are natural ratt...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Rattan

Lacquered Parchment Dining Table by Enrique Garcel, Colombia 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating square dining table designed by Enrique Garcel. This table features a lacquered parchment finish dyed in a deep plum hue with natural patterns and subtle color variatio...
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20th Century Colombian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Gold Leaf

Midcentury Formica and Wood Central Table, Czechoslovakia, 1960´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid Century central table with a formica plate, beech legs and one drawer. It can be used as a writing desk as well. It was made in the former Cz...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Fabric, Wood, Beech

Ico Parisi Attributed Dining Table Italy 1950
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
A rare and beautiful high dining or centre table attributed to a design by Ico Parisi and made in Italy 1950. This fantastic shaped and well-crafted dining table has a beautiful soli...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Teak

Mid-Century Modern Table Designed by Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing table designed by José Zanine Caldas, manufactured by “Móveis Artísticos Z” in Brazil, 1950s. Three inclined legs support the table top with an organic shape. The table has t...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Hardwood

Set of 3 Mid Century Modern Nesting Coffee Side End Occasional Tables MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of 3 Mid Century Modern Nesting Coffee Side End Occasional Tables MINT!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Laminate, Walnut

Pierced Caved Ornament Round Walnut Banded Mid-Century Modern Side End Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pierced caved ornament round walnut banded Mid-Century Modern side stand end occasional table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Vintage Mid Century Modern Table. Uk Import
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern table. UK Import. Dimensions. 27 1/2 W ; 17 D ; 14 H.
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Paul Evans Inspired Brutalist Steel Toned Coffee or Side Table with Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brutalist Paul Evans inspired vintage coffee table with new round glass top and sculptural base. Black feet pads on base. In original condition with visible wear consistent with its ...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Aluminum

Burl Walnut Birdseye Maple Two Tone Square Cut Corner Coffee Center Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Burl walnut birdseye maple two tone square cut corner coffee center table MINT!.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Burl, Birdseye Maple

Knoll Black Granite and Stainless Steel Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll Black Granite and Stainless steel coffee table, 1970. Original.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Granite, Stainless Steel

Square Sculptural Glass Center Table by Modernage
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sculptural center table in rounded rectangular glass with curved glass supports floating in an ebonized wood base by Modernage is a classic. Lo...
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Wood

20th Century, Mario Ceroli Poltronova "Rosa Dei Venti" Table in Inlaid Wood, 70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Mario Ceroli is an important italian sculptor and set designer. He's most famous as one of the protagonists of the Arte Povera, an italian art group active during 60s. His work is characterized by the use of the wood in many shapes and types. Here we have a very peculiar table designed by the artist Mario Ceroli in 70s and produced by Poltronova. The model of the table is "Rosa dei Venti" (wind rose...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Coffee or Center Table in Pine Wood and Laminate, France, 1970's
Located in Barcelona, ES
Coffee or center table from 1970's, France. Solid construction in pine wood with four panels in black laminate.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Laminate, Wood, Pine

Willy Rizzo, table in Lacquered Wood and steel for Mario Sabot, Italy
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Willy Rizzo, table in Lacquered Wood and steel for Mario Sabot, Italy 1960  
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Mid-Century Wooden Centre Table with Distinctive Legs
Located in Milano, IT
A beautiful Italian dining table of fine Italian manufacture from the 1950s. The Italian dining table features wood grain and small special elements in the legs. The legs of the It...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Art Deco Two Tiered Heavy Coffee Table in Figured Joined Solid Walnut circa 1930
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Deco two tier central coffee table by Gio Ponti & Emilo Lancia designers for Meroni & Fossati manufacturer in figured massive walnut , circa 1930s. The designs obtained from the...
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1930s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Cityscape Aluminum Base Lucite Rectangle Top Rounded Corners Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Cityscape aluminum base 3/4" lucite rectangle top rounded corners coffee table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Aluminum

Attr. Maurice Dufrène Gilded Wood and Parchment gueridon table 1930s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful 1930s Art Deco center table gueridon attributed to Maurice Dufrène imparts a cosy, glowing mood to any room. The warm parchment on the two-tier table tops remains look...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Animal Skin, Wood

Burl Wood Henredon Square Game Card Small Dining Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Burl wood henredon square game card small dining table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Burl

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
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Travertine

Ebonised Walnut Tile Top Dowel Tapered Leg Knife Edge Mid-Century Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Ebonised walnut tile top dowel tapered leg knife edge mid-century coffee table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Round Chrome and Plate Glass Coffee Tables by Metaform
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Round double banded steel chrome plated metal coffee table with 3/4" thick glass top is made by Metaform, Netherlands, 1970's. Minor scratches in glass. In original condition with we...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Danish Dining Table with Leaf Shaped Top in Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Attributed to Rainer Daumiller dining table, pine, Denmark, 1970s A stunning dining table executed in a solid pine with beautiful color and visible grain. The table top has two roun...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Pine

Travertine Cube Base Square Glass Top Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Travertine cube base square 3/4" glass top Italian Mid-Century Modern coffee tableglass.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

Dunbar Zebra Wood Square Side Lamp Occasional Coffee Table Stand Mint!
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 Center Tables

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Rosewood, Zebra Wood

Oiled Walnut Tile Insert Floating Top Mid-Century Long Surfboard Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oiled walnut tile insert floating top mid-century long surfboard coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

60s Brutalist Design Occasional Table by Salvino Marsura Silvered Iron Glass Top
Located in London, GB
A one of a kind Brutalist , sculptural very organic round occasional table designed and Made in Italy back in the 1970s by Italian sculpture Salvino Marsura. Hand forged iron base w...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Midcentury Marble Vase Attributed to Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy 1970
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Midcentury black marquinia marble round vase, attributed to Angelo Mangiarotti. Italy, 1970 circa.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

Faux Bamboo Chrome Glass Top Brass Balls Finials Elongated Hexagon Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Faux bamboo chrome glass top brass balls finials elongated hexagon coffee table.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Chrome

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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