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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
"Cinova" Chrome Game Table by Sergio Mazza & Grimigna, 1970s
By Sergio Mazza
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 ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Geometric Sculptural Black Lacquer Coffee Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A rare find from the 1950s, this original black lacquer coffee table boasts a Cubist-inspired geometric design. Crafted by renowned designer Gail Fury, its sculptural form and lipped...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
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!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Round White Marble 1" Thick Top Diamond Pattern Texture Composition Tulip Shape
By Knoll, Herman Miller
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Round White Marble 1" Thick Top Diamond Pattern Texture Composition Tulip Shape Dining Conference Table MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Composition
Brandt Furniture 3 Tier Formica and Walnut Center / Cocktail Table, circa 1960s
By Brandt
Located in Germantown, MD
Brandt furniture three tier Formica and walnut table. May be used as coffee table, center table or / cocktail table. Rare formica top in excellent condition. Two shelves with 6" clea...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Formica, Walnut
Antique Table Stand Uk Import
Located in Seattle, WA
Antique Table Stand. Uk Import. This Table has Primitive Style and hand Carved Floral Design on Both levels and has Great Character patina to the Wood.
Dimensions. 23 1/2 W ; 23 1...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Square Cloth Covered Coffee Table Under Beveled Edge.
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern cloth covered coffee table in the style of Karl Springer. Rounded corners square.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Grasscloth
Giuseppe Scapinelli. Mid-Century Modern "Spider" Coffee Table in Wood
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Giuseppe Scapinelli. "Spider" coffee table made of solid caviuna wood with glass top. This Brazilian modern coffee table represent the approximation of Scapinelli with biomorphism, T...
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid century modern Johannes Andersen ''Capri'' Teak Wood Coffee Table
Located in Madrid, ES
Large kidney shaped coffe table in teak wood, model “Capri” designed by Johannes Andersen (Denmark) for the swedish forniture company Trensum Möbelfabrik. Sweden, late 50´s.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Teak
Heavy Iron Base Glass Top Console Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style heavy iron base glass top sofa console table.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Iron
Burnished Steel Center Hall Table or End Table Made to Order
Located in Chicago, IL
Center hall table that we hand-form from solid steel (or optionally in solid bronze of brass) and then burnish to a brilliant finish. This particular center hall table was clear-coat...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
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
Tommy Parzinger Occasional Rectangular Side Table Brass and Satinwood
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Early midcentury Art Deco satinwood and brass small occasional table by Tommy Parzinger.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Modern Mid-Century Round Glass Dining or Center Table Attr. to Ico Parisi
By Ico Parisi
Located in Rome, IT
Striking Mid-Century round glass Dining or Center Table Attributed to Ico Parisi
Elegant design geometric brass center cone , supported by three black painted legs.
Excellent orig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
Heavy Gage Chrome Plated Steel Base Marble Top Round Gueridon Cafe Table Stand
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Contemporary heavy and solid design granite top side center gueridon table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Granite, Chrome
Large Oversized Lucite Base Glass Top Base Coffee Table Rectangular Cut Corner
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangular cut corner top glass lucite base coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Sculptural Glass C Shape Base Coffee Table Stacked Ice Looking Glass Base
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual c-shape base glass base rounded rectangle coffee table. The base is made of numerous glass tiles fused together to form a Moon ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
Cerused Oak Center Table
Located in New York, NY
Cerused oak center table. The table has a beveled round glass top.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Oak
Midcentury Blue Top Dining or Center Table attr. to Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
Rare midcentury round blue top dining or center table resting on four brass sabots legs.attribution to Gio Ponti.
Similar tables were designed by Ponti for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Mod Jumbo Italian Coffee Table Edited by Knoll
By Knoll, Gae Aulenti
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Jumbo coffee table designed by Gae Aulenti (Italy, 1927-1972) for Knoll. Made in Carrara marble.
Gae Aulenti (1927-2012) was one of the few Italian women to rise to prominence in ar...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Smoked Glass Round Top X-Base Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern smoked bronze glass round top coffee table. Barcelona style.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
Teperman, Coffee Table, c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
This coffee table made in the 1960s by the Brazilian workshop Teperman owes its charm to its deliberately refined design highlighting the great beauty...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Midcentury Low Table in Rosewood by Poul Nørreklit, Danish Design, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Low table with rosewood plate and brass frame. Designed by Poul Nørreklit for Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik. Great original condition.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Black Lacquer Mid-Century Modern X-Base Dining Table with Two Leaves
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern dining table with two 2 x 20" - leaves. Nice X or pretzel organic shape base.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Birch, Walnut
Floating Widdicomb Marble Inserts Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice "floating" rectangle top with three marble inserts coffee table by Widdicomb.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cherry Teal Dining Table Franz Schuster Vienna 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage cherrywood dining table or center table from cherrywood and teal green formica plate design attributed to Franz Schuster Vienna, 1950s.
An outstanding dini...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Formica, Cherry
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Walnut Square Crossed Trestle Occasional
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (1950s) walnut occasional / side table with a square top supported by a crossed trestle base with curved sabre feet. (T.H. ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS FOR WIDDICOMB FURNIT...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Italian Modern Center Table By Fornasetti
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Center Table By Fornasetti.
We offer this original Italian mid century modern center by Piero Fornasetti featuring an iron base, brass feet and a decorated lacquered w...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Iron
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
Round Glass Top Lucite Base Gueridon Center Cafe Dining Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern small round dining center table. Chrome and Lucite tripod base. In the style of Pace.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Tessellated Stone Fossil Top Brass Inlay Square Coffee Table on Cabriole Legs
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tessellated Stone Fossil Top Brass Inlay Square coffee table on Cabriole Legs
Category
20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stone, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Round Table with Smoked Glass Top and 3 Wooden Chairs
By Ceccotti
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian round cherry wood table with smoked glass top and 3 wooden chairs in the style of Ceccotti. 1970s
The table has an ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Straw, Smoked Glass, Wood
Organic Free Form Molded Bent Glass Wave Pattern Large Console Table Glass Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very unusual studio piece free-form molded glass console table with thick glass top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
Italian Modern 65 Inch Tripod Center Table Or Dining Table By Cassina
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern 65 Inch Tripod Center Table Or Dining Table By Cassina.
Our outstanding grand scale Italian modern (La Rotonda) table with a beautiful geo...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Tommi Parzinger Dining Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant dining table, designed by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger originals, circa 1960s. This table is currently being refinished and can be completed in your choice of finish color. It is a versatile size and can be used as a small dining table for four...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Pewter
Italian Brass and Chrome Center or Dining Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Italian Brass and Chrome Center or Dining Table, Italy, circa 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Brass Chrome Glass Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangular glass top coffee table. Chrome frame shape base with brass accent rings. glass top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Virgil Abloh Double Modular Imagination Table For Cassina
By Virgil Abloh
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Virgil Abloh Double Modular Imagination Table For Cassina
Virgil Abloh and Cassina design a project that explores the implications of modularity in contemporary interior design. Blo...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Thick Smoked Glass Top Chrome Base Rectangle Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern 3/4" thick smoked glass coffee table Milo Baughman decor match.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Brass and Glass Round Gueridon Center Table Pedestal
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern decorative brass claw feet ball finials elegant bend metal legs.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Modern Parson Style Large Rectangle Coffee Table w Bottom Shelf MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Parson Style Large Rectangle Coffee Table w Bottom Shelf MINT
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Base Square Thick Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome base square glass top coffee table with thick 3/4" glass.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Solid Oiled Walnut Heavy Face Sides Hexagon Shape Side Center Occasional Table
By John Keal
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern hexagon shape two-door storage compartment side end table. In the style of John Keal.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fabulous Italian Pair of Mid-Century Tables w/Custom Mirrored Sunburst Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gorgeous pair of custom eglomisé mirror top tables on mid 20th century Italian bases. These mid-century tables have each been fashioned with an artisan-made, 40 inch round-shaped a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Fontana Arte Glass Zodiac Cocktail or Coffee Table Attributed to Gio Ponti
By Fontana Arte
Located in Rome, IT
Rare Fontana Arte midcentury "verre églomisé" glass top reverse painted with a Zodiac motif.
Resting on black metal and brass legs. Attributed to Gio Ponti.
Glass in perfect vintag...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Art Glass
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood Tri Legged Side End Table Stand 1949 Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Swedish Mid-Century Modern burl wood tri legged side end table stand 1949 mint.
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Burl
Midcentury Center Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Midcentury center table with Amara ebony veneer and ebonized mahogany with brass accents.
Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Rolled Edge Solid Teak Top Square Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Rolled Edge solid teak top square Danish Mid-Century Modern coffee table mint!
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Teak
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
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
French Midcentury Metal and Brass Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
This metal, brass, and glass coffee table has the sleek, yet decadent, look that’s reminiscent of French designer Georges Geffroy. The smooth light met...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Carved Walnut Rouge Marble Top Lamp Side Occasional Table Stand Pedestal
By J. Horner
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Carved walnut rouge marble top lamp side occasional table stand pedestal.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Vintage Hummered Forged Copper & Iron Round Coffee Table & Pair of Stools Seats
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Vintage Hummered Forged Copper & Iron Round Coffee Table & Pair of Stools Seats.
Table: 36 x 18
Stool: 16 x 15.5.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Copper, Iron
Square Chrome and Brass Hoof Feet Base Thick Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass hoof feet chrome frame 3/4" thick glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Rare Mid-Century Center Table or Occasional Table Attr.To Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian center table or occasional table with brass tripod base.
The tabletop decoration with Boticelli lithographic print on lacquered wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Two Tone Square Travertine Coffee Table Grey Bezel Italian Mid Century Mode
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Grey & beige two tone 40" square Travertine coffee table grey bezel Italian Mid-Century Modern.
Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine
Boat Shape Marble Top Tapered Cone Shape Brass Legs Coffee Table Mint
By Gio Ponti, Ico Parisi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Lucite & brass base glass top console sofa table mid century modern mint.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
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.