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
Lacquered steel and amber mirror coffee table
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
Elegant and scenic Coffee Table in hand-decorated Black Lacquered Steel and original Amber Crystal double shelf.
The Classical design was reinterpreted by making the structure of ste...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
Two Tier Black Lacquer & Walnut Square End Side Center Table Stand Juhl Baker
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Refinished two tier black lacquer & walnut square end side center table stand Juhl Baker.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Faux Bamboo Brass and Glass Rectangular Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass and glass rectangular coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
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!
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
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
Outstanding Italien Coffee Table with Massive Glass Top attributed Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Munich, DE
Wooden legs with brass fittings and details.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
$2,405 Sale Price
37% Off
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
Early Dunbar Square Leather and Wood Coffee Table Faux Gold Tortoise Finish
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Early Dunbar square leather and wood coffee table faux gold tortoise finish.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Beautiful Marble Dining Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Marble dining table features a rectangular top and full marble base. Designed with Italian influence this piece is stunning and unusual. A pe...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
$2,310 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Square Mid Century Modern Coffee Table on Chrome Corner Legs
By Knoll, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice square coffee table with thick glass top and chrome legs. Measures: 41 x 41.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Le Corbusier 10 Table en Tube Basse, Grand Modèle, Outdoor For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier 10 Table en Tube Basse, Grand Modèle, Outdoor For Cassina
An outdoor table with a sleek design. The support structure reveals its uniqueness in the chrome-plating of th...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Fiberglass Dining Table Styled After Eero Saarinen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This beautiful Mid Century Fiberglass Dining Table Styled After Eero Saarinen features a round white wooden top with a cast iron metal base to support ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Large Mid Century Modern c.1970's Lucite Brass Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Mid Century Modern c.1970's Lucite Brass Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Square Chrome and Brass Hoof Feet Base Coffee Table Thick Glass Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Midcentury Italian modern brass hoof feet chrome X stretcher base coffee center table of Maison Jansen style.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
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
Round Cylinder Coffee Center Table Textured Pearl Faux Skin Finish
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern textured faux skin finish cylinder shape studio coffee table in style of John Dickinson.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Composition
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
$6,545 Sale Price
44% Off
Round White Marble 1" Thick Top Diamond Pattern Texture Composition Tulip Shape
By Herman Miller, Knoll
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
1950s Stitched Leather Center Table by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950s stitched leather center table by Jacques Adnet
France.
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Solid Bronze Base Thick Square Solid Travertine Top Coffee Center Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid bronze base 2" thick square solid Travertine top coffee center table mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Sophisticated Stainless Steel and Brass Coffee Table by Jean Claude Dresse
Located in Voorburg, NL
Impressive brushed stainless steel and brass square coffee table, designed and signed by Jean Claude Dresse, Belgium, circa 1970. An extraordinary piece, crafted with great eye for p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Oval Glass Gold Gilt Wrought Iron Metal Base Hollywood Regency Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oval glass gold gilt wrought iron metal base hollywood regency coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Modernist Vintage Stone Dining Table Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti 1973 Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage dining table Paracarro from stone by Giovanni Offredi 1973, Italy and executed by Saporiti.
The circular base from stone shows a chrome cross for placing t...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stone
Large Rectangle Faux Egg Shell Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice quality egg shell or coconut shell like finish large Mid-Century Modern style coffee table. 48 x 60.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Bent Lucite Z-Shape Base Thick Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Z-shape compact thick glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Circa 1960s-70s American Circular Table by Herman Miller
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A circular dining or work table, made by Herman Miller, c.1960s-70s. Designed by Charles Eames. Mid century modern Aluminum Group, 4 prong chrome base with white laminate top with bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Italian Square Coffee Table Style Finn Julh Italian Design
By Finn Juhl
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Italian coffee table from the 60s in the style of designer Finn Julh. Square top in rosewood with bevelled edges, beautiful wood grain on the top. Chromed st...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Modern Square White & Grey Marble Coffee Center Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern 40x40 square white & grey marble coffee center table. Single pedestal base.
Category
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
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
Italian mid century modern white iron round garden table with flower decor, 1960
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern white iron round garden table with flower decor, 1960.
Dining table in white painted iron with a perforated round top, under which there is a second smalle...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Iron
Solid Brass Oval Swan Heads Feet Motive Coffee Table Center Finial
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid Brass Oval Swan Heads Feet Motive coffee table center Finial.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Ficks Reed Bamboo & Reed Square Glass Top Coffee Table c.1970s Mint!
By Ficks Reed
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Ficks Reed Bamboo & Reed Square Glass Top Coffee Table c.1970s Mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Glass
Bernard Dunand French Midcentury Geometric Lacquered Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
French midcentury low round top coffee table with a black and red geometric stylized leaf design top supported on 4 black metal legs with gilt bronze sabots (signed: BERNARD DUNAND)....
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Double Lucite Pedestal Oval Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and machined brass "gills" form pedestal bases oval glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Circular Walnut, Giltwood and Marble Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century center table with a painted gilt finish and an off-white round marble top featuring gray striations, supported by 3 spool form legs anchored to a central sphere and termi...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble
Oval Kittinger Coffee Table Faux Bamboo Tapered Legs Incised Leafs Design on Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern decorative tapered faux bamboo legs coffee table. Carved in leaf top design.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
travertine Top Horn Like Pillars Tripod Base Round Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern round floating travertine top coffee table. Horn like base solid mahogany elements and finish. Gibbing decor match and influence.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine
Floating Coffee Table by Eugenio Escudero
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this coffee table with the amazing and characteristic design of Eugenio Escudero, made in México in mahogany wood, circa 1950. We do not include glass for best shipping.
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Cedar
Tri Leg Three-Tier Side Display Table Planter
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern planter or display table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Folke Ohlsson Scandinavian Coffee Table "Frisco" for Brabohag Tingstroms Danish
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Rattan, Teak
Tavolini modulari ''Gli Scacchi'' di Mario Bellini per C&B Italia, 1970s, 3
Located in Quarrata, IT
Set di tavolini componibili ''Gli Scacchi'' di Mario Bellini per C&B Italia, 1970s, set di 3
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Plastic
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 Center table by Bertomeu & Cia, Brazil, 1960s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Center table by Bertomeu & Cia, Brazil, 1960s
Center table featuring a solid wood frame and a white marble top.
The design reflects the elegant modernist aesthet...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Tavolino decò circolare, Italia, anni '40.
Located in Palermo, PA
Elegante tavolino circolare da salotto, composto da legni vari e piano in cristallo specchiato con incisioni.
Produzione italiana della prima metà degli anni '40, in pieno stile decò...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Octagonal Stone Composite Top Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning mid-century design that boasts a sculpted walnut base with unusual cut-out designs. This pedestal style coffee table makes the perfect addition to any home, business. or office. The unusual heavy tabletop is made of a stone composite...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stone
$950 Sale Price
52% Off
Dark Wood Round Pedestal Base Dining Table Cast Iron Amicalola Base
Located in Birmingham, AL
The Amicalola base captures the room set against a round or oval table top. This pedestal base is hand cast by the artisans at Sloss Furnaces historic foundry in Birmingham to look b...
Category
2010s American 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
Midcentury Rosewood Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Mid-century rosewood coffee table that beautifully captures the design ethos of the era, with its clean lines, organic forms, and respect for materials. The table's most striking fea...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Large Oval Glass Top Brushed Stainless & Brass Base Coffee Table Nice
By Paul Evans, Romeo Rega
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
Round Marble Coffee Table by Celina Decorações, Midcentury Brazilian, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
This round marble coffee table was produced by the Brazilian company Celina Decorações in the 1960s. The piece is composed of a rosewood structure wi...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Ico Parisi Italian Mid-Century Circular Faceted Apron Dining / Center Table
By Ico Parisi
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century circular wooden center / dining / breakfast table in a dark finish, with a faceted apron and four tapered cylindrical legs. (ICO PARISI)
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Glass Top Bent Lucite Legs Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern glass top carved Lucite cabriole leg rectangular coffee table.
The legs are secured and brass ball finial decorative fastener and the whole table easily comes apa...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Extra Large Wide Rectangle Bronzed Frame Modern Coffee Table 3/4" Thick Glass
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Massive heavy built mid century modern decorative coffee table with thick glass top. Heavy high quality craftsmanship bronzed frame.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Lucite Base Round Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern lucite base glass top round side table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Midcentury French Silver Leaf Iron Table with Glass Top and Greek Key Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French vintage silver leaf iron center table from the mid-20th century, with circular glass top and Greek Key motifs. Created in France during the midcentury period, this table fea...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Iron, Silver Leaf
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
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
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
$740 Sale Price
20% Off
Stainless Steel Coffee Table by Steelcase Designed by Gardner Leaver 1970s
Located in Stafford, TX
Stainless Steel Coffee Table by Steelcase
Designed by Gardner Leaver, 1970s
Beautiful well constructed stainless steel & smoke glass coffee table!
Chairs pictured not available.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
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
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.