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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Magnificent Lucite Pedestals Base Glass Top Dining Conference Table 7' Long
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Magnificent Thick Lucite Pedestals Base 3/4" Glass Top Dining Conference Table 7' Long Mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Lucite Base Glass Top Compact Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern lucite bases thick 3/4" glass top rectangular coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Florence Knoll Square Marble Top Solid Chrome Base Side End Coffee Center Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Florence Knoll square marble top solid chrome base side end coffee center table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Chrome
1970s Red and White Marble Dining or Centre Table
Located in London, London
Marble dining table.
Red marble top with white stone inlay.
Double skin marble top.
Carrara marble base.
1970s/1980s Italy.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble
Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Square Rolled Edges Coffee Table MINT!
By Durland, Dux of Sweden
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern teak square rolled edges coffee table MINT!.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Teak
Italian Mid-Century Garden Table in White Wrought Iron and Glass, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Garden table in white wrought iron and glass, 1960s
Garden table with white painted wrought iron structure. The legs are finely worked. The round top, in thick g...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Table Stand
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern table stand
Dimensions. 18 W ; 24 D ; 29 1/2 H.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Gio Ponti Table at Cost Price
By Gio Ponti
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Elegant center table in wood and brass tripod foot.
Attributed to Gio Ponti.
Italy, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Gold and Amber Faux Bamboo Cane Top Console Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern tortoise finish faux bamboo console table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Faux Bamboo
Maison Jansen Mid-Century Modern French Coffee Center Tables, 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Two beautiful Mid-Century Modern, coffee center tables.
In blackened lacquered wrought iron and elegant ornementations in gilt bronze. The top black opaline glass is original, Fran...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Ceramic Centerpiece by M.G.a
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Iconic ceramic centerpiece by M.G.A, Italy 1970 circa.
Hand painted light blue ceramic centerpiece decorated with small beautiful polar white bears.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Ceramic
Polished Stainless Steel & Brass Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table Mid Century
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Polished stainless steel & brass 3/4" glass top rectangle coffee table Mid-Century Modern.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Antique Table Stand
Located in Seattle, WA
Antique table stand
Dimensions. 30 W ; 23 D ; 29 H.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Maison Jansen Stamped Black Table, French, Louis XVI Style, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Maison Jansen Stamped Black Table, French, Louis XVI Style, Mid-Century Modern
Versatile Dining Table, bearing the clear Maison Jansen marking, and all the hallmarks of a Maison J...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
Tobia Scarpa, Nice Chrome Design Dinning Table, Circa 1970
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice design dining table is made of a chrome base with a blueish glass on top. This is a model by famous Italian designer Tobia Scarpa, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Wrought Iron Art Ornament Brass Tips Feet Oval Glass Top Side End Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Wrought Iron Art Ornament brass tips feet oval 3/4" glass top side end coffee table. STUNNING!.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Danish Teak Mid-Century Modern Rectangular Coffee Table with Cane Shelf
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish medium size rectangular teak coffee table with rattan shelf.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Teak
Studio Superego Modern Wood and Multicolor Plexiglass Italian Coffee Table
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Arti table, halfway between design and art. Created by the Milanese Studio Superego, where warm and traditional materials such as wood are mixed with technical and avant-garde materi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood
Bodil Kjær 'Crossplex Low Table', Polycarbonate and Glass by Karakter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Bodil Kjær in 1959.
The CrossPlex low table was created as part of Kjær’s forward-thinking functional Elements of Architecture furniture program developed betwe...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Mid Century Round Glass and Chrome Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Mid century round glass and chrome coffee table
Table measures: 32 wide x 32 deep x 16 inches high
The base of the table is rusted, scratche...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Non Matching Pair of Rosewood & Crome Square Knoll Side End Tables Stands Mint
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Measure: Big table: 30 x 30 x 17.
Small table: 24 x 24 x 17.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
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
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
Kyoto Solid Wood Rectangular Coffee Table Natural Beech Finish
Located in New York, NY
Understated and refined, the Kyoto table by architect and designer Gianfranco Frattini is the perfect blend of design vision and master craftsmanship.
In the early 70s, during a t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Beech
Mid-Century French Vallauris Tile Top Dining Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A vintage French Vallauris pottery tile top table with sturdy rattan base. Each glazed ceramic tile is unique and laid out in a random mosaic design. Mid century style typical in the...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Rattan
Mid-Century Modern Glass Dining Room Table with Glass Legs in the Pace Style
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern glass dining room table with glass legs and metal cylinder like an stretcher.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
20th Century Afra & Tobia Scarpa Dining Table Model Tobio with Marble Top B&B
Located in Turin, Turin
Since their first meeting at IUAV in Venice to their move to the Venetian countryside, Tobia Scarpa and Afra Bianchin shared first a degree, then a marriage and a career that marked ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Chic Scandinavian Teak Table with Durable Black Laminate Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic Scandinavian teak table with durable black laminate top. Very well constructed and sturdy.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Karl Springer Brass Hexagonal "Jansen" Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Karl Springer "Jansen" center, dining, entry table in polished brass, with black oxide accents, with thick smoked glass top. Professionally polished, near perfect condition. Unsigned...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Round Pedestal Dining Table Spalted Pecan Wood Top 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 beautiful and function out of the way of diner's feet. Rich with Mid-Century Modern inspiration, we conceived the name while hiking the 600 steel stairs that scale the face of Amicalola Falls, the gateway to the Appalachian...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Wooden and Formica Central Table, Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid century side table with one drawer. It was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1950´s. The table is made of wood and formica and painted in ivory. Overall is in good Vintage...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Formica, Wood
Large Stained Wood & Glass 1930s-40s Coffee Table Attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Fine and rare coffee table attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich. This beautiful table was manufactured in Italy around the 1940s in solid wood, stained and polished with a round glass tabl...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Italian Rattan and Brass Center Console by Vivai del Sud, 70s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This console was designed by Vivai Del Sud in Rome in the early 70s. It can be placed both as a center piece or on the wall, entirely handmade with rattan and brass and quite unique ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Faux Bamboo Glass Wide Rectangle Coffee Table Hollywood Regency Mid Century
By McGuire
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Faux Bamboo 3/4" glass wide rectangle coffee table Hollywood Regency Mid Century.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Floating Rosewood Top Chrome Stainless Base Square Side End Coffee Table Mint
By Harvey Probber, Knoll
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Knoll style floating rosewood top chrome stainless base square side end coffee table mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Hans Wegner Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak & Brass X Base Coffee Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Hans Wegner Danish Mid-Century Modern teak & brass x base coffee side table.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Very Ornate Delicate Lines Walnut Inlay Stretched Hexagon Lamp Side Table Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very ornate delicate lines walnut inlay stretched hexagon shape end lamp side occasional table Gueridon mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Andorinha coffee table attributed to Jorge Zalszupin Mid-Century Modern 60'
Located in Houston, TX
Zalszupin’s table Andorinha is another creation inspired by nature – the shape of a swallow. He transforms this inspiration into a multifunctional coffee table with ease, cutting out...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Brass and Burl Wood Tessellated Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tessellated marble coffee table with a burl wood edge and inlaid brass border. This piece makes for a great center table and will surel...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Modernist Sculpture Coffee Table after Carlo Mollino Arabesque in Sculpted Iron
Located in Las Vegas, NV
From the showroom of Barneys New York to your living room,
this massive sculpted iron and white enamel coffee table
designed after the Carlo Mollino's 1949 "Arabesque" table.
3rd li...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Dark Green to Black White Veins Square Marble Side End Coffee Table Stand
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern square marble side end coffee table stand.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Black Cube Shape Marble Base Brass Stretchers Square Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Black cube shape marble base brass stretchers square glass top coffee table.
Cantilever design base Italian coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Finn Juhl for Baker Square Walnut Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Finn Juhl for Baker Square Walnut Mid-Century Modern coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
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 Wood Center Table by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1960s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern wood center table by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1960s
Center table created in the 1960s by the acclaimed Brazilian designer...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Plywood, Hardwood
Dining Table with Green Marble Top, Italy 1950s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This Italian dining table was designed in the 1950s. The extravagant table frame is made of stained solid beechwood, and Alpi Verde marble was used as the m...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Solid Rosewood Base Terrazzo Granite Top Rectangle Danish Modern Coffee Table
By Arne Vodder, Finn Juhl
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid Rosewood Base Terrazzo Mosaic Granite Top Rectangle Danish Modern Coffee Table.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stone
Teak And Suede Sling Shelf Mid-Century Modern End Table Stand Magazine Rack
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Teak And Suede sling shelf Mid-Century Modern end table stand magazine rack.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
Mid-Century Modern Leather and Wood Circular Coffee Table by Angel I. Pazmino
Located in London, GB
The work of Ecuadorian furniture maker Angel Pazmiño has been internationally recognized since the 1960s, when he was part of an initiative by the US Agency for International Develop...
Category
1960s Ecuadorean Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
1980s Lacquered Goatskin Dining Table Attributed to Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1980s lacquered goatskin dining table attributed to Karl Springer.
The top which is in two pieces can be extended to accommodate two addition...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Teak Danish Modern Wrap Around Fan Shape Coffee Table Dowel Tapered Legs Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual teak Danish modern wrap around fan shape coffee table dowel tapered legs mint!
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Teak
Round Pedestal Dining Table Solid Pecan Wood Top 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 beautiful and function out of the way of diner's feet. Rich with Mid-Century Modern inspiration, we conceived the name while hiking the 600 steel stairs that scale the face of Amicalola Falls, the gateway to the Appalachian...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
Danish Mid Century Modern Oiled Walnut Dowel Legs Square Coffee Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern oiled walnut dowel legs square coffee table mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Mid-Century Metal Center Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique metal table features asian inspired top, as well as ornate rolled metal accenting. The gold finish gives this piece a sophisticated look perfect for any far eastern style...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage English Import Desk/Console Table with Figured Wood
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage English import desk/console table with figured wood
Dimensions. 34 W ; 29 1/2 H ; 22 D.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Cansado Bench / Authentic Mid-Century Modern Paris, 1958
Located in Zürich, CH
Charlotte Perriand counts as one of the masters of French modernist design together with Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé or Pierre Jeanneret. Her works are highly valued until present time...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Iron
Multicolor Marble X Base Square Marble Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern X base multi color marble or travertine square coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
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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