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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 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
Cantieri Carugati low coffee table, Italy, 1960s.
Located in Palermo, PA
Low coffee table for living room by Cantieri Carugati, Italian production from the 1960s. Completely made of wood, excellent workmanship, excellent quality of wood. Good condition, s...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Danish Large Teak Coffee Center Table, Glostrup Denmark 1960s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Vintage midcentury large rectangular long coffee or center table with rounded edges and corners by Glostrup Møbelfabrik, made in Denmark, circa 1965. This beautifully constructed solid teak table features solid wooden flat legs and a curved wooden table...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Teak

Signed Paul Evans Octagonal Cityscape Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Signed Paul Evans octagonal cityscape pedestal dining table  Table is showing reflection from floor.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Wrought Iron Faux Belts Rinded Together Base 3/4" Glass Top Large Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Wrought Iron Faux Belts Rinded Together Base 3/4" Glass Top Large Coffee Table MInt
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Jansen Travertine, Bronze & Lucite Table, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Large center table or console, very thick travertine top supported by two massive lucite legs two inches thick, linked by a Bronze stretcher.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Travertine, Bronze

Design Studio Simon Constantin Table for Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Design Studio Simon Constantin Table for Cassina The Constantin design low table is a true work of art, included in the Ultramobile collection designed by Studio Simon as a tribute ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Custom for William (table and bench)
Located in Birmingham, AL
Amicalola Table (cast iron base) - walnut - 72 x 54 oval 1" thick stingray edge - 8" W walnut planks - 2PK urethane finish Sheen 10 Walnut Knife Beam Bench - 26" L x 17" H x 12" D -...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel, Bronze, Iron

Percival Lafer, Coffee Table, Patchwork Wood, c. 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
This exceptional coffee table by Percival Lafer is a striking example of 1970s design, seamlessly blending natural materials with contemporary finishes. The tabletop, crafted from an...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Black Tinted Oak Solid Wood Coffee Table, Fishes Series 1 by Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Fishes is a series of sculptural coffee tables inspired by the famous Fish (1930) sculpture of Rumanian artist Constantin Brancusi. Brancusi's work has been widely regarded as a masterpiece of modern art, and his Fish sculpture remain an iconic symbol of his artistic vision. The Fishes Coffee Tables...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood, Oak, Hardwood

De Pas D'Urbino Lomazzi 1983 Dining Table Cream Lacquer Square Glass Top Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Table with bevelled clear glass top in special square size cm 110 x 110, 12 mm thickness, base cm 69.5 x 69.5 x H 71.5 Total height 72 cm. Sculptural zig-zag wooden base cm 69.5 x ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Wood

Glass X Cross Base Coffee Table w/ Marble Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern square marble top coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

20th Century Cesare Lacca Wooden Coffee Table with Sculptured Structure '50s
Located in Turin, Turin
Wonderful low table designed by the great master Cesare Lacca in '50s. The table is entirely in wood, it has a circular top with a wonderful veneer. The most significant part of this...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Tobia Scarpa, Nice Chrome Design Dinning Table, Circa 1970
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.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Coffee table for living room, Italy, 1970s.
Located in Palermo, PA
Large coffee table made of glass, plexiglass, and brass, Italian production circa 1970s. In keeping with the Italian style of the second half of the 20th century, very good condition...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

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...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Plastic

Extendable Italian Dining Table attributed to Gio Ponti
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Mid-Century Marvel: Extendable Dining Table Attributed to Gio Ponti A Statement Piece for Grand Gatherings: This captivating extendable dining table, attributed to the le...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Beech

Bent Polished Stainless Glass Top Gary Gutterman "Odyssey" Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Signed & dated 1975 bent polished stainless steel base wide rectangle rounded corners thick 3/4" glass top coffee table by Gary Gutterman.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stainless Steel

Italian Modern Chrome And Brass Table Attributed To Romeo Rega
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Chrome And Brass Table Attributed To Romeo Rega. This versatile Italian arched mixed metal table with a 1 inch thick glass top is the perfect center table, dining tabl...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Brutalist Steel Center, Dining or Console Table in the Style of Silas Seandel
Located in Miami, FL
Oval glass top center or dining table with welded steel base in the style of Paul Evans and Silas Seandel. Manufacturer unknown, circa 1970s. Use with the existing glass or have a ne...
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1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Signed Paul Evans Octagonal Cityscape Burl Wood and Chrome Dining Table
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Signed Paul Evans octagonal cityscape burl wood and chrome dining table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Volage Ex-S Coffee Table in Marble and Aluminium Base by Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Volage Ex-S Coffee Table in Marble and Aluminium Base by Philippe Starck ROUNDED CONTOURS A collection of luxurious low tables topped with premium marble, designed by Philippe Star...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Aluminum

Spirali Coffee Table by Spazialismo Artist Roberto Crippa, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
A "Spirali" coffee table by Roberto Crippa, member of the Italian Spazialismo Art movement. Enameled glass, metal and bamboo.  
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

EDOARDO PAOLI - Produced by VIS - Coffe Table 1950s - Made in ITALY.
Located in Milano, IT
Original 1950s TABLE designed by Edoardo Paoli and produced by the VIS - ITALY. creator of another coffee table model ARLECCHINO. Of excellent quality and elegant design to match, ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Iron

Single Suspended Pedestal Base Square Glass Top Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual "Suspended" top illusion side or center table.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Stone, Steel

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Centre Table in Afra & Tobia Scarpa Style, 1970s
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern coffee centre table in Afra & Tobia Scarpa Style 1970s in turned beech and walnut applied. Restored and finished to shellac Measure cm: H 37, W 80, D 80.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Beech, Walnut

Center Table Flex in Marble and Solid Wood
Located in Lisbon, PT
Flex center table has a solid beech wood base shaped elegantly, completed with a lacquered metal structure and receives a table top in Estremoz white marble. Made to Order. For sal...
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2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Metal

Danish Mid-Century Modern Rectangle Coffee Table on Chrome Cylinder Legs
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangle teak coffee table on chrome cylinder legs with solid teak cone shape leg tips. Made in Holland.
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20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Round Coffee Table Made of Black Tinted Wood Veneer by Nono Furniture
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A brutalist coffee table made of premium mdf with beautiful wood veneer finish. All pieces are covered with polyurethane semi matte finish. The sturdiness of construction and exce...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood, Oak

Charles Hollis Jones "Regency Bamboo" Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful center table designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones in the early 1960s as part of his "Regency Bamboo" line. The table is beautifully designed and executed, t...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

French Mid-Century Hourglass Form Iron Slat and Circular Glass Occasional Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century (circa 1950) occasional table with an hourglass form base comprised of curved iron slats, supporting a thick circular clear glass top. (Matching end / side tables:...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass

Tris tavolini impilabili, Italia, anni '60.
Located in Palermo, PA
Tris di tavolini in ottone, metallo laccato e vetro fumè, produzione italiana degli anni '60 circa. La caratteristica principale è che si possono impilare, cosi da poter risparmiare ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal, Brass

Midcentury Coffee Table Ico Parisi Attributed, Walnut and Beech Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
A refined and sculptural coffee table designed and manufactured in Italy during the 1950s by La Permanente Mobili Cantù, one of the most prestigious consortium of furniture manufactu...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Center Table by Estúdio Branco & Preto, Brazil, 1950s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Center Table by Estúdio Branco & Preto, Brazil, 1950s Center table structured in solid wood, with a nested glass top. A classic design by Estúdio Branco & Preto,...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, 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

Gesso Washed and Stained Kidney Shape Glass Top Natural Driftwood Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern very nice example of natural driftwood kidney shape coffee table. Nice gesso wash and stain two-tone bone like finish.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Driftwood

Group of Three Small Tables in Rattan and Midollino, Italy 1960s
Located in Naples, IT
Set of 3 coffee tables for living room or outdoor use, each individual cubic coffee table is made of thick bamboo canes with woven rattan top, made in Italy in the 1970s
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Bamboo, Rattan

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.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Extraordinary Trompe L'oiel Dining or Centre Table by Betty Cobonpue, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
A remarkable Tromp L'oiel style dining or center table by the wickedly Talented Betty Cobonpue, circa 1980. Steamed reed rattan with a stunning ribbon detail over solid mahogany cons...
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1980s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Rattan, Mahogany

Solid Wood Black Tinted Coffee Table, Fishes Series 12 by Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Fishes is a series of sculptural coffee tables inspired by the famous Fish (1930) sculpture of Rumanian artist Constantin Brancusi. Brancusi's work has been widely regarded as a mast...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood, Oak

Italian Midcentury Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Beech Wood 1950 s . Orange hinter glass on top . US in home delivery 2-3 weeks $300
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood, Glass

Italian Midcentury Center Table
Italian Midcentury Center Table
$1,410 Sale Price
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Midcentury Square Lucite Coffee Table with Chromed Metal Details
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of midcentury square lucite coffee tables with chromed metal details. We have matching pair square coffee table available 60cm x 60cm.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid-century Modern Italian Chromed Steel and Smoked Glass Console, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Italian console in smoked glass and steel, 1970s. Chromed steel structure, with two round pedestals and two smoked glass tops.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Brass Claw Feet Crome and Brass Glass Round Top Gueridon Center Cafe Game Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative brass and chrome base claw feet round 3/4" glass top dinette cafe gueridon table.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Wood and glass coffee table, Carlo De Carli, 1950
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Wood and glass coffee table, Carlo De Carli, 1950 Condizioni: Molto Buone Materials: Wood, Glass Époque : 1950 Measurements: 81x46x52 cm
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Wood

Mid-Century Modern Live Edge Lucite Base Racetrack Oval Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern oval glass top coffee table on thick Lucite base.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Lucite

Bamboo Rattan Rectangular Smoked Glass Top Coffee Table with Dowel Bottom Shelf
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern bamboo bronze glass top rectangular coffee table.
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Bamboo, Glass

Italian Elica Table Design by L. Campanini In Steel and Smoked Glass, 1970s
Located in Meda, MB
The Elica Table, designed by Luciano Campanini for Cama in 1970, perfectly embodies the experimental spirit that defined Italian design in the 1970s....
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Steel

Design Rodolfo Dordoni Boboli Table For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Design Rodolfo Dordoni Boboli Table For Cassina A tribute by Rodolfo Dordoni to the legendary gardens in Florence, Boboli is a symbol of culture and historic beauty visible in the f...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Aluminum

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!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Lucite

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

Midcentury Mosaic Center Table made with Precious Stones
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. If you are looking for an elegant table with extraordinary quality, we offer this beautiful table made with high-quality materials that includes a cover made entirely by hand with different precious stones...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Precious Stone

Bodil Kjær 'Crossplex Low Table', Polycarbonate 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...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass, Plastic

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.
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Fruitwood

Burl Wood Brass Glass Top Square Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern massive burl wood frame glass top square coffee table. Gorgeous burl wood grain pattern. Nice design proportions.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Teak Cube & Brass X Base Danish Modern Bronze Smoked Square Glass Coffee Table
By Artedi, Durland
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Teak cube & brass x base danish modern bronze smoked square glass coffee table.
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Lucite Dining Table by Charles Hollis Jones, "Blade" Line
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pedestal dining table with a 2" thick, beveled Lucite top designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones as part of the "Blade" line. The table is generous in size ac...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Lucite

Mid-Century Modern Dornes Coffee Tables, Oak Root, Handmade by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Dornes coffee table, contemporary collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Dornes coffee table was crafted to tell a story of scenic beauty...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Set of MCM Solid Brass Faux Bamboo Glass Top Nesting Side End Tables Stands
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of quality machined brass MCM solid brass faux bamboo glass top nesting side end tables stands nice!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Birch and Laminate Coffee Table by Knoll
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A simple, egalitarian coffee table by Knoll in birch, with a white laminate top supported by blonde squared tapered legs.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Rodolfo Dordoni Boboli Table
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rodolfo Dordoni Boboli Table For Cassina A tribute by Rodolfo Dordoni to the legendary gardens in Florence, Boboli is a symbol of culture and historic beauty visible in the fluid li...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Mid-century Modern center tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern center tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage center tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, murano glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern center tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for center tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $145 and tops out at $66,749 while the average work can sell for $3,900.

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