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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
Paul McCobb Square Center Birch Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern square center table with con tapered legs.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Birch

Lucite Bow Tie Butterfly Wing Shape Base Oval Glass Top Mid Century Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Lucite Bow Tie Butterfly Wing Shape Base Oval Glass Top Mid Century Coffee Table
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass, Lucite

Charles Hollis Jones Lucite Chrome Square Glass Top Coffee Center Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Charles Hollis Jones Lucite chrome square glass top coffee center table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Chrome

1970s Knut Hesterberg Round Sculptural Aluminum Tripod Coffee Table
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is a classic and unique Mid-Century Modern piece designed by the talented Knut Hesterberg for Ronald Schmitt. This amazing round tripod coffee table is made of aluminum and feat...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Brass Chrome Thick 3/4" Glass Top Mid Century Modern Oval Coffee Center Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass chrome thick 3/4" glass top Mid-Century Modern oval coffee center table.  
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Large Harvey Probber Style Terrazzo Octagon Shape Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Walnut base octagon terrazzo top coffee table in the style of H. Probber. Nice brass inlay.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Travertine, Brass

Danish Mid-Century Modern Solid Teak Rectangle Coffee Table Tapered Dowel Legs
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern solid teak rectangle coffee table tapered dowel legs. Hans Wegner, Peter Hvidt decor.
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Teak

Copper Pipe and Fitting Sculpture Base Round Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very creative copper pipe base artwork coffee table with round glass top. Architectural.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Copper

Contemporary Italian Sculptural Brass and Glass Top Console Table
Located in Rome, IT
Fabulous modern brass sculpture console table or center table with a Mondrian motive glass top. Handmade by a master artisan. The glass top color we can customize on request. Availa...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Coffee or Center Table Carved from Solid White Marble Bonnie and Clyde
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Coffee or center table carved from a solid block of Estremoz white marble, a sculptural piece that is hand polished to the finest detail. Sensual curves and straight lines embody th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Walnut Crossed Trestle Occasional Table
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...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

Rosewood and Chrome Frame Base Square Side End Table Stand Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern Baughman style chrome and rosewood side table. Measures: 26 x 26.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Chrome

Lucite & Brass Base Glass Top Console Sofa Table Mid-Century Modern Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Lucite & brass base glass top console sofa table Mid-Century Modern mint Glass measures 1/2'' in thickness.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Black Lacquer Spaghetti Style Mid-Century Modern Round Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice round resin ribbon spaghetti style round coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass, Plastic

Fireplace Area Style Metal Base Midcentury Square Glass Top Coffee Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Fireplace Area Style Metal Base midcentury Square Glass Top Coffee Table MINT!
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Bamboo and Brass Mexican Center Table with Two Crystal Shelves.
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, we offer this, midcentury bamboo and brass Mexican coffee table with two crystal shelves, made in two precious kind of woods mahogany and cocobolo. Note: The table not...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Fabric-covered 1970s coffee table with glass top
Located in Premariacco, IT
Small center table with glass top and covered with soft fabric with a steel base, a product of the Italian 1970s. The fabric is in good condition, has some signs of wear on the edge...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Steel

French Modern Neoclassical Wrought Iron Dining / Center Table, Gilbert Poillerat
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions shown are H 31 x D 51 The base alone is H 30.5 x D 36.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Large Blue Molten & Bent Glass C-Shape Base Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern cobalt blue molten and bent art glass C-shape base wide square coffee table. Murano glass decor complement.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Art Glass

Italian White Marble and Brass 1970s Coffee Table
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This elegant coffee table was produced in Italy around the 1970s. It is made from a brass structure with a white marble top. The table remains in very good vintage condition: unifor...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Vintage Cameroon African Carved Wood Bamileke Figural Center Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Cameroon African Carved Wood Bamileke Figural Center Table This vintage Cameroon African carved wood Bamileke figural center table exemplifie...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wood

Heavy Iron Base Glass Top Console Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style heavy iron base glass top sofa console table.
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Iron

Vintage Wood and Brass Living Room Table by Ettore Sottsass, Published
Located in Milano, IT
Gorgeous wooden living room table designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1959, belonging to the T72 model, for the fine Italian manufacture Poltronova. Published on Ettore Sottsass book...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Metal, Brass

John Vesey attr, Mid-Century Modern, Cast Aluminum, Center Table, USA, 1970s
Located in Manhasset, NY
John Vesey Attribution, Mid-Century Modern, Cast Aluminum, Center Table, USA, 1970s A cast aluminum and glass center table or large side table attributed to John Vesey (1924-1992). ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Racetrack Oval Shape Glass Top Tessellated Bone Tile Base Coffee Table Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Racetrack oval shape 3/4" glass top tessellated bone tile base coffee table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Heavy Thick 3/4" Glass Round Top Chrome & Brass Tripod Base Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern round chrome and brass base glass top coffee table. Thick 3/4" glass top.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Vintage Tile Top Catalina Accent Table
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Tile Top Catalina Accent Table Dimensions. 20 W ; 30 D ; 22 H
Category

1970s Vintage 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!
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Teak

50's Coffee Table
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee table with double top, made of mahogany veneer wood.
Category

1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Mahogany

50's Coffee Table
50's Coffee Table
$528 Sale Price
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Burl Walnut Wood Top Round Carved Lotus Shape Base Dining Center Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Burl walnut wood top round carved lotus shape base dining center table mint! Made in Italy.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

Boat Shape Large Drop Leaf Expandable Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern cone shape legs large boat shape drop leaf coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

Stacked Polished Lacquered Brass Bars Base Glass Top Square Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass "pyramid" shape base coffee table.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

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 wood base and glass top. Very good vi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wood

Large Brass Oval Mirrored Top 39"h Bar Hight Table Display Center Console MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual shape and size perfect oval display or center console table. 39" Bar Height. Nice design and high quality craftsmanship.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Metal

Twisted Metal Ribbon Base 3/4" Rectangle Glass Top Mid Century Coffee Table MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Twisted Metal Ribbon Base 3/4" Rectangle Glass Top Mid Century Coffee Table MINT
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Metal

French Modern Neoclassical Silver Plated Bronze Dining Table by Maison Ramsay
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary and rare dining table by Maison Ramsay in a modern neoclassical style in silver plated bronze/brass with the feet turned inward in the form of Greek keys and the base t...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Silver Plate

20th Century Metamorphic Games Table / Dining Table, Romeo Rega For Metalarte
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb metamorphic games table and dining table attributed to the esteemed Romeo Rega for Metalarte, crafted in Italy circa 1980. This exquisite piece showcases a distinguished bra...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Machined Brass Tripod Base Rouge Round Marble Top Center Side Occasional Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian machined brass tripod base rouge round marble top center side occasional lamp table stand pedestal mint.
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Vintage teak and walnut 1970s round coffee table with smoked glass top and wheels
Located in Premariacco, IT
Vintage coffee table from the early 1970s teak veneer and walnut wood with a round smoked glass top and three wheels placed at the base. Modern furniture element, ideal for living r...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass, Nutwood, Teak

Green Tint Round Glass End Side Lamp Occasional Table Stand Pedestal Mid Century
Located in Rockaway, NJ
All solid glass green tint round glass end side lamp occasional table stand pedestal mid century.
Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass

DOOQ Center Table Carved from Solid White Marble Bonnie and Clyde
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Coffee or center table carved from a solid block of Estremoz white marble, a sculptural piece that is hand polished to the finest detail. Made to Order. S...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Bruno Mathsson Swedish Mid-Century Drop Leaf Wood and Steel Rolling Work Table
Located in Queens, NY
Swedish Mid-Century rectangular drop leaf work table with a rectangular wooden top and leaves resting on a steel frame with four legs ending in c...
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20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Metal, Steel

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

Materials

Walnut

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

Materials

Walnut

Custom Heavy Mid Century Modern Striped Butcher Block Style Coffee Table Bench
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Custom Built VeryHeavy Solid Maple & Walnut Mid Century Modern Striped Butcher Block Style Coffee Table Bench MINT!
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Maple, Walnut

Octagonal Lucite Base Glass Top Mid-Century Modern Round Coffee Table Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Octagonal Lucite base glass top Mid-Century Modern round coffee table mint!
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Large Wide Rectangle Rounded Corners Thick Glass Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern bent Lucite thick 3/4" glass top rectangle coffee table.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Glass, Lucite

Harvey Probber Rosewood Top & Mahogany Legs Rectangular Parson Coffee Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber rosewood top with contrasting mahogany legs rectangular coffee table. Label
Category

1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Rosewood

Large Thick Rectangular Glass Coffee Table Huge Massive
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Massive oversize Mid Century Modern style coffee table. Measures: 48 x 64" 3/4".
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Wood and Bronze Center Table by Comte, Argentina, Buenos Aires, circa 1940
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Wood and bronze center table by Comte, Argentina, Buenos Aires, circa 1940.
Category

1940s Argentine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Bronze

Bull Horns Shaped to Legs Lucite Stretchers Base Square Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern 3/4" thick square glass top coffee table on bull horns legs. Skillfully put together a combination of bull horns and Lucite to from the table base.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Horn, Glass, Lucite

Solid Brass Marble Top Arch Shape Legs Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern solid brass base side or end table.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Embossed Leather Rapped Boat Shape Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern embossed leather studio made boat shape coffee table.
Category

20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Leather

Heavy Steel Forged Square Bare X Base Thick Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Modernist heavy steel studio forged base 3/4" glass top rectangle coffee table.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Octagonal Harvey Probber Travertine and Ebonized Wood Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Bold, geometric table designed and manufactured by Harvey Probber. It has a cross-hatch pedestal base and an octagonal top of travertine mosaic outlined by a thick beveled wood framed edge in an ebonized finish. Although there are no makers marks, this table has been featured in a 1957 publication: Furniture Designed by Harvey Probber. You'll see this same table described in other listings as a dining table or game table but you should note that the table height is 25.5" (lower than most dining tables today). It seems more in line with a center entry table...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Travertine

Italian Midcentury Steel Table with White Marble Top and Tripod Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian steel table from the mid 20th century, with white marble top and tripod base. Created in Italy during the midcentury period, this steel table features a square-shaped whit...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Steel

Square Travertine Legs Brass X Shape Base Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern heavy grade materials square travertine legs glass top coffee table.
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Travertine, Brass

Coffee Table in Rosewood, Martin Eisler, Brazilian Midcentury, 1953
Located in New York, NY
This round coffee table in Rosewood was designed by Martin Eisler (1913-1977) and Susi Aczel (1931-) for Forma S.A. Móveis e Objetos de Arte. This piece ...
Category

1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Rosewood, Glass

Round Solid Thick Oiled Teak Top Lucite Legs Dining Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Round 48 " in diameter Mid-Century Modern thick solid top Nakashima influence dining table. Unusual wood and bent Lucite combination design legs. Measures: 1.5". There is one line n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Teak

Brass and Lucite Dining Table by Sandro Petti for Metalarte, 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
A rare find, this dining table exemplifies the designs by Sandro Petti for company Metalarte around 1970. A thick transparent glass surface has a striking oblong shape and rests atop...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

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.

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