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
Heavy Steel Forged Square Bare X Base Thick Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table
By Paul McCobb
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
Art Tile Top Rosewood Cone Shape Base Round Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern art tile top large round coffee table.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Art Glass, Rosewood
Chrome Faux Bamboo Smoked Glass Top Side or Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice mid century modern chrome side or end table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Midcentury Blue Top Dining or Center Table attr. to Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
Rare midcentury round blue top dining or center table resting on four brass sabots legs.attribution to Gio Ponti.
Similar tables were designed by Ponti for the iconic Roman Hotel Par...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Art Glass
Square Black Marble Single Pedestal Side End Table Night Stand Pedestal
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square black marble single pedestal side end table night stand pedestal.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
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.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Blue Top Dining or Center Table attr. to Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
Rare midcentury round blue top dining or center table resting on four brass sabots legs.attribution to Gio Ponti.
Similar tables were designed by Ponti for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Art Glass
Swivel Adjustable Round Top Black Tessellated Marble Coffee Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Swivel Adjustable Round Top Black Tessellated Marble Coffee Table on Cylinder Base MINT!
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Jean-Charles Moreux Gilt Iron Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French midcentury low table by Jean-Charles Moreux in gilt forged iron. Measures: 30" wide x 19.5" deep x 17.5" high. Heavy glass top in size specified ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Italian Umberto Mascagni Green and Black Round Table, 1960s
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian six legs green and black round table by Umberto Mascagni.
The top of the table is in faux leather covered with glass and comes with its protective green c...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Very Large Heavy Ebonized Base Lucite Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern 43x72" rectangle coffee table with 1.5" lucite table top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Lucite, Oak
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
Round Hammered Heavy Solid Brass Tapered Legs Glass Top Center Lamp Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Heavy hammered metal pattern solid brass or bronze round gueridon table stand. Measures: 24".
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Contemporary Design '2001' N2 Side Tables by Ramon Úbeda and Otto Canalda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Side table model '2001' designed by Ramon Úbeda and Otto Canalda.
Manufactured by Bd (Spain).
The 2001 side tables are made from an ultra-clear glass and a Pyrex tube mirrored base,...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
$2,674 Sale Price
20% Off
Carved Walnut Rouge Marble Top Lamp Side Occasional Table Stand Pedestal
By J. Horner
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Carved walnut rouge marble top lamp side occasional table stand pedestal.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Chrome Brass Glass Top Square Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Jansen style mid century modern square coffee table. Measures: 36 x 36".
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Rare Mid-Century Center Table or Occasional Table Attr.To Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian center table or occasional table with brass tripod base.
The tabletop decoration with Boticelli lithographic print on lacquered wood base and glass top.
Very good vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Brass Frame Shape Base Glass Top Rectangular Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Heavy gage bolted together machined brass frame glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Teak Cube & Brass X Base Danish Modern Bronze Smoked Square Glass Coffee Table
By Durland, Artedi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Teak cube & brass x base danish modern bronze smoked square glass coffee table.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Oversize Boat Shape Rosewood & Walnut Coffee Table Brass Inlay Marble Tile
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern huge marble tile insert brass inlay measure: 48 x 72" boat shape rosewood coffee table on tapered dowel legs.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Square 100 x 100 cm Center Table, France, 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Square center table made of solid quared brass tube and glass.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
$1,134 Sale Price
34% Off
Italian Black Marble Top Double Pedestal Base Rectangle Coffee Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern black marble top double pedestal base rectangle coffee table MINT!
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
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.
Ava...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Cast Metal & Brass Base Glass Rectangle Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern cast metal & brass base glass rectangle coffee table atr. to Gio Ponti.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Brass Hoof Feet Polished Chrome Glass Top Square Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass hoof feet polished chrome glass top square coffee table Mid-Century Modern.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Gibbings for Widdicomb Square Two Tier Walnut End Center Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
American walnut Mid-Century Modern square two tier coffee side center end lamp table stand in restored condition.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bamboo Rattan Rectangular Smoked Glass Top Coffee Table with Dowel Bottom Shelf
By Paul Frankl
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern bamboo bronze glass top rectangular coffee table.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Glass
Mid Century Modern Double Pedestal Thick Cream Off-White Lacquer Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Double Pedestal Thick Cream Off-White Lacquer Enamel Coffee Table MINT!
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Enamel
Faux Bamboo Chrome Glass Top Brass Balls Finials Elongated Hexagon Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Faux bamboo chrome glass top brass balls finials elongated hexagon coffee table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
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!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Pyrography Box Featuring Motif of Woman Driving a Car
Located in Seattle, WA
Possibly Used as a Cigar Box.Pyrography Featured o the Top of Box and Inside. Wood Carving on Sides. Unsigned Wear as Pictured.
Dimensions. 7 1/2 W ; 7 1/2 D ; 1 H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
$116 Sale Price
20% Off
Senza Fine coffee table in Black antieris wood and Black Ash wood
By Gio Pagani
Located in Milano, IT
The Senza Fine collection is strongly characterized by the material they are made of, Black Antiaris, a "humble" wood of African origin that must be dried very slowly and which in ou...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood, Ash, Oak
Stacked Lucite Base Rectangular Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern heavy stacked Lucite base glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Midcentury Blue Top Dining or Center Table in the style of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
Rare midcentury round blue top dining or center table resting on four brass sabots legs. In the style of Gio Ponti.
Similar tables were designed by Ponti for the iconic Roman Hotel P...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Art Glass
Merton Gershun for American of Martinsville MCM Walnut Square Coffee Table
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Merton Gershun for American of Martinsville mid century walnut square coffee table
The table measures: 31 wide x 31 deep x 16 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Cristal Art Coffee Table with Golden Details
By Cristal Arte
Located in Turin, Turin
Cristal Art was a Turin-based company active in the furniture industry and particularly in furniture accessories. Founded by Giuseppe and Giovanni Donna in 1944, it had designer Gius...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Iron
John Vesey Attributed Chrome Tripod Table
By John Vesey
Located in Atlanta, GA
Heavy well constructed Modernist chrome center table, attributed to John Vesey, unsigned, American, circa 1960s. It is a versatile Size and can be used as a center table, side or end...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Square Walnut Top Ebonized Base Center Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern walnut top ebonized base square coffee table. Harvey Probber and Directional influence.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
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.
Category
20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
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
Rounded Triangle Shape Large Solid Marble Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern large triangle custom marble coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
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
Paul McCobb Square Center Birch Coffee Table
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern square center table with con tapered legs.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Birch
Large Oversize Thick Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table with Singing Birds
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern tree bark motif black lacquer base 3/4" thick glass top designers coffee table. Unusual very decorative sharp looking piece in very good near excellent condition.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Composition, Metal
Nice Oiled Walnut Base Round Laminated Top Side Table
By Jens Risom, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern, one-drawer walnut base side occasional table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Salad Green Lacquer Gold Hollywood Regency Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern Hollywood Regency salad green lacquer finish decorative coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
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
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
De Wit Coffee Table
Located in Wilnis, UT
Coffee table designed by De Wit circa 1950, manufactured in The Netherlands.
Painted wood tubular legs, wood shelve and thick glass top.
In good original condition, with minor ...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
$2,501
Tables with Wood, glass and Bronze
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Dining table
Year: 1970
Country: American
Wood and bronze
It is an elegant and sophisticated dining table.
You want to live in the golden years, this is the dining table that your pr...
Category
1670s American Antique Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
$8,110 / item
Forged Metal Twisted Rope Effect Silver Gilt Base Rectangle Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative gilt silver twisted rope style metal base coffee table on ball shape legs.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Glass X Cross Base Coffee Table w/ Marble Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern square marble top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Tall Round Center Coffee Table Chrome and Glass
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome and glass round coffee table by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar. This table is 22" higher which higher then usu...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
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
Square Solid Brass Bar Profile Base Rectangle Smoked Glass Top Coffee Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square Solid Brass Bar Profile Base Rectangle Smoked Glass Top Coffee Side Table.
Glass Measures 1/2'' in thickness.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Square Concave Sides Tapered Triangle Aluminum Legs Coffee Table Scratch Coat
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square concave sides tapered triangle aluminum legs coffee table scratch coat patern top.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Giuseppe Scapinelli. Mid-Century Modern Center Table in Solid Caviúna Wood
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Beautiful and classic center table with magazine rack designed by Giuseppe Scapinelli made in solid caviúna wood, a Brazilian wood also known as "golden wood" due to its hue. The buy...
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
1970s square coffee table with geometric depictions
Located in Premariacco, IT
Vintage 1970s coffee table in black lacquered wood with geometric depictions on the top.
Shows normal signs of wear due to age and use.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
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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