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
Mid Century Illum Wikkelso, Coffee Table for Møbelfabrikken Toften, 1960's
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Danish rosewood coffee table by Illum Wikkelso, model ML115, designed in 1960 for Møbelfabrikken Toften. Beautiful rosewood veneer top, Features geometrical design with impression of...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
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
Tubular chromed smoked glass italian coffee table, 1970s
Located in Lisbon, PT
A tubular coffee table, designed and produced in Italy during the 1970's.
The structure is made of chromed metal with the top in smoked glass, in good condition, circa 1970
Milan, ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass
Long Surf Board Boat Shape Terrazzo Top Oiled Walnut Base Floating Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Floating terrazzo top oiled walnut base long surfboard shape coffee table Kagan decor.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut, Terrazzo
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
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Walnut Square Crossed Trestle Occasional
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...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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
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
Roger Sprung 3/4" Beveled Glass Chrome Base Mid Century Modern Coffee Table MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Roger Sprung 3/4" Beveled Glass Chrome Base Mid Century Modern Coffee Table MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Large Square Lamp End Tables by Dunbar
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of large Mid-Century Modern Dunbar lamp end tables or nightstands.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
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 f...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Art Glass
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
Modern Transition Brushed Silver Steel Bronze Gueridon Table Stone
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Mid-Century Modern transition brushed silver steel bronze inset ormolu-mounted gueridon table with black granite stone by Mansfield Manor.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Granite, Bronze, Steel
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
Italian midcentury modular set of four boxes 1970s
Located in bari, IT
Amazing coffee table Italian midcentury modular set of four 1970s boxes in brown lacquered walnut with small door in fumes glass.
Dimensions W 42 ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Aluminum
GIOVANNI OFFREDI Coffee Table
Located in Shibuya-ku, 13
This coffee table is a beautiful combination of glass and metal. This is a vintage item from Italy. I think this kind of design is possible because Italy is a country of design. Mirr...
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1670s Italian Antique Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
Center Hall Table Handmade by Old Plank Available in Any Dimension or Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern Center Hall Table made by Old Plank to your exact specifications. The example we are showing on 1stdibs was finished in real 24kt gold leaf (not Dutch metal) coupl...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Gold, Steel
Traverting & Chrome Diamond Shape Pedestal Base Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table
By Artedi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern glass top travertine base rectangular coffee table. Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Chrome
Oval Brass & Glass Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century modern machine crafted brass base with glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Polished Stainless Steel Hexagon Glass Top Custom Mid-Century Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Polished stainless steel hexagon glass top custom Mid-Century Modern bauhaus coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Chrome Glass Brass Finial Base Hoof Feet Square Coffee Center Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern chrome 3/4" thick glass brass finial base hoof feet square coffee center table mint!
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, 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
Frosted Lucite X-Base Glass Top Square Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern collapsible folding glass top coffee table.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Cloth Wrapped Burgundy Finish Black Glass Chrome Bezel Rectangle Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Cloth wrapped and lacqured mid century modern rectangular coffee table with thick black glass top in chrome frame.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Grasscloth
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.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Osvaldo and Valeria Borsani Unique Revolving Occasional Table
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Chicago, IL
Unique revolving occasional table by Osvaldo and Valeria Borsani for Tecno
Provenance
Ziuta Gerstenzang Akston (1901-1994) and Joseph James Akston (1895-1983), Palm Beach, Florida.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Walker Weed Stained Glass Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique vintage table features a colorful stained glass piece topped with matching glass top, both set into stylish tapered frame. The base is marked by New Hampshire craftsman W...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
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
Stacked Glass "Ice Block" Base Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice glass top stacked "Ice" base side or end table. Imperial Imagineering.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
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...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Thick One Piece of Bent Lucite Coffee Table
By Neal Small
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern "Origamy" one piece of bent lucite sheet coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Lucite
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!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Glass Chrome Brass X Base Square Side Coffee End Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century modern brass chrome and glass square cube shape side end coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Long Oval Inlaid Travertine Brass Base Coffee Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Italian Modern Long Oval Inlaid Travertine Brass Base Coffee Table MINT!
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Solid Blond Birch Rectangular Occasional Side Table Stand
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern blond finish birch end table stand. Heavy and solid design construction formed by meticulously grouped solid birch dowels. The finish and the color and design are ...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Birch
Square Solid Bronze Tassels Decorated Base 3/4" Glass Top Coffee Center Table
By Giocometti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square Solid Bronze Tassels Decorated Base 3/4" Glass Top Coffee Center Table.
glass is 3/4'' thick
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Merton Gershun for American of Martinsville MCM Walnut Square Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, 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
Brutalist Coffee Table, France, circa 1960
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern solid slab coffee table or Bench on 8 forged legs in the Style of George Nakashima 1960s. Beautiful part of a tree trunk rud...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, 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
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
Custom Handmade Round Center Hall Table in Solid Bronze Available in Most Sizes
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern style bronze or brass center hall table. Handmade here in Chicago to your specifications, this center hall table was crafted from solid bronze and painstakingly ha...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
Wooden coffee table with glass top, 1940s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Wooden coffee table with glass top, 1940s, Made in Italy.
Hand inlaid wooden coffee table with glass top.
Condition is perfect, some slight signs of use due to time.
The price of ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
Handmade Colorful Yellow Tiles Table top Round Centre Table Caldas for Outdoors
Located in Lisbon, PT
Well-known for its ceramics tradition, Portuguese tiles production dates back to XVI century.
Inheriting this rich crafts knowledge, the table tops of Caldas tables are made with handmade ceramic tiles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
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.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
Mosaic Marble-Top Solid Brass Bracket Legs Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangle mosaic multi-color marble-top coffee table on solid polished brass legs.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Teak
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
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Accent Table
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern accent table.
Dimensions. 28 W ; 19 D ; 20 H.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
Faux Bamboo Bronzed Metal Base Square Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice tortoise finish with brass feet base coffee table with thick glass top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Eclectic Game Table with Python Sculpture from the Fifties
Located in bari, IT
Plaster culture depicting a life-size python covered with bronzed scales, central structure made of heavy bronze casting and wooden top with inlays inspir...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
Brass Hoof Feet Chrome Glass Top Square Game Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass hoof feet stainless steel base thick glass top game table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Reclaimed Beech Trunk-Slab Custom-Made Table the Netherlands
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
This vintage solid beech slab has been reclaimed from a rustic coffee table from the 1960s
The wood slab has been sandblasted and heat treated first in a 120 degrees celsius oven ...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Coffee Table in Gold Plated Steel and Smoked Glass
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a gorgeous Mid Century Modern table done in gold plated metal, with the smoked glass top. Very elegant and clean design of the table will make it stand ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
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.