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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
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.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Very Rare and Impressive Coffee Table by Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq
Located in Munich, DE
Huge walnut top and chromed steel base.
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Rare Solid Teak Mid-Century Modern Retro Dyrlund Coffee or Centre Table
Located in Markington, GB
Rare solid teak Mid-Century Modern Dyrlund coffee table in mint vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Teak

Beautiful Contemporary Modern Custom-Made Octagonal End Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful custom-made table features a sculpted pedestal base with four trapezoid shaped feet. An excellent design with an octagonal base that c...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Decorative Brushed Steel Center Table
Located in New York, NY
Decorative brushed steel center table with round glass top.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Franco Albini Cicognino Coffee Table in Teak Wood by Poggi Pavia 1970s Italy
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Cicognino coffee table entirely made in teak wood designed by Franco Albini in 1952 and firstly produced by the Italian company, Poggi Pavia from the 1950s. The Cicognino coffee t...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Teak

1960s teak coffee table for living room
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Teak coffee table from the 1960s. The slatted structure characterizes this side table in its side parts and the shelf underneath, which can also be used as a magazine rack. The cof...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Teak

Black lacquered wicker coffee table with two glass tops, 1970s
Located in Premariacco, IT
Vintage 1970s black lacquered wicker coffee table with double clear glass top. Height from base to first shelf 31cm Second shelf height 46cm New windows.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wicker, Glass

Maison Jansen style coffee table, 20th Century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Maison Jansen style coffee table, 20th Century Beautiful Maison Jansen style coffee table, 70s, circular transparent glass. This particular spike model, when illuminated creates a w...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Iron

1970s round coffee table made of bamboo and smoked glass
Located in Premariacco, IT
Bamboo coffee table with round smoked glass top, perfect for living rooms lounges or waiting studies. Normal signs of wear from age and use as pictured.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Bamboo, Glass

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...
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1670s American Antique Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Bronze

Vintage Green Marble Top Stand on Wheels With Gold Colored Motif of Woman.
Located in Seattle, WA
Gold Accent on all 4 Sides.Appears Restored as Pictured. Tag From Purchaser Reads 16 Mahogany and Gift Metal Stand. Dimensions. 16 1/2 W ; 14 D ; 28 H
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

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...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Terrazzo Top Center Table
Located in Westport, CT
Terrazzo top Black and creme custom, Center Table, with brass trim between Creme and Black Lined top on a Black lacquer circular compartment. Sectioned b...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Vintage Mid Century Modern Table. Uk Import
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern table. UK Import. Dimensions. 27 1/2 W ; 17 D ; 14 H.
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

John Widdicomb Two-Tier Cocktail Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish midcentury table features sculpted two tier construction and features a rich natural finish. Original manufacturer's label on piece, please confirm item location (NY or ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Vintage Brass and Burl Wood Tessellated Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tessellated marble coffee table with a burl wood edge and inlaid brass border. This piece makes for a great center table and will surel...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

1970s Mid Century coffee tables in steel and glass
Located in Premariacco, IT
Two 1970s coffee tables with steel frame and clear glass top. Modern and functional, they are suitable for all types of rooms. Large coffee table: W 51cm D 37.5cm H 41.5cm Small si...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Squared Dining Marble Table by Gianfranco Frattini, 1985
Located in MIlano, IT
Squared dining marble table by Gianfranco Frattini, 1985 Absolute masterpiece by Gianfranco Frattini coming from his private house in Italy. This sculptural table is composed by a s...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Metal

Vintage Modern Coffee Table with Expanding Slide Top
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This midcentury American coffee table features an expandable sliding top, unique curved wood stretcher and brass pulls and feet. Please confirm item location (NY or NJ) with dealer.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Mahogany Italian table 1950 Saverio Jannace Milano
By Jannace e Kovacs
Located in PARIS, FR
A mahogany console center or dining table Italy 1950 attributed to Savario Jannace Beautifull vintage condition
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Mid-Century Metal Center Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique metal table features asian inspired top, as well as ornate rolled metal accenting. The gold finish gives this piece a sophisticated look perfect for any far eastern style...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century Metal Center Table
Mid-Century Metal Center Table
$1,400 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Modern Table Designed by Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing table designed by José Zanine Caldas, manufactured by “Móveis Artísticos Z” in Brazil, 1950s. Three inclined legs support the table top with an organic shape. The table has t...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Hardwood

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood & Glass, Giuseppe Scapinelli, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Brazilian Modern coffee table in Hardwood and Glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli, 1950s, Brazil is absolutely gorgeous! The coffee table is made in hardwood painte...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Hardwood

21st Century Brooklyn Coffee Table by Matteo Stucchi and Yuan-Wen Wang
Located in Dubai, AE
Brooklyn takes its inspiration from the iconic Brooklyn bridge - hybrid suspension bridge in New York City, which is one of the first and largest bridges built of steel. Brooklyn cof...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Round Table with Smoked Glass Top and 3 Wooden Chairs
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian round cherry wood table with smoked glass top and 3 wooden chairs in the style of Ceccotti. 1970s The table has an ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Straw, Smoked Glass, Wood

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

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Steel

Naui, Sculptural Geometric Mexican Lava Stone Center Table by Pedro Cerisola
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
The NAUI center table is a sculptural piece of furniture that pays tribute to its primary material: lava stone. The materiality of lava stone and glass embodies this piece's seem...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Lava, Stone, Marble

Mid-Century Portuguese White Painted Coffee Table
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Coffee table painted white. With details in aged gold, it evokes a neoclassical style. With its tall, tapered legs, it has a delicate cut-out frame that runs along the entire perimet...
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Late 20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Charles Hollis Jones Thick Lucite and Glass Center Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage thick lucite Charles Hollis Jones table with glass top. Very heavy lucite base with well kept glass top. No broken parts or damages. Lucite is well kept as well. ------------...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Lucite

Heavy Carved Twig Motive White Pickled Finish Oak Base Rectangle 3/4" Glass Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Arts & Crafts Style Heavy Carved Twig Motive White Pickled Finish Oak Base Rectangle 3/4" Glass Top Coffee Table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Oak

Caviuna Coffee Table from Hotel Nacional Brasilia circa 1960 Midcentury Brazil
Located in New York, NY
This coffee table produced in the 1960s is made of solid Caviuna with a Formica top, a decorative solution largely used in Brazilian mid-century furniture production. The most charming detail is the elliptical legs, using massive pieces of golden Caviuna - very rare nowadays. This coffee table belonged to Hotel Nacional...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Formica, Hardwood

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!  
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Chrome

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!  
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Teak

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.  
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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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.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stainless Steel

Thick One Piece of Bent Lucite Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern "Origamy" one piece of bent lucite sheet coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Lucite

French Deco Style Dinette Table by Enrique Garcia in the Manner of Karl Springer
By Maitland Smith, Enrique Garces
Located in Chicago, IL
French deco style Dinette table attributed to Enrique Garcia. Marked m"Made in Columbia" on bottom. Needs a new piece of glass. Takes a range of diameters. as shown, some loss to th...
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20th Century Colombian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

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.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Berthold Muller Mosaic Round White Coffee Table on Chrome Legs
Located in London, GB
Round white glass mosaic coffee table is made of individually hand cut mosaic pieces in a radiant sunburst pattern. It is made in the late 1950s-early 1960s by Berthold Muller, Oerli...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

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.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Grasscloth

Round Tri Leg Two-Tier Side Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Modern stained tile veneer with brass legs side table.
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Textile

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.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Modernist Sculptural Aluminum and Glass Coffee Table by Knut Hesterberg, 1970s
Located in Voorburg, NL
A modernist aluminum glass coffee table, was designed by Knut Hesterberg for Ronald Schmitt, Germany, 1970s. While a glass plate topped the table, the polished aluminum base shows a ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Aluminum

Bronze-Coloured Iron Oval Table, France, circa 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual iron table with an almond-shaped top of patinated sheet metal, resting on a base of metal rods cut on the bias and held together by two brass rings around the stem and an iron circle at the base. Beautiful green bronze patina...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Iron

Center Table by Karl Springer, 1970s
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A superb polished stainless steel "tulip" center table having a thick disc base and three flaring brass accented arms supporting a round glass top.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Teak and Stainless Steel Coffee Table for Fristho by Rudolf Bernd Glatzel, 1960s
Located in Voorburg, NL
Gorgeous coffee table designed by Rudolf Bernd Glatzel for Fristho, the Netherlands in the 1960s. The rectangular top is made with teak and rosewood veneer slats, in wonderful differ...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Marble Top Table with Chrome Base
Located in Hudson, NY
Mid-Century marble top table with chrome base.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Chrome

1950s Scandinavian Modern Table – Clean-Lined Design from Finland by Oy Stockman
Located in Stockholm, SE
Occasional table, anonymous for Oy Stockmann AB, Finland. 1950s. Elm. The most compelling aspect of this occasional table is the relationship of its legs to the surface. With splay...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Elm

Occasional Table Designed by Thomas Sandell, for Asplund, Sweden, 1990s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Occasional table designed by Thomas Sandell for Asplund, Sweden, 1990s. Birch and lacquered tubular steel. Dimensions: H: 49 cm / 1' 7 1/4" L: 120 cm / 3' 11 1/4" D: 63.5 cm / 2' ...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Mario Gottardi, Rationalist Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table, 1950
By Mario Gottardi
Located in Milan, IT
Mario Gottardi, Rationalist Mid-Century Modern coffee table, 1950. Mid-century incredible coffee table designed by Mario Gottardi in 1950. Beautiful rare design appropriate as a ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood, Lacquer

French Modernist Polished Steel Centre Table
Located in London, by appointment only
France, circa 1950. A polished steel rectangular center table on column supports with splayed bracket feet. In the manner of Jean Prouvé. Measures: Height 30 ins (76 cm). Widt...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Teak vintage nesting tables, UK 1960
Located in Torino, IT
Teak vintage nesting tables, UK 1960
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1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Teak

Early/Mid-Century French Polished Steel Flower Gueridon Table
Located in London, by appointment only
A highly polished steel Gueridon occasional table with the shiny steel leaves and petals of a flower. This table dates to the early 20th century during the art deco period, it was...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Large Brushed Steel Slate-Top Table, France, circa 1970s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
One-of-a-kind round table with a brushed steel base and surround. The top is composed of a mosaic of dark grey and rust-colored slate tiles.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Knoll Elliptical Dining Table from the Hyatt Corporation Office
Located in Buchanan, MI
A custom Knoll elliptical dining table from The Hyatt Corporation office. Oval top table raised on four splayed legs. Measures: 29" x 5...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

MidCentury Modern Table with Brass and Solid Walnut Wood Structure, France, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Coffee table with brass structure and solid wood with top and bottom shelf glass, brass details finished in a pyramidal shape.  
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Cast Aluminium and Marble Table by Charron
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Dining table by French designer Michèle Charron and Atelier Charron, circa 1972. The base is of cast aluminum, and can be presented in two positions - either as seen in the photos, o...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Rare Coffee Table by Jorge Zalszupin
Located in London, England
Extremely rare coffee table by Jorge Zalszupin.
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

"Petala" Table by Jorge Zalszupin
Located in London, England
Extremely rare version of Zalszupin's iconic "Petala" table with 9 "petals".
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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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.

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