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 legendary 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.
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
Midcentury Coffee Table in Teak Wood, Ilmari Tapiovaara Attributed from Cantù
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Midcentury Ilmari Tapiovaara attributed round six legs coffee table in ebonized walnut structure and with the top veneered in teakwood. Wax polished
Measures cm: Height 41, diamet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Teak, Walnut
1950s Piero Fornasetti Attributed Coffee Table , Printed Sails on Top
By Fornasetti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern veri elegant Piero Fornasetti attributed designer coffee table in lacquered wood with printed sails on top. Legs in steel covered with black resin and gilt brass f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel, Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Chrome Glass Dining Room Table, 1970, United Kingdom
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid century modern vintage dining room table, which was designed by William Plunkett and manufactured by Merrow Associates, 1970 United Kingdom.
The b...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Square Lucite Coffee Table with Chromed Metal Details
Located in Miami, FL
About
A square Lucite coffee table with chromed brass details, French, circa 1970
Dimensions big table:
H 15.74 in. x W 39.5 in. x D 39.5 in.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Round Travertine Top Coffee Table on Tapered Metal Legs Base
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Midcentury Italian Modern Gio Ponti looking travertine top coffee table on Fine metal base.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Vintage Maison Bagues Brass Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
French vintage square coffee table in solid gilt brass with two glass shelves and ball finials. Iconic Maison Baguès piece with great prop...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Stainless Steel and Granite Centre Table or Dining Table
Located in Miami, FL
Stainless steel base with granite top. High quality.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Granite, Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Modern Rectangular Glass Mathieu Matégot Coffee Table, France, 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Coffee table with metal structure lacquered in black with glass top and magazine rack perforated sheet metal by Mathieu Matégot
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Crystal, Sheet Metal
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
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
Oval Marble Cocktail Table on Black Spider Legs Italian, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Peach colored oval marble coffee table on a frame of black metal frame with spider-legs and brass feet.
The marble is in old-rose having peach color chunks on a background of beige ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
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
Rectangular Brass and Glass Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice actual brass (not plated) base glass top Mid-Century Modern coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Ebonized Jacks Table style of Gio Ponti
Located in Rochester, NY
A jacks form center or dining table in the original black ebonized finish to wood. Measures 29.5 inches high by 48 inches in diameter across the round 3/8 inch thick beveled plate glass top. Italian - circa 1950's, in the style of Gio Ponti...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Triangular Bent Chrome Ribbon Base Smoked Glass Top Side End Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice quality Mid-Century Modern chrome round end or side table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
After Louis Sognot Triangular Metal Frossted Glass French Coffee Table, 1950
Located in Madrid, ES
Coffee table with triangular frosted glass top, and black lacquered metal structure.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass
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
Sculptural Glass Coffee Table by Modernage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Glass Coffee Table, designed for the Modernage Company of New York City, circa 1940's. The wooden base has been refinished in ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
Pair of Midcentury Square Lucite Coffee Tables with Chromed Metal Details
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of midcentury square Lucite coffee tables with chromed metal details.
Measurements:
H 15.74 in. x W 39.5 in. x D 39.5 in.
H 17.71 in. x W 27.5 in. x D 27.5 in.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Heavy Gage Chrome Plated Steel Base Marble Top Round Gueridon Cafe Table Stand
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Contemporary heavy and solid design granite top side center gueridon table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Granite, Chrome
Paolo Buffa Attributed Coffee Table, Cantù, Print by Johann Friedrich Probst
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Paolo Buffa attributed centre coffee table, labelled Cantù with the top with the famous print of Venice (VENETIA) by Johann Friedrich Probst (German),...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
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
Mid-Century Modern Round Center Hall Table in Bronze or Brass
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern Center Hall table hand-made here in Chicago and available in either brass or bronze. Various patina's are available upon request.
** Measurements provided include...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Coffee Tables, Faux Bamboo Gilt Metal, Smoked Glass by Maison Bagues
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern coffee tables, faux bamboo in gilt metal, smoked glass top.
Maison Bagues atributed.
Measures cm: H 34, W 41, D 41.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
1970s Vintage Italian Brass and Nickel Console of Modern Graphic Design
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind 1970s Italian console by L'Angolo Metallarte, Rome, a rare find entirely handmade with wooden structure, unique and innovative sophisticated design: the four legs are h...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Writing Table by Franco Albini, Italy, 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Canted corners on rectangular surface with beveled edge, raised on crossed legs with H-form stretcher, and converging suspension rods of black enameled
metal. Model TL2 for Poggi. Li...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Brass Chrome Glass Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangular glass top coffee table. Chrome frame shape base with brass accent rings. glass top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood and Chrome "Lotus Design" Base 'Dyrlund'
By Dyrlund
Located in New York, NY
Danish Mid-Century Modern (1960s) rosewood and chrome "Lotus Design" "Flip Flap" table by (Dyrlund) with nickel-plated hinges and measure: base 28 3/4" high x 59" diameter (extended).
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
Very Rare and Impressive Coffee Table by Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq
Located in Munich, DE
Huge walnut top and chromed steel base.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
De Pas D'Urbino Lomazzi 1983 Dining Table Cream Lacquer Square Glass Top Sormani
Located in Arosio, IT
Table with bevelled clear glass top in special square size cm 110 x 110, 12 mm thickness, base cm 69.5 x 69.5 x H 71.5
Total height 72 cm.
Sculptural zig-zag wooden base cm 69.5 x ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Forged Gold Gilt Iron Base Figural Glass Oval Side Occasional Table
By Jean Royère
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Forged steel base scallop shape glass top side table. Hollywood Regency Mid-Century Modern style. 3/4" thick beveled glass top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel, Iron
Center Table, Attributed to Ignazio Gardella, Italy ca. 1950
Located in New York, NY
Circular centre table composed of a black metal base with bronze screws and sabots, supporting a gray granite top.
Our number N-10244.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Granite, Metal, Brass
Bernard Dunand French Midcentury Geometric Lacquered Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French midcentury low round top coffee table with a black and red geometric stylized leaf design top supported on 4 black metal legs with gilt bronze sabots (signed: BERNARD DUNAND)....
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Elegant Mid-Century Modern Burl and Cane Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage modern coffee table is made of burl wood with a woven center. Sleek low design with a black lacquer strip wrapping all the way around the top between the burl....
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
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 ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Large Rectangle One-Drawer Storage Bin Mid Century Walnut Coffee Table MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large rectangle one-drawer mid century modern coffee table on tapered legs. Dark walnut finish. Similar to Paul McCobb
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Walnut
Asian Style Centre or Side Table in Wood and Metal
Located in New York, NY
Asian inspired centre table or side table with wooden top and structure with metal embellishments. The piece has some scratches to the legs and dents to the top.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
Leon Rosen design for Pace Glass and Chrome Foyer Table
By Leon Rosen
Located in Las Vegas, NV
1970s Leon Rosen for Pace Glass and chrome foyer table.
Thick glass base sides with chromed steel corners.
Matching thick round glass top. Gorgeo...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Steel
Midcentury Aluminium and Glass Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Steenwijk, NL
Three aluminium moulded legs, held together by two chromed metal parts with a glass top. All in a very good condition with some signs of age and use.
This table is of unknown origin...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
1970 Italian Vintage Brass Satin Chrome Geometric Large Modern Hall/Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
Vintage one of a kind Italian large dining, conference or hall table, exclusive sleek linear design by Giacomo Sinopoli, made by Liwan's, a Roman manufacturer, as described in the do...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Centre Table in Afra & Tobia Scarpa Style, 1970s
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern coffee centre table in Afra & Tobia Scarpa Style 1970s in turned beech and walnut applied. Restored and finished to shellac
Measure cm: H 37, W 80, D 80.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Beech, Walnut
Faux Alligator Crocodile Snake Skin Square Dining Game Table Brass Feet
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern faux skin game or dining table. Nice square design with recessed asking panels. Low profile solid well built table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
Brass Inlay Marble Decorative Marble Top Round Game or Center Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice John Widdicomb round game or center table. Outstanding craftsmanship quality and design detail. The heigh is 26".
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Style Triangular Chrome Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This uniquely designed triangular coffee table features a fantastic chrome finish and makes a stylish addition to any modern interior. The heavy flat bar chrome base offers sturdines...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
Organic Free Form Molded Bent Glass Wave Pattern Large Console Table Glass Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very unusual studio piece free-form molded glass console table with thick glass top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Glass
Free-Form Decorated 1950s Uncommon Coffee Table, Gio Ponti & De Poli Attributed
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Free-form artistic decorated 1950s coffee table Gio Ponti & De Poli attributed, all solid mahogany wood, with the top decorated and lacquered wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Beech
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
Tommy Parzinger Occasional Rectangular Side Table Brass and Satinwood
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Early midcentury Art Deco satinwood and brass small occasional table by Tommy Parzinger.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Iron
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
Murano Glass and Chrome Dining Table by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Venini Spazio is a project that marks this Venetian company’s entrée into interiors. The art direction has been handed to Rodolfo Dordoni, designer of the first collection. ‘I have ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Chrome
'Petal' Dining Table by Richard Schultz for Knoll
By Knoll, Richard Schultz
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Mid-Century Modern 'petal' dining table designed by Richard Shultz. This table features a flower-like pine top on a white enameled eight-point cast iron pedestal base. Manufactured...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Materials
Iron
Birch and Laminate Coffee Table by Knoll
By Knoll
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A simple, egalitarian coffee table by Knoll in birch, with a white laminate top supported by blonde squared tapered legs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
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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