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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
Art Deco Two Tiered Heavy Coffee Table in Figured Joined Solid Walnut circa 1930
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Deco two tier central coffee table by Gio Ponti & Emilo Lancia designers for Meroni & Fossati manufacturer in figured massive walnut , circa 1930s. The designs obtained from the...
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1930s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Amazing Floating Coffee Table by Eugenio Escudero
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this coffee table with the amazing and characteristic design of Eugenio Escudero, made in México in painted wood, circa 1950.
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Cedar

French Forged Iron & Limestone Centre Table in the manner of Diego Giacometti
By Diego Giacometti
Located in London, GB
A statement, surrealist centre or dining table in forged iron with a circular travertine limestone top. The organic, serpent-like base bound by coiled supports in the manner of Diego...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Limestone, Travertine, Iron

Extendable Italian Dining Table attributed to Gio Ponti
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Mid-Century Marvel: Extendable Dining Table Attributed to Gio Ponti A Statement Piece for Grand Gatherings: This captivating extendable dining table, attributed to the le...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Beech

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...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Nickel

Charles Hollis Jones "Bullet" Dining or Center Table in Solid Brass and Lucite
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We currently have one piece in nickel and one in solid brass ready to ship. Stunning dining table design in 2011 and part of Charles Hollis Jones "Bullet" line. The base forms a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Borsani-Gerli by Tekno Round Glass and Metal Dinning Room Table, 1960
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and essential glass table, with Italian design from the first half of the last century. Table of Tecno mod. T69, designed by Osvaldo Borsani and Eugenio Gerli. Table with gl...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Square Glass top Stainless Steel Base Barcelona Coffee Table Bauhaus Style
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square 3/4" glass top stainless steel base Barcelona coffee table Bauhaus style.
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stainless Steel

Dada Est. Contemporary Solid Oak Low Table
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table by Dada Est. manufactured in Barcelona, 2021. Oak table Measures: 62 cm D x 140 cm W x 40 cm H There is the possibility of making it in different measures and woods. Dada...
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Oak

Pair of Italian Calacatta Cipollino Marble Coffee Tables, 1970s
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of sculptural coffee tables crafted in Italy in the 1970s from Calacatta Cipollino marble. Their geometric design features clean lines and softly rounded edges that enhance the ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

"Fleur-de-Lis" Center Table by Charles Hollis Jones, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning center table in Lucite and brass designed and manufactured my Charles Hollis Jones in the mid-1970s. The table is very delicate to the eye and yet very imposing in design ap...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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

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Brass

Jacques Adnet Center Table in Stitched Leather, Bronze and Gllass, France, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional center table by Jacques Adnet clad in tobacco brown leather, its four legs joined by an X-stretcher and a large brass frame supports the glass top, it rests on bronze feet.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Bronze

Leon Rosen Center Table by Pace
Located in Highland, IN
This elegant design by Leon Rosen for Pace has a base of glass, three .75" sheets held together by two chrome connectors, which supports a round glass top. Used by the original owne...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

1950's Mid Century Modern Solid Mahogany Center Table
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1950's Mid Century Modern Solid Mahogany Center Table. This center table can be used for all types of styles, there are hints of Rococo etc. Highly detailed foyer table.
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

1950's French Garden Table Attributed to Mathieu Mategot
Located in Paris, FR
A stunning circular garden table attributed to the iconic French mid-century designer Mathieu. This collectible piece is made of his signature perforated sheet and white tubular lacq...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel

Romeo Rega Verdigris and Lucite Pedestal Table Base with Glass Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pedestal table base, by Romeo Rega, having a round top of glass, on its base of graduated disks of copper with verdigris finish, raised on a column of Lucite rods with chromed-metal ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Copper, Chrome

Charles Hollis Jones Attr. Lucite Chrome / Brass Coffee Table
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Charles Hollis Jones Attr. Lucite Chrome / Brass Coffee Table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Landscape Side Tables Marble Brass Handmade by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Side Tables, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Land...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Brass

Paolo Buffa Attributed Coffee Table, Cantù, Print by Johann Friedrich Probst
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),...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Mahogany, Walnut

Large Oversized Lucite Base Glass Top Base Coffee Table Rectangular Cut Corner
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangular cut corner top glass lucite base coffee table.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Lucite

Tessellated Stone Fossil Top Brass Inlay Square Coffee Table on Cabriole Legs
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tessellated Stone Fossil Top Brass Inlay Square coffee table on Cabriole Legs
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20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Stone, Brass

Cityscape Aluminum Base Lucite Rectangle Top Rounded Corners Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Cityscape aluminum base 3/4" lucite rectangle top rounded corners coffee table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Aluminum

Swedish Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood Tri Legged Side End Table Stand 1949 Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Swedish Mid-Century Modern burl wood tri legged side end table stand 1949 mint.
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20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Burl

Gordon Martz Tile Mosaic Round Top Coffee Table on Tapered Dowel Legs MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Gordon Martz Tile Mosaic Mid-Century Modern round top coffee table on tapered dowel legs MINT!.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Ceramic, Chestnut

Pedestal in Onyx and Brass by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Superb center table in onyx and brass base by Studio Glustin. France, 2021.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Onyx, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Center Table by Brazilian Designer, 1960s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Center Table by Brazilian Designer, 1970s Center table structured with solid wooden slats, with metal details and marble top, manufactured by Unknown Brazilian Designer...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Metal

Kazuhide Takahama Djuna Low Table For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Kazuhide Takahama Djuna Low Table For Cassina A designer low table that exudes understated elegance, crafted by Japanese architect Takahama as a tribute to female writer Djuna Barne...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Custom French Modern Neoclassical Hand-Wrought Iron Table Base
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, Custom French Modern Neoclassical hand-hammered and hand-wrought iron table base featuring a stunning spiral form stem and delicate fe...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wrought Iron

Midcentury Round Faux Bamboo Pedestal
Located in Sheffield, MA
Mid-Century Modern Faux Bamboo 27.5" tall round cylinder can be used for a dining table base, center table, or breakfast table. The price is for the base only. The 48" round glass to...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Onyx Tripple Cylinder Base Side Table Stand Pedestal Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern onyx tripple cylinder base side table stand pedestal lamp table.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

Danish Mid-Century Modern Walnut Long Rectangle Coffee Table W Rolled Edge Mint!
By Milo Baughman, Morredi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern walnut long rectangle coffee table w rolled edge mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Paul Frankl Black Stepped Coffee Table for Brown Saltman
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Paul Frankl noted for his "skyscraper" designed furniture of the 1930s, took a different direction on this design for the Brown Saltman Company. This elegant round table has an inver...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Oak

Kazuhide Takahama Djuna Low Table For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Kazuhide Takahama Djuna Low Table For Cassina A designer low table that exudes understated elegance, crafted by Japanese architect Takahama as a tribute to female writer Djuna Barne...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Solid Oak Wood Coffee Table, Fishes Series 2 by Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Fishes is a series of sculptural coffee tables inspired by the famous Fish (1930) sculpture of Rumanian artist Constantin Brancusi. Brancusi's work has been widely regarded as a masterpiece of modern art, and his Fish sculpture remain an iconic symbol of his artistic vision. The Fishes Coffee Tables...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood, Hardwood, Oak

Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 40" Square Single Pedestal Cut Corners Italian Mid Century Modern Coffee Table
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Travertine

Tavolino in Teak - Piano in Legno Curvo Attrib. a F.lli Tagliabue - Italia 1950
Located in Milano, IT
Piccolo tavolino da appoggio composto da una struttura tripode leggera in metallo verniciato che termina, nei suoi tre raggi, con delle palline a far da piedini. Il piano è un sempli...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Giuseppe Scapinelli, "Costela" coffee table, Wood and Glass. c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
Giuseppe Scapinelli (1911-1982) Coffee Table with Planter, c. 1960 This exquisite coffee table, designed by the Italian-Brazilian master Giuseppe Scapinelli, exemplifies his signatu...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Volage Ex-S Coffee Table in Marble and Aluminium Base by Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Volage Ex-S Coffee Table in Marble and Aluminium Base by Philippe Starck ROUNDED CONTOURS A collection of luxurious low tables topped with premium marble, designed by Philippe Star...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Aluminum

Italian 1950s Circular Dining table Att. to Ico Parisi
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1950s Circular dining table att. to Ico Parisi. Cream under painted glass top.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Wood

Harvey Probber Marble Top Rectangular Coffee Table w/ Brass Rectangular stretche
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern rectangular coffee table by Harvey Probber. Nice around perimeter solid brass stretcher.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

Ico Parisi Round Walnut Dining Table, Three Feet, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Important center or dining table in walnut and mirrored top, attributed to Arch. Ico Parisi mirrored top; the mirror glass is not coeval at the tabl...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Square Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century Italian modern 40" square travertine coffee table.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Travertine

Danish Dining Table with Leaf Shaped Top in Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Attributed to Rainer Daumiller dining table, pine, Denmark, 1970s A stunning dining table executed in a solid pine with beautiful color and visible grain. The table top has two roun...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Pine

Karl Springer Goatskin Coffee Table, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Goatskin, Glass

Volage Ex-S Coffee Table in Marble and Aluminium Base by Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Volage Ex-S Coffee Table in Marble and Aluminium Base by Philippe Starck ROUNDED CONTOURS A collection of luxurious low tables topped with premium marble, designed by Philippe Star...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Aluminum

Cage Table, Mid-Century Modern Center or Coffee Table
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
"Elevate Your Living Space with the Cage Table Mid-Century Modern Center Coffee Table Add a touch of sophistication and contemporary style to your living room with the Cage Table Mid...
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2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Carrara Marble

Havana Leather Dining Table, France, c. 1960-70
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Havana leather dining table, France, c. 1960-70 Measures: H 29.5 D: 52 W: 52 in.   
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

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
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Crystal, Sheet Metal

20th Century Carlo de Carli Coffee Table in Red Lacquered Wood and Glass Top'60s
Located in Turin, Turin
Coffee table designed by Carlo De Carli in '60s for Sormani Production. The structure is in red lacquered wood, the top is covered by a mirrored glass; the most peculiar detail is on...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

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

Wrought Iron & Marble "Zig-Zag" Table, France, 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rather wonderful and unique French Mid-Century square centre or dining table, made of wrought-iron with striking legs, and a thick Carrara marble top. Original white paint. Suitable...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron

Black Lacquer Cloth Wrapped 36" Square Center Coffee Table Mid Century 1970 MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Black Lacquer Cloth Wrapped 36" Square Center Coffee Table Mid Century 1970 MINT
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Canvas

Sergio Terzani Gold Illuminated Palm Leaf Table, 1970's
Located in Hastings, GB
An exceptionally rare and beautiful illuminated palm leaf table by Sergio Terzani, Italy, 1970's This fantastic large coffee table is crafted from bra...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

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

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Brass

Elegant Brass Gueridon ca' 1970's
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming and elegant brass gueridon or center table measuring 30" diameter and 29" high. Stylized hoof feet, smoked glass top.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Me 508 Side Tables by Jorge Zalszupin, Rosewood and Glass, Brazil, circa 1959
Located in New York, NY
The "me 508" side table was designed by Jorge Zalszupin (1922-2020) and produced by his company L'Atelier in 1959 – the year of its inauguration. The works of the first phase of L'At...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Rosewood, Glass

Large Stained Wood & Glass 1930s-40s Coffee Table Attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Fine and rare coffee table attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich. This beautiful table was manufactured in Italy around the 1940s in solid wood, stained and polished with a round glass tabl...
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1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Wood

Danish Mid Century Modern Oiled Walnut Dowel Legs Square Coffee Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern oiled walnut dowel legs square coffee table mint!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Mid Century Brass Hoof Feet Chrome Base Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid century brass hoof feet chrome base glass top rectangle coffee table MINT!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

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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