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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 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
Period: Mid-20th Century
Midcentury Oak Center Table
Located in Hudson, NY
American midcentury oak table with curved legs to give the table a graceful and bold hourglass design.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Oak

Harvey Probber Rosewood Top & Mahogany Legs Rectangular Parson Coffee Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber rosewood top with contrasting mahogany legs rectangular coffee table. Label
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Mahogany, Rosewood

Pierre Guariche Adjustable Extension Dining Table for Meurop, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Adjustable Extension Dinning Table designed by Pierre Guariche. Manufactured by Meurop (France) around 1950. Bent and painted iron frame, wood table top. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a nice patina. Guariche Pierre...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Maxime Old Centre or Dining Table, France, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Maxime Old (1910-1991) Elegant modernist dining or centre table by Maxime Old in French walnut with gracefully curving lines in base and table top edge, bronze mounts France 1940s Re...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Rare Midcentury Ship's Wheel Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
Ship's wheel stamped WWII US Navy with brass mounts adaptively reused as a tabletop for a Queen Anne base with a vasiform post and (3) cabriole legs. A second ships wheel serves as a...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

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...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass

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

1950s Piero Fornasetti Attributed Coffee Table , Printed Sails on Top
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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel, Brass

1950s Italian Fume' Glass Top Dining Table in the Manner Gastone Rinaldi
Located in Miami, FL
Midcentury chrome star base table with smoked glass Oval top in the manner Gastone Rinaldi. Chrome in nice condition. Spectacular midcentury chrome starburst dining table...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Mosaic Tile Top Table with Brass Legs
Located in New York, NY
Circular mosaic tile top table with squared brass legs and stretcher. The top has a Roman Key motif in brass tone tile with metallic and off whit...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Chrome and Glass Oval Dining Table, France 1950-1960
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Oval dining/center table with a smoked glass top and tulip-shaped base of cast aluminum and black moulded plastic.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Midcentury Geometric Sculptural Black Lacquer Coffee Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A rare find from the 1950s, this original black lacquer coffee table boasts a Cubist-inspired geometric design. Crafted by renowned designer Gail Fury, its sculptural form and lipped...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

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...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Italian Rectangular Wood and Metal Coffee Table, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian rectangular wood and metal coffee table, 1950s Rectangular wooden top coffee table with magazine rack and legs in meta...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Branco e Preto 'Carlos Milan' Brazilian mid-century coffee table jacaranda, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Branco e Preto (Carlos Milan). Coffee table. Manufactured by Mahlmeister & Cia, Brazil, 1950s. Solid jacaranda, ebonized wooden structure. Measurement...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Jacaranda

Mid-Century Modern Circular Grey Chrome Glass Steel Italian Center Table, 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Circular coffee/center table with structure in chromed steel and glass top.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Large Square Rattan Coffee Table with Formica Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large 31" long square coffee table with pole rattan legs and wood grain formica top with a rattan trim along the borders. Restored to new for you. All rattan, bamboo and wicker f...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Rattan

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

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Teak, Walnut

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...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, 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

Midcentury Oak Coffee Table with Brass Architectural Base
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Midcentury wood coffee table with brass architectural base.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

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

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Chrome

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

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Brass

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

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Metal

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

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 ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Metal, Brass

Birch and Laminate Coffee Table 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.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Granite, Metal, Brass

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

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Brass

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.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Crystal, Metal, Brass

Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood and Chrome "Lotus Design" Base '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).
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Skyscraper Dining/Center Table in Lucite and Chrome by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning and unique "Skyscraper" dining or center table in Lucite and chrome designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones and originally commissioned by Loretta Young. The fi...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Chrome

Huge Maison Jansen Octagonal Coffee Table in Massive Brass
Located in Berlin, BE
Impressive, very huge and massive Maison Jansen coffee table. The smoked glass table top is surrounded by a brass frame.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

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.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

'Petal' Dining Table by Richard Schultz for Knoll
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...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Iron

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

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Beech

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

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

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)....
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Center Table by Saporiti Italia, Italy, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Steel. Four supports spanned at the base with concave steel siding, supporting a round, black resin top with brass tinsel. Original Saporiti Italia label intact on one support. O...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Steel, Brass

Cerused Oak Coffee Table, France, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Cerused oak coffee table with contrasting trim, France, 1950s. Dimensions: 36 x 20 x 19.5 H.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Oak

Unique Mid-Century Modern Rustic Driftwood Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique sculptural coffee table combines a free-form modern design with wonderful rustic driftwood. An unusual design with intricate detail and a thick kidney shaped glass top. T...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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

Vintage Long Surfboard Style Coffee Table, Circa 1950s
Located in East Hampton, NY
Beautiful rich espresso tone with minimal wear. Spindle braces and curved edge top. Midcentury at its best.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Mahogany

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

Bamboo and Raffia Coffee Table with Mirror, Franca Helg Franco Albini Style
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Midcentury elegant coffee table, side table, with top mirror and shelf in green glass, Franca Helg Franco Albini style. Measures cm: Diameter 65, height 56 (Shelf height 19cm).
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Raffia, Glass, Mirror

Silver Leaf Dining Table by James Mont
Located in Stamford, CT
A silver leaf over wood dining table by James Mont. Includes two leaves measuring 12" each. Measures: 42" diameter when closed.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Silver Leaf

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

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Metal

Andre Arbus Style Sun Glass Bronze Tripod Table Deco, Midcentury, France, 1950
Located in New York, NY
Andre Arbus style etched sun glass bronze tripod table Deco, midcentury, 1950, France This is a beautiful and rare etched glass tripod table. Would have been used as a center table...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Bronze

1960s Brazilian Jacaranda Wood Center / Card Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960s Brazilian center table in jacaranda wood and gold details. Can be used as a card or dining table. Glass not included.
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Charles Hollis Jones "Regency Bamboo" Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful center table designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones in the early 1960s as part of his "Regency Bamboo" line. The table is beautifully designed and executed, t...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Fontana Arte Center Table
Located in Madrid, ES
A 1940s Fontana Arte coffee table. Wood and mirror base, brass and Fontana Arte two centimeter thick glass. Beautiful patina. Exceptional design.Free professional packing
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Round Marble Top and Brass Center Table Style of Raphael
Located in New York, NY
Marble-top center or dining table with tubular brass legs. Style of Raphael.
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

Travertine and Walnut Table Attributed to Harvey Probber
Located in Buchanan, MI
Travertine and walnut table attributed to Harvey Probber, Heritage Drexel.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Travertine

Gio Ponti Style Amazing Alabaster Top on Turned Wood Base Dining Table
Located in Ferndale, MI
Alabaster top turned wood dining table in the style of Gio Ponti.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Alabaster

Maison Jansen French Mid-Century Lucite and Tile Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French (1940s) rectangular lucite coffee table with twelve black, white, and gold tiles with classical urn design. (attributed to: MAIS...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Lucite, Ceramic

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

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

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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