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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: 1950s
Italian Modern Table By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Table By Osvaldo Borsani. This stylish Italian mid century table is constructed of rosewood with a beautifully designed brass base. Our versatile round table can be us...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

1940s-50s coffee table in the style of Osvaldo Borsani
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Precious 1940s-50s coffee table in the style of Osvaldo Borsani. Wood and ebonized wood frame plus pink-grained marble top. OF great elegance and character perfect even in more cont...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

1950s coffee table with glass top
Located in Milano, IT
Center table with storage compartment and glass top. Ebony-stained beech wood, clear glass with decorations.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Beech

Eero Saarinen for Knoll 'Tulip' Dining Table with Carrara Marble Top
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 'Tulip' dining table, Carrara marble, metal, United States, 1950s/1960s This iconic pedestal table from the Tulip collection is designed by Ee...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Metal

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 mahogany wood, circa 1950. We do not include glass for best shipping.
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Cedar

50's Coffee Table
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee table with double top, made of mahogany veneer wood.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Mahogany

Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood & Glass, Giuseppe Scapinelli 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Available in NYC with free domestic shipping included, this Brazilian Modern coffee table in Caviuna Wood and glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli, 1950s is nothing less than spectacular. T...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Italian Mid-Century Teak Wood Dining Table by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Dining table well designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s, very stylish and charming as all the items manufactured by him. The round tabletop is teak wood and its base made of precious green Pakistan...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Onyx

Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood by Giuseppe Scapinelli, Brazil, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Available today, with complimentary domestic shipping (NYC) this iconic Mid-Century Modern coffee table made in hardwood & glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli in the fifties is fabulous. ...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Hardwood, Glass

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

Ignazio Gardella Occasional marble and brass round table
Located in Milano, IT
An elegant and modernist Italian occasional table from the 1950s-60s, designed by the visionary Ignazio Gardella, is truly a sight to behold. Its round shape, adorned with a black m...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass, Iron

Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen Coffee table model FD-516 , Teak
Located in Braga, Braga
Classic coffee table from the 1960s by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen for France & Daverkosen. Rare model FD- 516. Frame and table top made of solid teak with an additional shel...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Mid Century Center Café Table in White Metal in style of Mathieu Matégot, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare mid century round dining garden table in white lacquered metal in style of Mathieu Matégot. Produced in France, 1950s. In good original condition. Dimensions: H: 65 cm / 25.60...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Two-Tone Hardwood & Glass, Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in New York, NY
Available in NYC with free domestic shipping included, this Brazilian Modern coffee table in two-tone hardwood and glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli, 1950s is nothing less than spectacula...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Hardwood

Martin Eisler for Forma. Mid-Century Modern Folding Center/Dining Table in Wood
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Beautiful folding center table by Martin Eisler, one of the founders of the company Forma, an important and influential name of Brazilian design....
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Formica, Wood

French round slate table circa 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant hand carved French slate table in 3 parts circa 1950 from Trelaze (49) Nice size ( diameter 110 cm) could be a nice center or dining table !
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Slate

Vittorio Dassi Elegant Console Table
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vittorio Dassi, console table or center table, marble, wood, brass, Italy, 1950s. Elegant console or center table by Vittorio Dassi with an Alpi Verdi marble top and base, which mat...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

'Half Moon' Center Table by CIMO Studio, Brazil, 1950s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
'Half Moon' Center Table by CIMO Studio, Brazil, 1950s Center table structured in wood and plywood, with a half-moon design, supported on three solid wood legs, manufactured by CIMO...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood, Plywood

Mid-Century Modern Center Table by Estúdio Branco & Preto, Brazil, 1950s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Center Table by Estúdio Branco & Preto, Brazil, 1950s Center table structured in solid wood, with a nested glass top. A classic design by Estúdio Branco & Preto,...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Wood

Tavolino Anni 50 Manifattura Argentina in faggio ottone e vetro
Located in Milano, IT
Tavolino da caffè vintage in legno di faggio tinto con quattro gambe raccordati da elementi in legno e dettagli in ottone, piano tondo in vetro. Restaurato.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass

Tronco coffee table by Ignazio gardella
Located in Milano, IT
The Tronco coffee table, a masterpiece conceived by visionary Ignazio Gardella, is an astonishing creation that transcends simple furniture. Crafted with an extraordinary passion for...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Iron

20th Century Angelo Mangiarotti Bernini Table Mod. 302 Brass and Marble, 50s
Located in Turin, Turin
Angelo Mangiarotti was a very important italian architect and designer, born in 1921 in Milan. He studied architecture at the Politecnico of Milan and gratuated in 1948. He then went...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Brass

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

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

Muller & Barringer for Kittinger Coffee Table with Lacquer Top, Circa 1950
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Asian inspired coffee table with black sculpted base and black lacquer top by Muller and Barringer for Kittinger in the 1950's.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Hardwood

1950s coffee table in ebony-stained wood and glass
Located in Milano, IT
Center table, ebony-stained wood, glass. Good conditions.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Wood

Italian Mid-Century Center Table by Ico and Louisa Parisi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian Mid-Century center table attributed to designers Ico and Luisa Parisi with a beautifully grained walnut top having delicate inlay around the outer edge. The iconic pedestal b...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Dassi Marble and Wood Mid-Century Center Table, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
This round dining table by Vittorio Dassi aesthetically represents a cult thanks to its simple lines and its exemplary character. Produced by "Dassi Mobili Moderni" around the year 1...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

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

Tavolo rotondo attribuito a Ico Parisi 1950, piano in marmo base in legno mogano
Located in Milan, IT
Tavolo rotondo anni Cinquanta, manifattura Italiana, attribuito a Ico Parisi. Il tavolo ha un diametro di 120 cm con un piano in marmo e una base d'appoggio il legno di mogano. Il pi...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

Tavolino Anni 50, verde e marrone
Located in Milano, IT
Elegante tavolino da centro, legno di faggio tinto, piano in vetro retro trattato.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Beech

Móveis Galeria Ambiente. Mid-Century Modern Center Table in Imbúia Wood
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Extremely charming 1950's center table created and sold by Galeria Ambiente. This art and design gallery was at the forefront of the artistic and cultural manifestations of São Paulo...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Imbuia

Móveis Galeria Ambiente. Mid-Century Modern Center Table in Imbúia Wood
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Extremely charming 1950's center table created and sold by Galeria Ambiente. This art and design gallery was at the forefront of the artistic and cultural manifestations of São Paulo...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Imbuia

Coffe Table anni 60 -Made in ITALY
Located in Milano, IT
TAVOLINO originale degli anni 60 disegnato da Edoardo Paoli creatore del più famoso tavolino ARLECCHINO. Di ottima qualità ed elegante disegno che risalta con qualsiasi stile di arre...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Brass, Iron

Square Coffee Table by Joaquim Tenreiro, 1950, Brazil
Located in PARIS, FR
A marble and wood coffee table by Joaquim Tenreiro. 1960 The modern legs in the shape of an ellipse, a flush construction of the marble top with the wooden structure. A contrast b...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

Giuseppe Scapinelli. Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table "Maracanã" in Caviúna Wood
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Authentic "Maracanã Table" made in solid Brazilian caviúna wood, Italian marble table top and bronze details. This is an extremely sophisticated piece and a symbol of Giuseppe Scapin...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Bronze

20th Century Gianfranco Frattini Coffee Table Model 740 for Cassina in Wood
Located in Turin, Turin
Frattini graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic in 1953. He opened his professional studio in Milan, after working in the studio of his teacher and mentor Gio Ponti. Hi...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Laminate, Wood

John Vesey, Center Table, Wrought Iron, Marble, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable black-painted wrought iron and marble center table designed and produced by John Vesey, USA, c. 1950s.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble, Wrought Iron

Vintage Italian Walnut Game Table with Grissinatura
Located in Milano, IT
Let me transport you to a bygone era with this enchanting 1950s vintage Italian game table. This table isn't just a piece of furniture; it's...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Walnut

Hand-painted Illustrated Wood Coffee or Center Table, 1950s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-century Italian unique hand-painted illustrated Wood Coffee Table with black iron newspaper shelf, 1950s, Italy Measurtements : Top: 86 x 42 cm Height: 41 cm Newspaper shelf to...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal, Brass

20th Century Franco Albini Pair of TN6 Cicognino Coffee Tables in Wood, 50s
Located in Turin, Turin
An iconic design with a refined and essential taste, which in its playful form evokes a reassuring feeling of familiarity. Franco Albini created the table by reducing its structure t...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

50s-60s Coffee Table
Located in Milano, IT
Coffee table with under-top open compartment in stained mahogany veneer wood with turned legs in stained beech wood. Good Condition
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Beech, Mahogany

Mid-Century Modern Square Table by Mobília Contemporânea, Brazil, 1950s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Square Table by Mobília Contemporânea, Brazil, 1950s This coffee table, manufactured by Mobilia Contemporânea, combines solid...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Wood

American Designer, Table, Rattan, Metal, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A small round rattan and lacquered metal table or dining table, designed and produced in the US, c. 1950s.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Metal

20th Century Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Coffee Table Model 1774 in Wood, 1958
Located in Turin, Turin
Coffee table designed in 1958 by the great maestro of glass Mr. Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. The table has a structure in Wood and the circular top is composed of a curved mirrore...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Crystal

50's Coffee Table
Located in Milano, IT
Center table made of stained beech wood and glass. Side table for a corner or facing seat, for an old-fashioned touch in a contemporary decor. Carefully restored by our workshop, wit...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Glass, Beech

Italian Modern Center Table By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Center Table Guglielmo Ulrich. This versatile Italian Mid-Century Modern Guglielmo Ulrich sculptural table can be used as a center table, console table, side table...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno Italian vintage coffee table
Located in Baranzate, IT
Beautiful wood and brass side table designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno. The coffee table has a round curved plywood top, brass frame reaching to a black marble base from Belgium. ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Belgian Black Marble, Brass

coffee table with tray, 1960s
Located in Felino, IT
Wooden coffee table with pull-out tray and lower shelf, 1950s-60s. removable tray. well-preserved original object, does not need restoration. solid and stable . modern style 50s/60s....
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Coffee Table in Rosewood, Martin Eisler, Brazilian Midcentury, 1953
Located in New York, NY
This round coffee table in Rosewood was designed by Martin Eisler (1913-1977) and Susi Aczel (1931-) for Forma S.A. Móveis e Objetos de Arte. This piece ...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Rosewood, Glass

Antique Coffee Table Stand with Tile Top
Located in Seattle, WA
Antique Table Stand with Tile Top Dimensions. 45 W ; 26 D ; 19 D.
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table in Hardwood & Marble, G.Scapinelli 1950s, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Brazilian Modern coffee table in hardwood and marble designed by Giuseppe Scapinelli in the fifties in Brazil is sculptural and very elegant! The coffee tabl...
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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

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Pedestal Tulip Walnut Coffee Table by Knoll Associate
Located in Houston, TX
A 1950s original pedestal tulip coffee table with a walnut top by Eero Saarinen for Knoll Associates. An early example of a MCM design in very good vintage condition. Bevelled edge t...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Laminate

Estrutural Coffee Table by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazilian Midcentury, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992) designed this round coffee table in 1947 – the same period he created other Estrutural pieces, like the famous dining chairs and dining table. As with...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Rosewood, Glass

"Two Colors" Coffee Table by Branco & Preto, Brazilian Midcentury, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
The "Two Colors" coffee table was designed in circa 1950 and produced by Branco & Preto, an architecture and design firm that opened in 1952 in São Paulo. Branco & Preto was one ...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Marble

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

Brazilian Modern Coffee Table in Two Tones of Hardwood by G. Scapinelli, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this iconic Mid-Century Modern coffee table made in hardwood & glass by Giuseppe Scapinelli in the fifties is fabulous. The coffee table is entirely made in Pau ...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Hardwood

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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