Paul Laszlo Coffee Table

Scarce, self-published, 102-page catalog with laminated boards showcasing Paul Laszlo's work in and around Beverly Hills between 1937-1947. The Hungarian born and Vienna-educated Las...

X-base cocktail or side table of two intersecting planes of highly polished cast aluminum, with a tinted 3/4 inch glass top with rounded edges and polished sides. Designed by Paul Ma...

Boat-shaped coffee table with beveled edges in silvered walnut by the team of German-born American architects Oscar Stonorov and Willo von Moltke, designed for the Museum of Modern Art's 1941 Organic Design in Home Furnishings competition, and produced in very small numbers by Red Lion Furniture of Pennsylvania. Per the MoMA catalog, “a design may be called organic when there is an harmonious organization of the parts within the whole, according to structure, material, and purpose. Within this definition there can be no vain ornamentation or superfluity, but the part of beauty is none the less great—in ideal choice of material, in visual refinement, and in the rational elegance of things internded for use.” The suite of furnishings designed by Stonorov and von Moltke---including a vanity, coffee table, dining set, bed, nightstand, and case pieces--won honorable mention at the seminal competition and received a preferred placement at the MoMA exhibition itself. The winning entries in the competition, which included the iconic seating and unit furniture by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, were showcased at eleven department stores across the country--notably Bloomingdale's and Kaufmann's--and were intended for serial production, but America's entry into WWII a month after the opening of the exhibition, along with higher than expected price points across the board meant that few pieces were actually made outside the ones initially sent to the participating department stores. This was especially true for the Stonorov and von Moltke suite, which wound up being among the most expensive items...

Up-and-down "Versitable" by Tepper-Meyer Associates of San Francisco, produced by Fred Meyer circa 1954. The two-position design can function as a dining or writing table in the high...

Rectangular cocktail table of chromed steel and glass by architects William Katavolos, Ross Littell, and Douglas Kelley. A relatively rare offering from Laverne Originals, circa 1958. Ref: Mobili Tipo...

Elegantly minimalist cocktail table rendered to precise specifications in stainless steel with a 3/4 inch glass top. A Nicos Zographos design and production from his 35 series of low tables, circa 1970s. Zographos's 1960s updates on International Style furnishings graced interiors by iconic modernist architects such as Gordon Bunshaft, I.M. Pei, and Louis Kahn.

A rare table by Paul Laszlo. 40" diameter by 14 1/8" tall. This circular low coffee or cocktail table features thoughtful design with tiers added below eith...

Paul Laszlo large-scale low table with rounded corners, two-level burl wood top and finely crafted detailing. This unique table was created for a Bel Air home and appears to have nev...

Long rectangular midcentury coffee table. The top frame holds a clear glass insert to see through an angled lower display shelf. A Classic design by Paul Laszlo for the prominent Cal...

A wood coffee table designed by Paul Laszlo and produced by Brown Saltman, USA, 1950s.

A wooden coffee table designed by Paul László and produced by Brown Saltman, America, 1950s.

A wooden coffee table designed by Paul László and produced by Brown Saltman, America, 1950s.