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Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail 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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Recognized Seller Listings
Maison Jansen French Mid-Century Brass and Agate Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century gilt and brass low coffee table with a top decorated with a piece of inset agate. (signed: MAISON JANSEN, PARIS)
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Agate, Brass

Ebonized Coffee Table with Mottled Antique Glass by James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Ebonized coffee table with mottled antique glass and retractable top by James Mont, American, 1940s. Table is 68 inches wide when top is fully opened.    
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Coffee Table with Faceted Olive Burl Pedestal Base by Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table No. 6302G with faceted olive burl pedestal base and thick glass top by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, American, 1963 (Dunbar metal tag on base).
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Burl

Beautiful Acid Etched Brass Belgian Coffee Table
By Ricco D
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful Belgian modernist design acid etched brass coffee table. Signed "Ricco D 18582", Belgium, 1970s. Measures: H 14" W 49" D 29.5".
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1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Maxime Old 1950s Oak Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Maxime Old (1910-1991) Sculptural coffee table in oak France, 1950s 41 W x 19 D x 20 H Ref: Ensemble Mobiliers , Vol. 11, planche 2, 1951 Bibliotheque de l'Image
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Asymmetrical Coffee Table by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A low console or table with a spare mahogany frame that supports an asymmetrical top with brass capped feet.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Paul Laszlo Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Architectural cocktail table by Paul Laszlo for Brown Saltman. Dark stained mahogany top floating on two rectangular side supports. Recently refinished and signed on underside.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany

French Mid-Century Rosewood Inlaid Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century (1950s) rectangular rosewood coffee table with square legs supporting a shelf and a checkerboard design top with two side drawers with a brass knob handles.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rosewood

Walnut Low Table by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rectangular dark walnut low table having a black laminate top and distinctive triangular legs.
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Sculptural Coffee Table in Black Lacquered Linen and Glass, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural coffee table in black lacquered linen with thick fitted glass top, American, 1970s.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Linen, Glass, Wood, Lacquer

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 Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Modernist Oak and Sand Cast Glass Table Attributed to Adnet, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Adnet (1900-1984), attributed to, Superb large carved oak modernist table with beautiful sand-cast glass top. France, circa 1950. Dimension...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Oak

1970s Fossil Embossed Table on Chromed Steel Base
Located in New York, NY
France, 1970s. Cast and patinated coffee table with fossil shale relief, raised on chromed steel base. 39.5 diameter x 19.5 H.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Philip & Kelvin LaVerne "Persephone Enslaved" Sculpture Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Rare and important “Persephone Enslaved” sculpture coffee table in patinated cast bronze by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, American 1970s (signed on base). Cast pieces were only done in ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Cork Low Table by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A simple and elegant square low table with a raised cork top on a mahogany 'Parsons' base.  
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany, Cork

Square Coffee Table with Thick Black Granite Top by Juan Montoya
Located in New York, NY
Square coffee table in black lacquer with a thick black granite top by Juan Montoya for the home of Elaine Heller, American, 1981.
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Coffee Table by Maxime Old, France, circa 1954
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany X-form structure, inset with glass sides and a sliding glass top. Literature: Yves Badetz’s Maxime Old Architecte-Decorateur, Norma Edition, pages 202 & 286.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Mahogany

Stunning Coffee Table Attributed to Fontana Arte
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Very elegant wood and glass coffee table attributed to Fontana Arte. Extraordinary nilo colour glass and shaped top.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Mahogany and Brass Table by Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Inlaid brass edged coffee and end table model no. 7012 in mahogany with three drawers by Paul McCobb, American, 1950s.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

1970s Unattributed Teak and Slate Low Table of Secessionist Influence
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An interesting and well-rendered low table showing a secessionist influence, having a rectilinear form with square-shaped through-tenoned legs, and a light wood top with an expressiv...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Slate

Acid Etched Brass Belgian Coffee Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Great vintage acid etched brass Belgian coffee table from the 1980s, set on a black painted metal base, signed: Ricco D. and numbered.
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1980s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Chic Brass Acid Etched Coffee Table by George Mathias
Located in Montreal, QC
Chic brass acid etched with agate inset and abstract motifs by Georges Mathias. Signed: "Georges Mathias".
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1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Italian Polished Brass Coffee Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Mid-Century modern polished brass square side-table with smoked glass top.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Coffee Table Attributed Jean-Charles Moreux, France Art Moderne, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany veneered coffee table raised on four wide out-scrolled legs, connected by a thick bar which runs parallel to the table edge. Similar gueridon pictured in Susan Day’s Jean-Ch...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany

Elegant End Table in Brass with Bamboo Design
Located in New York, NY
Elegant end table in brass with bamboo design and glass top, American 1950's
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Low Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An ebonized mahogany low table with a lower shelf and singe drawer on cylindrical dowel legs.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mahogany

Two-Tiered Carrara Marble Table by Ward Bennett
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A refined and elegant rectilinear coffee or low table having an exposed stainless steel frame supporting two figured Carrara marble slabs.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Steel

Paul Laszlo Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
Paul Laszlo custom table of dark stained mahogany. Shaped elements joined to form and abstract "H" shape. Thick, curved glass top insets into the structure. Paul Laszlo met...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Abel Sorenson Coffee Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Abel Sorenson coffee table for Knoll. This rare table was in production for only two years from 1947-1949.
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bentwood

Vintage Jansen Style Chrome and Brass Side Table
Located in Austin, TX
French vintage side table in brass and chrome with a glass top. Superb style and finish, great size for a small coffee table or side table.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Elegant Coffee Coffee Table in Walnut by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Square two-tier coffee table in walnut by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, American, 1940s (label on bottom). This beautiful clean line coffee table would add to any interior.
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Walnut Low Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A walnut low table having a long rectangular top with raised end rails resting on a six-legged base with turned legs and stretchers. The legs attach ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Roberto Rida Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
“Compasso,” circular cocktail table by Roberto Giulio Rida. Solid brass legs inspired by the lines of a compass and repeated around the perimeter of base. Clear glass top over colore...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Jacques Dufresne French Modern Design Verdigris Bronze Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French Modern Design bronze verdigris patina square coffee table with fish design on apron and a black marble top. (by JACQUES DUFRESNE)
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Acid Etched Brass Coffee Table by Christian Krekels
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare acid etched brass coffee table by Christian Krekels, the top inset with an agate stone.
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1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Agate, Brass

Solid Mahogany and Glass Low Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A low table with a glass top and three jointed legs form an organic design.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Wood

American Modern Aluminum and Brass Coffee Table in Paul Evans' Manner Cityscape
Located in New York, NY
American Modern design aluminum and brass coffee table with a stacked, tiered block design and a square glass top. (in the manner of PAUL EVANS' "CITYSCAPE" DESIGN)
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum, Brass

Italian Glass Top Cocktail Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Italian glass top cocktail table. Attributed to Romeo Rega.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Polished Steel Low Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A substantial modernist low table having a one-piece heavy forged polished stainless steel base with rounded corners and legs supporting a floating mirrored glass top.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Ole Wanscher Folding Table
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Finely made adjustable two position table in teak by Ole Wanscher and manufactured by Rud. Rasmussens of Denmark. Adjusts from coffee table to dinette height. Signed with label to bo...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Occasional Table by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An interesting and uncommon occasional table on casters having a cruciform structure intersected by two circular planes, the top of the table surfaced with leather.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Paul Laszlo Table
Located in New York, NY
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...
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1930s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

"Shinto Coffee Table" by Jay Spectre 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Large "Shinto Coffee Table" in oak with glass top and steel feet by Jay Spectre for Century Furniture, American 1970s. This coffee table is both elegant and beautifully made.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Maison Jansen French Mid-Century Gilt Iron and Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century gilt iron coffee table with four double scroll legs and a shaped glass top. (attributed to MAISON JANSEN)
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Iron

Italian Mid-Century Modern Beige Mica and Resin Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern (1960s) rectangular beige mica and resin coffee table resting on a solid base.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Resin

Customizable French 1940s Style Makore Veneer Coffee Table manner of Maxime Old
Located in New York, NY
Customizable French 1940s-style (modern) makore veneered coffee table with a rounded rectangular top with brass trim, four legs, and stretcher base. (manner of MAXIME OLD) (CUSTOM SI...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Low Table or Bench by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A low table or bench with an ebonized walnut frame which rises slightly above the table surface and can hold a loose cushion if used as a bench.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut

Lova Creations Belgian Modern Square Etched Brass Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Belgian Modern design (1970s) square brass coffee table with a fluted design border with an etched center design and twelve ebonized legs. (by LOVA CREA...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

American Mid-Century Brass and Glass Coffee Table Set
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century brass round coffee table with a glass top with acorn finials and a lower stretcher which fits four small wedge-shaped glass top tables.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings American Art Moderne Sycamore Pedestal Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
American Art Moderne rectangular sycamore high coffee table with carved triple column pedestal base and eight mirrored panels on top. (attributed to: T.H. ROBSJOHN GIBBINGS)
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Sycamore, Mirror

Light Wood Neoclassical Coffee Table, France, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
France, 1950s Striking neoclassical table in blond ash, The circular top beautifully set in wood frame Patinated bronze mounts and sabots. Dimensions: 27.5 diameter x 18 H.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Bronze

Walnut X-Base Low Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A striking and well-crafted X-based low table in walnut having a biomorphic boomerang-shaped glass top.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Walnut, Glass

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 Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Lucite, Ceramic

Jacques Dumond 1950s Coffee Table with Glass Legs
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Dumond (1906-1988) Modernist coffee table in mahogany stained French walnut, raised on tempered glass legs by Saint-Gobain, and nickel bronze mounts. Glass impressed Securit ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Glass, Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Danish Chrome and Rosewood Coffee Table by Quistgaard
Located in London, GB
Mid-Century Modern Danish chrome and rosewood coffee table by Quistgaard. Danish, c. 1960 Measures: height 47cm, width 77.5cm, depth 77.5cm. This elegant Mid-Century Modern coffee table is crafted from rosewood and chrome. The coffee table feature a square tabletop with a raised lip, which is supported by four curved chrome legs joined by two sets of stretchers: one pair of rosewood stretchers...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Jules Leleu Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Jules Leleu (1883-1961). Rosewood marquetry, with gilded bronze accents side table. Signed, numbered and dated 1953. Measures: Height 21”, length 27”, depth 19”.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Rosewood

Elegant Coffee Table with Polished Steel Base by Tommi Parzinger 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Elegant coffee table with polished steel base and oval glass top by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American, 1960s.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

American Modern Brown and White Marble and Steel Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
American Modern design rectangular steel coffee table with brown and white alternating marble stripes.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Mid-century Modern coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage coffee and cocktail tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern coffee and cocktail tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original coffee and cocktail tables, popular names associated with this style include Edward Wormley, Knoll, Joel Escalona, and Dunbar. 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 coffee and cocktail tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $154 and tops out at $397,156 while the average work can sell for $2,800.

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