Mid-Century Modern Console 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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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
Large Italian Modern Neoclassical Carved Wood & Glass Console, Attr to G. Ulrich
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Exquisite Italian Midcentury console or writing table attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich, circa 1940-1950 uniting Modern, Neoclassical and Art Deco sensibilities. The console ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
U Shape Base Marble Top Mid Century Modern Console Sofa Hall Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern U-shape base console table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Composition, Carrara Marble
Vintage Italian Brass and Glass Console Table
Located in London, GB
An absolutely gorgeous vintage Italian brass and glass console table. This was made in Italy, it dates from around the 1960’s.
The quality is exceptional, this is extremely well mad...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Bamboo and Brass French Console Table Black Glass Top, 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful console table was made from natural bamboo, with leather joints and luxe displays of brass inserts on the front and back, in the early 1970s in France. It features a s...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Floral Motifs Grey Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Elevate your home with our stunning bone inlay console table, a timeless masterpiece that seamlessly blends old-world charm with modern elegance. In...
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Bone, Wood
Inca Console Table by Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Inca Console Table by Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper, 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Stone
Lacquered Demilune Console
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern lacquered console table with half circle top. Large 5 foot wide top on a rounded base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Italian Mid Century Modern Console
Located in Red Lion, PA
Vintage center console in black lacquered iron with marble top
Definitely a designer piece
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Parchment & Skin Snake Wrapped Console Sofa Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative Mid-Century Modern Art Deco influence snake skin base and Goat skin top console sofa table.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Parchment Paper
Console by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Architectural Console No. 5403 in walnut with black laminate top and shelves designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, 1950s. Retains original DUNBAR labels.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Formica, Walnut
Vintage Palm Beach Pencil Reed Rattan Bamboo Console Sofa Table Brass Feet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage 1970s pencil reed rattan console sofa table with glass top insert. Original natural finish. Brass feet have been polished but may have patina. Dimensions: 48 L x 18 D x 27.5.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Reed
Stunning Midcentury Cristal Art Console Table with Mirror and Sconces, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Giant Cristal Art mirror with green and amber glass Mirror with elegant brass console table and a fume mirror top.
The set include the a pair of br...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Mi-Century Italian Console Table in the Style of Paolo Buffa, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant console table table in the style of Paolo Buffa, 1950s. Marble is supported by four bronze heads of eagles. Piece of great value.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Mid-Century Modern Patinated Brass Consoles, 1970
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern console / sofa table in a sober rectilinear form covered in patinated solid brass. The pieces are in the style of Luciano Frigeri and Willy Rizzo a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Impressive Mid-Century Modern Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage modern hall table features a smoked glass top with brass trim running along the edges. Sleek design has unique legs with louvered indents running vertically an...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Cerused Oak Black and White Small One Drawer Console Writing Table Desk
By Jay Spectre
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern cerused oak small petit desk writing table or console with round solid brass pulls.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Oak
Two French Mid-Century Modern Plaster Consoles Attributed to Serge Roche
By Serge Roche
Located in New York, NY
Two French plaster consoles in the unique Neo-Baroque / late Art Deco / early Mid-Century Modern style of Serge Roche. The stem and base are for...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Burl Walnut and Aluminium Console/Sofa Table by Tomlinson
By Tomlinson
Located in Hanover, MA
Parsons style sofa or console table by Tomlinson with patchwork burled walnut top on a polished aluminium square frame base. Four corners embellished with aluminium open corbel brack...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Exquisite Black Marble Lion Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elevate your space with the opulence and grandeur of the Exquisite Black Marble Lion Console Table. Designed for the discerning individual who appreciates fine craftsmanship and time...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Large Bent Glass Italian Mid Century Modern Console Sofa Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Italian modern style console table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Italian Mid-Century Brass Black Opaline Console Table 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful thick brass and black opaline glass was made in Italy in the late 1970s. Symmetrical brass elements strike through black opaline glass tops, the result being an impres...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Marble Top Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Slender lines form a light and airy design in this modern table. A graceful combination of white bianco marble atop an organic faux bois base in a satin bronze finish.
Dimensions: 6...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal
White Mirror Console 1960s Mid-Century Modern
Located in Cork, IE
This gorgeous ensemble consisting of a metal wall console table and a mirror is made from solid white lacquered metal.
The design is very much of the 1950's and 1960's with elegantl...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Angelo Mangiarotti Italian Console as a Pair Red Marble for Skipper
Located in Madrid, ES
Eros console as a pair designed by Angelo Mangiarotti (Milán, 1921 – 2012) for Skipper. Stunning rosso sardo marble console with top fitted on two conical bases, Italy, 1971
Angelo ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Aldo Bakker Wood Console Table, Light Grey Color by Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Console table designed by Aldo Bakker in 2017.
Tranquil and seductive, Aldo Bakker’s console table floats exquisitely between sculpture and furniture. It depicts the simplest con...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Alabaster Console by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Beautiful console in sculpted alabaster.
Creation by Studio Glustin.
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Alabaster
Heavy Granite Top Rectangular Brass Frame Horn Shape Legs Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Heavy grade materials coffee table made of solid black granite top and solid brass frame with tapered legs.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Granite, Brass
Murano Beige, Grey Tinted Glass Commode, Chest of 2 Drawers
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This is an exquisite Italian fine design one of a kind cabinet . It features golden polished brass trims, legs and decorative circle motives brass and ivory white and grey color Mura...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
American Midcentury Metal and Wood Two-Tiered Shelving Unit with Twisted Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage American Industrial style wood and metal shelving unit from the mid 20th century with two shelves, twisted motifs, lateral handles and half moon cross...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
2 French Midcentury Modern Neoclassical Consoles in the Style of Marc Duplantier
Located in New York, NY
2 Elegant French Mid-Century style consoles or sofa tables in the modern neoclassical tradition attributed to Marc Duplantier in hand-wrought iron with a travertine top. These consol...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Limestone, Wrought Iron
Farmhouse, French Provincial, Mid-Century Modern, Oak Console Table, 1940s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Rustic French Mid-Century Modern Provincial Oak Console Table, Farmhouse
Farmhouse modern table of high quality with mortis and tenon construction having butterfly joint inlay at th...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Oak
Midcentury Style Brass and Lapis Lazuli Colored Murano Glass Console Table
Located in Rome, IT
Striking brass frame and hand-cut Lapis lazuli imitation Murano glass Console table with two drawers, raised on special brass legs.
Handmade by a master artisan.
Price is for one i...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
John Vesey Style Mid-Century Modern Brass Chrome & Glass Console Table, 1970s
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid-Century Modern mixed metal brass and chromed steel console sofa table in the style of John Vesey and Maison Jansen. Removable clear beveled glass top. Coordinating coffee table a...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Sculptural Post Modern Gray Plaster Console
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elevate your space with the bold sophistication of this Sculptural Post-Modern Gray Plaster Console, a statement piece that seamlessly blends art and functionality. With its striking...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Plaster
Modern Tan Leather Wrapped Console
Located in Westwood, NJ
This piece, beautifully crafted with a luxurious creamy mushroom tan leather exterior, is accentuated with delicate gilt trim, adding a hint of glamour to its modern design. The cons...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Oriental Asian Modern White Lacquer Faux Finish Scroll Design Console Sofa Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oriental Asian Modern white lacquer faux finish scroll design console sofa table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Modern Console / Table "La Barca" by Piero de Martini for Cassina
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Console / Table "La Barca" by Piero de Martini for Cassina, Italy, 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Travertine Console Table
Located in London, London
This travertine console table is an elegant piece that showcases the timeless beauty of natural stone. The table is crafted entirely from travertine, featuring a smooth, rectangular ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Travertine
Italian Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Gilt Iron Console by Banci for Hermès
By Hermès, Giovanni Banci
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Italian Modern neoclassical console in classic Hermes styling featuring horse hardware motifs. The console / sofa table is in hand hammered and gilt iron by Giovanni Banci for Hermes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Travertine, Wrought Iron
Vintage Modern Pinewood Corner Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish vintage corner table features triangular design with bentwood stretchers and natural wood finish. Unique table makes the perfect addi...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Tessellated stone console
Located in New York, NY
Tessellated stone console with incised detail.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Stone
Exceptional Pair of Mixed-Metal Demilune Consoles
Located in North Miami, FL
Very large scale, these heavy and well constructed vintage consoles with smoked mirror top and forward facing panels. Tubular design in chrome and brass with some patina small rust s...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
American Walnut Ed Wormley for Dunbar Double Pedestal Desk w/ Folding Return
Located in Rockaway, NJ
American walnut Ed Wormley for Dunbar double pedestal desk w/ folding return.
Uniquer folding return desk feature, nice architectural design back, beautiful amber honey tone finish.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Mid-Century Brass Faux Bamboo & Travertine Console by Maison Bagues
Located in New York, NY
An Elegant French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Brass Faux Bamboo and Travertine Console by Maison Bagues circa 1960-1970. The piece is sublimely French using a spare, modern form ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Italian Mid-Century Brass, Chrome & Glass Console / Sofa Table, Willy Rizzo
Located in New York, NY
An Elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern brass, chrome and smoked green glass console / sofa table in the style of Willy Rizzo for Maison Jansen, circa 1970 with the smoked glass by Fontana Arte. This double tier console...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Charlotte Perriand Black Metal and Formica Console for Cite Cansado, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Behold the timeless allure of a console designed by the visionary Charlotte Perriand, circa 1958. Crafted in France with meticulous attention to detail, this piece bears the unmistak...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Italian Sculptural Brass and Glass Top Console Table
Located in Rome, IT
Fabulous modern brass sculpture console table or center table with a Mondrian motive glass top.
Handmade by a master artisan.
The glass top color we can customize on request.
Ava...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Marble and Wood Console Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Marble and Wood Console Table
Beautiful marble top console with ebonized frame.
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Style Marble-Top Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique marble-top console table features a marble top fitted in hardwood frame. Unique vintage style console table perfect for use in a variety of settings as a hallway, entrywa...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Maitland-Smith Console Tessellated Fossil Mosaic Stone Marble Console Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Maitland Smith console tessellated fossil mosaic stone marble console table.
Exceptional form with a beautiful cream/ivory color stone veneer. Brass inlay. In the manner of Karl Springer and Gabrielle Crespi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Angelo Mangiarotti “Incas” Console for Skipper, 1978
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Angelo Mangiarotti “Incas” console for Skipper, pietra serena, Italy, 1978.
Mangiarotti designed the “Incas” console as a development of the “Eros” ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Stone
Mid-Century Faux Goatskin Console Table with Storage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage modern faux goatskin wrapped console with storage space.
The 4 metal push-to-open doors are mounted on piano hinges and contain 2 shelves ...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Faux Leather
Vintage Modern Mastercraft Trilobi Console Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern hall table features a decorative brass frame with an unusual shape. This sleek and heavy console table by Mastercraf...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern One Pedestal Composite Art Console Sofa Table
By Dickinson
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern molded composite art single pedestal console sofa table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Composition
Chrome Faux Bamboo Two-Tier Smoked Glass Console Sofa Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern smoked glass faux bamboo console sofa table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
Two French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Bronzed Iron Console, Marc Duplantier
Located in New York, NY
An elegant and sober pair of French Mid-Century style consoles / sofa tables in the modern neoclassical spirit with bronzed wrought iron bases and limestone tops.
The tops of the...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Medium to Large Black Granite Rectangular Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Black granite not marble Mid-Century Modern rectangular coffee table. Measures: 51 x 28.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Granite
Sensational Brass Aluminum Console Sofa Table Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Sensational aluminium, brass and glass console or sofa table, great quality and exceptional, sculptural design. This table measures 26.5" T x 56" L x 14.5" D.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-century Modern console tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern console 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 console tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern console tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original console tables, popular names associated with this style include Angelo Mangiarotti, Lawson-Fenning, Dunbar, and Edward Wormley. 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 console tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $220 and tops out at $124,000 while the average work can sell for $4,313.