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
Mid Century Burl Wood Two Tier long Rectangle Console Sofa Hall Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Burl Wood Two Tier long Rectangle Console Sofa Hall Table MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Burl
Large or Long Faux Parchment Console Table by Phyllis Morris
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Faux parchment skin wrapped long console table with smoked glass top signed Phyllis Morris.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Smoked Glass
Resin Fractal Inclusion Console Table Desk by Thomas Brant, France, 2014
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Console table or desk massive resin orange inclusion, nice stainless steel feet by the artist Thomas Brant. Monogram TB and date 2014. Edition of 10 exemplary. Different work from the fractal resin of Pierre Giraudon, François Godebski, Marie Claude Fouquières.
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Resin
American Modern Chrome and Glass Console Table, Brueton, 1960s
Located in Queens, NY
American Modern Chrome and Glass Console Table, Brueton, 1960s
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass
Console Table in Wicker in the Style of Karl Springer, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Karl Springer style console table in white wicker with curving sides, American, 1970s. This console is very chic.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wicker
Vintage Palm Beach White Wicker Waterfall Console Sofa Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage white wicker, waterfall sides, console table. Original white paint which has a few chippy paint spots. This can be lacquered in color of choice for an additional cost. Dimens...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wicker
Karl Springer American Mid-Century White Painted Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century white painted console table with a geometric shape with concave sides (Attributed to KARL SPRINGER)
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Paint
Outstanding Enrique Garcia Black Laquer Coconut Shell Console with Brass Swan
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Super dramatic glamorous heavy black laquer console credenza or bar designed by Enrique Garcia, having inlaid brown and black coconut shell on top, gorg...
Category
1980s Colombian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Rustic Reclaimed Barnwood Console Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Rustic Reclaimed Barnwood Console Table
Gorgeous vintage rustic reclaimed barnwood finely crafted tapered leg console table. Made o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Boho Chic 2 Tier Bent Bamboo & Cane handwoven Top Kitchen Dry Bar Console Table
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Bohemian Chic two Tier rectangular bamboo Console with a handwoven Cane Top and bend Bamboo corners.
Useful as Dry or Kitchen Bar, Serving Table or Storage Shelf.
...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Wood
Twisted Rope Forged Gold Finish Glass Top Console Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern studio made "twisted rope" console table with very nice "patinated gold " faux finish.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Steel
Lucite and Brass Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Console table composed of Lucite slab with open design brass legs.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Paolo Buffa Rare Vanity Table or Console, 1940s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Paolo Buffa was a prolific Italian designer who worked for Gio Ponti, his success with Milanese upper classes pushed him to open his own studio where he could create unique furniture combining high quality techniques and finest materials due to his collaboration with talented ebenists.
Streamline movement, opulent touches and modern vision of Art where Buffa main principles.
This elegant vanity table or console (dual use item )is made of Maple wood with three large hand carved leaves holding the table top.
There is a single drawer and a creamy parchment around the free form shape.
Full of sensuality ,graciousness: this piece represents Buffa sensitivity for avant garde form and lighter Art Deco...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Maple, Parchment Paper
White Lacquered Scroll Glass Top Console Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
A modern sculptural form white lacquer console table with an elliptical glass top. A design reminiscent of the works of Karl Springer.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Contemporary Chiado Console Table, Red Leather, Quartz, Handmade Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Chiado Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Chiado marble console table draws inspiration from Lisbon’s historic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Andrianna Shamaris Exquisite Minimalist Hand Carved Console or Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
Century old teak wood from my finest collection is hand carved by our master carver to produce this one of a kind impressive table. Perfect as a console table or narrow dining table....
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Pair of Tall Carrara Marble Consoles
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of impressive consoles, each made of two cylindrical feet and a rectangular with rounded angle top, all parts in white Carrara marble.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Mid-Century French Brass and Steel Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Mid-Century French brass and steel table of great proportions.
With patinated brass and steel finish.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Maison Jansen French White & Parcel Gilt Console Tables w/ Painted Tops
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century console table with a demilune wooden frame with a decoratively carved apron and beige painted top, painted cream and parcel gilt and resting on four tapered and fl...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Milo Baughman Style Mid-Century Gold Brass and Glass Console
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-Century Modern console table or sofa table crafted from flat bar metal with a brass or gilded tone in the manner and style of Milo Baughman. The console features a rectangular fr...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Two-Drawer Glass Top Donghia Console Table
By Donghia
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Two-drawer beveled glass top console table by Donghia, with a sleek modern form, a wood frame wrapped with reed, brass capped posts, and mahogany accents including drawer handles and...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Reed, Mahogany
Oval Black Lacquer Console or Center Table Gilt Cobra Legs After Salvador Dali
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A phenomenal and rare polished oval black lacquer table. The oval shape adds to the wonderful style, however it is the 24k gilt Bronze Serpent legs that make this piece a showstopper.
A compliment to any room as an entry, center table or in a main room display piece as a console table. The table is likely from the 1970s and is in very good condition. Black Lacquer is a piano finish...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Bronze, Gold
Paul McCobb Irwin Collection Brass and Travertine Sofa Table
By Paul McCobb
Located in Dallas, TX
Console designed by Paul McCobb for Directional. Constructed of brass with travertine top. Excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Travertine Console, 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Travertine console
From 1970.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Travertine
Mid-Century Modern Style Rosewood Console Table by John Richard
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Quality Mid-Century Modern style rosewood console by John Richard.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
Mid-century design console table
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Mid-century design console table in very nice condition. Glass top is missing.
Category
1960s Slovak Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Sideboard with Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
This vintage Mid-Century Modern sideboard has been refinished and lacquered in a bright turquoise blue. The wooden doors and tapered legs have a dark walnut stain with some red under...
Category
1930s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Pair of Modular Consoles by Vito Sangirardi for Pallante Store, Bari Italy 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
Stunning pair of Italian modular console designed by architect Vito Sangirardi for the Pallante store in Bari, Palo del Colle, Italy in 1950.
The pair...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Plexiglass and Brass Console Circa 1970, with glass Tray
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Two feet in plexiglass and brass, with beveled glass tray.
Circa 1970
(A second piece available).
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Modern Parchment Top Console Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Midcentury Modern Parchment Top Console Table with Ebonized Hardwood Base, 1950.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
French Midcentury Steel and Bronze Console Table with White Veined Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French steel and bronze console table from the mid 20th century, with marble top and rosette medallion. Created in France during the midcentury period, this console table features ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Two-Tier Chrome Hall Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage modern console table features two glass shelves for displaying items and storage. This piece looks great out in the entry...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
Black Beech Console Table with Red and Green Back-Painted Glass Top, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This console table features a black lacquered frame with maple drawers, a red and green back-painted glass top and brass handles and feet caps.
It is a vintage...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Deco Style Solid Brass Serving Console Hall Table circa 1930s Nice Patina
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Deco Style Solid Brass Serving Console Hall Table circa 1930s Nice Patina.
Stylish scroll shape legs
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Faux Chrome Bamboo Smoked Glass Console Sofa Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern smoked glass top faux chrome bamboo frame console sofa table.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
Paul Frankl Continental Mid-Century Walnut and Brass 2-Drawer Console Table
By Paul Frankl
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Mid-Century walnut contole table having two drawers with X-shaped brass drawer pulls, resting on four tapered round legs ending in brass sabots. (PAUL FRANKL)
Wear to fi...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Dunbar Midcentury Mahogany Console Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Dunbar midcentury mahogany console table
This console table measures: 60 wide x 17 deep x 28 high, with a chair clearance of 25.75 inches
All ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
1950's Elegant console table with wavy top and tapered sides
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2827
Elegant console table with wavy top and tapered sides, maple fillets on top, band and truncated pyramid legs with brass tips.
Italian manufacture, ca. 1950.
158x49xh82
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Paul M. Jones Brass and Travertine Console Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully crafted console table in solid brass with a floating travertine top. We have polished the brass and sealed it to prevent further tarn...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Andrianna Shamaris Midcentury Couture Console or Desk
Located in New York, NY
Introducing the midcentury Couture collection new to 2021. Furniture constructed by hand from start to finish. A beautiful single 2.5” thick reclaimed teak wood slab taken from my fi...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Console
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular console, the surface completely covered in tessellated bone.
Category
1980s Colombian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Bone
Glass Top X Shape Smoked Chrome Base rectangle Console Sofa Table MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Glass Top X Shape Smoked Chrome Base rectangle Console Sofa Table MINT!
glass thickness: 0.5"
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
Console Table & Mirror Set in Light Gilded Brass – Cantù, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Elegant and prestigious console table with mirror, crafted in brass with a light gold finish.
A fine example of the renowned craftsmanship from Cantù, Como.
The top features a cream-...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Jean-Claude Mahey lacquered console table, France circa 1970
Located in LYON, FR
Superb Jean-Claude Mahey console table from the 1970s in elm burl veneer and brass. Its two drawers function perfectly with a simple push-button system. In very good condition, with ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Asymmetric gilt metal console table
Located in New York, NY
Asymmetric, sculptural gilt metal console table.
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Console Table with Burled Elm Top and Acrylic Transparent Base in Optional Sizes
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom hand-made burl elmwood and acrylic console table made in our Old Plank workshop. Our craftsmen collaborated with one of Chicago's best known design firms to produce this custo...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Acrylic
Wall-Mounted Brass Nightstands or Console with Demilune Glass Top, Italy, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Elegant console tables made in Italy in 1950s.
Sculptural base attaches to the wall supporting top frame of demilune glass.
The brass base has a vol...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Crowned Modern Console Table in Natural Fruitwood
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted from mahogany, this table boasts a natural Fruitwood finish that highlights the wood's beautiful grain and texture. The design features a crowned frieze with two spacious dra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Hand Wrought Iron Console Table With Polished Travertine Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and highly decorative Console Table in Elemental form with Metal Flowers and thick Travertine top. The antique hand wrought iron frame with a wonderful Art Deco form is embel...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Travertine, Iron
Console Table in Lacquered Linen with Black Granite Top, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Clean line console table in black and ivory lacquered linen with black granite top, custom design, American, 1970s. This piece is beautifully m...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Granite
Vintage Mid-Century Metal Console Table with Stone Top
Located in New York, NY
Since Schumacher was founded in 1889, our family-owned company has been synonymous with style, taste, and innovation. A passion for luxury and an unwavering commitment to beauty are ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Stone, Metal
Mid-Century Modern Metal and Glass Console Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Mid-Century Modern Metal and Glass Console Table With Chrome Caps supporting the glass.
Approximate...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Pair of Jens Risom Danish Mid-Century Walnut Single Drawer Console Tables
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Danish Mid-Century console tables with walnut frames and rectangular table tops with a single drawer beneath. (JENS RISOM) (PRICED AS Pair)
Finish is damaged.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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
Sideboard Console Vittorio Dassi 60's Italian Design in Solid Wood G180
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Italian sideboard or console from the 60's by the designer Vittorio Dassi. Structure in veneered and solid wood, top in 1.2 cm thick glass slab. This enfilade is composed of six draw...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Danish Console & dinning Table in Teak by Poul Volther for Frem Røjle
By Frem Røjle
Located in London, Lambeth
Superb half circle teak lounge table which extends to a full circle table.
The lounge table is intended to be used as against the wall and then centrally placed in the room when e...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Teak
Olive Faux Paint Enamel Finish Carved Base Console Table with Rolled Edges
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative neutral olive tone finish Asian style painted console table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Ivory Color Console Table by Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage-Modern ivory console table by Karl Springer.
Long sculpted sturdy form, perfect for living room use.
(Please confirm item location - NY or NJ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Acrylic
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.