Laminate Dining Room Tables

This writing desk or kitchen table is a fine example of designer Alvar Aalto’s bentwood furniture design, produced by his Artek workshop. The unusually narrow proportions of the piece, suggest this was a bespoke commission for a private collector. Made late 1930s, early 1940s. Alvar Aalto (1898 - 1976), was a significant contributor of the International Style architectural movement since the opening on his firm in 1923. Working in collaboration with his first wife, architect Aino Marsio, they sought to create gersamkunstwerks - total works of art in which his designs would produce integrated spaces stimulating all senses. His intention was to design furniture recognisably modern, human - but most significantly, Finnish. Through his use of local birch wood in his furniture, Aalto imbued his designs with a warmth through curvilinear form. Focussing on the human through analysing the social implications of his designs, his humanist mode of practice inspired the likes of American designers Charles and Ray Eames, and George Nelson. This vintage example displays beautifully his innovative bent-wood L leg, developed alongside Otto Korhonen...

Great $0's or 50's Diner Table. 2 pedestal bases give this formica topped table style and stability! Formica in great shape! Aluminum edging with chrome p...

Model created for the alpine sanatoriums of Guébriant and Martel de Janville in Passy. Pol Abraham and Jacques - Henri Le Même, architects. Interior fittings commissioned by the Fr...

Streamlined Art Deco dining table, designed by Warren McArthur, American, circa 1930s. This piece is a versatile size and can be used as a small dining or breakfast table, or as a la...

Rare Art Deco, machine age table or desk designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann for Howell Furniture Co., Seldom seen design mainly used in commercial applications,restaurants,night clubs, speak easy...

Art Deco/Machine Age desk dining/ work table, unusual size. Classic, simple Bauhaus styling, extremely versatile as can be used for desk or dining table, retains original black abori...

Art Deco aluminium dining or game table, designed by Warren McArthur, circa 1930s. Executed in aluminium with a low maintenance white laminate top and retaining it's original black r...

This table was designed for the Aero Club Doncourt-les-Conflans. Archives of Meurthe et Moselle report that this furniture was destroyed during World War II at the same time as the f...