Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe mid-century modern American 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.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s 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, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century 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, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern American furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Elm
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Wood
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Cherry
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Burl, Oak, Walnut
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Walnut
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Plaster, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Brass
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Chrome
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Jacaranda
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Rosewood
1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Jacaranda
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Beech
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Bamboo, Glass
1980s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum, Steel
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut, Burl, Lacquer, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome, Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Rosewood
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Smoked Glass, Leather
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Pine
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Rosewood
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Olive, Burl
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Soapstone, Steel, Chrome
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Burl, Wood
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Crystal
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Acrylic, Lucite