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Mid-Century Modern End 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 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
Povl Dinesen Teak Side Tables / Nightstands Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A pair of very well crafted teak side tables with floating top, single drawer to each with protruding beveled handle across the front of the drawers and open backside opposite the dr...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Teak

Paul McCobb for Planner Group End Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paul McCobb end table in maple for Planner Group line makes an ideal side or lamp table. Elegant tapered legs and original manufacturers label make this the perfect addition to any m...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Maple

Pair of Grosfeld House Art Moderne Carved Stripped End Tables
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Art Moderne stripped end tables with a carved swag apron and drawer supported on a tapered pedestal base. (GROSFELD HOUSE) (PRICED AS Pair)
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Wood

Pair Greek Motif End Tables
Located in Fulton, CA
A pair of side or end tables with a Greek warrior on a horse. Formica tops with wooden painted conical legs. In very good original condition. These were originally created as stackin...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Formica, Wood

Vintage Lane Parsons Style End Table ... MCM Side Table, Wood Veneer
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Lane Parsons Style End Table. Walnut box matched veneer. Great lines and shape, timeless design. Original finish. Measures 27" wide x 27" deep x ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Wood

Very Thick Bamboo Base Rectangle 29x25" Glass Top Side End Lamp Table Stand MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very Thick Bamboo Base Rectangle 29x25" Glass Top Side End Lamp Table Stand MINT
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Glass

Paul Mayen for Intrex Mid-Century 'Radius' Cube End / Side Table
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century 'Radius' wooden end / side table with a square profile and rounded corners. (Paul Mayen for Intrex).    
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Wood

20th Century Danish Vintage Sculptural Folding Walnut Dining, End Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A small, vintage Mid-Century modern Danish drop leaf dining room table made of hand crafted polished Walnut, in good condition. The Scandinavian folding top end table is standing on ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Percival Lafer Coffee Table Brazilian Rosewood Exotic Wood Mosaic
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Percival Lafer coffee tables with glass tops over rosewood hardwood mosaic.  
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20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Hardwood, Rosewood

Walnut with Copper Tile Top Tables by John Keal for Brown Saltman
Located in Denton, TX
Set of three solid walnut with copper tile top tables by John Keal for Brown Saltman.
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20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Copper

Pair Brass and Steel Jansen Style Mid-Century Modern Square End Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a chic pair of Maison Jansen style steel and brass and they each measure 15 5/8" h x 20" square, They will have some slight scuffs and surface scratches as they are vintage. ...
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Brass, Steel

Mosaic Tile Top End Table, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A hand-crafted Mid-Century Modern mosaic tile top end table, circa 1960s. Table is square with three flower design of sunflowers with heart shaped t...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Ceramic, Wood, Oak

Harvey Probber Hexagon Terrazzo Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Harvey Probber Terrazzo Hexagon side - end table. Mid century side table terrazzo with inlaid brass detail set on splayed mahogany legs. Nice size perfect for any setting. Very good ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Brass

John Keal Mid-Century Square Reverse Painted Glass and Walnut End / Side Tables
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American mid-century square end / side tables with reverse painted glass tops mounted in a walnut frame, supported by a smaller square walnut pedestal base. (John Keal for Br...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Walnut

Pair of Rosewood Nightstand Design by Jorge Zalszupin, Brazilian Design
Located in New York, NY
A drawer cabinet with three drawers and chrome handles designed by Jorge Zalszupin and manufactured by his company, L'Atelier. The piece is entirely covered with rectangular pieces o...
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1970s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Rosewood

Hans Christian Andersen Side Table in Teak and Oak, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hans Christian Andersen & Cabinetmaker Artex - Scandinavian Modern A rare side table by designer Hans Christian Andersen and made by cabinetmaker Artex, Denmark 1960s. The table has a hexagonal shape with teak and and oak. A beautiful Mid-Century Modern addition as a side table by sofa...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Oak, Teak

Square Glass Side Table by Metropolitan Furniture Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Square glass top side table by San Francisco, CA-based Metropolitan Furniture, c.1970's. The table features a thick piece of square glass that rests atop an x base patinated brass fr...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Side Table with Italian Marble Inlay
Located in Trenton, NJ
This striking Mid-Century Modern side table was made in Italy and features a beautiful wood finish, sculptural tapered legs, and unique stone inlay- the simple yet elegant appeal of ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Stone

Chrome Brass Glass Top 24" Square Italian Mid Century Modern Side Table Stand
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Chrome Brass Glass Top 24" Square Italian Mid Century Modern Side End Lamp Table Stand MINT!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Brass, Stainless Steel

Gordon & Jane Martz Floor Lamp with Tan Speckle Glazed Square Mosaic Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gordon & Jane Martz floor lamp with mosaic tile round side table. This piece features a walnut base with inlaid tan and cream speckle glazed square ceramic tiles on the table top. Th...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Ceramic, Walnut

Jansen Style Steel and Brass End Tables - a pair
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Stunning pair of end tables in the manner of Maison Jansen. Unique square steel leg design with brass accents. Signature brass acorn finial tie it all together. Thick 1/2" glass. Cur...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Brass, Steel

Pair of Vintage c1970s Rattan Bamboo Laminated Tops Rectangle End Side Tables
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Vintage c1970s Rattan Bamboo Laminated Tops Rectangle End Side Tables MINT!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Bamboo, Rattan

Chrome Brass Smoked Glass Rectangle Side End Occasional Table Ball Finials MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Chrome Brass Smoked Glass Rectangle Side End Occasional Table Ball Finials MINT!
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Impressive Two Tier Triangular Wedge Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A geometrically pure and finely detailed two-tiered table in bleached walnut of triangular form with distinctive beveled edging at a 45 degree angle.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

René Gabriel Rare Form Oak Side Table, France, circa 1945
Located in Brooklyn, NY
René Gabriel (1899-1950) rare form oak side table, France, circa 1945 Oak Measures: H 21.5 table top H 20.25 W 23.5 L 25.75 inches Bibliography: Pierre Gencey, René Gabriel - Norma ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Oak

1940s Polished Steel Canterbury End Table
Located in London, by appointment only
France, circa 1945 A modernist polished steel Canterbury end table. The gallery decorated with cross hatching and punching. The three slides have a shelf below and the whole stand...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Steel

Tommaso Barbi Brass and Mirrored Glass Italian Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible mid-century rectangular brass and mirrored glass cocktail table. This wonderful object was designed in Italy in the 70s and de...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Brass

Vintage Walnut Toned Mid Century Modern Accent Table.
Located in Seattle, WA
This accent table has sleek design and open shelving. Beautiful edge banding around the top of the piece. Tapered legs, no Makers mark. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictu...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Walnut

Pair, Barbara Barry Baker Furniture Walnut Oval End Side Table Newly Refinished
Located in Miami, FL
A Pair of fully restored oval Walnut Side Tables from The Barbara Barry Collection and made in the USA by the Baker Furniture Company. Features linked cross stretchers bases, oval to...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Walnut

1960s Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Night Stands
Located in New York, NY
1960s Mid-Century Modern single drawer Danish teak night stands, fully restored with minor wear and patina due to age and use.
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Teak

Stepped Side Table, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Midcentury black-painted wood and iron side table with three stepped tiers. Nice design.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Iron

Baker Satinwood One Drawer Brass Trim 27x24" Rectangle Side End Table Stand MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Baker Satinwood One Drawer Brass Trim 27x24" Rectangle Side End Table Stand MINT
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Brass

Johanner Sorth Rosewood Side Table Cube by Bornholm Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A exceptionally stunning Brazilian rosewood side table storage cube with black leatherette inserted top . The front has a door with chrome pull having storage inside and to the backs...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Faux Leather, Rosewood

Pair Art Deco Mid-Century Modern Blond Mahogany 1 Drawer Shelf Night Stands Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair Art Deco Mid-Century Modern blond mahogany 1 drawer shelf night stands mint.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Paul McCobb End Tables
Located in Denton, TX
A pair of walnut tops with aluminium base side tables from the Erwin collection designed by Paul McCobb for Calvin furniture.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Ico & Luisa Parisi Style Sculptural Italian End Tables
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of 1950s Italian end tables in the style of Ico & Luisa Parisi. Newly refinished with solid brass tapered sabots.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Brass

Magazine Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A triangular ash table with an inset cream leather top over two web strap magazine holders.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Ash, Leather

Dunbar Square Two Tier End Side Table Mid-Century Modern American Walnut
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern American walnut one drawer side table nighstand by Dunbar.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

Vintage 3 Drawers Oak End Tables with Magazine Racks, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare set of solid oak side tables magazines racks from the 1970s. Amish crafted in Pennsylvania. Feature 3 drawers. Top drawer consists of a hot proof drink coaster and desert plat...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Oak

Pair Smoked Glass and Brass Tables by Tommaso Barbi
Located in New York, NY
Nice pair of small rectangular tables with brass and cream metal frames, and smoked glass tops (one glass shelf has a minor flaw pictured). Gr...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Blonde Side Tables or End Tables with Laminate Tops a Pair
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome pair of blonde Mid-Century Modern side tables or end tables with light faux woodgrain laminate tops. They are wonderful restored condition although they may still have small...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Laminate, Oak

Mid Century Modern Lucite Butterfly Glass Top Side Table after Lion in Frost
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Lucite Butterfly Glass Top Side Table after Lion in Frost. Item features a thick butterfly wing lucite base with central stretcher joint and end knobs. The...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Glass, Lucite

1970s Modern Steel and Chrome Side Tables
Located in New York, NY
1970s steel and chrome base with glass top side tables.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Chrome, Steel

1970s Modern Steel and Chrome Side Tables
1970s Modern Steel and Chrome Side Tables
$1,800 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Parsons End Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rare low Dunbar "Parson's" end table with the original yellow-orange lacquered frame and a black epoxy top with a constellation of random walnut doy inlays.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

Parsons End Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bleached walnut 'Parsons' end table.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

Cork-Topped End Table by Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Tapered dowel legs support a bleached mahogany two (2) drawer end table with a cork top, having hammered brass round pulls.   
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Brass

Set of 2 Art Deco Three-Tiered Tables, Gilbert Rohde, Herman Miller, USA, 1930's
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing an ultra-rare set of three-tiered end tables designed by the influential Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller. Designed and crafted in the late 1930s this set represents the z...
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1930s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Maison Jansen Persian Travertine End Tables
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic pair of end tables in nickeled steel with fused brass accents and red travertine tops. Of note are the curved solid brass details and the ends of each leg that are flawle...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Travertine, Brass, Nickel

Vladimir Kagan Walnut and Glass End Tables
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We can bring this item to you curbside for local, in-person viewing. Inquiries welcome. Handsome midcentury pair of tables featuring gracefully curved walnut veneer panels, contra...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Chrome

Italian Mid-Century Hexagonal End Tables
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful pair of vintage modern end tables feature a white laminate top and a walnut base. Sleek design with unusual cut-out designs on all sides and a hexagonal shape. Versati...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Laminate, Walnut

Italian Mid-Century Hexagonal End Tables
Italian Mid-Century Hexagonal End Tables
$1,300 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Pair of Gerald McCabe Oak Nightstands for Eon Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of nightstands by Gerald McCabe for Eon Furniture, USA. The oak nightstands each feature McCabe's signature finger joinery, large shelf space and single top storage drawer. Dim...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Oak

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Klismos Side Table
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic occasional table by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, circa 1950s with Klismos style legs. Made of walnut with beautiful graining, this is a side table or occasional t...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Walnut

Pair of Understated Walnut End Tables by Brown Saltman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of chic understated polished walnut end /side tables by Brown Saltman.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Stamped Maison Jansen Black Brass Marble Nightstands, 1950s
Located in Paris, IDF
This rare pair of nightstands or end tables by French house Maison Jansen was created in the early 1950s with black varnished mahogany wood, with brass details and white marble top. ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Marble, Brass

Vintage Teak Nesting End Tables, Set of 3
Located in Denver, CO
Midcentury modern, solid Teak wood nesting end tables In the manner of Hans Wegner Unique, sculpted stretcher detail on these compared to similar teak nesting table sets. No mar...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Wood, Teak

Nordic Furniture Mid-Century Teak End Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Nordic Furniture mid century teak end table. This table is 29.75 wide x 20 deep x 20 inches high. All pieces of furniture can be...
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1970s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Teak

Tiered End Table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A two-tiered round end table on three legs with single drawer. Shelf height is 16.5".
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Max Kment Coffee or Side Table, 1950s, Austria
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Early 1950s side or coffee table designed by architect Max Kment and made by "Kunstgewerbliche Werkstätte Max Kment" in Vienna, Austria. Regarding the design, he was inspired by Japa...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Glass, Beech

Set of 3 Chrome X Bases Square Glass Tops Occasional Side End Lamp Tables MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of 3 Chrome X Bases Square Glass Tops Occasional Side End Lamp Tables MINT
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Rosewood End Table "Tuxedo" by Lane
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modern walnut and rosewood end "Tuxedo" line by Lane. Classic design and form, nice quality, construction featuring stunning rosewood butterfly inlay detailing. Also avail matching l...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables

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Rosewood, Walnut

Mid-century Modern end tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern end 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 end tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, more furniture and collectibles, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern end tables made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original end tables, popular names associated with this style include Edward Wormley, Dunbar, Paul McCobb, and Lane Furniture. 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 end tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $180 and tops out at $40,000 while the average work can sell for $2,600.

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