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
- 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 legendary 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.
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
End Table by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Dunbar's low walnut "Janus" end table of Asian inspiration, with raised edges to the legs and diagonal "cloud-lift" stretchers.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Coffee or End Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Round teak coffee table or end table with tapered inset legs.
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Teak
Cork End Table by Paul Frankl
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A two-tiered end table in mahogany having a triangular cork top and an overhanging lower shelf edged with a lip.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Cork, Mahogany
Dunbar Parsons End Table by Edward Wormley
Located in St. Louis, MO
Edward Wormley for Dunbar end table.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Wood
Robert Marcius Tessellated Stone and Bevelled Plate Glass Table by Casa Bique
Located in New York, NY
Cantilevered end,or occasional table. Very decorative design, excellent original condition, still bears original "Made in Philippines" foil label. Tessellated stone with brass trim, ...
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Stone
Italian Midcentury Stainless Steel and Glass Side Tables, Carlo Paccagnini, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Elegant pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern end tables in stainless steel supporting round pierced glass tops.
The structures are composed of sober tripod frames that intersect at ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Marble-Top Side Tables
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Two vintage-modern side tables, each features a chrome base and a black marble top in the shape of a pentagon. A unique pair that can form a coffee table when placed together. This s...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Pair Italian Mid-Century Parchment Nightstands / Side Tables by Osvaldo Borsani
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern nightstands or end tables with parchment style doors by Osvaldo Borsani.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Elegant Squared Brass and White Glass Table
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Interesting end, lamp, occasional, end table, with thick white glass top with engraved gold geometric surface, on square brass legs. Probably 1960's American production, after McCobb.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass
Agate Top End Tables from the 1960s
Located in Camden, ME
Agate topped side tables 1960s.
Custom designed at a California studio for a modernist architect designed mountain retreat high in the Sierra Nevadas...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Onyx, Agate
Lighted Lucite and Lacquered Wood Table, USA, 1970s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Super cool 1970s lighted table. Lacquered wood and white lucite panels. Interior lighting provides a tasteful glow through lucite panels. Wood portions have been newly lacquered glos...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Lucite, Wood
Belgian Post-War Embossed Brass End Tables
Located in New York, NY
Belgian Post-War Design (1970s) rectangular low end table with an embossed brass design top resting on an ebonized iron pedestal base with 5 legs.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass, Iron
Charles Hollis Jones Side Table for the "Waterfall" Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful side table designed by Charles Hollis Jones.
The table is part of the "Waterfall" line and is in original condition, the piece was acquired directly from the artist and is...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass, Nickel
1940s French Wrought Iron Side Table
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Two tiers wrought iron side table in the style of Gilbert Poillerat.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Iron
End Table by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A tailored two-level square end or lamp table in walnut having splayed tapering legs.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Grosfeld House Art Moderne Carved Stripped End Tables
Located in New York, 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)
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Wood
Coffee Table Signed Matteograssi Italy Circa 1960
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Table has black leather over steel frame that supports a, 3/4 inch thick, glass top that rests just a bit lower than the sides. 'Matteograssi is stamped into the leather of one leg.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
1960s Handwrought American Craftsman Bronze and Iron End Table
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A handcrafted, sculptural side table having a patinated biomorphic bronze top floating atop an undulating wrought iron base.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Glass End Table
By Paul Frankl
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A two-tiered end table with ash dowel legs and thick industrial green-tinted glass having rounded and textured edges. Shelf is 5.75" H.
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Glass, Ash
Corner End Table by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A unique oak corner end table with built in magazine / book racks.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Oak
Rattan Shelf Occasional / Side Table by Paul McCobb for Calvin Furniture
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Mid-Century Modern side table with shelf designed by Paul McCobb. Constructed in light walnut wood with a round top of opaque Vitrolite glass and features a rattan lower shelf. Cra...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut, Glass
Pair French Mid-Century Modern Silver Leaf Iron End Tables, Style Jacques Quinet
Located in New York, NY
A pair of end or side tables in silver leafed solid metal in the style of Jacques Quinet. Each table is supported by a tripod base with each side cross-bracing the other. A round of ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Silver Leaf
Maison Baguès Brushed Steel & Brass Side / End / Sofa Tables, France - Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Pair of three-tier side tables, end tables or sofa tables for Maison Baguès, France.
Superb Brush steel frames with brass inlay and smoked Glass Top.
Reference: DR...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Pair of French Midcentury Style Bronzed Iron End Tables Manner of Jacques Quinet
Located in New York, NY
Elegant pair of French Mid-Century Modern style side tables in bronzed hand wrought iron influenced by Art Deco and Modern Neoclassical sensibilities. The tables feature a smooth, se...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Dunbar Janus Side Table by Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning tripod side table by Edward Wormley for Dunbar from the Famous 'Janus' Collection. Stunning exotic wood top and solid brass feet. Original condition. Retains brass rectangul...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Jay Spectre "Shinto End Table" 1970s
By Jay Spectre
Located in New York, NY
"Shinto End Table" in oak with glass top and steel trim on base by Jay Spectre for Century Furniture, American, 1970s. This table is beautifully made. Jay Spectre was a talented in...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Steel
Vintage Goatskin End Table, Colombia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury lacquered goat skin end table from Colombia features Karl Springer style design with unique bowed legs and sculptural design. Ideal sofa side table or end table for home o...
Category
1960s Colombian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Wood
Pair of French Brushed Aluminum Tables
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chic side tables of curved aluminum petals joined with large bronze hardware and plate glass top.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Milo Baughman Style Polished Chrome Glass Small End Table
Located in Westport, CT
Milo Baughman Style Polished Chrome thick glass top small side table
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Pair of Black Lacquer Side Tables by Brown and Saltman
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A pair of Brown Saltzman black wood lacquer low side tables with beautifully enameled and gilt inset panels. Each panel in shades of yellow and copper g...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Rare trapeze terrazzo side table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare trapeze terrazzo side table. Great combination of wood and stone. Cantilevered top.
Stone surface height - 20", Overall height 22".
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Custom Pair of French Parchment Covered Side / End Tables after Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Mid-Century Modern style side or end tables after Paul Dupré-Lafon composed of wrought iron bases formed in a geometric pattern and supporting a top of parchment.
Li...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Side Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
Square walnut table with elegant splayed legs in medium brown finish.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare Modernist Side Table by Jansen, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Rare modernist side table by Jansen, the polished wood framed mirrored top raised on aluminum sheathed wood base with tapering legs.
Signed, with serial numbers.
Only one available
D...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of End Tables Vintage Industrial X-Base Wood and Metal Mid-Century Modern
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial X-base wood and metal end tables. Beautiful pair of Mid-Century Modern style side or end tables. In great condition with n...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Metal
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Side Table with Double Stretchers 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Side table No. 3335 in walnut with double stretcher design by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, American 1950's. This is a very elegant design.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French Colonial Solid Teak Side Tables / Consoles / Nightstands, 1930
Located in New York, NY
An elegant and sober pair of French 1930s Modern Neoclassical three-legged tables from French Indochina. The structure is composed of solid Teak with an oval top gently cantilevered ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of French Mid-Century Modern Nightstands / End Tables in Andre Arbus Style
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Pair of French Mid-Century solid cherry nightstands / side tables in the modern neoclassical spirit of Andre Arbus.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Pair of French 1950's Perforated Steel Chevets
Located in Hanover, MA
Lovely pair of French 1950's fer forge and perforated steel neo-classical 'chevets' or nightstands / side tables in the manner of Matthieu Mategot (see original catalog page from Mat...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Iron, Steel, Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass & Nickel Side Table / Nightstand by Romeo Rega
By Romeo Rega
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern Double Level brass and nickel table by Romeo Rega for use as side table or nightstand. Mirrored top with glass lower level.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Nickel
Pair of Superb Midcentury Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen Tables
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Midcentury Peter Hvidt and Mølgaard-Nelson for France & Søn teak side tables or night stands with drawer. Similar raised edge design as Arne Vodder. Gorgeous design featuring solid w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Teak
Pair of side tables by Michel Arnoult
Located in London, GB
Beautiful pair of side tables designed my Michel Arnoult for Mobilinea Contemporanea in the 1960s. Made in Imbuia wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of 1970s Charles Hollis Jones Brass and Lucite Side Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 1970s Charles Hollis Jones metric line side table. Polished brass frame with Lucite supports and a grey smoked glass top.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass
Paul McCobb Winchendon Planner Group side or night table cabinet on bench
Located in Ferndale, MI
Paul McCobb designed one drawer cabinet on bench for Winchendon Furniture in Mass. This would work as a side table in bed room or living room . Part of the large Planner group collection Introduced in the early 1950s . Planner group being a collection of modular furniture that would work together in different configurations. Chests, cabinets, dresser, benches, tables and desks. Multiple finishes available. Through the years different drawer pulls. This blonde maple cabinet has been refinished bench is in original finish legs show mild use . Aluminum McCobb...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Maple
Pair of Bamboo Rattan One Drawer Cane Woven Top Side End Table Nightstands
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of square bamboo rattan one drawer cane woven top side end table night stands.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Carrello TV Gallotti e Radice Anni 80
Located in Milano, IT
Carrello con ruote, vetro, profili in alluminio anodizzato.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century C. Lacca Wooden Table with Two Circular Glasses Top 50s Italy
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Palermo, IT
Delightful wooden tripod side table with a double circular top in cut glass, the upper one having a smaller diameter. By Cesare Lacca, Italy 1950s.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Jens H. Quistgaard Oak Side Table with Tile Inlay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Side table by Jens H. Quistgaard for Richard Nissen, c.1960s Denmark features a hand-oiled table top with round ribbed tile inlay. The tile has a hypnotizing effect for the eye in cl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Pair of Vintage Mid Century Modern End Tables With Sculpted Wood Accents.
Located in Seattle, WA
These vintage pieces have beautiful walnut Toned wood. The single Dovetailed drawer has a recessed circular wood pull accented by a thin , horizontal brass strip. The sides and front...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair Mid-Century Modern American Sculpted Maple Nightstands
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Timeless pair of Heywood Wakefield Mid-Century Modern single drawer nightstands. All solid maple construction with sculpted X base and curved front. Good vintage condition original b...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Maple
Midcentury Side Table in Walnut, attr. Dunbar
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1960s
Midcentury Side Table in Walnut, attributed to Dunbar- no labels. Purchased with a similar signed coffee table. Interesting detail to this piece and a more unusual shape. ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid Century "Esprit" Nightstands by Merton Gershun for Dillingham, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of walnut nightstands by Merton Gershun for Dillingham, c.1960s, USA. The nightstands each feature a single door front with beveled sides. The hinged doors open to reveal a wide...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Lacquered and Brass Side Tables by Guy Lefevre, France, 1970s
By Guy Lefevre
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of blue lacquered and brass feet side end low tables or nightstands by Guy Lefèvre. A part of his production was retail by the Maison Jansen in Paris during the 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Steel Side/End Table in the Style of Giacometti, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculptural Steel Side/End Table in the Style of Giacometti, 1970
Measures 20.5" x 20.5" 18.75" tall
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Steel
Pair of Vintage Biomorphic Glass End Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of vintage biomorphic glass end tables.
These assemble/disassemble very easily. They will ship disassembled. Most likely will need to have frame...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Wood
Eero Saarinen Tulip Side Table for Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of Saarinen’s most enduring designs, part of the Pedestal Collection and designed in 1957, this side table features a forest green enameled heavy molded cast aluminum base with a...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Artisan Brass Side Table with Polished Onyx Top 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Sculpted side table in polished brass with polished onyx top with natural edge, custom design, American 1970's. This artisan side table is beautifully made and incredibly chic.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Iconic Late Mid Century Modern California Design Hodges Side End Table
By Lou Hodges
Located in West Hartford, CT
With an emphasis on airy design, clean lines, natural oiled oak wood grain and exciting advances in materials, contemporary furniture reflects the twenty-first century. These late mid century...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Oak
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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