- Want more images or videos?Request additional images or videos from the seller
Harvey Probber Teak and Mahogany Side Table

About
Details
- CreatorHarvey Probber (Designer)
- DimensionsHeight: 18.5 in. (46.99 cm)Width: 20 in. (50.8 cm)Depth: 27.5 in. (69.85 cm)
- StyleMid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques
- Place of Origin
- Period
- Date of Manufacturecirca 1960
- ConditionWear consistent with age and use. Excellent all original condition with nice even and warm color to teak and mahogany. Gentle wear.
- Seller LocationHudson, NY
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU800222066242
Shipping & Returns
- ShippingRates vary by destination and complexity. We recommend this shipping type based on item size, type and fragility.Ships From: Hudson, NY
- Return Policy
This item cannot be returned.
About Harvey Probber (Designer)
A popular designer who had his heyday from the late 1940s into the 1970s, Harvey Probber is one of the post-war American creative spirits whose work has been recently rediscovered by collectors. His designs are by-and-large simple and elegant, but his signal achievement was to pioneer one of the key innovations of mid-20th century furniture: sectional, or modular, seating.
Even as a teenager, the Brooklyn-born Probber was making sketches of furniture designs — and selling them to Manhattan furniture companies. He began working as a designer for an upholsterer once he finished high school and, apart from a few evening classes he took as an adult at the Pratt Institute, he was self-taught about design and furniture making. After wartime service — and a stint as a lounge singer — Probber founded his own company in the late 1940s. A lifelong familiarity with the needs of New York–apartment dwellers doubtless sparked his most noteworthy creation: a line of seating pieces in basic geometric shapes — wedges, squares, half-circles — that could be arranged and combined as needed. Modular furniture remained the core idea of Probber’s business throughout his career.
As a self-trained designer, Probber was never wed to any particular aesthetic. He preferred simple lines for their inherent practicality, but often used hardware to enliven the look of his pieces, or added elements — such as a ceramic insert in the center of a round dining table — that was visually interesting and could serve as a trivet. He gravitated toward bright fabrics with attractive, touchable textures that might be satin-like or nubbly. Above all, Probber insisted that the products that came out of his Fall River, Massachusetts, factory be built to last. “The quality of aging gracefully,” Probber once told an interviewer, is “design's fourth dimension.” This quality he realized: Probber furniture is just as useful and alluring now as it was when made — and maybe even more stylish.
- Located in Hudson, NYCustom two-tier oak dowel tables with 1/2 inch textured glass shelves. The simple designs belies marvelous const...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish End Tables
MaterialsOak
- By Edward WormleyLocated in Hudson, NYSimple, perfectly proportioned two-tiered walnut side tables, designed by Edward Wormley. Model 4533 from 1945. ...Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
MaterialsWalnut
$7,200 / set - By Jule BouyLocated in Hudson, NYArchitectural patinated bronze frame with inset granite stone shelves, unmarked.Category
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Side Tables
MaterialsBronze
- By Harvey ProbberLocated in Hudson, NYSculptural coffee table base in black lacquered solid oak with 1" plate glass top. An important design from Prob...Category
Vintage 1940s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
- By Salvador DalíLocated in Hudson, NYFrench art collector Maurice Duchin commissioned Dali to design six decorative tiles in 1953. 800 hand-painted s...Category
Vintage 1950s French Side Tables
MaterialsCeramic
$7,500 / set - By Harvey ProbberLocated in Hudson, NYBookmatched rosewood top on mahogany base. Top opens to become a dining table that seats six.Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
MaterialsRosewood
You May Also Like
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Enamel
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Enamel
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Enamel
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Lacquer, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Steel
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Terrazzo, Wood
The 1stDibs Promise
Learn MoreExpertly Vetted Sellers
Confidence at Checkout
Price-Match Guarantee
Exceptional Support
Buyer Protection
Insured Global Delivery