Mid-Century Modern Side 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 French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Travertine
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Steel
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Marble
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wrought Iron
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Chrome
1970s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Plywood
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Chrome
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Teak
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Glass, Wood
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Wood
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal, Brass
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Resin, Walnut
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Bamboo, Rattan
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Walnut
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Oak
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Teak
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Bronze, Gold Leaf
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Walnut
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal, Brass
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel, Chrome
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Chrome
1980s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Cherry
2010s Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal, Iron
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Mahogany
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood