Mid-Century Modern 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.
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Oak
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Elm
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Nutwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tables
Ceramic, Oak
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tables
Hardwood
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Steel
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Tables
Stone
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tables
Onyx
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Metal
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Teak
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Aluminum
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Elm
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Mahogany, Cork
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Wrought Iron
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Tables
Cherry
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tables
Metal
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Ceramic, Walnut
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables
Chrome
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Oak
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Bronze, Enamel, Pewter
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Travertine
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Glass, Wood
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Slate, Bronze
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Travertine
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Glass, Acrylic, Lucite
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
2010s Mid-Century Modern Tables
Iron
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Formica, Wood
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Metal
1980s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Wood, Walnut
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Walnut
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Metal, Silver Plate
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables
Birch, Walnut, Lacquer
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Wood, Glass
2010s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Travertine
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Wood, Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Metal
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tables
Brass
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables
Travertine, Brass
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Tables
Glass, Teak
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tables
Aluminum
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