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Mid-Century Modern 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 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
Creator: Eero Saarinen
Early Eero Saarinen for Knoll Cast Iron Tulip Table with Custom Travertine Top
Located in Ferndale, MI
Tulip table Designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. Eero Saarinen vowed to address the "ugly, confusing, unrestful world" he observed underneath chairs and tables - the so-called "slum ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Travertine, Iron

Vintage Knoll Walnut Tulip Side Table by Eero Saarinen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage tulip side table with walnut top by Eero Saarinen for Knolll. Retains full earliest iteration bowtie label. In near perfect condition.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Walnut

Dining Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
Located in Lasne, BE
Round table with marble top and aluminium base designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International. Wear due to time and age of the table.
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1960s Central American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Carrara Marble, Aluminum

Warren Platner Nickel and Glass Side Table for Knoll
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The polished nickel side table designed by Warren Platner and produced by Knoll is a stunning piece of furniture that is sure to impress. The table's intricate and eye-catching base ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Steel, Nickel

Eero Saarinen 22" Oval Tulip Base Side Table with Walnut Top
Located in Tucson, AZ
This Eero Saarinen Tulip Base side table was designed in 1957 and manufactured in 1978, delivered to a stationary store in Houston Texas based on...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Aluminum

Eero Saarinen Tulip Side Table for Knoll
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very fine sculptural tulip side table with a bigger sized 20" round top in white Laminate and matching base . Retains the manufactures label by Knoll and designed by Eero Saarinen...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Metal

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Table
Located in Dallas, TX
The iconic tulip table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. White laminate top.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Metal

Classic Modernist Marble Oval Cocktail Tulip Table. Eero Saarinen / Knoll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Modernist Marble Oval Cocktail Tulip Coffee / cocktail Table. Designed by Eero Saarinen manufactured by Knoll. Stunning graining to the Italian marble.. Hand delivery avail t...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble, Aluminum

Eero Saarinen 78” Oval White Laminate Dining or Center Table for Knoll
Located in Miami, FL
White laminate oval 78” top with white lacquered tulip pedestal base dining or center table designed by Eero Saarinen and manufactured by Knoll International. Maintains Knoll label. ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Laminate

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Occasional Table, circa 1960s
Located in Westport, CT
Knoll Occasional Table designed by Eero Saarinen. Base newly lacquered in black, walnut top fully restored. Very heavy early iron cast example with a higher manufacturing quality tha...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Iron

Mid Century Modern Oval Tulip Coffee Table in Marble by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
Located in Troy, MI
Iconic oval tulip coffee table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll in 1957 Sharp example in Arabescato with black tulip base Labeled to underside 42 inch width 28 inch depth 15 in...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble, Aluminum

American white round dining table Tulip by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, 2007
Located in MIlano, IT
American white round dining table Tulip by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, 2007 Dining table mod. Tulip with round top in white laminate. The leg of the table is made of white painted metal...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Metal

Knoll Tulip 96" Dining Table with Carrera Marble by Eero Saarinen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Tulip Dining Table with Carrara marble in 96" size is a stunning and sophisticated addition to any dining room. Designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, this table boasts a minimalis...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Carrara Marble, Aluminum

Eero Saarinen Tulip Dining Table by Knoll
Located in Highland, IN
Saarinen's iconic design never goes out of style and works beautifully with almost any dining chairs. This wonderful vintage example from 1967 features a heavy base of cast iron supp...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Steel

Knoll Mid Century Original Vintage Round Saarinen Tulip Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
Classic Mid-Century Modern original, round Saarinen Tulip pedestal table for Knoll designed by Eero Saarinen (USA 1910-1961) for Knoll Furniture International in 1956. Comfortably se...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Aluminum

White Knoll, Saarinen Calacatta marble tulip dining table with 4 matching chairs
Located in Highclere, Newbury
An iconic vintage Eero Saarinen, Knoll white tulip dining set with a Calacatta marble top and 4 matching Saarinen, Knoll vintage tulip chairs with...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Saarinen Knoll Tulip Table
Located in New York, NY
Early Knoll Saarinen tulip table, cast iron base, oval laminate top. Minor cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Iron

Eero Saarinen "Tulip" Dining Room Set for Knoll
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The tulip dining room set with Carrara marble includes a 96" Tulip Dining Table and eight matching Tulip Dining Chairs, all designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. The set features a mi...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Warren Planter Nickel and Glass 42" Coffee Table for Knoll
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The polished nickel coffee table was designed by Warren Platner and produced by Knoll, making it a piece of furniture that is both stylish and well-crafted. The table was constructed...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Steel, Nickel

Knoll Saarinen Oval Carrara Marble Top Pedestal Dining Table 96"
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Knoll Saarinen Oval Carrara Marble Top Pedestal Dining Table 96" Twenty-first century production of the 1957 Eero Saarinen design for Knoll. With the Pedestal Collection, Eero Saar...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Carrara Marble, Aluminum

Eero Saarinen Tulip Dining Table Marble Knoll International
Located in Berlin, BE
Beautiful tulip dining table with a beautiful marble top by the famous Designer Eero Saarinen.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Marble, Steel

Knoll Saarinen Table with Custom Ice White Ceramic Top
Located in Pasadena, TX
60? Knoll Saarinen table with custom top Iconic, classic vintage table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International. Custom ceramic top....
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Ceramic

Knoll Tulip Dining Set by Eero Saarinen 1960s Large Marble Table Armchairs
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Magnificent fully original tulip dining set designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International in the 1960s. The set consists of 6 original marked tulip armchairs and the ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Carrara Marble, Aluminum

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Early Tulip Table Cast Iron Base & White Laminate 54"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed in 1957 by Eero Saarinen, this table was produced by Knoll shortly thereafter, dated to circa 1961 by the label un the underside, making this one of the earliest tables out ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Iron

Knoll Green Verdi Alpi Marble Table Saarinen 1960s Vintage Mid-Century MCM Mod
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful rare marble Knoll pedestal side table. Estate fresh, retains label to bottom of base. Will be shipped with top unscrewed and removed. No chips and no cracks to the marble...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble

Eero Saarinen for Knoll 60" Tulip Table in Arabescato Marble
Located in Dallas, TX
A very gently used Eero Saarinen for Knoll tulip table. In a beautiful Arabescato marble with a white base. This is ready for you immediately!. The image cast a yellowish to the tabl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble, Metal

Eero Saarinen for Knoll 20" Pedestal Tulip Group Side Table
Located in Ferndale, MI
White laminate 20" diameter top on weighted cast base . Knoll label intact on underside of the top . Minor paint flaked on top edge . The ever iconic Tulip table was designed by Eer...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Metal

Side Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
Located in Lasne, BE
Side table with marble top and aluminum base designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International in the 1960s. Wear due to time and age of the table.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Tulip Dining Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, United States, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Round dining table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, originating in the United States in the 1970s. This table is crafted with an elegant aluminum tulip base and a sleek lami...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Eero Saarinen Tulip Coffee Table for Knoll
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A sculptural white tulip coffee table with steel base and Laminate top by designer , architect and artist Eero Saarinen . This iconic table ha...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Steel

Eero Saarinen Knoll Oval Tulip Dining Table 66x38" Blond Wood Top Black Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Signed and dated Eero Saarinen for Knoll oval Tulip dining table in blond wood with oval plastic-coated cast-aluminum base. This table ha...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Saarinen 42" Pedestal Dining Table for Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this 42" round Saarinen Pedestal Dining table with white aluminum base and light walnut top. The top features cathedral grain veneer and a solid wood bevel...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Spectacular Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Dining Table in Verde Alpi Marble
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Truly spectacular Tulip dining table in Verdi Alpi marble. Expertly designed by legendary Eero Saarinen and manufactured by Knoll. 47 inches in diameter. It accommodates 4-6 side cha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Saarinen for Knoll Mid-Century Modern Oak Tulip Pedestal Side Table
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Classic tulip side table designed by Eero Saarinen and manufactured by Knoll. This table has a 20 inch diameter oak top, a white pedestal base, and was made in 1978. Knoll label unde...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Knoll Marble Dining Table With 5 Chairs by Eero Saarinen, 1960s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Magnificent and fully original Tulip dining set designed by Eero Saarinen. It is produced by Knoll International in the 1960s. The set consists of 5 original tulip chairs and the o...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Metal

Vintage Eero Saarinen Model 174W Tulip Dining Table
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
To accompany his famous Tulip chair design, Eero Saarinen designed the Tulip table. A simple design with timeless beauty. At 54 inches diameter, it can comfortably fit 6 chairs aroun...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Small Round Dining Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Small Round Dining Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Marble

Eero Saarinen White Carrara Marble Tulip Side Table by Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous original example of the classic Tulip side table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. Executed in white Carrara Italian marble. Circa 1960s with original Knoll bowtie label fully int...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Iron

Mid Century Modern Eero Saarinen Black Tulip Table w/ Removable Tinted Glass Top
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Eero Saarinen Black Tulip Table with Removable Tinted Glass Top The Mid Century Modern Eero Saarinen Black Tulip Table with a rem...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Knoll oval Tulip Coffee Table white laminate by Eero Saarinen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid-Century Modern knoll oval tulip coffee table white Laminate top. Base is very heavy and has has original off white paint. Has original threaded center for base. Numbered on base....
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Steel

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip Walnut Coffee Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip Walnut Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 36 wide x 36 deep x 15.25 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call r...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Metal

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Pedestal Side Table w/ Verdi Alpi Marble Top
Located in Las Vegas, NV
1st edition Eero Saarinen tulip side pedestal table. RARE early version with an iron base covered in a putty colored enamel and topped with Verdi Alpi green Italian marble. Knoll lab...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble, Iron

Tavolino vintage con piano in marmo
Located in Napoli, NA
Bellissimo tavolino vintage Simile a quello della Knoll Provenienza Villa di lusso acquistato da privato
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble, Aluminum

Saarinen Tulip Side Table by Knoll Studio, 1956
Located in New York, NY
Authentic Eero Saarinen's signature white pedestal Tulip Table by Knoll Studio, with laminate top and cast-aluminum base, 1956. Signature plate on the underside. **List Price: $1,400...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Aluminum

Eero Saarinen Tulip Side Table for Knoll
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A vintage tulip side table with round Laminate top having a nice soft curved edge . The heavy sculptural cast metal base makes the table very sturdy and in a cream white makes this i...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Metal

47" Walnut Pedestal Dining Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
Located in Dorchester, MA
This iteration of Eero Saarinen's 1957 pedestal dining table, a modernist classic, features a round walnut top on a white cast aluminum base. The 47-inch diameter seats up to six peo...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Aluminum

Early Oval Saarinen for Knoll Coffee Table. Out of Production 54" Walnut Top.
Located in Kansas City, MO
Early, out of production fifty four inch wide oval coffee table with white tulip base designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll, 1960s. The table features a walnut top and pai...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Iron

Eero Saarinen for Knoll 'Tulip' Dining Table with Carrara Marble Top
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 'Tulip' dining table, Carrara marble, metal, United States, 1950s/1960s This iconic pedestal table from the Tulip collection is designed by Ee...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble, Metal

Mid Century Modern Oval Travertine Marble Cocktail Table by Saarinen for Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early made oval coffee table designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll in the 60's. Excellent overall condition with beautiful beige travertine slab type and powder coated tuli...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Travertine, Aluminum, Iron

Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
Located in Lasne, BE
Round coffee table in white laminated wood by Eero Saarinen. Stamped under the leg (see photo). Wear due to time and age of the table.
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1960s Central American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble, Aluminum

1960s Vintage Knoll Rosewood Coffee Table Eero Saarinen Mid-Century Modern
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare and Wonderful Brazilian Rosewood Knoll Coffee Table. 36 in diameter, very heavy. It really looks incredible in pictures and in person, and ready again to be put back in an Atomi...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Rosewood

Eero Saarinen Tulip Dining Table for Knoll International
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A nice 54" sized iconic tulip dining table with a white laminate top and white coated steel base, The table retains the original label by Knoll International with ink stamp dated 197...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Steel

Figured Walnut Saarinen Tulip Side Table for Knoll International, Early 1960s
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Iconic tulip pedestal table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International. Early edition, likely from the 1960. It consists of a cast aluminum base with original white vinyl wrap. The mak...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Aluminum

Eero Saarinen Coffee Table for Knoll, Walnut, 1970s
Located in Round Rock, TX
An iconic design from an iconic designer. Eero Saarinen designed coffee table for Knoll International. This particular table was made in the 1970s. Featuring a nicely figured w...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Aluminum, Steel

Mid-Century Modern Knoll 3’ Round Tulip Coffee Table Walnut by Eero Saarinen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid-Century Modern knoll 3’ round tulip coffee table walnut Laminate top. Base is heavy and has has original off white paint. Has original felt ring around base to protect the floor....
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Steel

Tulip Oval Coffee Table in Marble by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International
Located in Porto, PT
Tulip Oval Coffee Table in Marble by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International pedestal collection The marble top is 2cm thick; white laminate is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble, Metal

Vintage Tulip Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage coffee table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll with white tulip base and laminate top. This icon of mid-century modern design was acquired from the family of the original owner, w...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Metal

Mid-Century Marble Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Marble Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tables

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Marble

Mid-century Modern tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern 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 tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, more furniture and collectibles, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Edward Wormley, Paul McCobb, Dunbar, and Knoll. 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 tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $76 and tops out at $397,156 while the average work can sell for $2,994.

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