Italian mid century modern red black laminate metal wood double-shelf table 1960
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern red black laminate metal wood double-shelf table or bedside, 1960s.
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Vintage 1960s Side Tables
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Metal
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Vintage Dining Set, Drop Leaf Table, Six Chairs, Mid Century, MCM, Laminate
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Vintage Dining Set, Drop Leaf Table, Six Chairs, Mid Century, MCM, Laminate, Wood, Unique, Kitchen Vintage from the 1960s Measurements: Table:: Open: 57.5" L x 41.75" W x 30" H Leav...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Wood, Laminate, Formica
Mid-century 42″ Round Laminate Grey Dining Table w/ Chrome Base by Steelcase
$1,470Sale Price|40% Off
Mid-century 42″ Round Laminate Grey Dining Table w/ Chrome Base by Steelcase
By Steelcase
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Mid-century Tulip inspired Steelcase 42″ office dining lunch round table with a laminate grey top and chromed steel base.It features a sleek, neutral surface that resists wear w...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip 36 inch White Laminate Coffee Table
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip 36 inch White Laminate Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 36 wide x 36 deep x 15 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in w...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Laminate
Table with Green Mosaic Laminate Top, 1950s
$466Sale Price|20% Off
Table with Green Mosaic Laminate Top, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Table from the 1950s in cherry wood with top in laminate weave mosaic edged in plastic profile green color.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Plastic, Laminate, Cherry
Grey Laminate Aluminum Base Hexagon Shape Mid-Century Modern Pedestal
By Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Grey Laminate Aluminum Base 36" Tall Hexagon Shape Mid-Century Modern Pedestal.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pedestals
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Modern Opal Mobel Teak Laminate Stacking Nesting Tables
$665Sale Price|30% Off
Mid Century Modern Opal Mobel Teak Laminate Stacking Nesting Tables
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of three stacking nesting tables by German Furniture maker Opal Mobel. Made of teak laminate featuring Danish styling, circa 1960s. Dimensions: 17" x 18" x 21"h, height not nes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking T...
Materials
Teak
Pair Set Danish Mid Century Modern Walnut Base Black Laminate Nesting Table MINT
By Milo Baughman, Kipp Stewart
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair Set Danish Mid Century Modern Walnut Base Black Laminate Nesting Tables on Wheels MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Italian Mid-Century Round Coffee Tables in White Grey Pink Laminate Metal, 1980
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Round coffee tables in white, grey and pink laminate and metal, 1980s Set of three round coffee tables.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian mid-century modern round yellow laminate and black metal bar table 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern round yellow laminate and black metal high bar table, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Two Tone Laminate Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stylish vintage console table featuring a distinctive two-tone laminate design that captures the character and charm of mid-century modern style.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Laminate
Corner Kidney L Shape Laminated Top Mid Century Modern Coffee Table Black White
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice organic kidney shape Mid-Century Modern coffee table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Laminate
Bamboo Rattan Side End Table Mid Century Modern c1970s White Laminate Top MINT
By Ficks Reed
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Bamboo Rattan Side End Table Mid Century Modern c1970s White Laminate Top MINT
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-Century Executive Desk, Walnut & Yellow Laminate, Wicker Back
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modern style executive desk with yellow formica top, metal handles and cane back. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer).
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Laminate
Mid-Century Modern Two-Tiered White Laminate Parson’s Style Coffee or End Table
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous Mid-Century Modern two-tiered white laminate particle board rectangle Parson’s style coffee or end table and optional rectangle glass top.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Laminate, Masonite
Italian mid-century modern brass and laminate pedestal or coffee table, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern brass and laminate pedestal or coffee table, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pedestals
Materials
Brass
Heywood Wakefield Metal and Laminate Side Table
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY
Heywood Wakefield metal and laminate side table with a white metal pedestal base and wooden accents on the legs.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Side Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Eames Aluminum Group 42" Oak Laminate Table
By Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bring home the iconic functionality of American Mid-Century Modern design with this classic pedestal table designed by the legendary Ray and Charles Eames for Herman Miller.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Style Mid-Century Walnut and White Laminate Square Sid
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbarstyle mid century walnut and white laminate square side end table The table measures: 30 wide x 30 deep x 21.25 inches high All pieces of furniture can be ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Danish Mid-Century Modern Square Black Laminate and Teak Top Coffee Table MINT!
By Finn Juhl
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Finn Juhl Style Danish Mid-Century Modern Square Black Laminate and teak top coffee table MINT!
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut, Laminate
Jens Risom Danish Mid-Century Walnut and Light Gray Laminate Serving Trolley
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
Danish Mid-Century two-tier serving trolley with a walnut frame, light gray laminate shelf surfaces, and a removable tray top, resting on four small casters. (JENS RISOM)
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Laminate, Wood, Walnut
Vintage Mid Century Modern Walnut Laminate Top Rolling Drop Leaf Bar Cart Server
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Walnut Laminate Top Rolling Drop Leaf Bar Cart Server. Item features a drop leaf laminate top, lower shelf, rolling casters, beautiful wood grain, finished...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Swiss mid-century modern white laminate and metal coffee table by Vitra, 1960s
By Vitra
Located in MIlano, IT
Swiss mid-century modern white laminate and metal coffee table by Vitra, 1960s Round coffee table that recalls the shape of the Tulip table.
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Mid Century Modern WalnutCoffee Table with Rocket Legs Laminate Top
Located in Seattle, WA
This coffee table is an iconic Mid Century rectangle shape. It's such a great design with a walnut frame and rocket shaped legs and brass capped feet.
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Waterfall Console Table in Black Laminate
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1970s Long and taller than most- waterfall console table in durable black laminate. Hearty construction. A very versatile piece- use in a home or in a retail space. Flex to use ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Laminate
Mid-Century Modern Walnut Executive Desk with Black Laminate Top, 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-Century Modern Walnut L-Shape Executive Desk designed and manufactured in the United States, circa 1960s. This impressive executive desk embodies the clean lines and functional s...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Faux Agate Laminate Stacking Tables
Located in Doylestown, PA
Midcentury faux agate laminate stacking tables. Fun set of classic mid century stacking tables with vibrant laminate top and black tapered legs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Composition
Mid-century Tulip Dining Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll W/ Orange Laminate Top
$7,800Sale Price|40% Off
Mid-century Tulip Dining Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll W/ Orange Laminate Top
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Van Nuys, CA
For your consideration is the iconic mid-century 6-person Tulip dining table design, created by Eero Saarinen for Knoll in 1958.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Laminate "T-Angle" Coffee Table
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bring home the minimalist practicality that helped make mid-century modern design so popular. This square coffee table has been heavily inspired by Florence Knoll's iconic "T-Angle" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Laminate Burl Wood and Chrome Console Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage console table is a refined expression of mid-century modern design, pairing organic warmth with sleek industrial elegance.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
McGuire Contemporary Stacked Bamboo Rattan and Laminate Top Side Table
By McGuire
Located in Germantown, MD
McGuire Contemporary Stacked Bamboo Rattan and Laminate Top Side Table. Dark gray top with tan color frame. Measures 24" in width at the back, 14.5" in width at the front, 27" in dep...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Laminate
Mid-Century Low Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid-Century low side table. Legs and top frame finished in dark brown stained wood and black laminated top.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Tortoiseshell Laminate Parsons Sofa Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Redding, CT
Tortoiseshell Laminate Parsons Sofa Table. Nice jeweled earth tones , in excellent condition. Matching coffee table and two end tables are also available.
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Sofa Tables
Materials
Formica, Wood
1970s Hollywood Regency Style Parsons Table w/ Burlwood Laminate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This square table features a burled wood style pattern wrapped over the entire wood frame. Clean line with a pop of Hollywood Regency coloring for your home. Please confirm location ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Side Tables
Materials
Laminate
French Mid-Century Modern Brass & Laminate Serving Cart, Trolley, Textable 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful Mid-Century Modern brass and laminate trays serving cart, trolley from the 1950s made by Textable, France. With 2 pushdown buttons it folds down easily for storage, very pr...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
French Bistro Table Oak and Beech with Laminated Top Table, 1960
$812Sale Price|20% Off
French Bistro Table Oak and Beech with Laminated Top Table, 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Bistro table with a base made of beech and oak, The top is typical of the sixties with its red laminate.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Paul McCobb Desk and Chair Set, Birch and Laminate
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in Southampton, NJ
A striking Paul McCobb four drawer desk and matching chair set with white laminate top. All original 1950's from the Planner Group series, this scarcely seen set with original tag ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian pink/red Plastic Laminate & Wood side Table or bedside table, 1960s
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Side table or bedside table with drawer made of wood and 2 laminate top surfaces. It remains in good vintage condition: visible defects of the pink/red plastic laminate (see detailed...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Plastic, Laminate, Wood
Ignazio Gardella Italian Blue Metal Tripod Side Table with Laminated Top, 1950s
By Ignazio Gardella
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Italian Mid-Century round table in blue enameled metal and brass with a charming blue-gray laminated top.
Category
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Brass, Iron
Herman Miller Mid-Century Tables
$1,400 / set
Herman Miller Mid-Century Tables
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of mid-century end tables by George Nelson for Herman Miller.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Paul McCobb Desk and Chair Set, Birch and Laminate
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in Southampton, NJ
A striking Paul McCobb four drawer desk and matching chair set with white laminate top. All original 1950's from the Planner Group series, this scarcely seen set with original tag ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
American mid-century modern wood laminate desk George Nelson Herman Miller 1960s
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in MIlano, IT
American mid-century modern wood laminate desk George Nelson Herman Miller 1960s Desk or writing desk in wood and metal. The top is in white laminate, with a smaller upper top suppor...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Large Danish Mid-Century Round Coffee Table with White Laminate Top
$1,552Sale Price|40% Off
Large Danish Mid-Century Round Coffee Table with White Laminate Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large 38" 1960s Danish round coffee table featuring tapered legs and stylish white laminate top.
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
Saarinen 20" Tulip Pedestal Side Table in White Laminate
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Stamford, CT
Eero Saarinen’s Pedestal Collection is one of the most recognizable forms in furniture design. Colloquially known as the “Tulip”, Saarinen’s mission was to resolve the chaos under fu...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Lane Furniture Mid Century Style Tiered Walnut Side Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Germantown, MD
A Lane Furniture Mid Century Style Tiered Walnut Side Table. Solid Walnut frame with laminated Walnut top Measure 29.75" in width, 19.75" in depth 20" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut, Formica
Vintage Mid- Century White Laminate and Chrome Bar Cart 33w 28.5h 18.5d
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Mid- Century Two Tiered White Laminate and Chrome Bar Cart with Ebonized Handle. X form design terminating in freely moving ball casters. Top of cart features an ebonized han...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Chrome
Ed Wormley for Dunbar Ash and Laminate Console Table
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in New Windsor, NY
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Ash and laminate modular console table. Two white laminate shelves and solid ash open frame low console table. Circa 1960. Signed with gold metal tag, Dunba...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Laminate, Ash
Vintage Eero Saarinen Tulip Side Table, Laminated Top, Steel Base
$606Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Eero Saarinen Tulip Side Table, Laminated Top, Steel Base
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice tulip side table. Solid steel base, comes with a Laminated top. 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Laminate
Italian Designer, Small Console Table, Wood, Laminate, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A small wall-mounted wood and red laminate console table or shelf designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s. Wood presents with dramatic wear, including natural wood cracking. Loss o...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Handsome Burl Laminate Game Table Desk with Lucite Chair
$3,880Sale Price / set|20% Off
Handsome Burl Laminate Game Table Desk with Lucite Chair
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Handsomeburl laminate game table with thick Lucite slab legs. We love the burl laminate as opposed to real wood-kid and adult friendly. This piece can be used as a petite desk with r...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Laminate, Lucite
Paustian Conference Table Model SP64 Spinal in White Laminate, Danish Design
By Paustian
Located in Lejre, DK
Paustian conference table model SP64 Spinal in white laminate with frame in brushed steel. Danish design with a functional and modern expression. — Origin: Denmark — Producer: Paust...
Category
Early 2000s Danish Mid-Century Modern Conference Tables
Materials
Laminate
George Nelson for Herman Miller Circular White Laminate Lazy Susan Dining Table
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century circular dining table with a white laminate top featuring a central lazy susan circular section that rotates, resting on a white powder coated metal pedestal bas...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal
Simple Post Modern white Laminate round dining game table
$1,800Sale Price|25% Off
Simple Post Modern white Laminate round dining game table
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple Post Modern white Laminate round dining table. white Laminate with white round base. No Chips very clean. Round top and round base. Made circa 1980s Located in Brooklyn NYC. ...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Laminate
Vintage Herman Miller Eames Mid Century Modern Rolling Contract Base Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Herman Miller Eames Mid Century Modern "Aluminum Group" Rolling Contract Base Side Table.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Campaign Style Square Side Table White Laminate Top by Hickory Furniture Mfg
By Hickory Manufacturing Company
Located in Topeka, KS
This little midcentury campaign style table does that. It is square, small, lightweight, has a laminate top so no worries about leaving water rings, and it has lots of style!
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign End Tables
Materials
Brass
Brazilian Designer, Coffee Table, Wood, Laminate, Brazil, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and laminate coffee table designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1950s. Chips present to wood, complimentary touch-ups included upon request. Overall Dimensions (inches): 15.0"...
Category
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Laminate
Birch and Laminate Coffee Table by Knoll
$895Sale Price|33% Off
Birch and Laminate Coffee Table by Knoll
By Knoll
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A simple, egalitarian coffee table by Knoll in birch, with a white laminate top supported by blonde squared tapered legs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
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Laminate Table Midcentury For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic laminate table midcentury available at 1stDibs. A laminate table midcentury — often made from laminate, wood and metal — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer laminate table midcentury, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each laminate table midcentury bearing Mid-Century Modern or Hollywood Regency hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made laminate table midcentury over the years, but those crafted by Brown Saltman, Arne Hovmand-Olsen and American of Martinsville are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Laminate Table Midcentury?
Prices for a laminate table midcentury start at $277 and top out at $7,001 with the average selling for $1,700.
A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture
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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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.
Finding the Right Tables for You
The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.
Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.
Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.
Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.
The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte.
Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life.
No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .
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