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American Mid-Century Enameled Black and Brown Low / Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century (1970s) enameled low / coffee table with a square black and brown crackle
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Enamel

Grand Mid-Century French Black Enamel Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand Mid-Century French Black Enamel Coffee Table with Glass Top is perfect for a large family
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Algot P. Törneman Enameled Coffee Table
By Algot P. Torneman
Located in Kastrup, DK
Algot P. Törneman 1909-1993 Enamel on copper and oak coffee table by for Nordiska Kompaniet. This
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Enamel

Algot P. Törneman Enameled Coffee Table
Algot P. Törneman Enameled Coffee Table
H 18.9 in W 33.86 in D 33.86 in
Italian Coffee Table with Enamel Top
By Paolo De Poli
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An outstanding Italian coffee table with enamel top, attributed to Paolo De Poli. Vibrant colors
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Italian Coffee Table with Enamel Top
Italian Coffee Table with Enamel Top
H 16.75 in W 54.25 in D 21.25 in
White Bamboo Rattan & Enamel 2-Tier Round Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern round white two-tier bamboo, rattan and enamel coffee table from the late 1970
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Jacques Tissinier Enameled Metal Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mobilier pour Prisunic Fabrication Emaillerie Neuhaus, France, Jacques Tissinier, 1973 Located in Brooklyn
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Mid-20th Century French Futurist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Metaform Style Round Fossil Stone Coffee Table
By Metaform Holland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning, 1960, Metaform style round fossil stone coffee table with brown enameled metal pedestal
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stone, Metal

Wonderful Coffee Cocktail Table Glass Red Enamel Brass Ball
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Coffee / Cocktail Table With Clear Glass Top And 4 Triangular Inset Tuck Under Side
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Iron

Wonderful Coffee Cocktail Table Glass Black Enamel Brass Ball
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Coffee / Cocktail Table With Clear Glass Top And 4 Triangular Inset Tuck Under Side
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Iron

Mid-Century Mathieu Matégot Coffee Table "Copacabana", circa 1955, France
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Girona, Spain
Mid-Century Mathieu Matégot coffee table "Copacabana". Made with steel. Enameled in white. Very
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Enameled "Shooting Star" Coffee Table, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Whimsical coffee table in steel with lava tiles enameled with multi-colored shooting stars.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lava

Mid-Century Noordwolde style Round Glass and Rattan Coffee Table
By Rohe Noordwolde, Rudolf Wolf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-century black enameled bent metal glass top coffee table is classically designed by Rudolf
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Cloutier Brothers Red enameled Lava Tile Coffee Table
By Cloutier Freres, Robert and Jean Cloutier
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Rare red enameled lava tile low table by Robert and Jean Cloutier dating from the 1950s. This mid
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Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lava

Algot Törneman Enameled Coffee Table Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1960
By Algot P. Torneman, Nordiska Kompaniet
Located in New York, NY
A vibrant blue enamel on copper Scandinavian Modern coffee table with chromed steel legs. The table
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Ta...

Materials

Copper, Enamel, Chrome

Artimeta Stone Top Coffee Table with Black Enameled Base
By Artimeta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Artimeta Style Inset Square Slate Stone Coffee Table with Back Enameled Metal Frame. In
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Slate, Metal

Mid-Century Mod Rudolf Wolf Round Glass and Rattan Coffee Table
By Rohe Noordwolde, Rudolf Wolf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century, Rudolf Wolf designed round glass coffee table with woven wicker basket and black
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modernist Coffee Table with Rattan Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury rectangular glass coffee table with lower woven wicker basket on black enameled metal
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Osvaldo Borsani Coffee Table in Veneered Wood, C.1950s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in London, GB
Mid-century design coffee table by Osvaldo Borsani, for Techno, circa 1950s. Veneered wood and
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Artimeta Black Enameled Metal and Stone Coffee Table
By Artimeta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch 1960s square coffee table or side table for Artimeta. Thin black enameled metal frame and
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Slate, Metal

Mid-Century Modernist Coffee Table with Smoked Glass and Rattan Basket
By Gebroeders Jonker Noordwolde, Dirk Van Sliedregt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century, Gebr. Jonkers manufactured, early 1960s, round smoked glass coffee table with lower
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Modern Double Pedestal Thick Cream Off-White Lacquer Coffee Table
By Enrique Garcel, Robert Kuo
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Double Pedestal Thick Cream Off-White Lacquer Enamel Coffee Table MINT!
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Coc...

Materials

Enamel

20th Century Coffee Table in Enamelled Lava by Jean Jaffeux, 1960s
By Jean Jaffeux
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Jean Jaffeux coffee table in enamelled lava 1960 with geometric decorations in shades of red.
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Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lava, Metal

Artimeta Rectangle Coffee Table with Stone Top & Black Enameled Frame
By Artimeta, Floris H. Fiedeldij
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch, 1960s, mid-century, Artimeta manufactured, rectangle coffee table or side table with thin
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stone, Metal

Artimeta Coffee Table with Stone Top and Black Enameled Frame
By Artimeta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch 1960s Artimeta square coffee table or side table with thin black enameled metal frame and
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Slate, Metal

Coffee Table Smoked Glass Brass Golden Enamelled Aluminum Midcentury, 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
Elegant coffee table of considerable size with two shelves made in Italy in the 70s with an 8-foot
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Aluminum, Brass

Jean Jaffeux Coffee Table in Enamelled Lava, 1950
By Jean Jaffeux
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Jean Jaffeux coffee table in enamelled lava 1950. Signed lava tray (lower right) and black
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lava, Metal

Coffee Sofa Table Rattan Black Enamelled Metal Midcentury Italian Design 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Coffee table produced in Italy in the 1950s. The coffee table was made with a 3-foot structure in
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal, Enamel

Gold Enameled Lothar Klute Brutalist Coffee Table with Molded Glass Top
By Lothar Klute
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Brutalist round enameled coffee or side table with slumped textured glass top and gold
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Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table With Hand Painted Ceramic by Guérin - Belgium
By Guerin
Located in Girona, ES
Coffee table in wrought iron, hand painted ceramic tiles. Signed: Gres Guérin - Belgique 1958
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Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Artisan Chain Link Coffee Table Iron White Enameled Large, Belgium, 1970
Located in Vienna, AT
One of a kind white chain-link table Dimensions are 46" x 27.55" Artisan chain link coffee table
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Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

Coffee Table Iron and Fawn Enamel Top Style Cloutier Brothers French Midcentury
By Cloutier Freres
Located in Labrit, Landes
Coffee table in the style of Robert and Jean Cloutier Fawn colored enamel tiles top between 1960s
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Enamel, Iron

Pepe Mendoza Artisan Brass Coffee Table with Turquoise Enamels, 1950s 'Signed'
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in New York, NY
Round coffee table on bamboo motif legs in solid brass with turquoise and blue enamels with glass
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Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Mid Century Modern 'Carnival' Coffee table by Stig Lindberg Made 1959.
By Stig Lindberg
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
STIG LINDBERG & DAVID ROSÈN, table, "Carnival", Gustavsberg & Nordiska Kompaniet, from the Triva
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Oak

Silas Seandel, Coffee Table, Enamelled Metal, Glass, USA, 1970s
By Silas Seandel
Located in High Point, NC
An enamelled metal and glass coffee table designed by Silas Seandel, Artists Studio, New York, USA
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Carl Bjørn, P. Törneman Enameled Triva Coffee Table Produced by Nk Stockholm
By Algot P. Torneman, NK (Nordiska Kompaniet)
Located in New York, NY
Carl Bjørn and P. Törneman enameled Triva coffee table produced by NK (Nordiska Kopaniet
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Ta...

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Italian Coffe Table in the style of Paolo De Poli in in Enamelled Copper
By Paolo De Poli
Located in Roma, IT
designers such as Gio Ponti. The peculiarity of this Mid Century Coffe table is in the 136 cm long
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Copper, Enamel, Iron

Knut Hesterburg "Propeller" Coffee Table in Cherry Enamel over Anodized Aluminum
By Knut Hesterberg
Located in Stamford, CT
A Knut Hesterburg for Ronald Schmitt "Propeller" coffee table in cherry enamel over anodized
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Rare Mid-Century Modern Tulip Base Marble Coffee Table by Honsel, Germany, 1960s
By Honsel
Located in Munich, DE
Amazing, elegant and rare Mid-Century Modern tulip base coffee table or sofa table. Designed and
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Coffee Table, Roger Capron
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table "Le Village", conceived and made by Roger Capron, circa 1950-60. Enamelled ceramic
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Ceramic

Coffee Table, Roger Capron
Coffee Table, Roger Capron
H 11.7 in W 46.15 in D 19.38 in
J. Ormond Sanderson Straw Valley Pottery Mid-Century Modern Cubist Coffee Table
By Jesse Ormond Sanderson Jr., Roger Capron
Located in St. Louis, MO
kind geometric / cubist coffee table with offset squares. Signed Straw Valley '61 JOS for J. Ormond
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

Italian Round Coffee Table in Marble and Black Enamelled Metal, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Round coffee table in marble and black enamelled metal, 1960s beautiful small table, perfect for
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Florence Knoll Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Dronten, NL
Florence Knoll for Knoll International coffee table in white enameled steel and black laminate
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Florence Knoll Coffee Table
Florence Knoll Coffee Table
H 16.34 in W 44.89 in D 22.45 in
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN BRUTALIST MODERNIST Ceramic COFFEE SIDE TABLE, France 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
A rigorous coffee table or low tripod pedestal table, bedside or end table, Modernist, rigorous
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Vintage 1950s French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lava, Wrought Iron

Tommaso Barbi Brass and Cream Enameled Metal Square Italian Coffee Table, 1970s
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Roma, IT
Mid-Century coffee table in lovely cream enamelled metal, with brass angles and glass top by
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Crystal, Metal, Brass

Tommaso Barbi Brass and Cream Enameled Metal Square Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Roma, IT
. The coffee table is made in a lovely cream enamelled metal, with brass angles and smoked glass top
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal, Brass

Gae Aulenti Glass and Enamelled Black Metal Italian Coffee Table, Zanotta, 1970s
By Zanotta, Gae Aulenti
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury glass and enamelled black metal coffee table. This fantastic piece was designed
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Crystal, Metal

Boleslaw Danikowski Enameled Lava Table, France 1960's
By Boleslaw Danikowski
Located in New York, NY
Rare coffee table by the ceramist of Guillerme & Chambon, Boleslaw Danikowski. Made of a slab of
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lava, Cut Steel

Italian Mid-Century Modern NYC Screen Print Cocktail Table, Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern coffee table attributed to Piero Fornasetti. The table suspended on 4
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Jacques Lignier Coffee Brown Ceramic Table
By Jacques Lignier 1
Located in NEUVILLE-DE-POITOU, FR
Round coffee table by Jacques Lignier. Brown color with black and red abstract forms. Excellent
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Italian Glass Coffee Table
By Franco Albini
Located in Dronten, NL
Elegant Mid-Century Modern Italian oval glass top coffee table. White enameled steel base with
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Crystal, Brass, Steel

Italian Glass Coffee Table
Italian Glass Coffee Table
H 16.74 in W 50.79 in D 29.53 in
Richard Schultz 1996 Series Coffee Table
By Richard Schultz, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Schultz outdoor coffee table for Knoll. This table has a white powder-coated cast and
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Unique White Knoll Glass Top Coffee Table
By Knoll
Located in New Haven, CT
This Classic Knoll design coffee table was professionally resurfaced in white enamel, a fresh
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20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Enamel

Vintage Italian Piero Fornasetti "Cammei" Coffee Table
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Piero Fornasetti "Cammei" coffee table composed of a lithographic transfer with cameo motif on
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Steel

Scandinavian Modern Round Walnut Bird Inlay Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Scandinavian modern, round, walnut coffee table features a segmented top with abstract enamel bird
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Enamel

Pair of Ice Block Glass & Black Iron Occasional Tables, Coffee Tables
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of square Black Angle Iron and Inset Glass Brick Coffee Tables, C. 1980. Display Tables. Plant
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

Tree Trunk Coffee Table by Carl Auböck, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Skokie, IL
Carl Auböck II for Werkstätte Carl Auböck tree trunk coffee table, Austria, 1950s Additional
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20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Coffee Table by Dirk van Sliedregt for Rohé
By Dirk Van Sliedregt
Located in Dronten, NL
Netherlands. Beautiful minimalistic Dutch Mid-Century Modern table. Dirk van Sliedregt (1920 – 2010) combined
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Coffee Table by Dirk van Sliedregt for Rohé
Coffee Table by Dirk van Sliedregt for Rohé
H 17.72 in W 29.53 in D 14.97 in
Cloutiers Freres Lava Tiles Coffee Table, France 1960s
By Cloutier Freres
Located in New York, NY
Enameled lava table with fused glass inlays on a patinated steel base.
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Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lava, Wrought Iron

Philip And Kelvin LaVerne Spring Festival Coffee Table
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A gorgeous Spring Festival Coffee table from the iconic father/son duo, Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Pewter

Philip & Kelvin LaVerne Rare "Viola" Coffee Table 1960s (Signed)
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in New York, NY
Rare "Viola" coffee table, hand-cut design in patinated bronze and pewter with hand-painted enamels
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Pewter

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Enamelled Coffee Table Mid Century For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the enamelled coffee table mid century you’re looking for. A enamelled coffee table mid century — often made from metal, wood and enamel — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect enamelled coffee table mid century — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each enamelled coffee table mid century bearing Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern or Neoclassical hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made enamelled coffee table mid century over the years, but those crafted by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, Knoll and Gispen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Enamelled Coffee Table Mid Century?

Prices for a enamelled coffee table mid century start at $425 and top out at $75,000 with the average selling for $2,732.

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

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.

Finding the Right coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You

As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.

Low tables that were initially used as tea tables or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. Early coffee tables surfaced in Victorian-era England, likely influenced by the use of tea tables in Japanese tea gardens. In the United States, furniture makers worked to introduce low, long tables into their offerings as the popularity of coffee and “coffee breaks” took hold during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

It didn’t take long for coffee tables and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. In recent years, however, metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, and design hasn’t been restricted to the conventional low profile, either.

Visionary craftspeople such as Paul Evans introduced bold, geometric designs that challenge the traditional idea of what a coffee table can be. The elongated rectangles and wide boxy forms of Evans’s desirable Cityscape coffee table, for example, will meet your needs but undoubtedly prove imposing in your living space.

If you’re shopping for an older coffee table to bring into your home — be it an antique Georgian-style coffee table made of mahogany or walnut with decorative inlays or a classic square mid-century modern piece comprised of rosewood designed by the likes of Ettore Sottsass — there are a few things you should keep in mind.

Both the table itself and what you put on it should align with the overall design of the room, not just by what you think looks fashionable in isolation. According to interior designer Tamara Eaton, the material of your vintage coffee table is something you need to consider. “With a glass coffee table, you also have to think about the surface underneath, like the rug or floor,” she says. “With wood and stone tables, you think about what’s on top.”

Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs. Browse a vast selection of antique, new and vintage coffee table and cocktail tables today.