MCM-016 MCM Biomorphic Tile Top Coffee Table — Banded Tile with Central Star Motif, Tapered Wood Legs, 54.5" Wide

A striking and unusually designed mid-century modern tile top coffee table in a biomorphic free-form shape — featuring a sophisticated banded tile design with a central star motif on elegantly tapered wood legs. At 54.5 × 36.75 inches this is a substantial table with genuine design ambition.

Biomorphic design — furniture and objects with organic, free-form silhouettes inspired by living organisms rather than geometric rules — was one of the defining visual languages of 1950s American design. From kidney-shaped pools to amoeba-form tables to the organic curves of Isamu Noguchi, the biomorphic aesthetic expressed a postwar American optimism about the relationship between art, nature, and everyday life.

The central star motif surrounded by banded tile rings gives this table a compositional sophistication rarely seen in tile-top furniture — it reads as a deliberate design rather than a decorative pattern, with the star anchoring the composition and the banded rings radiating outward across the biomorphic surface. The tapered wood legs — the signature MCM leg form — root the organic top in the clean linear tradition of mid-century furniture design.

Details:

• Style: 1950s American Mid-Century Modern / Biomorphic
• Surface: Banded mosaic tile with central star motif
• Base: Tapered wood legs
• Height: 15.25"
• Width: 54.5"
• Depth: 36.75"
• Form: Biomorphic / free-form

Condition:

Surface spots. Light paint drips. Light wear consistent with age and use. Please review all photographs carefully.