Harvey Probber Tables
American, 1922-2003
A popular designer who had his heyday from the late 1940s into the 1970s, Harvey Probber is one of the post-war American creative spirits whose work has been recently rediscovered by collectors. His designs are by-and-large simple and elegant, but his signal achievement was to pioneer one of the key innovations of mid-20th century furniture: sectional, or modular, seating.
Even as a teenager, the Brooklyn-born Probber was making sketches of furniture designs — and selling them to Manhattan furniture companies. He began working as a designer for an upholsterer once he finished high school and, apart from a few evening classes he took as an adult at Pratt Institute, he was self-taught about design and furniture making.
After wartime service — and a stint as a lounge singer — Probber founded his own company in the late 1940s. A lifelong familiarity with the needs of New York–apartment dwellers doubtless sparked his most noteworthy creation: a line of seating pieces in basic geometric shapes — wedges, squares, half-circles — that could be arranged and combined as needed. Modular furniture remained the core idea of Probber’s business throughout his career.
As a self-trained designer, Probber was never wed to any particular aesthetic. He preferred the simple lines now associated with mid-century modernism for their inherent practicality, but often used hardware to enliven the look of his pieces, or added elements — such as a ceramic insert in the center of a round dining table — that was visually interesting and could serve as a trivet. He gravitated toward bright fabrics with attractive, touchable textures that might be satin-like or nubbly. Above all, Probber insisted that the sofas, case goods and other products that came out of his Fall River, Massachusetts, factory be built to last.
“The quality of aging gracefully,” Probber once told an interviewer, is “design's fourth dimension.” This quality he realized: Probber furniture is just as useful and alluring now as it was when made — and maybe even more stylish.
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Creator: Harvey Probber
Unusual Harvey Probber Green Hexagon Terrazzo Top Side Table Mid-century Modern
By Harvey Probber
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Unusual Harvey Probber light green terrazzo hexagon top side table. We have had plenty of these wonderful Probber side tables but we have never had on with a celery green terrazzo ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Bronze
$2,600 Sale Price
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Harvey Probber Blackened Walnut
Inlaid Travertine Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Harvey Probber Blackened Walnut & Inlaid Travertine Coffee Table
USA, !950s
A rare find, designed by Harvey Probber in the 1950s, constructed in two parts, the octagonal top with in...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Travertine
$4,760 Sale Price
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Oiled Walnut Base Terrazzo Top Side Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern walnut base terrazzo top occasional side table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Terrazzo, Walnut
Rare Pair of Rosewood Pyramid Tables by Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Dallas, TX
A rare pair of rosewood pyramid side tables by Harvey Probber.
Category
1960s Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Harvey Probber Walnut Chrome Cane End Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Fraser, MI
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Low double door end table.
Designed by Harvey Probber for Probber Furniture Co.
Walnut and Chrome and Cane.
Category
1960s Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Chrome
Harvey Probber Mid Century Walnut and Stone Side Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Harvey Probber Mid Century Walnut and Stone Side Table
This side table measures: 32 wide x 20 deep x 18.25 inches high
Great Vintage Condition - Very Minor Wear on Table Base. Ston...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Stone
Mid-Century Modern Two-Drawer Cocktail Table in Walnut and Brass, Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and refined cocktail table was designed by Harvey Probber and handmade in Fall River, Massachusetts circa 1960. Probber believed that "aging gracefully" represented the ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
Harvey Probber Mahogany and Glass Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Dallas, TX
A solid mahogany coffee table with glass top designed by Harvey Probber.
Category
1960s Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Harvey Probber Hexagon Terrazzo Side Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
Harvey Probber Terrazzo Hexagon side - end table. Mid century side table terrazzo with inlaid brass detail set on splayed mahogany legs. Nice size perfect for any setting. Very good ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
A Rare Harvey Probber End Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in San Francisco, CA
Extremely rare Harvey Probber end table in wenge. Features a square tabletop with a trapezoidal base.
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Wenge
Harvey Probber End Tables, USA 1950
s
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
A pair of walnut end tables with a single drawer by Harvey Probber in two-tone walnut and brass accent.
Category
Mid-17th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair of Harvey Probber Enameled Copper Flower Motif Side Tables
By Harvey Probber
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare 1960s psychedelic flower design side tables with baked enamel on copper inset panels. With era-appropriate vibrant enamel on original mahogany...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Copper, Enamel
1960s Pair of Harvey Probber Copper
Mahogany Flower-Top Side Tables
By Harvey Probber
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Deisgned and made by American design icon Harvey Probber, this pair of side tables have solid mahogany construction and the rare flower design on the top. This was a collaboration wi...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Harvey Probber Tall Coffee Table with Terrazzo Top
By Harvey Probber
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A stylish mid-century coffee or cocktail table-tall at 24"H. Walnut top with original Portugese terrazzo top. Shows very well and has a nice warm glow.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
Harvey Probber Mahogany Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Highland, IN
A simple form with subtle details, this coffee table by Harvey Probber has a mahogany top which floats over the black base courtesy of a slim reveal.
16"h X 48"w X 18"d
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Harvey Probber 3-Drawer Nightstand Ebonized Espresso Mahogany
By Harvey Probber, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass pulls ebonized mahogany bracket feet night bed stand side table by Harvey Probber.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Harvey Probber End Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1960s Mid-Century Modern end table designed by Harvey Probber, with two drawers and brass and walnut hardware and brass sabots.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,400
Harvey Probber Cane Stool
By Harvey Probber
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
A great example from Probber's Artisan Collection. This stool is a prototype of a design. We like to use it as a side table.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Cane, Wood
Harvey Probber Mid Century Terrazzo and Walnut Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Harvey Probber Mid Century Terrazzo and Walnut Coffee Table
This coffee table measures: 60 wide x 21.75 deep x 15.5 inches high
Good Vintage Condition - Surface Scratches and Nicks...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Walnut, Terrazzo
Harvey Probber Desk in Mahogany 1950s
Signed
By Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
Desk in mahogany with alternating grain top and brass sabots by Harvey Probber, American, 1950s (label in drawer reads "designed by Harvey Probber"). This desk is beautifully made.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
Harvey Probber Square Chrome Plated Steel and Glass Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century square coffee / cocktail table with a thick square clear glass top resting on an open cube-form chrome plated steel base....
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Harvey Probber Bleached Mahogany Saber Leg Dining Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Chicago, IL
Bleached and toned mahogany sabre leg dining table by Harvey Probber. Parquetry bordered and exceptional wood grained top with solid carved mahogany s...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$4,800 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Flip-Top Dining Table Console By Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Mid-Century Modern flip-top dining console table was designed by the popular American designer Harvey Probber during the 1960s. This table is true to Probber's aesthetic - simpl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Large L Shape Walnut Desk with Return by Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern executive desk by Harvey Probber.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Walnut
Harvey Probber Round Walnut Game Center Table with Travertine Insert
By Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber round walnut game or center table with travertine insert.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Harvey Probber, Custom Series 80 coffee table, model 82
By Harvey Probber
Located in Chicago, IL
Harvey Probber
Custom Series 80 coffee table, model 82
Harvey Probber, Inc.
USA, c. 1962
mahogany, white onyx
20 h x 31 w x 31 d in (51 x 79 x 79 cm)
Table features a custom onyx ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Onyx
$3,600 Sale Price
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Pair of Mahogany Wood and Travertine Harvey Probber End Tables/Nightstands 1960
By Harvey Probber
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Mahogany Wood and Travertine Harvey Probber End Tables/Nightstands 1960's
This pair of end tables or nightstands, designed by Harvey Probber, showcases a harmonious blend of ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Travertine
$6,000 Sale Price / set
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Pr Harvey Probber Mid Century Ribbon Mahogany and Cane Side Tables
By Harvey Probber
Located in Buffalo, NY
Matched pair (mirror image) Modernist Tables designed by Harvey Probber,, Probber Originals. in richly grained ribbon mahogany and cane with brass detailing, both retain one drawer. ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
Harvey Probber Side Table in Teak and Polished Stainless Steel, 1960s
By Harvey Probber
Located in Dallas, TX
Minimalist Harvey Probber teak end table with inset solid bar mirror polished stainless steel legs. Well constructed and very substantial.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Harvey Probber Rosewood Travertine Decagon Bar
By Harvey Probber
Located in Lynn, MA
A special rosewood decagon side cabinet #1151 by Harvey Probber. This rare special order includes original pristine travertine top, a lock for top drawer, and brass, chrome rods for ...
Category
20th Century American Other Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Harvey Probber MCM Dining Conference Table 2 Leaves
By Harvey Probber
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
1950s MCM Dining or Con...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Chrome
$7,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Harvey Probber Rosewood Glass Cocktail Table Model #1277
By Harvey Probber
Located in Lynn, MA
Rare Rosewood cocktail table base with its original elliptical glass by Harvey Probber. This model seldom comes on to the market. Fantastic rosewood grain pattern and shapes. The ori...
Category
20th Century American Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
Stunning Pair of Harvey Probber Brass Inlaid Terrazzo Top Side Tables Midcentury
By Harvey Probber
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful pair of three-legged Harvey Probber side or end tables with original hexagonal terrazzo top with inlaid brass. Sculpted bleached mahogany legs with bleached mahogany suppor...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Terrazzo, Mahogany
Harvey Probber Asian Style Coffee Table With Terrazzo Inlays
By Harvey Probber
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Rare Harvey Probber Asian style coffee table. This piece seldom comes up for sale. This beautiful ebony base coffee table has two terrazzo inserts. The table has great shaped legs wi...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Terrazzo, Wood
Harvey Probber Bowtie Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Dallas, TX
A large Harvey Probber walnut and mahogany bowtie shaped coffee table with brass cleats.
Category
1960s Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Walnut
Harvey Probber Hexagonal Mahogany and Terrazzo Marble Side Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Chicago, IL
Three-legged Harvey Probber side or end table with original hexagonal terrazzo top with inlaid brass. Sculpted bleached mahogany legs with bleached mahogany supports.
Category
1950s American Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Terrazzo, Walnut
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Harvey Probber Extendable Dining Table with Solid Brass Stretchers
By Harvey Probber
Located in Hanover, MA
Magnificent minimalist design on a grand scale, ebonized mahogany dining table designed and produced by Harvey Probber, circa 1968 with solid brass square bar cross-stretchers and sq...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
Harvey Probber Mahogany Corner Triangle Sofa Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Hanover, MA
Extremely versatile well balanced triangular shaped table by Harvey Probber. Original vintage mid-1950's. Ideally suited as a corner console table behind one of his famous angular Nu...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Rare Harvey Probber Curved Macassar Corner Tables - A Pair
By Harvey Probber
Located in Morristown, NJ
c. 1960s, USA, a rare pair of Harvey Probber corner tables with Macassar ebony veneer tops and dark stained tapering round wood legs. The triangular tables have a curved longside edge. The tables are unmarked and likely a custom order.
Harvey Probber (1922-2003) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and designed his first sofa at age 16, selling it for $10. By the time he finished high school, he was selling sketches of furniture to companies in Manhattan. Probber was an autodidact, having very little formal training at a time when most designers had formal architectural or art degrees.
He did, however, take a few night classes at Pratt Institute and had on- the-job training in furniture production while working for Trade Upholstery. After serving in the Coast Guard during the 1940s, Probber worked briefly as a cabaret singer, but by 1945 he had opened Harvey Probber, Inc. Realizing that post-war families wanted more flexibility in their homes and their lifestyles, he was the frst to introduce modular seating. His pieces had understated modern...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Steel
Harvey Probber Non Matching Pair of Walnut 3 Drawers Nightstands End Tables
By Harvey Probber, Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Harvey Probber non matching pair of walnut 3 drawers nightstands end tables mint.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Walnut, Mahogany
Harvey Probber Mid-Century Modern Asian Style Travertine and Brass Coffee Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Miami, FL
Chinoiserie inspired Mid-Century Modern rectangular coffee table by Harvey Probber.
The table features a wooden frame with two heavy travertine tops.
The legs have brass covers.
Love...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Mid-Century Walnut and Glass Biomorphic Coffee Table by Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A striking mid-century biomorphic coffee table designed by Harvey Probber in the 1960s. The sculptural walnut base showcases Probber’s mastery of organic form, featuring soft, fluid ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Mid Century Modern Harvey Probber Walnut with Black Marble Cocktail Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Harvey Probber Walnut with Black Marble Cocktail Table
Elevate your home decor with this timeless piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Marble
Harvey Probber Terrazzo and Brass Side Table with Solid Mahogany Frame
By Harvey Probber
Located in Dallas, TX
1960s Harvey Probber Side Table with Mahogany frame and striped top with alternating solid brass bars and terrazzo stone top.
A very unique and understated design.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Brass
Wonderful Harvey Probber Terrazzo Brass Inlay Top Mid-Century Modern
By Harvey Probber
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful three-legged Harvey Probber side or end table with original hexagonal terrazzo top with inlaid brass. Sculpted bleached mahogany legs with bleached mahogany supports. We do...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Terrazzo, Mahogany
Harvey Probber Brass Square Stock and Coquina Marble Cocktail Table Circa 1950s
By Harvey Probber
Located in Chicago, IL
Harvey Probber, coquina and brass coffee table, c. 1950s, USA, round stone top, architectural polished brass base with square tube legs joined by stretchers, model 917B, 20"h x 30"di...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Harvey Probber Bleached Rosewood Console Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Highland, IN
This elegant Probber console table features a top of bleached rosewood supported by a mahogany base with two drawers.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Harvey Probber Dry Bar
By Harvey Probber
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rolling cart for entertaining designed by Harvey Probber. Mahogany wood frame with milk glass top.
Please confirm location.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$1,200
Harvey Probber tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Harvey Probber tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Harvey Probber tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original tables by Harvey Probber were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider tables by John Widdicomb, Widdicomb Furniture Co., and Florence Knoll. Prices for Harvey Probber tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $800 and can go as high as $28,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,500.
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