Mastercraft Attributed Mid Century Solid Brass and Smoked Glass Expanding Dining Table

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- Brand/Maker: Mastercraft (attributed)
- Piece Name: Solid Brass and Smoked Glass Expanding Dining Table
- Style: Hollywood … Read more Quick Hits
- Brand/Maker: Mastercraft (attributed)
- Piece Name: Solid Brass and Smoked Glass Expanding Dining Table
- Style: Hollywood Regency / Mid-Century Modern / Asian-influenced
- Materials: Solid brass frame; smoked glass top panels (beveled, removable); Asian corner motif
- Dimensions: 76" without leaf; 100" with leaf; glass in leaf is attached; end panels removable
- Era: Mid 20th Century
- Why We Love It: Solid brass frame, smoked beveled glass, Asian corner motifs, and a 100-inch extension — this is one of the most dramatically beautiful dining tables you'll find at any price.

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Solid brass and smoked glass in a dining table format is an immediate design statement — there is no version of this combination that reads as understated. The Mastercraft attribution places this table in specific and distinguished company: Mastercraft, the Detroit-based manufacturer, was known in the 1960s and 70s for exactly this kind of drama — heavy brass construction, smoked and mirrored glass, and decorative Asian motifs that reflected the Hollywood Regency appetite for exoticism and glamour.

The engineering is as impressive as the aesthetics. The large beveled glass panes at each end are removable — a thoughtful detail that makes transport and cleaning manageable. The glass in the leaf is attached, creating a continuous smoked glass surface when the table is fully extended. At 76 inches closed and 100 inches with the leaf, this table has the reach to serve a serious dinner party. The Asian corner motifs — those decorative elements at the four corners of the brass frame — are the period-authentic detail that confirms both the provenance and the aesthetic intention.

A table like this belongs in a room with the confidence to match it: high ceilings, a significant chandelier, seating that can hold its own against the brass. It would look completely at home in the dining room of a 1970s Palm Beach estate. Mastercraft pieces in this condition are increasingly collected.

Design Style
Hollywood Regency with strong Asian influence — the design sensibility of the 1960s and 70s that drew from chinoiserie traditions, Japanese aesthetics, and the general appetite for exoticism that defined American luxury design of that era. Solid brass furniture was the period's premium material expression: heavier and more permanent than chrome, warmer than steel, with the patina potential that makes aged brass more beautiful than new.

In current interiors, this aesthetic is in full revival. Smoked glass and brass dining tables are among the most actively sought mid-century pieces, and Mastercraft attributed work with documented design vocabulary commands serious collector attention.

Brand Legacy
Mastercraft Furniture, based in Detroit, Michigan, produced some of the most distinctive American Hollywood Regency furniture of the 1960s and 1970s — brass-clad case pieces, mirror-topped tables, and architecturally confident dining furniture that is now actively collected. Their attributed pieces, where the design vocabulary clearly matches the Mastercraft aesthetic, are taken seriously in the market. This table, with its solid brass construction, beveled smoked glass, and Asian corner motifs, falls squarely within that vocabulary. At secondary market pricing, it represents a collecting opportunity for serious buyers. See less