Modern Console Tables
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s Mexican Modern Console Tables
Walnut
20th Century Unknown Modern Console Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Reed
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Concrete
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Console Tables
Birch, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Console Tables
Crystal, Metal
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Nutwood, Plywood, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition, Metal
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Acrylic, Ash, Oak, Walnut, Fir
1990s Japanese Modern Console Tables
Glass, Cherry
Late 20th Century French Modern Console Tables
Aluminum
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Tunisian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Travertine
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Altuglas
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Console Tables
Stone
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Maple
2010s Colombian Modern Console Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Console Tables
Stone
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Copper, Other
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Mahogany
2010s Indian Modern Console Tables
Agate, Bronze
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Concrete
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Brass, Metal