Modern Dining Room 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Metal
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Aluminum
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Aluminum
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Tables
Laminate
2010s North American Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Laminate, Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Danish Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
Early 2000s Swiss Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Tables
1970s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone, Travertine
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Beech, Teak, Satin
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Travertine
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
2010s Modern Dining Room Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Tables
Scrap Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Ash, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Bronze
1930s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
2010s British Modern Dining Room Tables
Carbon Fiber, Acrylic, Sycamore, Oak
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
2010s Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum, Gold
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome, Wire, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
2010s Chinese Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s Thai Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron