Modern End 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern End Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
2010s French Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Hardwood, Ash
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern End Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern End Tables
Composition, Stone
2010s Greek Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
2010s British Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Modern End Tables
Wicker, Reed
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
1970s Vintage Modern End Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Porcelain, Walnut
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Acrylic, Oak, Walnut, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s British Modern End Tables
Copper, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Mahogany
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Oak
2010s Chinese Modern End Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Glass
2010s Australian Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel, Chrome
2010s Turkish Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass, Gold Leaf
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern End Tables
Stone
2010s Swedish Modern End Tables
Concrete
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern End Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Glass, Walnut
2010s Modern End Tables
Copper
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Chinese Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern End Tables
Hardwood
2010s Australian Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
20th Century Unknown Modern End Tables
Travertine