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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Antler
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Swedish Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Console Tables
Stone, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Leather, Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Fir, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Ash, Oak, Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Ash, Oak, Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Modern Console Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Statuary Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Acrylic, Ash, Oak, Walnut, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware
Early 2000s American Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Console Tables
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Hardwood
2010s Modern Console Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Console Tables
Metal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Console Tables
Hardwood, Scrap Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Plexiglass
1970s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Plexiglass
Early 2000s American Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plaster, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Concrete, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Clay
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Walnut
2010s Modern Console Tables
Iron