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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Canadian Modern Console Tables
Ash, Oak, Walnut, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Oak, Leather
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Silver Leaf
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Wood
1980s Philippine Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Steel
1980s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Glass
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Plywood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Bronze
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Bamboo, Plastic, Wood, Ash, Oak, Plywood
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Concrete
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Danish Modern Console Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
1960s German Vintage Modern Console Tables
Composition, Steel
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Brass
20th Century French Modern Console Tables
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Oak
2010s Tunisian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s British Modern Console Tables
Granite, Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Steel, Pewter
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
1990s Japanese Modern Console Tables
Glass, Cherry
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Oak
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass