Modern Center 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Center Tables
Glass, Teak
2010s European Modern Center Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Onyx
2010s Modern Center Tables
Glass, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Stainless Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Polyester, Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Center Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Cement, Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Center Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Center Tables
Ceramic, Scagliola, Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Thai Modern Center Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Ceramic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Abalone, Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
1990s American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Ceramic, Wood
1980s French Vintage Modern Center Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Concrete
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Center Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
1990s American Modern Center Tables
Steel
2010s English Modern Center Tables
Oak, Resin
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak
20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Cane, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Center Tables
Marble, Slate