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 The Modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 principles 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, and the Eames’s 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 designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
1980s North American Vintage Modern Center Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Steel
1980s Vintage Modern Center Tables
Carrara Marble, Aluminum
2010s Brazilian Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass, Brass, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Lebanese Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s South African Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass, Steel
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech, Maple
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech, Maple
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Maple, Beech
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Blown Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Blown Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Blown Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Quartz, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Quartz, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Quartz, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Quartz, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Center Tables
Brass, Brass
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Bronze, Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Blown Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Quartz, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Blown Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Center Tables
Quartz, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Glass