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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s South Korean Modern Center Tables
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Carrara Marble, Granite, Travertine, Marble, Stainless Steel, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Concrete
2010s British Modern Center Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Ash, Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Center Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Center Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Elm, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Fiberglass, Poplar, Plywood
2010s Balkan Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Aluminum
1970s American Vintage Modern Center Tables
Lucite, Glass
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Center Tables
Gold, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Steel
Late 20th Century Modern Center Tables
Hardwood, Zebra Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Stone, Marble, Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Wood, Walnut, Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Wood, Walnut, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Center Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Marble, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Czech Modern Center Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Brass
2010s North American Modern Center Tables
Beech, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Carrara Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Center Tables
Resin