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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1980s Vintage Modern Center Tables
Carrara Marble, Aluminum
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Center Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Wood, Poplar, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Ash, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s German Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Center Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Stone, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Stone, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Unknown Modern Center Tables
Glass, Ash, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble
1970s American Vintage Modern Center Tables
Chrome
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Center Tables
Oak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Crystal, Wrought Iron
2010s Lebanese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Ceramic, Wood
2010s Lebanese Modern Center Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Glass, Mirror
2010s Indian Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Leather, Plastic
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Center Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood, Ash, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Center Tables
Ceramic, Scagliola, Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
2010s Modern Center Tables
Glass, Bentwood
2010s Balkan Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Center Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s German Modern Center Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Aluminum
2010s German Modern Center Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Brass
2010s South African Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble