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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Center Tables
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
2010s European Modern Center Tables
Bronze
20th Century European Modern Center Tables
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Stone, Slate
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Pearwood
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Concrete, Steel, Chrome
Early 2000s French Modern Center Tables
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Stone, Travertine
2010s British Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s Belgian Modern Center Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern Center Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Indian Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Center Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s German Modern Center Tables
Glass
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Center Tables
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Center Tables
Straw, Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Modern Center Tables
Marble, Slate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Leather, Suede, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Center Tables
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Concrete
2010s Danish Modern Center Tables
Concrete
2010s German Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Center Tables
Stone
2010s British Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Crystal, Wrought Iron
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Center Tables
Cast Stone
1970s American Vintage Modern Center Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Fiberglass
1980s Austrian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Iron
2010s Canadian Modern Center Tables
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Resin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Ceramic, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Aluminum
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Stone, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Ebony, Walnut
2010s Egyptian Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Center Tables
Ceramic, Scagliola, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Cement, Iron