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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Leather, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Leather, Suede, Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Lacquer
2010s British Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak
1970s American Vintage Modern Center Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Center Tables
Oak, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Center Tables
Glass, Hardwood
2010s Egyptian Modern Center Tables
Brass
1980s Vintage Modern Center Tables
Wood, Glass
2010s Egyptian Modern Center Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Resin, Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Center Tables
Brass, Bronze
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Bronze
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Center Tables
Cast Stone
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Glass, Wood
Early 2000s Modern Center Tables
Crystal, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Oak
2010s Balkan Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Granite, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s German Modern Center Tables
Oak, Ash
Early 2000s French Modern Center Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Center Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Stone
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Oak
2010s Ukrainian Modern Center Tables
Ash
1980s French Vintage Modern Center Tables
Aluminum
2010s British Modern Center Tables
Onyx, Marble
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Center Tables
Glass, Lacquer
2010s Egyptian Modern Center Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
2010s Indian Modern Center Tables
Oak
2010s South African Modern Center Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Danish Modern Center Tables
Concrete
2010s German Modern Center Tables
Glass