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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Copper
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Aluminum
2010s Canadian Modern Center Tables
Walnut, Maple
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Crystal, Travertine, Marble
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Hardwood, Maple
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Brass
2010s European Modern Center Tables
Oak
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Center Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Center Tables
Ash, Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Marble
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Marble, Iron
2010s European Modern Center Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Steel
2010s European Modern Center Tables
Travertine, Marble
2010s European Modern Center Tables
Oak
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Center Tables
Hardwood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Center Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Center Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s European Modern Center Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Metal, Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Center Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
2010s French Modern Center Tables
Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Center Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Center Tables
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Center Tables
Beech
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut, Katalox
2010s Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s European Modern Center Tables
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Center Tables
Plywood
1970s American Vintage Modern Center Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Marble, Travertine
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Center Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Center Tables
Travertine
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Center Tables
Brass
20th Century Colombian Modern Center Tables
Glass, Wood, Bone
2010s Turkish Modern Center Tables
Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Center Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Center Tables
Walnut, Maple
2010s Brazilian Modern Center Tables
Rattan, Imbuia