Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity. Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Marcel Breuer–designed Whitney Museum of American Art and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building.
Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to cabinets, tables, and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave. Brutalist design encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology.
Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs and tables in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in modern American design. Other exemplars of brutalist design are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.
The names of other brutalist designers are, so far, unknown to history. The authentic brutalist furniture and sculptures on 1stDibs lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection.
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
1970s Dutch Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Multi-gemstone, Concrete, Metal, Brass
1960s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1970s Dutch Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Multi-gemstone, Concrete, Metal, Brass
1980s Dutch Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Multi-gemstone, Concrete, Metal, Brass
2010s Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Gold Leaf
1970s European Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Iron
1960s European Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Wrought Iron
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood
2010s Mexican Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood
2010s Philippine Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Copper
1970s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
1970s American Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century Danish Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Slate
1960s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s French Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1990s Dutch Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1980s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
1970s Dutch Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
1960s Spanish Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
20th Century Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1970s Spanish Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper
Mid-20th Century Swedish Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
1960s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elm
1940s Austrian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1970s French Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
Mid-20th Century Belgian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
20th Century American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
19th Century Austrian Antique Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
1970s European Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s British Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1970s Belgian Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Slate
1970s European Vintage Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin