Modern Coffee and Cocktail 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mirror, Birdseye Maple
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plaster, Plywood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Paper
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plaster
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
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Brass
1990s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Aluminum, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete, Other
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete, Other
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete, Other
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plaster, Plywood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nickel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Chrome
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1970s Colombian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Horn
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine