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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Bronze
1950s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Chrome
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fabric
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Composition
1970s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer, Paint
1940s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone, Brass, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Poplar
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nickel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Bronze
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Composition, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Composition, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Ash
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple, Oak, Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Walnut
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass, Cut Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Travertine
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass, Chrome
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Steel
1990s Japanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood, Lacquer
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Iron
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron