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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Glass, Bubinga
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cut Steel, Steel, Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ash
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Nickel, Pewter, Brass, Bronze
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Glass, Bentwood, Ash
2010s Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Stainless Steel
2010s Polish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cut Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Scagliola, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lava, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Leather, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Greek Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cut Steel, Steel, Metal, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Amethyst
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rock Crystal
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Slate, Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Maple
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rose Quartz
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal