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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cut Glass
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Oak
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lava, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Early 2000s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Leather, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Amethyst
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple, Walnut
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Lucite
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper, Steel
1970s English Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Grasscloth, Glass, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass