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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Onyx
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Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Scagliola, Wood
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Plaster
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Porcelain, Wood
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
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Metal
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Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Beech
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Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
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Aluminum
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Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
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Stainless Steel
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Resin
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Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Goatskin, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
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Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
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Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Sheet Metal
1950s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Birch, Paint
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Cement, Iron
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Seagrass, Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
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Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nutwood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
1990s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Abalone
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Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1990s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Australian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Lacquer
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple, Walnut
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Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak