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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s South Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Laminate, Maple
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Slate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Rock Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1990s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Parchment Paper
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Bronze, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Poplar, Oak, Hardwood
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
1950s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
2010s Greek Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal