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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Lacquer
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Crystal, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Pewter
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Metal
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Oak, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Chrome
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble, Griotte Marble, Si...
1980s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel, Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Iron, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
1940s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Chrome
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Silver Leaf
2010s Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Bentwood, Ash
20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Hardwood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer, Walnut
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash, Walnut, Oak
1950s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Onyx, Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather