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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood, Lacquer
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold, Bronze
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
1940s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble, Travertine
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Abalone, Oak, Walnut, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cedar, Glass
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Raffia
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cast Stone
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Onyx
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Wood, Oak, Walnut, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rock Crystal
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Wood, Acrylic, Fir
2010s Lebanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mirror, Teak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Poplar, Hardwood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal