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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Wood
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Wood, Oak, Fir, Walnut
2010s Polish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Czech Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Beech
2010s Thai Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cane, Glass, Oak
1950s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete, Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pewter, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Thai Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Plywood
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut, Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble, Bronze
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Marble, Onyx, Stainless Steel, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Wood, Oak, Walnut, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nutwood
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass