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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Reclaimed Wood, Walnut
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Travertine
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass, Chrome
Early 2000s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
1950s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Rock Crystal, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mirror, Teak, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper, Enamel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Grasscloth, Glass, Paint
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Granite, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Sheet Metal
2010s Guatemalan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Cut Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
2010s North Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fabric, Textile, Silk
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Metal, Silver Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Aluminum, Pewter
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal