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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mirror, Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Fir, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Australian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cedar
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Reclaimed Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Velvet, Art Glass, PVC
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Quartz, Travertine, Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainl...
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Mirror, Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cedar
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Bronze, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Aluminum, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Aluminum, Brass
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Murano Glass
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple, Oak, Plywood
20th Century European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Wood




