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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone
2010s Balkan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal, Travertine, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Nickel
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Linen, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Cedar
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Resin, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
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Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
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Walnut
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Lacquer
Early 2000s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Lebanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Aluminum, Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
20th Century North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
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Wood, Walnut, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plaster, Plywood
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
2010s North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper, Steel
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Chrome
1970s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
1980s Swedish Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood