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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Pakistani Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Balkan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Ash, Oak, Walnut
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Gold
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lucite
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fur, Laminate, Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Onyx, Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Enamel
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Acrylic, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Bronze
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak, Walnut
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Bronze
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fabric
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Coral, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Early 2000s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal