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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Chrome
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Acrylic
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plaster, Plywood
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Resin
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Sheet Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Sheet Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
1960s North American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper
Mid-20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ash
2010s Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Laminate, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nickel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Early 2000s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rosewood
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass, Metal
Early 2000s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Plywood