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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Walnut
20th Century North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cane, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
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Macassar
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Marble
1960s European Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lava
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Gold Leaf
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Walnut, Wenge
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Steel
18th Century Unknown Antique Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
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Stone, Crystal, Limestone, Sandstone, Copper, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
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Porcelain
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Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
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Travertine, Brass
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Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
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Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
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Marble
Early 2000s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
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Marble, Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Persian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
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Metal
20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Porcelain
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Fabric, Resin
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
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Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer
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Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
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Granite, Marble, Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
1980s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
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Birch, Teak
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Hardwood, Reclaimed Wood
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Iron
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Bronze
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Agate, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Granite, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble