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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Marble, Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal, Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Macedonian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Georgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Silver Leaf
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal, Marble, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
2010s Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble, Onyx, Brass, Gold Leaf, Stainless Steel
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lucite
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Silicone, Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Laminate, Wood, Fur
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Walnut
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Sheet Metal