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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rubber
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Travertine
1950s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete, Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Macassar
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Straw
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rubber
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Steel, Iron
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Burl, Lacquer
1940s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak, Driftwood
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
2010s Balkan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass, Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Reclaimed Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Malachite, Marble, Stone, Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Agate, Brass
1960s European Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lava
1950s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold, Stainless Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum