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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Lava
2010s Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Polish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Silver Plate, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Wood, Oak, Fir, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Clay, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
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Marble
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Siena Marble, Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Steel
2010s Polish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Silver Plate
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Clay, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
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Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Bronze
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Quartz, Gold
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Scagliola, Plywood
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak