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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble, Brass, Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Teak
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Quartz, Gold
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Chrome
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1940s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Quartz, Gold
2010s Lebanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple, Oak
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Palestinian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal, Metal
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Aluminum, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Quartz, Gold
2010s Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass
1960s German Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Stainless Steel