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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Cut Steel
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cherry, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1950s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
1980s German Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron, Brass
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
2010s North Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
2010s North Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic, Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Aluminum, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Lucite
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
1930s Austrian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak