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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1990s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Agate, Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Clay, Hardwood, Walnut
20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Raffia
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Silver Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Bronze
Early 2000s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Croatian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Quartz, Gold
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Sheet Metal, Steel
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
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Plastic, Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mirror, Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
2010s Macedonian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Iron
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper, Steel
2010s Czech Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel