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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ash
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Iron
20th Century North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ebony
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s Czech Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass, Chrome
2010s Lebanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Onyx, Travertine, Marble
1940s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Paper, Ribbon
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze, Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Bronze
20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s English Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Poplar, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic