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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
1980s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Thai Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Cut Steel
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Macedonian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Giltwood
2010s Czech Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cork
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s North Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic, Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Swedish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Romanian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Ash
2010s Greek Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Lacquer, Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Chrome
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Wood, Oak, Fir
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass, Wood
1990s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Guatemalan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Quartz, Gold
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Iron