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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Teak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ash, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Pewter, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nickel, Copper, Brass
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ebony
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Olive, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Carrara Marble, Marble
2010s Moroccan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rosewood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Marble, Limestone, Granite, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Statuary Marble, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple, Oak, Walnut
1960s German Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s South African Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Seagrass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx