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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Glass
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Clay
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Granite, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass, Scagliola
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple, Oak, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Murano Glass
2010s Swedish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1990s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Greek Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Glass, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Maple, Lacquer
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
1960s Austrian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1970s English Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cement
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nickel
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Bronze
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Burl
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood
2010s Swedish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal, Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble





