Modern Conference 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century Modern Conference Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Art Glass
2010s German Modern Conference Tables
Steel, Chrome
2010s Dutch Modern Conference Tables
Walnut
2010s Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Conference Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Conference Tables
Wood, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Art Glass
2010s German Modern Conference Tables
Steel, Chrome
2010s German Modern Conference Tables
Steel, Chrome
1990s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Steel
2010s British Modern Conference Tables
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Conference Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Conference Tables
Wood, Ash
2010s Spanish Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Conference Tables
Ash
2010s European Modern Conference Tables
Steel
2010s French Modern Conference Tables
Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Conference Tables
Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Conference Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Concrete
2010s Dutch Modern Conference Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Conference Tables
Cast Stone, Concrete
2010s Portuguese Modern Conference Tables
Cherry
2010s Turkish Modern Conference Tables
Wood
2010s British Modern Conference Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s British Modern Conference Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Bronze
2010s German Modern Conference Tables
Steel, Chrome
2010s Finnish Modern Conference Tables
Ash, Oak
2010s Finnish Modern Conference Tables
Ash, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Brass
2010s English Modern Conference Tables
Steel
2010s British Modern Conference Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s British Modern Conference Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Stone, Marble, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Stone, Marble, Aluminum
2010s English Modern Conference Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Quartz, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s European Modern Conference Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Carbon Fiber
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Conference Tables
Wood
2010s European Modern Conference Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Conference Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Conference Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Marble, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Conference Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum, Steel