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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Acrylic, Ash, Oak, Walnut
2010s Modern Conference Tables
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Conference Tables
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Conference Tables
Hardwood
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Conference Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Conference Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s Greek Modern Conference Tables
Metal
2010s European Modern Conference Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Conference Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Bronze
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Mahogany
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Stone, Marble, Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Stone
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Stone
2010s Dutch Modern Conference Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Conference Tables
Walnut, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Bronze, Steel
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Bronze, Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Conference Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Marble, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Conference Tables
Epoxy Resin, Ash
1980s French Vintage Modern Conference Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Conference Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Lacquer, Walnut
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Oak
2010s European Modern Conference Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Iron
2010s European Modern Conference Tables
Beech
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Nickel, Brass
2010s North American Modern Conference Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Conference Tables
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Conference Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Conference Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Marble, Quartz, Brass
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Mahogany
1970s American Vintage Modern Conference Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Conference Tables
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Conference Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Conference Tables
Crystal, Steel