Modern Console 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Brazilian Modern Console Tables
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Wood
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Lacquer
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Plexiglass
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Copper
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Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Resin
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Wood
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Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Console Tables
Oak
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Lacquer
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Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s Guatemalan Modern Console Tables
Glass, Mahogany, Wood, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Steel
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Wood
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Plaster, Wood
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Rock Crystal, Bronze
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Acrylic, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Travertine, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Walnut, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Quartz, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Brass
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Brass
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Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Central American Modern Console Tables
Glass, Mahogany, Wood, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Ash
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Ash, Wenge
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Acrylic, Walnut
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Modern Console Tables
Resin, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Metal, Brass
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Hardwood, Walnut
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Walnut, Wood, Plywood
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Acrylic, Ash, Oak, Walnut, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
2010s Modern Console Tables
Pine, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Paint
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal