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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Metal, Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
1990s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century English Modern Console Tables
Iron
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Murano Glass
20th Century Modern Console Tables
Lacquer
1970s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood, Paint
1990s Italian Modern Console Tables
Goatskin
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Maple
1980s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
1960s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass
20th Century Modern Console Tables
Crystal, Chrome
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Travertine
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century Colombian Modern Console Tables
Horn
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Glass, Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
1990s American Modern Console Tables
Animal Skin, Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Philippine Modern Console Tables
Stone
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Carrara Marble
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
20th Century English Modern Console Tables
Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century French Modern Console Tables
Oak
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Opaline Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Modern Console Tables
Brass, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
20th Century French Modern Console Tables
Poplar, Paint
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Onyx, Marble
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
20th Century European Modern Console Tables
Agate
1970s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Stone
1990s Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Raffia, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Gold Leaf
1980s Philippine Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1960s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Chrome
20th Century Unknown Modern Console Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Reed