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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
20th Century Modern Console Tables
Crystal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Bronze, Steel
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Mirror, Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Concrete, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Paint, Oak
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Paint
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Ash, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Onyx
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Aluminum
2010s Modern Console Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plaster, Plywood
2010s Modern Console Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
Early 2000s American Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
Late 20th Century English Modern Console Tables
Iron
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Modern Console Tables
Wood, Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Console Tables
Glass, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Metal, Brass
20th Century Modern Console Tables
Lacquer
1970s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood, Paint
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Goatskin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Console Tables
Goatskin
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plaster, Plywood
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plaster
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Oak
1980s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Iron
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plaster, Plywood
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
Early 2000s Swedish Modern Console Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Onyx, Brass