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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 North American Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Onyx, Brass
1990s French Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
1960s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Resin
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Chrome
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Modern Console Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Glass, Cypress
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Maple, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Early 2000s American Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Carrara Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Unknown Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Fabric
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Glass, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Travertine
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Brass, Metal
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
2010s North American Modern Console Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plywood, Paint
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Maple
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Stone
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Console Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Modern Console Tables
Laminate
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Marble