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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 British Modern Console Tables
Granite, Steel
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Asian Modern Console Tables
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Console Tables
Ash, Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Console Tables
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Wood, Plywood, Ash
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Console Tables
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Iron
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plastic
2010s Australian Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Glass, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Travertine
1990s Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s English Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Ceramic, Wood
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Clay
2010s Danish Modern Console Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Carrara Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Iron
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Brass, Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Gold Leaf
20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
Mid-20th Century Modern Console Tables
Laminate
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Indian Modern Console Tables
Stone, Amethyst, Marble, Silver, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel, Other
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel