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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Console Tables
Iron, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Art Glass, Hardwood, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Straw, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Oak
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Ceramic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Oak, Cedar
20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Grasscloth, Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Console Tables
Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Marble, Chrome
2010s South African Modern Console Tables
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Shagreen, Mahogany
Early 2000s American Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Walnut
20th Century Modern Console Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Modern Console Tables
Laminate
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Console Tables
Oak, Wood
2010s Greek Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Lacquer
2010s Greek Modern Console Tables
Wood
1960s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Bronze, Enamel
2010s Chinese Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Glass, Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Console Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Modern Console Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century North American Modern Console Tables
Pine, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Danish Modern Console Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Leather
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Brazilian Modern Console Tables
Teak
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Concrete, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Brass