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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1990s Modern Console Tables
Paint, Mirror, Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Grasscloth
Late 20th Century European Modern Console Tables
Epoxy Resin, Lucite
Late 20th Century North American Modern Console Tables
Pine, Paint
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Nickel, Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Nickel
1980s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Concrete, Metal
Late 20th Century European Modern Console Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Carrara Marble
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Steel, Chrome
1980s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Console Tables
Iron
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s Philippine Vintage Modern Console Tables
Bronze
1990s English Modern Console Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Console Tables
Rosewood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Glass, Cherry
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
1980s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Glass, Fabric, Reed
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
1990s Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Mirror, Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Chrome
Late 20th Century Modern Console Tables
Belgian Black Marble, Chrome
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Chrome
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Marble, Nickel
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Glass, Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century French Modern Console Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Brass, Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Console Tables
Coral
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stone, Marble, Metal
1980s Colombian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Stone
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Mahogany
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Cement
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood
1990s Modern Console Tables
Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Aluminum, Iron
1970s Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Iron
1990s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Laminate, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Travertine
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Sandstone
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Console Tables
Metal
1990s French Modern Console Tables
Marble, Bronze