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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Console Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s South African Modern Console Tables
Gold Plate
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Oak, Wood, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Plexiglass
2010s Australian Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Copper, Other
2010s Brazilian Modern Console Tables
Lacquer, Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Console Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Lebanese Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Grasscloth
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Crystal
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Console Tables
Iron
20th Century European Modern Console Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Console Tables
Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Console Tables
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Modern Console Tables
Brass, Chrome
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Granite, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Concrete, Cement
Late 20th Century French Modern Console Tables
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Console Tables
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Egyptian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Oak, Walnut
20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Pine
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Console Tables
Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
2010s Modern Console Tables
Pine, Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables
Chrome
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Glass, Cypress
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Iron
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Glass
2010s Egyptian Modern Console Tables
Organic Material, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s North American Modern Console Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Resin
2010s Canadian Modern Console Tables
Stone
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Argentine Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Marble