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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Carrara Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Wood, Plywood, Ash
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Crystal, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Wood, Plywood, Walnut
2010s Danish Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s English Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
1990s American Modern Console Tables
Mahogany
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Formica, Wood
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Stone
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Copper, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel, Other
20th Century Modern Console Tables
Pine
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Turkish Modern Console Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel, Other
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Goatskin, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel, Other
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Concrete, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Console Tables
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Iron
2010s Hong Kong Modern Console Tables
Stone, Steel
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Plywood, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Ceramic, Wood
2010s German Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Other
2010s French Modern Console Tables
Metal
2010s Dutch Modern Console Tables
Resin
2010s European Modern Console Tables
Wood, Ash, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble