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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Mexican Modern Console Tables
Travertine
1990s American Modern Console Tables
Animal Skin, Wood, Lacquer
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Carrara Marble
Early 2000s European Modern Console Tables
Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Console Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Console Tables
Brass
20th Century European Modern Console Tables
Agate
1960s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Metal
20th Century French Modern Console Tables
Metal, Iron
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
2010s Swiss Modern Console Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Console Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Chrome
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Glass, Cypress
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut
2010s British Modern Console Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Console Tables
Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Linen, Wood, Lacquer
1980s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Glass, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Acrylic, Hardwood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass, Copper, Metal
2010s British Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Bronze, Pewter
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
1970s French Vintage Modern Console Tables
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
1970s American Vintage Modern Console Tables
Linen, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Resin, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s British Modern Console Tables
Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Console Tables
Wood, Python
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Console Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Resin, Fiberglass