Modern Dining Room 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Plaster
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s English Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Resin, Lacquer, Fiberglass
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
1930s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak, Walnut, Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
2010s Modern Dining Room Tables
Burl
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
1960s Finnish Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Birch
1970s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
2010s Greek Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Dining Room Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
2010s German Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Dining Room Tables
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Art Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Birch, Oak, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
1980s North American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
2010s French Modern Dining Room Tables
Enamel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Onyx, Brass
2010s Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum, Gold
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
2010s Greek Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dining Room Tables
Travertine
1970s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Tables
Ash
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
1990s Modern Dining Room Tables
Lacquer
2010s Argentine Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Plywood, Oak
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Carrara Marble, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone, Metal
1980s Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Cherry
Mid-20th Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Tables
Teak
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut, Burl