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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Travertine
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Beech, Lacquer
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
2010s Danish Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dining Room Tables
Fiberglass, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dining Room Tables
Porcelain, Wood
Late 20th Century German Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
2010s German Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
2010s Modern Dining Room Tables
Ash
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
2010s North American Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak, Walnut
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s German Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak, Walnut, Maple, Mahogany
1980s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
2010s Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Metal, Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Walnut, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dining Room Tables
Granite, Metal
20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Quartz, Nickel
2010s German Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel, Iron
1940s Finnish Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Birch
Early 2000s German Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
2010s Danish Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Walnut, Hardwood
2010s Danish Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood, Oak, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Belgian Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone
2010s Belgian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Maple, Oak, Walnut, Fir
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak, Maple, Walnut
2010s Danish Modern Dining Room Tables
Paint, Wood, Hardwood, Lacquer, Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Steel