Modern End 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
20th Century American Modern End Tables
Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Lacquer
1990s American Modern End Tables
Chrome
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Bronze, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s Unknown Modern End Tables
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Lucite
1970s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Onyx
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Brass
1980s Philippine Vintage Modern End Tables
Shell, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s Egyptian Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete
1990s American Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s Chinese Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s French Modern End Tables
Stained Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s Lithuanian Modern End Tables
Concrete
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern End Tables
Mahogany
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
1930s Swedish Vintage Modern End Tables
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Silver Leaf
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Modern End Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
Early 17th Century American Antique Modern End Tables
Felt, Glass, Mahogany