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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern End Tables
Fruitwood
2010s African Modern End Tables
Oak
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Steel, Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple, Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Modern End Tables
Grasscloth, Wood
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern End Tables
Composition, Stone
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern End Tables
Stone
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Modern End Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Wood, Shagreen Stingray
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s South African Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Acrylic, Oak, Walnut, Fir
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s American Modern End Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Rosewood
1980s North American Vintage Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Argentine Modern End Tables
Ebony, Macassar
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s American Modern End Tables
Granite, Marble, Metal
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Metal, Chrome
2010s American Modern End Tables
Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Wood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Leather, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Hardwood
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
20th Century American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Pine
2010s African Modern End Tables
Resin, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Grasscloth, Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Bubinga, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal