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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Leather, Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
20th Century American Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Ebony, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
1960s American Vintage Modern End Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Elm, Burl
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Ceramic, Ash, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
20th Century American Modern End Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Wood
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Leather
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s Egyptian Modern End Tables
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Cane, Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Onyx, Granite, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Fir
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Oak
2010s South Korean Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Wood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
1950s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Ceramic, Oak
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Wood, Paint
2010s North American Modern End Tables
Walnut, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern End Tables
Bronze