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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Granite, Marble, Metal
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
2010s French Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal, Bronze
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Leather, Wood, Lacquer
2010s Argentine Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Malachite
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Metal, Gold, Gold Plate
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Pine
2010s American Modern End Tables
Granite, Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Leather, Oak, Walnut, Rosewood, Glass, Smoked Glass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Smoked Glass, Lucite, Leather, Glass, Rosewood, Oak, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Walnut, Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Animal Skin, Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Smoked Glass, Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Steel
20th Century English Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Glass, Leather, Oak, Rosewood, Walnut, Smoked Glass
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Fir
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s American Modern End Tables
Leather, Glass, Smoked Glass, Oak, Rosewood, Walnut
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s Argentine Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Lacquer, Wood
1990s American Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Resin, Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern End Tables
Marble, Aluminum
2010s British Modern End Tables
Concrete
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Marble
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
1960s North American Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass, Nickel
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic