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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Metal
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Slate, Metal
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Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Wood
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Oak
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Steel
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Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern End Tables
Acrylic
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Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Griotte Marble, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s British Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
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Marble, Bronze
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Metal
2010s African Modern End Tables
Resin, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Stone
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Ceramic, Oak, Maple, Mahogany, Ash
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
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Marble, Granite, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s Modern End Tables
Lacquer
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Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Fabric, Wood
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Wood, Ash
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Brass
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Wood
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Limestone, Iron
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Onyx, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron