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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Mahogany
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s Unknown Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s Unknown Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
20th Century English Modern End Tables
Shagreen
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Brass
20th Century English Modern End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern End Tables
Lucite
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
2010s North Korean Modern End Tables
Plastic, Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
Late 20th Century French Modern End Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass, Gold Leaf
2010s North Korean Modern End Tables
Plastic, Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Zinc
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Oak, Fir, Walnut
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s North Korean Modern End Tables
Fabric, Silk, Textile
2010s American Modern End Tables
Travertine, Stainless Steel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Glass, Wood
20th Century Danish Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Aluminum
2010s North Korean Modern End Tables
Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
1950s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Travertine, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
1930s Swedish Vintage Modern End Tables
Enamel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s South Korean Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s North American Modern End Tables
Walnut, Plywood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Pewter
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass, Pewter, Nickel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass, Pewter, Nickel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood, Burl