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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Elm, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
2010s American Modern End Tables
Granite, Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Brass, Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Ebony, Rosewood
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern End Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Wood, Paint
2010s Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Modern End Tables
Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s North American Modern End Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
2010s American Modern End Tables
Bronze, Stainless Steel, Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Pine
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Grasscloth, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Travertine
2010s Spanish Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
Late 20th Century Modern End Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Python, Glass, Lucite
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Modern End Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Murano Glass, Art Glass
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Smoked Glass, Wood
20th Century American Modern End Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern End Tables
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Indian Modern End Tables
Granite, Metal