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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s British Modern End Tables
Copper, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern End Tables
Malachite
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal
Early 17th Century American Antique Modern End Tables
Felt, Glass, Mahogany
20th Century Unknown Modern End Tables
Brass, Chrome
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Art Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Iron, Wrought Iron, Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Leather, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern End Tables
Marble, Iron, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern End Tables
Sandstone, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
1940s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Nickel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Linen, Glass, Wood, Silk
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Animal Skin, Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
1990s Italian Modern End Tables
Bentwood
1990s American Modern End Tables
Bronze
1960s American Vintage Modern End Tables
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Oak, Fir, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Griotte Marble, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Cane, Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern End Tables
Aluminum
2010s European Modern End Tables
Gesso, Parchment Paper
1980s Israeli Vintage Modern End Tables
Travertine, Bronze
2010s British Modern End Tables
Granite, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern End Tables
Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Wood, Paint, Hardwood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Granite, Onyx