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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Onyx, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Silver, Silver Leaf
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Leather, Lacquer
1970s Vintage Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Glass, Lucite, Python
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
1930s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Macassar
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Swedish Modern End Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cement, Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Lapis Lazuli, Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern End Tables
Marble, Copper, Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern End Tables
Glass, Lucite, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern End Tables
Stone, Marble
1990s Italian Modern End Tables
Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Modern End Tables
Chrome
Early 2000s French Modern End Tables
Parchment Paper
2010s American Modern End Tables
Glass, Walnut
1970s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Fir
20th Century English Modern End Tables
Marble
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel