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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Laminate, Wood, Plywood
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
Early 2000s Italian Modern End Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern End Tables
Pyrite, Nickel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass, Bronze, Nickel
1940s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Mahogany
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Hardwood
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
2010s Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Laminate, Wood, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern End Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Nickel, Copper, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Acrylic, Fir, Walnut, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Lebanese Modern End Tables
Silver, Brass, Copper
1960s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Ash
Mid-20th Century American Modern End Tables
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern End Tables
Grasscloth, Wood
2010s Chinese Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern End Tables
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Chinese Modern End Tables
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Marble, Nickel, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century French Modern End Tables
Ceramic, Oak
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Hardwood
2010s Chinese Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Limestone, Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Oak, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s North American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Travertine, Marble
2010s Greek Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s Modern End Tables
Wood, Bentwood