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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Pewter
1980s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern End Tables
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Walnut, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Resin
1990s Moroccan Modern End Tables
Wood, Paint
2010s Argentine Modern End Tables
Ebony, Macassar
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Brass
1960s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Slate, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Pewter
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Travertine, Marble
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s Greek Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Stained Glass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s European Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern End Tables
Stained Glass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Hardwood, Ash
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble
1990s American Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Modern End Tables
Copper
2010s American Modern End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s British Modern End Tables
Copper, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Resin
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s South African Modern End Tables
Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern End Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern End Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern End Tables
Aluminum
1970s Danish Vintage Modern End Tables
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Copper
2010s American Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Hardwood, Ash
2010s Canadian Modern End Tables
Acrylic, Oak, Walnut, Fir
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern End Tables
Wood