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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 English Modern End Tables
Ash
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Greek Modern End Tables
Marble, Cast Stone
20th Century French Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
Late 20th Century Italian Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Walnut, Oak
2010s Modern End Tables
Lacquer
1980s Philippine Vintage Modern End Tables
Shell, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Oak
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Wood, Shagreen Stingray
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern End Tables
Marble, Chrome, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Iron, Steel
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern End Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Nickel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Bone, Shagreen, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Lucite
20th Century American Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern End Tables
Marble
1980s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Modern End Tables
Chrome, Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s Argentine Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Limestone, Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Walnut