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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern End Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
1930s French Vintage Modern End Tables
Copper, Iron
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern End Tables
Wood, Beech
2010s Mexican Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern End Tables
Tin
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
1990s American Modern End Tables
Lucite, Walnut
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Elm
20th Century American Modern End Tables
Metal, Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze, Gold Leaf
1960s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Elm
2010s American Modern End Tables
Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Philippine Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern End Tables
Acrylic
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern End Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s Turkish Modern End Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Modern End Tables
Cement
Late 20th Century French Modern End Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s Unknown Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s European Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s French Modern End Tables
Stained Glass
2010s American Modern End Tables
Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s European Modern End Tables
Gesso, Parchment Paper
2010s Turkish Modern End Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern End Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Ceramic, Ash, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
2010s Turkish Modern End Tables
Marble, Stone
20th Century English Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Walnut, Wood
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern End Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern End Tables
Bronze
1970s French Vintage Modern End Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Chrome
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s Unknown Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s Modern End Tables
Bronze