Modern Game 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Game Tables
Horn, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Burl, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Game Tables
Concrete, Stainless Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern Game Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Game Tables
Concrete, Stainless Steel
1970s Slovak Vintage Modern Game Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Game Tables
Fruitwood, Paint
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Game Tables
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Game Tables
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Game Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Game Tables
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Game Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Game Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal
2010s Czech Modern Game Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Modern Game Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Game Tables
Crystal, Bronze, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Game Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Brass, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Game Tables
Glass, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Game Tables
Fabric, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
1980s North American Vintage Modern Game Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Game Tables
Metal
2010s Argentine Modern Game Tables
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Game Tables
Fabric, Rosewood
1970s American Vintage Modern Game Tables
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century American Modern Game Tables
Birch, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal
2010s Argentine Modern Game Tables
Fabric, Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Game Tables
Plexiglass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal