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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Game Tables
Rosewood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
1980s American Vintage Modern Game Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Maple
1970s French Vintage Modern Game Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Maple
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, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Game Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Brass, Sheet Metal
2010s Italian Modern Game Tables
Horn, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Game Tables
Rosewood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Shagreen, Faux Leather
2010s Modern Game Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Game Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Argentine Modern Game Tables
Fabric, Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Modern Game Tables
Chrome
2010s Czech Modern Game Tables
Concrete
2010s Canadian Modern Game Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Game Tables
Crystal, Stainless Steel, Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Game Tables
Fabric, Lacquer
1970s American Vintage Modern Game Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Game Tables
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Game Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Leather
2010s Spanish Modern Game Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Game Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
1980s American Vintage Modern Game Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Game Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Game Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Game Tables
Rosewood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Walnut
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Game Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Marble, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Game Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Game Tables
Wood
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, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Game Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Game Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble