Modern Serving 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Serving Tables
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Serving Tables
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Serving Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Serving Tables
Chrome, Steel
1990s Italian Modern Serving Tables
Metal, Chrome
1970s American Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Bronze, Pewter
20th Century Modern Serving Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Serving Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Serving Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Serving Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Serving Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Serving Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Serving Tables
Stone, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Serving Tables
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Glass
2010s South African Modern Serving Tables
Steel
2010s South African Modern Serving Tables
Leather
1960s American Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Elm
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Serving Tables
Brass
1980s Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Chrome
2010s Brazilian Modern Serving Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serving Tables
Glass, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Glass, Cypress
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Iron
2010s South African Modern Serving Tables
Gold Plate
2010s Mexican Modern Serving Tables
Glass, Silicone, Wood
2010s Philippine Modern Serving Tables
Aluminum
2010s Philippine Modern Serving Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Wood, Paint
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Serving Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serving Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Serving Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s Brazilian Modern Serving Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Serving Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Serving Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Serving Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Walnut
2010s Argentine Modern Serving Tables
Brass, Bronze
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Aluminum
1970s Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Serving Tables
Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Serving Tables
Marble, Bronze
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Plywood, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Serving Tables
Wood
1970s Slovak Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Serving Tables
Concrete, Steel, Cut Steel
2010s Italian Modern Serving Tables
Metal
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Serving Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serving Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Serving Tables
Grasscloth, Wood
1880s Italian Antique Modern Serving Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Serving Tables
Brass, Nickel, Gold Plate