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Modern Side Tables

MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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.

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Style: Modern
Gervasoni Guna 12 Coffee Table by Chiara Andreatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chiara Andreatti designs the GUNA outdoor furniture collection consisting of carpets, charpoys, cushions and coffee tables with a strong multi-ethnic inspiration. Guna is a Sanskrit ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

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Concrete

Minimal Coffee Table in Travertine Stone and Turned Solid Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The coffee table focuses on the simplicity and engagement of two complimentary materials - travertine slab and solid wood. Solid stumps of Douglas Fir are turned by hand by our wood ...
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2010s American Modern Side Tables

Materials

Travertine

Indian Ash Side Table with Gray Leather Fringe
Located in Milan, IT
A glamorous design that will not go unnoticed, this side table boasts hundreds of little silver-toned leather strips skillfully layered around the satin brass frame to achieve a look that works wonderfully in contemporary interior decors. Featuring an ash wood round top and base, this unique design can be accessorized with an LED panel with sensor ignition and an invisible wireless battery charging for electronic devices...
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2010s Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Gervasoni Inout Side Table in White Ceramic with Black Dots by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inout 44 is a coffee table-pouf made of ceramic in black, anthracite grey or white decorated with black polka dots or black stripes, it is characterised by a champagne cork shape, es...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

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Ceramic

Set of three sculptural Italian Side Tables / Stools / Bedside Tables in Bamboo.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two Italian Side Tables / Bedside Tables / piedestals in bamboo. The color is warm yellow-orange and with a natural spring / summer- vibe. Both Side Tables / Bedside Tables have a ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Black Kreten Side Table from Souda, Tall, Made to Order
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, organic and sculptural, the Kreten Side Tables are concrete furniture like you haven’t seen before. Original pieces are created in Souda's Brooklyn studio by casting conc...
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2010s American Modern Side Tables

Materials

Concrete, Cement

Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Blown Glass

Contemporary Chic Brown Side table or Bedroom Nightstands set of 2
Located in Riga, LV
This modern set of 2 bedside tables magenta gently fits the bedroom atmosphere by contrasting black and brown. Each bedside table features one d...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood

FOUNTAIN Large Low Side Table, by Tokujin Yoshioka from Glas Italia IN STOCK
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Fountain side table shown here, is in the large size. The precious and poetic round low tables with Murano poured glass bases, hand shaped and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Murano Glass

Osis Edition Side Table by Llot Llov
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The surface finish OSIS is an innovation developed by the Berlin-based studio LLOT LLOV, who studied the osmosis effects caused by salt on wood. The surface is painted monochrome or ...
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2010s German Modern Side Tables

Materials

Steel

Soda Blown Murano Glass Square Coffee Table in Blue by Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The principle remains the same: a single volume, upside down, in beautifully blown glass. But this time there are four stems, and four curved corners to delineate the new top. It is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Blown Glass

Gervasoni Medium Inout 42 Side Table in Blue Ceramic by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Family of coffee tables-poufs in blue, white or anthracite grey ceramic, Inout 41/42/43 stand out for their minimalism: simple cubic or parallelepiped shapes, to give life to product...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Ceramic

Organic Modern Bordeira Coffee Tables, Onyx Brass, Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bordeira coffee table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bordeira modern coffee ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables

Materials

Onyx, Brass

Soda Blown Murano Glass Low Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Blown Glass

Modernist Italian Marble Side Tables
Located in Austin, TX
Side tables from Italy in the modernist style. Each table features a solid marble base with curved design and a solid marble top. They are made of Calacatta Viola marble with a stron...
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2010s Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Round Side Table in Tropical Hardwoods, Design by Ania Wolowska
Located in PARQUE INDUSTRIAL OTHON P BLANCO, Quintana Roo
The Chamak is a simple and elegant side table with fine lines that emphasize the natural beauty of the perfectly turned tropical wood. Excellent production techniques and attention to detail ensure that the Chamak is an outstanding piece. It is available in different woods, with the legs combining two different types. finish : wax available in: Caribbean Walnut and Mexican Ebony...
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2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Katalox, Walnut

Goatskin Modern Side Table by Costantini, Pergamino Hex Chico Caramel
Located in New York, NY
Pergamino Hex Chico Caramel Goatskin Modern Side Table by Costantini Design In Stock 15" x 15" x 16" H as shown. Custom sizes and shapes available. Our line of hex tables are u...
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2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables

Materials

Goatskin, Wood

Barvinok silver
Located in Hollywood, FL
The Barvinok design table is inspired by the periwinkle flower, one of Ukraine’s cultural symbols. The Periwinkle (or “Barvinok” in Ukrainian) symbolizes transformation, joyful vital...
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21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Pair of wooden coffee tables/side tables mod. Gea by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina 60's
Located in Catania, IT
Pair of small tables or bedside tables in turquoise blue lacquered wood, model Gea, designed by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina 1960. Sculptural bentwood form. The condition is also e...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Moroso Banjooli Small Table by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Banjooli is part of M’Afrique, a range of furniture conceived by the designer and produced by African craft weavers using the yarn of fishing nets. The designs are all different and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Senegalese Modern Side Tables

Materials

Steel

Gervasoni Brise 43 Coffee Table by Federica Biase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Outdoor conviviality is the key of one of the collections by Federica Biasi. Brise, literally breeze, aims at taking us back to that pleasant sensation when a breeze makes the summer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Concrete

Soda Blown Murano Glass Oval Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Give or take a stem or two: this time Soda has only two stems, and its top takes on an elongated shape. Smooth as a surfboard, it evokes the fluidity of 1950s French design, but with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Blown Glass

Karl Springer Style Modern Snakeskin Embossed Side Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Modern Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie snakeskin embossed tea table or occasional side table In the manner of Karl Springer USA, Circa 1970s Measures: 30"W x 27"D x...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Side Tables

Materials

Faux Leather, Wood

Mike Hexagonal Stool or Side Table in Reclaimed Oak with Butterfly Wingnuts
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Mike was born out of a geometrical game of combining rhombi. 12 wooden elements with rhombus-shaped tops are assembled with handmade brass butterfly wing bolts to form a stool or side table. Two, three or even more pieces, with their hexagonal top and star-shaped base, can be united to form a coffee table or bench. Handmade by master craftsmen in Tuscany, Italy. The 12 elements are screwed together instead of glued so the rhombi are perceived as individual parts. The oakwood is reclaimed from old Italian wine barrels...
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2010s Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Brass

21st Century Matteo Zorzenoni Cantilever L Coffee Table Wood
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Cantilever L, Colorama Collection Design by Matteo Zorzenoni, product by Scapin Collezioni Cantilever is a side or coffee table characterized by a visual imbalance created because i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Vintage Four-Doors Sideboard Italian Manufacture, 1930s/40s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful vintage déco sideboard italian production, realized between the end of 1930s and the 1940s. Wood, briar, metal and bakelite. Very good condition.
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1930s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables

Materials

Metal

Geometric Marble Side Table, Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A marble side table or pedestal with wonderful textures and shades. It features a geometric patterning, with smaller marble cut outs that have been molded together. Hand-crafted by l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Gervasoni Brise 46 Coffee Table by Federica Biase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Outdoor conviviality is the key of one of the collections by Federica Biasi. Brise, literally breeze, aims at taking us back to that pleasant sensation when a breeze makes the summer...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Concrete

Soda Blown Murano Glass Low Coffee Table in Petrol Green by Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Blown Glass

Lawrence Peabody Walnut Side Table for Craft Associates Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Lawrence Peabody Manufacturer: Craft Associates Furniture Period/Model: Mid-Century Modern Specs: Walnut This Lawrence Peabody walnut side table for Craft Associate...
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2010s American Modern Side Tables

Materials

Walnut

Miniforms Superpop Coffee Table in Green by Paolo Cappello
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Superpop likes to turn plastic into art using a combination of recycling and colour. It thus becomes supersustainable, superlight and supercool, in extremely versatile, compact desig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Plastic

Carv Occasional Table in Orobico Marble by Daniel Fintzi for Formar
Located in 中西區, HK
Carv occasional table is Cut from a single block of Italian Orobico marble. Essential and organic design, naturally creating a flat tabletop flowing to a Y - shaped foot, revealing...
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2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Side Table, Night Stand in Solid Wood, Auxiliary Table Socle 3 by Joel Escalona
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Socle 3 Side Table, Auxiliary Table, Night Stand Socle is a small solid wood table designed by the NONO design team. Made of solid wood, its elaborated construction serves as a sup...
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2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood, Plywood

21st Century Matteo Zorzenoni Cone Coffee Side Table Metal Polyurethane Scapin
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Cone, Colorama collection Design by Matteo Zorzenoni, product by Scapin Collezioni The Cone side table, designed through a geometric essential shap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Metal

Loggia Tea Table in Black Terrazzo Marble by Portego
Located in Stienta, IT
Loggia is a side table made in marble or resin terrazzo. Designed by Matteo Leorato A material, traditionally used in the Renaissance for the paving of the noble palaces, here is r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Terrazzo

Handcrafted Bedside Table, Walnut & Oak
Located in London, GB
Handcrafted American black walnut nightstands or end tables in a modernist design. These are constructed from the finest American black walnut with the inner dovetailed jointed trad...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables

Materials

Oak, Walnut

Sofa Side Table Round Gold and Bronze Leaf Finish Handmade in Italy
Located in Rimini, IT
Side tables " Operà " offered in two heights to create a play of overlapping tops and matching finishes. Vibrant artistic decoration is juxtaposed with manual application of gold lea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Ceramic, Resin

Glas Italia DON GERRIT Low table in Red by Jean-Marie Massaud
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Low table with base obtained by gluing one to each other several slabs of tempered glass. It is available a version completely in smoked glass and a version in transparent extralight...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Glass

Stool/Side Table in Carbon Dyed Cedar by Hinterland Design
Located in Vancouver, BC
Cast-off cedar logs are given second life as a crystalline form. Named Little Gem, the natural beauty of reclaimed wood is harnessed in this side table and sculpture piece where nature informs design. Each Little Gem is hand-shaped and faceted based on the different characteristics of the log used, and variations in wood grain. Top surface and finish further ensure that no two are alike. Left to weather outdoors, this piece will acquire a natural silver finish. Stool is sold as an individual piece. Shown in main image is carbon dyed Western red cedar...
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2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Cedar

Marquetry Mania Inlaid Occasional Table in Matte Pink
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Marquetry Mania explores the handcrafted technique of marquetry by applying a playful yet powerful interpretation to it. Bypassing the expected, the co...
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Early 2000s Lebanese Modern Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Gervasoni Small Bolla SideTable in Natural Melange Rattan Core by Michael Sodeau
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Family of small pouf-tables made entirely of natural mélange woven wicker or lacquered in matt white, grey, black, ocean or dove-grey, characterised by an hourglass shape, and by a skilful play of workmanship, shapes and colours. This product stands out thanks to the beauty of the natural fibre weave combined with an original design, giving it character and uniqueness. Side table / ottoman in natural melange rattan core...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Rattan

Gervasoni Inout 48 Side Table/Ottoman in Anthracite Grey Ceramic by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Family of coffee tables-poufs in white or anthracite grey ceramic, Inout 47/48/49 stand out for their minimalism: available in different heights, they have an asymmetrical totem stru...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Ceramic

ClassiCon Adjustable Table E 1027 in Black and Smoked Glass by Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
This is perhaps the Classic among the classics. Its ingeniously proportioned, distinctive form has made this height-adjustable table one of the most popular design icons of the 20th century. It is named after the summer house...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables

Materials

Steel

Manhattan Cube Side Table/ Stool, Green, European, 21st Century by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
The Manhattan cube is a deceptively simple side table, created by artist-designer Margit Wittig that can double up as a sculptural seat. It replicates ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables

Materials

Epoxy Resin

Acrylic Glass with Burnt Wood Side Table
Located in Paris, FR
Side Table Acrylic Glass with Burnt Wood with burnt wood taken in acrylic glass. Each piece is unique and there are some variations from one piece to another Exceptional and unique...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables

Materials

Acrylic

Contemporary Modern, Volume High Side Table, Metal Base & Carrara Marble Top
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
Volume is a collection of dining and side tables designed by DAY Studio in their unique simple and playful language. The powder coated metal base is completed with a table top select...
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2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Sheet Metal

Customizable Aluminum Outdoor Side Table
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
Itá Outdoor Side Table Inspired by the timeless strength of stone, the Itá Side Table is an essential element in any space, carrying the marks of the earth and history. With irregul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Contemporary Ceramic Side Table Column Stool Rainbrown Glazed Stoneware
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Handmade stoneware side table manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, straw, or heather straw. The pieces...
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2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware

Danish Modern Folding Side Table in Solid Oak, Mid 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
This mid-20th century folding side table exemplifies the clean, understated elegance of Danish modern design. The table includes two hinged drop leaves that extend its surface, makin...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Side Tables

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Oak

Contemporary Ceramic Side Table Stool Brown Iron Glazed Stoneware
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Handmade stoneware side table manufactured at the workshop of Xavier Mañosa in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, straw, or heather straw. The p...
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2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Earthenware

Isabella Costantini, Italy, Duilio Nightstand with Right or Left Opening
Located in Ascoli Piceno, IT
Designed by IC and beautifully crafted by Italian artisans, the Duilio nightstand features a ribbed door hiding one shelf. The piece is elegantly en...
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2010s Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Pair of Wrought Iron and Marble 'Entretoise' Side Tables by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic pair of wrought Iron and marble 'Entretoise' side tables by Design Frères. Matte black wrought iron bases with polished white vein...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron

Ceramic Side Table Small Geometric Shape
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Ceramic Side Table Small - Geometric Shape Designed by Project 213A in 2023 Hand-sculpted ceramic side table with a geometric shape made in Project 213A's in-house ceramic workshop ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Phillip Walnut Nightstand and Side Table
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Phillip Nightstand by Crump and Kwash Solid wood case with continuous waterfall grain / blackened steel pulls and base / hand shaped walnut feet ...
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2010s American Modern Side Tables

Materials

Steel

Acantha Side Table by DeMuro Das with Top in Grey Carta and Solid Bronze Legs
Located in New York, NY
With spare, circular tops and slender, solid-metal supports, the Acantha table series is a tribute to the subtlety of craft and richness of rare material...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Bronze

Gervasoni Small Inout 41 Side Table in Blue Ceramic by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Family of coffee tables-poufs in blue, white or anthracite grey ceramic, Inout 41/42/43 stand out for their minimalism: simple cubic or parallelepiped shapes, to give life to product...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Ceramic

Ghidini 1961 Opera Small Round Side Table in High Brass Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall round table in stainless steel finished in polished brass.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Modern Side Table, Ebonized Oak, Josef Frank
Located in Miami, FL
Three-legged Modern Side Table, Ebonized Oak. Top is covered with original Josef Frank Wallpaper and several layers of clear finish. Matching cof...
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2010s American Modern Side Tables

Materials

Oak, Paper

Tadao 120 Concrete Contemporary Low Console Table, 100% Handcrafted in Italy
Located in Rome, Lazio
The Tadao line, created in homage to the famous architect with whom we share a minimalist approach and the creative use of the material, is the perfect synthesis of our philosophy: o...
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2010s Italian Modern Side Tables

Materials

Concrete

Contemporary Foice Side Table, Calacatta Marble, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Contemporary Foice Side Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Foice marble side table merges the essenc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel

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Find a broad range of unique Modern side tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage side tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern side tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original side tables, popular names associated with this style include Bari Ziperstein, Kartell, Greenapple, and Design Frères. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for side tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3 and tops out at $332,640 while the average work can sell for $2,811.

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