Modern Sofa 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sofa Tables
Travertine, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sofa Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sofa Tables
Concrete
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Travertine
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sofa Tables
Art Glass, Cut Glass, Walnut
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Sofa Tables
Acrylic, Ash, Oak, Walnut, Fir
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sofa Tables
Steel
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Onyx, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Onyx, Granite, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Sofa Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Sofa Tables
Acrylic, Ash, Oak, Walnut, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Sofa Tables
Ash, Oak, Walnut, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Sofa Tables
Leather, Oak
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Sofa Tables
Oak, Walnut
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Glass, Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Sofa Tables
Teak
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Concrete
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Stone, Travertine, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sofa Tables
Ash, Walnut, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sofa Tables
Ash, Walnut, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Cut Steel
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Cut Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Sofa Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Travertine
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
1970s American Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sofa Tables
Ceramic, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Sofa Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sofa Tables
Marble