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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sofa Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
2010s Polish Modern Sofa Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Travertine, Gold Leaf
1970s French Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Modern Sofa Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Carrara Marble, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Acrylic
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Olive, Rosewood
1970s American Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Sofa Tables
Oak
2010s Swedish Modern Sofa Tables
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sofa Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
2010s New Zealand Modern Sofa Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Glass, Ebony, Olive, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Sofa Tables
Steel, Nickel
2010s Dutch Modern Sofa Tables
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofa Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
1990s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sofa Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sofa Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sofa Tables
Brass, Nickel
2010s Argentine Modern Sofa Tables
Nickel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Sofa Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Armenian Modern Sofa Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sofa Tables
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofa Tables
Wood