Modern 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Guatemalan Modern Tables
Oak, Bentwood
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Ukrainian Modern Tables
Stainless Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Tables
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tables
Wood, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Tables
Laminate, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Brass
2010s Philippine Modern Tables
Rattan, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Nutwood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Tables
Epoxy Resin
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
20th Century Modern Tables
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tables
Bronze, Steel
2010s Australian Modern Tables
Glass, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Tables
Leather
2010s Tunisian Modern Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Tables
Bronze
Early 2000s American Modern Tables
Mahogany, Leather, Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Tables
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Tables
Iron
2010s Modern Tables
Glass, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tables
Gold Leaf, Bronze
2010s French Modern Tables
Wood, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Tables
Fiberglass, Ash
Early 2000s American Modern Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Maple, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Travertine, Marble
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Onyx, Marble, Quartz, Travertine, Carrara Marble
Late 20th Century European Modern Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Austrian Modern Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Danish Modern Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Tables
Shagreen, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Marble, Travertine
1970s French Vintage Modern Tables
Ceramic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Tables
Walnut
2010s British Modern Tables
Quartz, Marble, Brass
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