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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 South Korean Modern Tables
Stone, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Tables
Chrome
2010s German Modern Tables
Chrome
2010s Egyptian Modern Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
2010s Egyptian Modern Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
2010s Egyptian Modern Tables
Straw
2010s Egyptian Modern Tables
Straw
2010s Venezuelan Modern Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s South Korean Modern Tables
Oak
2010s German Modern Tables
Metal
2010s Tunisian Modern Tables
Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Wood
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Korean Modern Tables
Acrylic
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Earthenware
2010s French Modern Tables
Marble
2010s Belgian Modern Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Tables
Leather, Resin
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Tables
Fiberglass
2010s Turkish Modern Tables
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Tables
Ceramic
2010s Swedish Modern Tables
Plywood
2010s Chinese Modern Tables
Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Tables
Wood, Ash, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Marble
2010s Danish Modern Tables
Glass
2010s Lebanese Modern Tables
Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Ash, Walnut, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Ash, Walnut, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Oak