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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Tables
Slate
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Tables
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Ash
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Walnut
2010s European Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Tables
Walnut, Wood, Plywood
2010s Portuguese Modern Tables
Ash, Wood, Plywood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Tables
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Tables
Crystal, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Tables
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Marble, Aluminum, Brass, Gold
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Belgian Modern Tables
Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Ceramic, Oak
2010s German Modern Tables
Ceramic
2010s French Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Tables
Walnut
2010s European Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood, Ash
2010s Portuguese Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Fiberglass, Poplar, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Gold, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Nickel, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Steel
2010s German Modern Tables
Oak