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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Mexican Modern Tables
Hardwood, Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Plastic
2010s American Modern Tables
Quartz
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Tables
Metal, Brass, Chrome
2010s Indian Modern Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s American Modern Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Tables
Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel, Bronze
20th Century Italian Modern Tables
Metal, Brass, Chrome
2010s American Modern Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Terrazzo
1990s American Modern Tables
Wood
1990s American Modern Tables
Glass, Lucite
2010s Indian Modern Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Terrazzo
2010s American Modern Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Tables
Plastic
2010s American Modern Tables
Hardwood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Bamboo
2010s American Modern Tables
Cedar
1970s American Vintage Modern Tables
Acrylic, Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Tables
Steel
20th Century French Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tables
Cement
2010s American Modern Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Blown Glass
2010s American Modern Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Tables
Plastic
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Travertine, Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tables
Iron
2010s Argentine Modern Tables
Bronze
20th Century Modern Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Rosewood, Glass
2010s American Modern Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Tables
Granite, Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Modern Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Tables
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Rattan
2010s German Modern Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Ash, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Poplar, Sycamore, Walnut, Cedar...
2010s American Modern Tables
Ash
2010s American Modern Tables
Ash
2010s American Modern Tables
Plastic
2010s Modern Tables
Resin