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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Balinese Modern Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Tables
Brass
2010s Tunisian Modern Tables
Wood
2010s British Modern Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Tables
Mirror, Wood
1990s American Modern Tables
Leather, Mahogany, Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Tables
Oak
Late 20th Century American Modern Tables
Oak, Burl
2010s European Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood, Walnut
2010s Modern Tables
Hardwood, Oak
2010s European Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood, Oak
2010s Portuguese Modern Tables
Ash, Wood, Plywood
2010s European Modern Tables
Oak, Wood, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Tables
Plastic
2010s European Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood, Walnut
2010s European Modern Tables
Wood, Plywood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Wood, Walnut
2010s Finnish Modern Tables
Maple
2010s Finnish Modern Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Cement, Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Tables
Faux Bamboo
2010s American Modern Tables
Wood, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tables
Plaster, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Marble, Metal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s South African Modern Tables
Brass
2010s North American Modern Tables
Leather, Maple, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Tables
Chrome, Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tables
Brass, Nickel
2010s American Modern Tables
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Metal
2010s Danish Modern Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Metal