Modern Coffee and Cocktail 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Lava
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Polish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Parchment Paper
2010s Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone, Carrara Marble, Marble, Granite, Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Sheet Metal
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel, Nickel
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Quartz, Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Bentwood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plywood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Amethyst
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
20th Century Unknown Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Raffia
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Composition, Metal
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Siena Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Pewter
Early 2000s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Plywood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble





