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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Guatemalan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Glass
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Zebra Hide
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lava
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rock Crystal
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
1980s European Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Silver Leaf
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mirror, Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
1970s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
1950s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
1980s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic





