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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Maple
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
2010s Venezuelan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stained Glass
2010s German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Faux Leather, Glass, Wood
2010s Lebanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Alabaster, Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
1960s Scandinavian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Philippine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Polish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
Late 20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Slate, Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Velvet, Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Wood, Oak, Walnut, Fir
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s Egyptian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Giltwood
2010s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Agate, Marble
1960s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s Croatian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Tunisian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood





