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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Birch, Teak
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Acrylic, Fiberglass
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Chrome
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1990s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Slate, Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Ukrainian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal, Stainless Steel
1990s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
2010s Australian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Aluminum, Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Danish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Smoked Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Oak
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Crystal, Limestone, Travertine, Marble, Sandstone, Steel, Iron
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rosewood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
1980s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Gold Leaf
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Acrylic, Wood, Oak, Walnut, Fir
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Central American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cement, Iron
2010s Brazilian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s European Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Silver, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass





