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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Travertine, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Onyx, Carrara Marble, Marble, Granite, Travertine, Brass, Stainl...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Turkish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Travertine, Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine, Marble
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
2010s Guatemalan Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Onyx, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lucite
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Resin
2010s Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ceramic, Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Korean Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Plastic, Acrylic, Paper, Natural Fiber
Early 2000s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Travertine, Marble
1980s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble, Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Soapstone
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Iron
2010s Argentine Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel, Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood





