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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cut Glass
1980s Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut, Wenge
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Agate, Brass
1960s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Chrome
1960s French Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Formica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cedar
2010s Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Fir
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Art Glass, Walnut
1970s American Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Enamel, Copper
Late 20th Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Marble, Onyx, Gold Leaf
20th Century French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Statuary Marble, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rose Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Onyx, Gold Leaf, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ash, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Granite, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Oak
2010s British Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Ash, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone, Marble, Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble, Onyx, Brass