Modern Side 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Scagliola, Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Stone, Metal, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Side Tables
Steel, Enamel, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Statuary Marble, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Statuary Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Onyx, Gold Leaf, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble, Onyx, Stainless Steel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Stone, Marble, Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Granite, Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Travertine, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal, Aluminum
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Wood
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete