Modern 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 German Modern Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Cut Glass
2010s American Modern Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Tables
Walnut, Wenge
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Tables
Plastic
2010s Modern Tables
Copper
1970s Vintage Modern Tables
Chrome
2010s Chinese Modern Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Scagliola, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Brass
2010s Argentine Modern Tables
Leather, Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Tables
Antler
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Brass
1960s American Vintage Modern Tables
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Onyx, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Tables
Stone, Metal, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
1960s French Vintage Modern Tables
Rattan, Formica
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Travertine, Marble, Onyx, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Cedar
2010s Dutch Modern Tables
Marble, Gold, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Tables
Wood, Fir
1970s French Vintage Modern Tables
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Tables
Fir, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Tables
Ash, Oak, Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Tables
Ash, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Agate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Art Glass, Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Lacquer, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Tables
Cut Steel, Metal, Steel
2010s American Modern Tables
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Tables
Marble, Bronze
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