Modern End 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Vintage Modern End Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s European Modern End Tables
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern End Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s African Modern End Tables
Resin, Oak
2010s American Modern End Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Walnut
2010s African Modern End Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Chrome
1970s French Vintage Modern End Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Leather, Lucite
2010s American Modern End Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Lebanese Modern End Tables
Brass, Copper, Silver
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern End Tables
Bubinga, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Modern End Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern End Tables
Marble, Brass
1940s American Vintage Modern End Tables
Mahogany
1990s American Modern End Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Oak
2010s French Modern End Tables
Plywood
1970s Vintage Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble, Nickel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble
2010s European Modern End Tables
Bronze
2010s European Modern End Tables
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern End Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern End Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Ash
2010s Italian Modern End Tables
Brass
1950s French Vintage Modern End Tables
Brass
2010s Greek Modern End Tables
Cast Stone, Marble
20th Century French Modern End Tables
Oak
2010s Chinese Modern End Tables
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern End Tables
Steel
1970s Vintage Modern End Tables
Travertine, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern End Tables
Bronze, Iron
Late 20th Century American Modern End Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Walnut, Rosewood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern End Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Lacquer
1980s Vintage Modern End Tables
Marble
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Brass
Early 2000s American Modern End Tables
Brass
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern End Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern End Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern End Tables
Wood