Modern Dining Room 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Clay, Walnut, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Dining Room Tables
Lapis Lazuli
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Ash, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Crystal, Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble, Siena Marble, Aluminum, Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Crystal, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Crystal, Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Crystal, Travertine, Marble, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Aluminum, Brass, Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
Late 20th Century French Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s North American Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone
2010s Belgian Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Ceramic, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Dining Room Tables
Aluminum
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
2010s Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble, Metal
1970s Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Plywood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
2010s British Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
1970s European Vintage Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Concrete
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Tables
Macassar, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Leather, Walnut
2010s North American Modern Dining Room Tables
Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Bronze