Adolf Loos Tables
Austrian, 1870-1933
Essentially dubbed the Frank Llyoyd Wright of Europe by Wright himself, Adolf Loos possessed a talent for architecture and interior design as potent as his outspoken criticism of Art Nouveau and excessive ornamentation. A forerunner of the International Style, Loos exercised immense restraint in his building projects as well as his designs for chairs, tables, storage pieces and other furniture, and wrote prolifically on his disdain for taking a decorative approach to architecture.
The son of a stonemason and sculptor, Loos was born in 1870 in what is now Brno in the Czech Republic. He studied architecture in Dresden in 1889, completed a year of military service and moved to the United States by 1893. He visited the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and came to appreciate the American approach to design over his three-year stay before returning to Vienna.
An avid proponent of simplicity, Loos hated fluff above all else. In his best known essay, “Ornament and Crime,” he states “the evolution of culture is synonymous with the removal of ornamentation from objects of everyday use” — a principle evident in both his architectural work and furniture. His writing was profoundly influential for practitioners of the International Style that would emerge later as well as the likes of prolific Swiss-born French architect and modernist prophet Le Corbusier.
Loos challenged the prevailing architecture and decorating styles of his time, and disliked the ornate work associated with the Vienna Secession and Gesamtkunstwerk — the concept of a house as total work of art — an ideal pursued by a collective born from the Secession called the Wiener Werkstätte. To Loos, design should prioritize function, and any ornamentation devoid of a structural purpose was childish and unnecessary.
Loos’s furniture — alongside the work of fellow Austrian architect Josef Hoffman — was the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts in 2014. His architecture projects, including the Viennese Goldman and Salatsch building, the Austrian Steiner House and the Villa Müller in Prague, are celebrated by design enthusiasts all over the world.
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Creator: Adolf Loos
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Arch Small Dining Table with Black Top & Walnut Base
By Adolf Loos, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The table, designed by a group of Swedish designers, Front, has a steam bent beech structure, combining its attractive light appearance with the substance of solid wood. The top is made of an ash panel available in two sizes that make the Arch dining table...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Arch Coffee Table in Black Lacquered Wood with Glass
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Three inclined support points, made of steam bent beech, give movement and lightness to a coffee table that can be flexibly used in the various living areas. The top is available in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Jugendstil side table by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil side table by Adolf Loos professionally stained and repolished.
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Brass
Jugendstil coffee table by Adolf Loos for F.O.Schmidt
By Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil coffee table by Adolf Loos for F.O.Schmidt in original vintage condition with signs of use.
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Tables
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Brass
Jugendstil side table with blue tiles top by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil side table with blue tiles top and brass leg endings designed by Adolf Loos in very good original condition.
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Early 1900s Czech Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Tables
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Brass
Coffee Table Austrian Jugendstil Bentwood Brass Ceramic Tiles circa 1910
By Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Adolf Loos
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
The famous Viennese architect and designer Adolf Loos was one of the pioneers of modern architecture. In particular, his hollistically designed residential projects, in which he drew up both the building and the interior furnishings, receive special art historical attention today.
Loos first used this design, called the "elephant trunk table...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Tables
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Brass
Adolf Loos "American Bar Vienna" Table Re Edition, Loos Bar
By Adolf Loos, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Table designed for the famous Loos-American-Bar at the Kärntner Durchgang in Vienna. Sand casted brass-base, illuminated glass-tabletop.
Now manufactured at the WOKA Workshop in Vie...
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Adolf Loos Tables
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Brass
Original 1899 Adolf Loos Cafe Museum Jugendstil Marble and Bentwood Table
By Woka Lamps, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare Thonet side-table from the famous Viennese Cafe Museum, designed by Adolf Loos in 1899, already featured in the Thonet Catalogue from 1888 on page 17 as Nr 8 and Nr 9 - s...
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1890s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Tables
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Marble
Cofee Table Thonet, 1890s
By Adolf Loos
Located in Praha, CZ
Good condiltion
Cleaned.
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1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH MOS Side Table in Wood with Brass Feet
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
MOS is the family of storage units designed by GamFratesi with console, bookcase and side table, which can also be used as a bedside table, that incorporates the style of the bench o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH MOS Console in Wood with Brass Feet
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
MOS is the family of storage units designed by GamFratesi with console, bookcase and side table, which can also be used as a bedside table, that incorporates the style of the bench o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Ring Dining Table in Walnut
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wiener GTV Design enriches their furnishing proposal for the dining room with the large table Ring Dining Table, characterized by a light and elegant...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Allegory Desk in Beech Wood
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Allegory desk, a perfect handy stand for home office spaces and for the most intimate contract solutions, by the Italian-Danish duo GamFratesi, enriches the furniture proposal of Wiener GTV Design with elegance and simplicity. The wide disk in steam-bent solid beech contains a woven cane screen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Adolf Loos Elephant Trunk Table, Wood and Copper, Austria, 1910s
By Adolf Loos
Located in Brussels, BE
Adolf Loos elephant trunk table, wood and copper, Austria, 1910s.
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Hold On Side Table in Wenge and Marble Top
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This table completes and enriches the company’s first line of upholstered pieces with sumptuous elegance. The folding structure in ash wood post has a round top available in such pre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Arch Coffee Table in Beech Wood
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Three inclined support points, made of steam bent beech, give movement and lightness to a coffee table that can be flexibly used in the various living areas. The top is available in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Peers B Coffee Table in Beech Wood Laminate Top
By Adolf Loos, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Swedish duo Front designs the new PEERS coffee tables. High-end project that marks a new encounter with Gebrüder Thonet Vienna for which the two designers have signed some of the bestsellers of the contemporary collection such as the Hideout lounge chair, the N.0 chair and the Coat Rack Bench...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Peers A Coffee Table in Beech Wood Laminate Top
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Swedish duo Front designs the new PEERS coffee tables. High-end project that marks a new encounter with Gebrüder Thonet Vienna for which the two designers have signed some of the bestsellers of the contemporary collection such as the Hideout lounge chair, the N.0 chair and the Coat Rack Bench...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Small Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in Black Lacquer
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A criss-cross design. The essential shape and volumes provide the distinctive trait of the Austrian manufacturer, giving Rehbeintisch an extremely contemporary look. A feeling of sol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Medium Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in Flame Red
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A criss-cross design. The essential shape and volumes provide the distinctive trait of the Austrian manufacturer, giving Rehbeintisch an extremely contemporary look. A feeling of sol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Medium Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in Black Lacquer
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A criss-cross design. The essential shape and volumes provide the distinctive trait of the Austrian manufacturer, giving Rehbeintisch an extremely contemporary look. A feeling of sol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Small Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in White Lacquer
By Adolf Loos, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A criss-cross design. The essential shape and volumes provide the distinctive trait of the Austrian manufacturer, giving Rehbeintisch an extremely contemporary look. A feeling of sol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Ring Dining Table in Beech
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wiener GTV Design enriches their furnishing proposal for the dining room with the large table Ring Dining Table, characterized by a light and elegant...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Large Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in Black Lacquer
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A criss-cross design. The essential shape and volumes provide the distinctive trait of the Austrian manufacturer, giving Rehbeintisch an extremely contemporary look. A feeling of sol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Wiener Box Small Coffee Table in Wood
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An identifying mark of Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, wovencane is the feature element of the WIENER BOX table design by Cristian Mohaded, in a refined compos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
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Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Arch Large Dining Table with White Top & Beech Base
By Adolf Loos, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The table, designed by a group of Swedish designers, Front, has a steam bent beech structure, combining its attractive light appearance with the substance of solid wood. The top is made of an ash panel available in two sizes that make the Arch dining table...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
GTV Thonet Wiener Box Large Coffee Table in Wood by Cristian Mohaded
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An identifying mark of Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, wovencane is the feature element of the WIENER BOX table design by Cristian Mohaded, in a refined compos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Magistretti 03 02 Circular Table in Red and Glass
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Support structure in solid beech with round section elements. The base is made up of three legs intersected by two hoops of the same diameter. The round , flush top is in extra clear...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Magistretti 03 02 Circular Table with Glass Top
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Support structure in solid beech with round section elements. The base is made up of three legs intersected by two hoops of the same diameter. The round , flush top is in extra clear...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Magistretti 03 02 Circular Table in Beech & Glass
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Support structure in solid beech with round section elements. The base is made up of three legs intersected by two hoops of the same diameter. The round , flush top is in extra clear...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Wood
Adolf Loos Round Black Shellac and Brass Austrian Art Nouveau Side Table, 1910
By Adolf Loos
Located in Rome, IT
A perfect "Status symbol" side table with a clean architecture is a surprising elegance, synonymous of Adolf Loos.
All polished with black shellac and enriched with brass details. T...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Brass
Adolf Loos Six-Legged 'Haberfeld' Table, F.O. Schmidt, Brass Wood, Austria, 1899
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic and extremely rare 'Haberfeld' table with six legs manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, in 1900s.
It is made of walnut stained wood with brass shoes and a bra...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Deco Antique Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Brass
Vienna Secession Center Table By Adolf Loos Witn Ten Columns - Austria
By Adolf Loos
Located in Girona, ES
Spectacular center table with ten columns fixed by wood screw system, solid beech and pine wood with mahogany veneer, stained and French polished. High quality.
Design: Adolf Loos,
...
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Adolf Loos Tables
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Pine, Mahogany, Beech
Adolf Loos Round Haberfeld Table
By Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Adolf Loos
Located in Wien, AT
Adolf Loos used this model for the first time in 1899 in the home of Dr. Hugo Haberfeld.
Executed by Friedrich Otto Schmidt.
Solid mahogany and veneer, legs solid nut, professional...
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1890s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Tables
Materials
Copper
Adolf Loos tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Adolf Loos tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Adolf Loos tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 12 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 23 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original tables by Adolf Loos were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider tables by Wittmann, and Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH. Prices for Adolf Loos tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,495 and can go as high as $36,615, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,767.