Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Bamboo
1990s American Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Wood
20th Century American Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Wood
2010s German Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century British Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Teak
2010s Spanish Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Teak
2010s Spanish Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Teak
20th Century North American Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Mahogany
2010s Spanish Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Teak
2010s Canadian Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century English Antique Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century British Antique Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Walnut
1680s English Antique Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Walnut
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Elm
19th Century English Antique Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Oak
2010s Brazilian Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Antique Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Oak
1740s English Antique Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Brass
Early 1900s English Antique Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Oak
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Teak
1970s American Vintage Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Teak
2010s Spanish Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Teak
20th Century English Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century English Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Silver Plate
20th Century English Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Leather, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Wood