Modern Tables Photos

Modern tables & designers of the 20thC in the collections of various museums. For pre-20thC designs, see antique chairs link under see also.

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Herter Brothers / New York City (~1864-1906) Center table by Herter Brothers of New York at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH Center table by Herter Brothers of New York at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT Vanderbilt Console by Herter Brothers of New York City at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX
Art Nouveau Furniture (~1899-1910) Luncheon table at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France Art nouveau Wisteria dining room table at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY Art Nouveau desk & chair by Jacques Gruber of France below van Gogh painting at McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX
Émile Gallé / French Art Nouveau (~1900-1904) Art Nouveau pedestal table with dragonfly marquetry by Émile Gallé at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France Inlaid art nouveau worktable by Émile Gallé at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France Art Nouveau inlaid Sagittarius pedestal table by Émile Gallé of Nancy at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France
Hector Guimard / French Art Nouveau (~1900-1912) Art Nouveau pedestal table for Nozal mansion by Hector Guimard of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France Guimard dining room by Hector Guimard at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Art nouveau mirror & dressing tables from Guimard Hotel by Hector Guimard at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France
Antoni Gaudí / Catalan Spanish (~1900-1914) Batlló room with objects from casa designed by Gaudí at Gaudi House Museum in Parc Güell. Barcelona, Spain Dining room in rear hall at Palau Güell. Barcelona, Spain Table designed by Aleix Clapés with advice of Gaudí at Gaudi House Museum in Parc Güell. Barcelona, Spain
Josef Hoffmann / Austrian Tables & Sitzmaschine (~1900-1920s) Chess table attrib. Josef Hoffmann at Leopold Museum. Vienna, Austria Table & two armchairs lacquered black & white by Josef Hoffmann of Wiener Werkstätte at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany Double deck table by Josef Hoffmann & Pottery angel by Berthold Löffler at Leopold Museum. Vienna, Austria
Charles Rennie Mackintosh / Scottish (~1895-1914) Table & armchair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh of Glasgow, Scotland at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Ebonized cube table & armchairs by C.R. Mackintosh in drawing room at Hill House. Helensburgh, Scotland Hall table by C.R. Mackintosh at Hill House. Helensburgh, Scotland
Round-back chairs & round two-level domino table by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston's Tearooms at The Lighthouse. Glasgow, Scotland Square oak tea table for Ingram Street Tea Rooms by Charles Rennie Mackintosh & made by John Craig at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland Roundel on dining room table leg at House for an Art Lover. Glasgow, Scotland Music room table & chairs at House for an Art Lover. Glasgow, Scotland
Roycroft Furniture / American Arts & Crafts (~1900-30s) Roycroft table in lobby on carpet at Roycroft Inn. East Aurora, NY Roycroft display case on table at Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum. East Aurora, NY Round dining room table at Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum. East Aurora, NY
Gustav Stickley / American Arts & Crafts (~1900s-20s) Celandine tea table by Gustav Stickley at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Library table by Gustav Stickley at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Dining room with table & chairs by Stickley Brothers in Corbett House at Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ
Frank Lloyd Wright / American
(~1890S-1950s)		 Pulpit of Unity Temple. Oak Park, IL Library table by Frank Lloyd Wright & made by John W. Ayers Co. with Tiffany Lily lamp at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Triangular table by Wright in living room of Graycliff. Buffalo, NY
Marcel Breuer / Hungarian-German Bauhaus modernist (1920s-1960s) Tubular steel side table B12 by Marcel Breuer with Thonet Brothers at Musée des Monuments Français. Paris, France Coffee table by Marcel Breuer for Gebrüder Thonet of Vienna & PH Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen of Copenhagen at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Plywood stacking chairs & table by Marcel Breuer with Isokon Furniture of London at Musée des Monuments Français. Paris, France
Other 20th C Tables Macassar ebony sideboard, table & chairs designed by its owner Georges Schmitt at National Museum of History & Art. Luxembourg, Luxembourg Dining table & chairs of Kandinsky from Dessau by Otto Bedelind at Georges Pompidou Center. Paris, France Coffee tables & chairs with metal wire bases by Warren Platner for Knoll Internation of Murr, Germany at Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich, Germany
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