Modern Dining Room Chairs
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Turkish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Early 20th Century European Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
20th Century European Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s South African Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Faux Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bouclé, Wood
1990s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Aluminum
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Textile, Cane, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Hardwood, Fiberglass
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Faux Leather
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Wood, Hardwood, Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Lacquer, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
1920s Dutch Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Faux Fur, Leather, Velvet, Bouclé, Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Natural Fiber, Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s South African Modern Dining Room Chairs
Ceramic, Upholstery, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Textile, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
1920s Dutch Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Moldovan Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Burl
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Linen
2010s Asian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Rope, Teak
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
2010s South African Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood
Late 20th Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal