Modern Loveseats
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Loveseats
Upholstery, Wood
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Steel
2010s North American Modern Loveseats
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Loveseats
Leather, Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Steel
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Oak
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Textile, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Loveseats
Velvet, Wood, Silk, Trimming
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Loveseats
Aluminum
2010s Egyptian Modern Loveseats
Upholstery, Oak
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
Late 20th Century Brazilian Modern Loveseats
Velvet, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Loveseats
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Loveseats
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Loveseats
Wool, Hardwood, Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
2010s Ukrainian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plywood
Early 2000s American Modern Loveseats
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Loveseats
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Loveseats
Leather, Upholstery, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Loveseats
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Loveseats
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Wood, Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Walnut, Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Modern Loveseats
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Textile, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Wood, Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
20th Century American Modern Loveseats
Wicker
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Textile, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Textile, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Textile, Walnut
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic