Modern Side 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Granite, Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Leather, Glass
1930s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum, Bronze
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Travertine
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Wood, Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Crystal
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Metal
2010s South African Modern Side Tables
Copper, Steel
2010s Taiwanese Modern Side Tables
Travertine
2010s South African Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s African Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s African Modern Side Tables
Resin, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Cedar, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
2010s South African Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
20th Century Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Wood, Fabric
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Ash
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Cut Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Concrete