Bertu Outdoor
2010s American Modern Tables
Wood, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Sofas
Wood, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Teak
2010s American Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Glass, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Mahogany, Sapele Wood
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Wood, Teak
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Wood, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Sofas
Mahogany, Fabric
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Mahogany, Sapele Wood
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Hardwood
2010s Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Mahogany, Fabric
2010s American Modern Tables
Wood, Cedar
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Night Stands
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Stools
Wood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Credenzas
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Oak, Walnut
2010s American Modern Stools
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern Stools
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern Stools
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern Stools
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Benches
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s American Modern Stools
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Mahogany
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern Stools
Sheepskin, Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern End Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern End Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern End Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
2010s American Modern Chairs
Maple
2010s American Modern Benches
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s American Modern Stools
Wood, Maple
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern Stools
Wood, Maple
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A Close Look at modern Furniture
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.