Hayon Monkey
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Wall Brackets
Hardwood
2010s Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ash
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Umbrella Stands
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Ash
2010s Spanish Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Wall Brackets
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Wall Brackets
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Wall Brackets
Hardwood
2010s Spanish Modern Armchairs
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Armchairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Umbrella Stands
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Umbrella Stands
Hardwood
People Also Browsed
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Resin
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and...
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Wood
2010s Modern Lounge Chairs
Linen
2010s Modern Dining Room Tables
Stone, Concrete, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Ash
2010s Danish Post-Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Sectional Sofas
Foam
2010s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Stone, Brass
20th Century Unknown Side Tables
Marble
20th Century French Art Deco Side Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Side Tables
Wood
Recent Sales
2010s Spanish Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Spanish Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Umbrella Stands
Hardwood
Hayon Monkey For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Hayon Monkey?
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.