Modern Patio and Garden 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Ceramic
1960s Swiss Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
1950s French Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
1990s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
1990s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Ceramic
2010s South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
1980s French Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Slate
2010s French Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Beech
2010s South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Limestone
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
1970s American Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Ceramic
1950s French Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
1990s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel
2010s South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel, Stainless Steel
1960s Belgian Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Cement
1950s French Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
1960s French Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
2010s Unknown Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Cement
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Polyester
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Polyester
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Leather, Canvas, Cotton, Linen, Natural Fiber, Wood
2010s South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Wood
1960s Swiss Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
1990s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Leather, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Ceramic
2010s Israeli Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Acrylic, Polyester, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Leather, Fabric
2010s Israeli Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Polyester, Teak, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Leather, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Marble, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Wrought Iron