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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Marble, Steel
2010s North Korean Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Natural Fiber, Plastic, Acrylic, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
1980s American Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Wicker
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Glass, Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
1970s Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Patent Leather
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stone, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Natural Fiber, Silicone
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Wood
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel, Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Synthetic, Wicker
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Lacquer
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Lacquer
2010s European Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Cedar
2010s Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Resin, Lacquer, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Rope, Wood