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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rattan, Teak, Synthetic
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Teak, Fabric, Synthetic, Rattan, Rope
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Mahogany
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Mahogany
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope, Teak
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope, Teak
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope, Teak
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope, Teak, Upholstery
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Rope, Teak, Fabric
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope, Teak
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope, Teak
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Rope
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Hardwood
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal, Steel
1960s Swiss Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Iron
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Synthetic, Wicker
2010s Balinese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal, Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Slate
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Mahogany
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Fabric, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Leather, Fabric, Synthetic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Leather, Fabric
2010s South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Asian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Steel
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
2010s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Mahogany, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Marble, Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Marble
Late 20th Century North American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Wrought Iron