Modern Beds and Bed Frames
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Upholstery, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Cotton
2010s Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Cotton, Fabric
2010s Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Upholstery, Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric, Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass, Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
2010s Indian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Steel
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Maple, Oak, Walnut
1970s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Chrome
2010s Canadian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Wood, Maple
2010s Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Upholstery
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
1960s German Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Oak, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Hardwood, Ash, Beech, Cherry, Fruitwood, Maple, Oak, Sycamore, Walnut
2010s Argentine Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Rush
1950s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Steel
1960s Finnish Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Cane, Rattan
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Bamboo
1960s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Steel
1950s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
1950s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wool, Cotton
2010s Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Upholstery
1950s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple
1960s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Cane, Teak
2010s Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Foam, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Oak
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood, Leather
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood