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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wool, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Hardwood, Mahogany
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
Late 20th Century American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Birch
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Rattan, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal, Enamel
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Suede
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric, Velvet
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
1970s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass, Steel
20th Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Cane, Wood
2010s French Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Art Glass, Mirror
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Suede
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Velvet
2010s French Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Rattan, Wood
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass, Steel
2010s Swedish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Pine
2010s Swedish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Pine
1960s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
1950s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
1950s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood, Natural Fiber, Upholstery, Silk, Linen, Cotton
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Cotton, Linen, Silk, Upholstery, Natural Fiber, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood, Natural Fiber, Upholstery, Silk, Linen, Cotton
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood, Natural Fiber, Upholstery, Silk, Linen, Cotton
1990s Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Wood