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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Vietnamese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Plywood, Leather
2010s Argentine Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Sheepskin, Leather, Wood
2010s German Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Steel
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
Late 20th Century French Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Bamboo
1960s Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Rattan, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Faux Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
2010s Philippine Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Textile
2010s Philippine Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Textile
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Textile
20th Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Cane, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Suede
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Walnut
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Velvet, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Velvet, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Velvet, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Velvet, Wood
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
2010s Philippine Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Felt
2010s Swiss Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s Swiss Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Fabric
2010s Argentine Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Rush, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
2010s Indian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut