Modern Night Stands
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Travertine, Marble, Onyx, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Fabric, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Night Stands
Brass
2010s American Modern Night Stands
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Chestnut
2010s American Modern Night Stands
Maple, Walnut, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Night Stands
Bronze, Steel
2010s North American Modern Night Stands
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Wicker, Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Night Stands
Travertine, Wrought Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Night Stands
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Night Stands
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Night Stands
Leather, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Night Stands
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Night Stands
Cork
2010s American Modern Night Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Night Stands
Milk Glass, Lucite, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Night Stands
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Night Stands
Brass
20th Century English Modern Night Stands
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Night Stands
Plastic
20th Century French Modern Night Stands
Bronze
20th Century English Modern Night Stands
Yew
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Marble, Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Night Stands
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Night Stands
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s German Modern Night Stands
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Night Stands
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Night Stands
Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Night Stands
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Night Stands
Walnut
2010s American Modern Night Stands
Hardwood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Modern Night Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Night Stands
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Night Stands
Chestnut
2010s Mexican Modern Night Stands
Oak
2010s American Modern Night Stands
Glass, Wood