Modern Bedroom 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1950s American Vintage Modern Bedroom Furniture
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Bedroom Furniture
Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bedroom Furniture
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood, Leather
2010s American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bedroom Furniture
Metal
2010s American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Bedroom Furniture
Rattan, Wood
2010s American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bedroom Furniture
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Composition
1950s American Vintage Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
2010s American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Metal
2010s American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wool, Cotton, Linen, Silk, Upholstery, Natural Fiber, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wool, Cotton, Linen, Silk, Upholstery, Natural Fiber, Wood
2010s American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wool, Wood, Natural Fiber, Upholstery, Silk, Linen, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bedroom Furniture
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wool, Cotton, Linen, Silk, Upholstery, Natural Fiber, Wood
1990s Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Brass, Metal
Early 2000s American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Zebra Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wool, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Bedroom Furniture
Hardwood, Walnut
Late 20th Century North American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bedroom Furniture
Walnut
Late 20th Century American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Cherry
1990s Modern Bedroom Furniture
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wool, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bedroom Furniture
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood
2010s American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Art Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Bedroom Furniture
Composition
Late 20th Century American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Mahogany
1970s American Vintage Modern Bedroom Furniture
Wood, Oak, Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bedroom Furniture
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bedroom Furniture
Linen