Modern Club Chairs
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern Club Chairs
Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Club Chairs
Faux Fur
2010s Belgian Modern Club Chairs
Linen
Early 2000s American Modern Club Chairs
Fiberglass, Rubber
Early 2000s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Metal
2010s Belgian Modern Club Chairs
Linen
2010s Belgian Modern Club Chairs
Linen
20th Century Dutch Modern Club Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Club Chairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Club Chairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Club Chairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Club Chairs
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Club Chairs
Leather
Early 2000s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Club Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
Late 20th Century Modern Club Chairs
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Club Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Club Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Club Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Club Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Club Chairs
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Upholstery
20th Century German Modern Club Chairs
Leather, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Club Chairs
Fabric, Linen
2010s Turkish Modern Club Chairs
Chrome
1990s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Leather
2010s Ukrainian Modern Club Chairs
Stainless Steel
20th Century European Modern Club Chairs
Chrome
2010s American Modern Club Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Club Chairs
Fiberglass, Resin
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Club Chairs
Stainless Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Club Chairs
Brass
2010s American Modern Club Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Leather, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Club Chairs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Club Chairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Metal, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Club Chairs
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Modern Club Chairs
Linen
2010s Belgian Modern Club Chairs
Linen
2010s American Modern Club Chairs
Leather, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Club Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Club Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Club Chairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Club Chairs
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Foam, Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Metal
2010s American Modern Club Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Club Chairs
Foam, Resin