Modern Dining Room Chairs

MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.

Style: Modern

Creator: Marcel Wanders

Modern Smoked Cyborg Armchair by Marcel Wanders for Magis Italy - Set of 10

By MARCEL WANDERS

Located in Chicago, IL

Modern Smoked Cyborg Armchair by Marcel Wanders for Magis Italy - Set of 10 The Cyborg chair takes the elegant form of a more traditional dining o...

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2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Acrylic

Modern Smoked Cyborg Armchair by Marcel Wanders for Magis Italy - Set of 10

Magis White & Natural Ash Cyborg Stick Dining Chairs, Set of 2

By Magis, MARCEL WANDERS

Located in London, GB

Manufactured by Magis, the Cyborg Stick chairs were originally designed by Marcel Wanders in 2012. A chair of two halves, it is constructed from contrasting materials with the fr...

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2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Ash

Magis White & Natural Ash Cyborg Stick Dining Chairs, Set of 2

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Griffin Upholstery with Oak Stained Cinnamon Frame

Modern Dining Room Chairs

2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Modern Smoked Cyborg Armchair by Marcel Wanders for Magis Italy - Set of 10

2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs

Magis White & Natural Ash Cyborg Stick Dining Chairs, Set of 2

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Griffin Upholstery with Oak Stained Cinnamon Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Nut Dining Chair in Cinnamon Stained Oak & Oray Ronan, Mineral Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Black Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Abbracci, Black Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Black with Embroidery Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Oray Ronan Upholstery with Oak Stained Cinnamon Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Divina Melange 3, 180 Black Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Denim Light Wash Blue Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair in Black Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Naked Chair in Bearded Leopard Jacquard Blue Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Denim Light Wash Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Divina 3, 542 Orange Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Denim Indigo Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair in Denim Light Wash Blue Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Menagerie Velvet Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Justo, Bred Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Manga Brown Upholstery & Oak Stained White Wash Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Nut Dining Chair in Grey Stained Oak & Harald 3, 182 Blue Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Naked Chair in Justo, Sennep Yellow Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Naked Chair in Solis, Dawn Dark Grey Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Nut Dining Chair in Grey Stained Oak & Spectrum Red Brown 30172 Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Jacquard Blue Upholstery with Oak Stained Black Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Divina 3, 626 Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Vesper Aluminum Seat with Oak Stained Cinnamon Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Denim Midnight Black Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Steelcut Trio 3, 526 Pink Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair in Divina 3, 173 Grey Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Naked Chair in Steelcut Trio 3, 515 Red Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Naked Chair in Justo, Flod Navy Blue Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Divina MD, 673 Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair in Black with Embroidery Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Divina MD, 733 Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Love Dining Chair in Divina MD, 213 Beige Upholstery & White Wash Oak Legs

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Monster Diamond Chair in Denim Indigo Upholstery

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Divina 3, 552 Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Remix 3, 662 Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs

Moooi Zio Dining Chair in Steelcut 2, 625 Upholstery with Oak Natural Oil Frame

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs