Modern Dining Room 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
1990s Danish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Nickel, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bouclé, Upholstery, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Velvet, Ash
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
Early 2000s Danish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Foam, Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Faux Leather, Walnut
Late 20th Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
1990s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
2010s Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Upholstery, Walnut, Oak, Pine
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Textile, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood, Beech, Oak, Mohair, Bouclé, Linen, Velvet, Walnut
2010s Austrian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Paint, Bentwood, Beech, Wood, Wicker
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
2010s South African Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fiberglass, Beech
1970s Canadian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Velvet
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak, Leather
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Teak, Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
1980s Japanese Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Straw, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Chenille, Beech
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Walnut, Fabric, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
1970s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s European Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Asian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cotton, Hardwood, Walnut