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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood, Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Laminate
1980s Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Cherry, Beech
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood, Walnut
2010s South African Modern Dining Room Chairs
Ceramic, Upholstery, Walnut
1920s Dutch Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Faux Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
1970s Dutch Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
Late 20th Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s Danish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Chrome, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Moldovan Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1990s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Aluminum
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Cane, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1920s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
1990s French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Lacquer
1990s Belgian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s South African Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Velvet, Wood
1920s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Ash
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s Lebanese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Straw, Foam, Wood, Purpleheart
2010s Asian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Rope, Teak
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Natural Fiber, Hardwood
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Wood
2010s Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Beech
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Hardwood
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal, Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome