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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Walnut
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
1980s Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic, Beech, Plywood
20th Century English Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Beech, Velvet, Bouclé, Fabric
1990s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel, Chrome
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bamboo
1970s Canadian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bouclé, Velvet, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Natural Fiber, Hardwood
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Walnut
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
Early 20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Beech
2010s Argentine Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Indian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Teak
Early 2000s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Mohair
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Fiberglass, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood, Leather
Mid-20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Bouclé, Velvet
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wool, Bouclé, Wood, Mohair, Linen, Velvet
2010s Argentine Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Foam
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Jacquard
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Velvet, Faux Leather
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Burl
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Textile, Upholstery, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Textile, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak, Fabric, Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bouclé