Modern Lounge 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
2010s South African Modern Lounge Chairs
Brass
2010s Asian Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Fabric, Rope, Teak
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Foam, Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal, Aluminum
20th Century Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Concrete, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Lounge Chairs
Aluminum, Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Lounge Chairs
Hardwood, Walnut, Cotton
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Polyester, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Late 20th Century American Modern Lounge Chairs
Bouclé, Upholstery
2010s French Modern Lounge Chairs
Textile, Cane, Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather
2010s Turkish Modern Lounge Chairs
Foam, Hardwood, Upholstery
1970s American Vintage Modern Lounge Chairs
Chrome
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Foam, Upholstery
2010s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Lounge Chairs
Rattan
20th Century Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery
1990s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Stainless Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Lounge Chairs
Rope, Wood, Upholstery
2010s Asian Modern Lounge Chairs
Aluminum
1960s American Vintage Modern Lounge Chairs
Chrome
1970s Vintage Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel, Chrome
1990s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Bouclé, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lounge Chairs
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
2010s Modern Lounge Chairs
Sheepskin, Oak
2010s Dutch Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Foam
Mid-20th Century French Modern Lounge Chairs
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lounge Chairs
Brass
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Lounge Chairs
Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Pine
20th Century Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
2010s South African Modern Lounge Chairs
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Upholstery
20th Century American Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric