Modern Loveseats
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1990s Swiss Modern Loveseats
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Loveseats
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Loveseats
Brass
1940s German Vintage Modern Loveseats
Metal, Chrome
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Mahogany
20th Century American Modern Loveseats
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Marble
1990s American Modern Loveseats
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Upholstery
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Loveseats
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
2010s Philippine Modern Loveseats
Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern Loveseats
Upholstery, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Loveseats
Textile
2010s Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Loveseats
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Loveseats
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Loveseats
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Oak, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Ebony, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Loveseats
Stainless Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Wool
20th Century Modern Loveseats
Upholstery, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Loveseats
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Loveseats
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Loveseats
Leather
2010s Philippine Modern Loveseats
Rattan
2010s British Modern Loveseats
Cotton, Beads
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Marble
2010s Philippine Modern Loveseats
Steel
2010s Philippine Modern Loveseats
Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Textile, Walnut
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Loveseats
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Leather
2010s Philippine Modern Loveseats
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Loveseats
Marble
2010s American Modern Loveseats
Wool, Hardwood, Walnut, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Loveseats
Textile
2010s Italian Modern Loveseats
Wool