Modern Sectional Sofas
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric
2010s European Modern Sectional Sofas
Ceramic, Upholstery, Acrylic
1990s American Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric
2010s European Modern Sectional Sofas
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sectional Sofas
Textile
1970s German Vintage Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather, Upholstery, Plastic, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather, Wood, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Sectional Sofas
Walnut
1990s American Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery, Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery, Hardwood, Foam, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sectional Sofas
Lacquer, Feathers, Leather, Fabric, Foam, Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric, Hardwood, Foam
1990s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Wool
Early 20th Century North American Modern Sectional Sofas
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sectional Sofas
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather, Fabric
1990s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather, Wood
2010s American Modern Sectional Sofas
Velvet, Maple, Down, Feathers
2010s French Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric, Foam, Plywood
2010s French Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric, Foam, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Velvet, Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
2010s American Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
1980s American Vintage Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric, Down
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Leather
2010s American Modern Sectional Sofas
Fabric, Bouclé, Foam, Wood
2010s Swiss Modern Sectional Sofas
Steel