Modern Sideboards
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Travertine
1990s Italian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Down
2010s Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s Modern Sideboards
Bronze
1970s European Vintage Modern Sideboards
Wood, Elm
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood