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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1960s French Vintage Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sideboards
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Straw, Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Czech Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other, Nickel
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1970s Czech Vintage Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Belgian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Art Glass, Cut Glass, Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1980s French Vintage Modern Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Danish Modern Sideboards
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Travertine
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
1980s Vintage Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sideboards
Granite
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Steel