Minimalist Furniture
MINIMALIST STYLE
A revival in the popularity of authentic Minimalist furniture is rooted in history while reflecting the needs and tastes of the 21st century. Designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s aphorism that “less is more” influenced the evolution of 20th-century interiors with an emphasis on function and order. This was a shift from the 19th century, with its lavish Victorian decorating, and was spread around the world through design styles including Bauhaus and brutalism.
Yet Minimalism was present in furniture design long before the clean lines of modernism, such as in the simple and elegant utility of Shaker furniture. Although the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s and ’70s had little crossover with furniture design, artist Donald Judd was inspired by the Shakers in creating his own spare daybeds and tables from sturdy wood. (Judd, whose advocacy of symmetry also informed his architectural projects, furnished his Manhattan loft with unassuming but poetic works by iconic modernist designers such as Gerrit Rietveld and Alvar Aalto.)
Understatement rather than ornamentation and open space instead of clutter are central themes for a Minimalist living room and bedroom. As opposed to Maximalism, the focus for Minimalist furniture and decor is on simplicity and considering the design and purpose of every object.
Furnishings are usually made in neutral or monochrome colors and pared down to their essentials — think nesting coffee tables, sectional sofas and accent pieces such as ottomans. And Minimalist ceramics can help achieve a decor that is both timeless and of the moment. The organic textures and personalization of handmade craftsmanship associated with these works have served as a sort of anti-Internet to screen-weary decorators. That said, while the thoughtful ergonomics of Scandinavian modern furniture, with its handcrafted teak frames, are at home in Minimalist spaces, so are the quietly striking pieces by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa that employ industrial materials like stainless steel, aluminum and plastic.
Minimalist furniture is not for making flashy statements; it boasts subdued appeal and excels at harmonizing with any room. And, as it encompasses many different movements and eras of design, it also never goes out of style, owing to its tasteful refinement.
Find a collection of Minimalist tables, seating, lighting and more furniture on 1stDibs.
Style: Minimalist
Color: Orange
Roberts Counter Stool with Inlay Maple Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Architectural Door Handle Round Push Pull in Clear and Amber Glass
Located in London, GB
Solid round glass push and pull door handle in clear and amber glass for a single door.
The handle can be applied inside or outside on a single door. It can also be used cupboard doors and kitchen...
Category
1970s European Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Design Ghidini 1961 Brass Rabbit Paperweight
By Ghidini 1961
Located in Brescia, IT
This is the latest iconic object designed by Stefano Giovannoni, for Ghidini 1961. An Italian contemporary design factory. Its designers: Campana Brothers, Mendini, Studio Job and mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of 4 Italian Minimalist Modernist Leather Chairs by Calligaris, Italy 1990s
By Calligaris
Located in Zagreb, HR
Set of 4 leather dining chairs produced in Italy in the 1990's by Calligaris
Elegant minimalist design. The chairs feature sturdy minimalist p...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Metal
Orange Travertine, Brass, and Cognac Mohair Coexist Bench by Slash Objects
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The coexist bench uses balance and delicate harmony of materials meeting. The bench consists of a black steel frame, Nero Marquina marble cubes, and mattress upholstered in bouclé fa...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Marble, Steel
Walnut Orange MiMi Stool by Miduny, Made in Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of the MiMi series, this Minimalist, versatile stool or end table accents the home and office. Clean, faceted geometry and painted surfaces add depth and sophistication while th...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Birch, Oak, Plywood
Coffee Table Curva
Located in Floresta, MG
A common item in steel houses, the 180º curve is the starting point for the development of the collection. Using this element of industrial origin and organic format, we seek to crea...
Category
2010s Brazilian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
KDLN Contemporary AZOU 5 Led Wall Fixture (Green Onyx)
By Kundalini
Located in Trezzano sul Naviglio, Milano Lombardia
Azou 5
Exploring space and marking off the next stops on a journey that always has something to recount. Each point of light is connected to the next one by a slender thread, tracin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Onyx
Temi Chair, Minimalist Mostaza Velvet Dining Chair
By Sun at Six
Located in San Jose, CA
Sun at six is a contemporary furniture design studio that works with traditional Chinese joinery masters to handcraft our pieces using traditional joinery.
Great furniture begins...
Category
2010s Chinese Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Foam
Minimal Taste for a Vintage Honey Colour Moroccan Rug
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Unusual apricot colour for this vintage rug - ref. nr. 1322 - from the village of Oulad Bousebaa ------It's a beautiful carpet, with a special rare color----------
It may be placed ...
Category
1960s Moroccan Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
Naohiko Inukai Oil On Canvas 1966
Located in Hudson, NY
A fantastic original oil on canvas by Naohiko Inukai. This is number forty in a series of colored scapes he created in the mid 1960's and is in excellent condition. This work is signed and dated on the reverse
It's color changes subtly with the lighting, when properly lit it casts a beautiful warm orange tone throughout the room.
Born in 1937 in Kurashiki-city Okayama,Japan. He came to the US around 1960 and returned to Japan around 1982 were he still resides.
Education:Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture New York...
Category
1960s American Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Faceted, Geometric Volt Dining Table, 'Salmon Pink' by Reinier De Jong
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Volt is a splendid table which legs integrate seamlessly with the table top. The legs seem to be part of the top and the top seems to be part of the legs. Faceted surfaces and at the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Paint
Gabbeh Rug Minimalist Design
Located in Ferrara, IT
This magnificent Gabbeh Royal carpet is truly a work of art. It’s beautiful, minimal design is perfect for adding a touch of luxury to any room. The carpet is hand-woven from the fin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Pendant Lamp 'U7' Brass
Located in Paris, FR
U7 pendant lamp, brass
Measures: Maximal wire length 250 cm
Canopy 33 cm diameter
'U' structure: 38 x 75 x 75 cm
Certification: UL & C.UL.
Dimming: Remote control.
Driver...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Jo Niemeyer, Serigraph by Edition Partanen
By Jo Niemeyer
Located in St-Brais, JU
Print, Serigraph on paper with the size 70 × 50 × 0.1 cm 27.6 × 19.7 × 0.1 in
Edition of 60, hand-signed by artist in pencil. Printed by Edition Partanen, Schluchsee (Germany)
J...
Category
1980s German Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Paper
Hand-knotted Orley Shabahang "Field" Contemporary Wool Persian Rug, 6' x 9'
Located in New York, NY
Some carpets rely on color and complex design to make a statement, but Field catches the eye differently. Relying on the variation in shades from handspinning the undyed wool used in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Persian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Minimalist Indian Cotton Dhurrie in Teal Green and Light Peach
Located in Milan, IT
The weaving of flat-woven cotton carpets known as dhurries is cited in Mughal chronicles of the 15th century. Probably one of the earliest forms of floor covering, dhurries were wove...
Category
1930s Indian Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Garnier & Linker Alabaster Pendant Light in Alabaster and Brass
Located in Paris, FR
Pendant light by Garnier & Linker : Shade made out of veined Alabaster or Alabaster combined with dark natural brass patina. A "Certificate of Authencity" is provided by the gallery....
Category
2010s French Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Antique Minimalist Indian Cotton Dhurrie in Teal Green and Light Peach
Located in Milan, IT
The weaving of flat-woven cotton carpets known as dhurries is cited in Mughal chronicles of the 15th century. Probably one of the earliest forms of floor covering, dhurries were wove...
Category
1930s Indian Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Walnut Orange Side Table by Miduny, Made in Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of the MiMi Series, this Minimalist, versatile designer side table or stool accents the home and office. Clean, faceted geometry and painted surfaces add depth and sophisticatio...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Plywood, Birch
Square Turkish Kilim with Camel Field
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Some years ago I asked to a Turkish merchant to make for me some minimal kilims with some few vegetal colors.
I waited 6 months, then arrived in these c...
Category
Early 2000s Turkish Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
3x3.2 Ft Vintage Turkish Beige Rug, 100% Natural Wool, Custom Options Available
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage hand knotted "Tulu" (Turkish word for rugs with thick, cozy wool pile) rug.
Made of natural un-dyed handspun wool.
These simple, functional and small rugs with lustrous ...
Category
1960s Turkish Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
Italy Ghidini 1961 Abstract Wall Light Sculpture Designed by Campana Brothers
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculptural wall light in stainless steel was designed by Campana Brothers. The brass base and gilded mirrors create a kaleidoscope of golden tones and reflections. The piece can...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
2.8x3.3 Ft Vintage Minimalist Tulu Rug 100% Cream Undyed Wool, Custom Options A.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage hand knotted "Tulu" (Turkish word for rugs with thick, cozy wool pile) rug.
Made of natural un-dyed handspun wool. 2.8x3.3 Ft.
These simple, functional and small rugs with...
Category
1960s Turkish Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
Big "O" Serving Platter
Located in København K, 84
Big O plate is a big rounded deeply glazed porcelain serving platter.
The platter is intended to be used to serve food or if you like as a display on your table etc.
In this fir...
Category
2010s Danish Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Bamboo Reed Console Table
Located in Miami, FL
Available is a beautiful split bamboo Parsons console table. This piece has been newly refinished and is in excellent condition, an amazing natural texture to add to a wall or behind...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Contemporary Ripple Bowl in Red and Black Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ripple bowl
Red Lacquer
Black Lacquer
Hand Repoussé
Limited Edition
Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorative relief onto sheet ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Copper
Vintage Grey Minimalist Sconces from Aneta, 1970s, Set of 2
By Aneta
Located in Esbjerg, DK
- Minimalist sconces, set of 2
- Made of powder-coated steel
- Designed and manufactured by Aneta
- Swedish design, 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Williams Hairpin Dining Oval Table Walnut Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Walnut Orange MiMi Bench by Miduny, Made in Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This versatile and essential bench is both iconic and minimal. The painted facets of its angular geometry capture the ever-changing gradients of light. The legs interlock into the notched top to create a beautiful joinery detail and sturdy construction. This slender and graceful bench fits underneath our MiMi table. The MiMi line was recognized as an NYCxDesign 2018 Honoree and German Design Award 2019 Nominee.
Designed in Brooklyn by Italian-born architect Ale Preda for Miduny, this artisanal product is made in Italy by master craftsmen with sustainable, FSC (forestry stewardship council) certified materials. . The MiMi console...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Birch, Walnut, Plywood
Williams Hairpin Dining Round Table Walnut Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Hudson Hairpin Side Table with Wood Inlay Walnut Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
This eye-catching piece combines an industrial structure with sophisticated modern accents. The intersecting metal legs almost seem to play tricks on the eyes and change shape as you...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Roberts Counter Stool with Wood Inlay Walnut Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Tempio del tempo n°1" Contemporary design Candleholder & Vase by COKI
By COKI
Located in Rimini, IT
Candle holder and flower vase in a single object, Tempio del Tempo was conceived as a small altar for the home, created through the union of simple and symbolic shapes that fit toget...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Maple Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Square Walnut Orange
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light table that can be customized to any shape, size and color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Tempio Del Tempo N°5" Contemporary design Candleholder & Vase by COKI
By COKI
Located in Rimini, IT
Candle holder and flower vase in a single object, Tempio del Tempo was conceived as a small altar for the home, created through the union of simple and symbolic shapes that fit toget...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Tempio Del Tempo N°3" Contemporary design Candleholder & Vase by COKI
By COKI
Located in Rimini, IT
Candle holder and flower vase in a single object, Tempio del Tempo was conceived as a small altar for the home, created through the union of simple and symbolic shapes that fit toget...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Garnier & Linker Alabaster Pendant Light in Alabaster and Brass
Located in Paris, FR
Pendant light by Garnier & Linker: Shade made out of veined Alabaster or Alabaster combined with dark natural brass patina. A "Certificate of Authenticity" is provided by the gallery...
Category
2010s French Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Tusk Candle, Set of Two, Natural Beeswax
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
Set of two candles, small and medium.
100% beeswax, organic hemp wick and coloring, unscented.
The tusk candle takes its inspiration from natural mo...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Hemp
Easy Chair, with Belted Vegetable Tanned Cowhide Sling on Stainless Steel
Located in beirut, LB
The easy chair features a handcrafted leather sling backrest and seat with adjustable belts on a solid stainless-steel frame. And a height-adjustable pillow that rests on a removable bikini trunk. The easy chair takes from the relaxed dropped curved silhouette of a chopper bike.
Offered here in cognac vegetable-tanned cowhide...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Lebanese Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tusk Candle, Medium, Natural Beeswax
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
100% beeswax, organic hemp wick and coloring, unscented.
The tusk candle takes its inspiration from natural motifs: Ivory, tusks, canines, teeth and oth...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Hemp
Ghidini 1961 Italian Brass Rabbit Him and Her with Personalized Engraved Names
By Ghidini 1961
Located in Brescia, IT
This is the latest iconic object designed by Stefano Giovannoni, for Ghidini 1961. An Italian contemporary design factory. Its designers: Campana Brothers, Mendini, Studio Job and mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Brass
1 Maya Lin Knoll Adult Stone Stool
By Maya Lin
Located in Pasadena, TX
Maya Lin's collection of Stones, introduced in 1998 in celebration of Knoll's 60th anniversary, reflects the famed architect's signature subtlety. "At the heart of this furniture col...
Category
1990s American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Concrete
Danish Scimitar Chair by Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm for Bo Ex
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
A Danish "Scimitar" chair by Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm for Danish makers Bo-Ex.
It is upholstered in supple tan leather with burgundy trim. It rests on a striking, curv...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Antique Minimalist Jajim Flat-Woven Rug with Vertical Polychrome Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
A very graphic tribal Kilim composed of two joined panels each containing an array of polychrome vertical stripes of various widths. The result is a wool flat-weave with a mirror image pattern having a central stripe that is considerably wider than the others. What makes this example rather unique is the richness of the individual colors, obtained from natural dyes, as well the generous width of the vertical stripes. Furthermore, the quality of the individual dyes, which include a wonderful indigo blue and a clear coral red, are indicative of an early vintage. The resulting visual effect is highly abstract and reminiscent more of Western contemporary art...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Minimalist Blackened Steel and Birch Dining Table by Scott Gordon
By Scott Gordon
Located in Sharon, VT
The Accidental Dining Table, an original design offered exclusively by Vermontica, is a contemporary minimalist blackened steel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Tria Simple Chair Oak and Orange Upholstered Seat by Colé, Minimalist
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Essential and elegant chair with a bent plywood shell, and four iconic legs with triangular shape in solid oak, joined by transversal wooden bars.
The shel is upholstered in orange ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Paint, Oak, Plywood
Contemporary Blackened Stainless Steel and Birch Dining Table by Scott Gordon
By Scott Gordon
Located in Sharon, VT
The Accidental dining table, an original design offered exclusively by Vermontica, is a contemporary minimalist blackened stainless steel and birch plywood dining table designed and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Pita Cushion Small, Cayenne Leather
Located in Zapopan, Jalisco
Piteado is the embodiment of Jalisco’s craftsmanship: every stitch of the maguey fiber on the tinted leather carries with it centuries of tradition. The Pita cushions reflect the tim...
Category
2010s Mexican Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Leather
Fine Antique Minimalist Small Sofreh Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very fine flat-weave with a jewel-like quality that is almost impossible to convey by picture. Distinguished by the use of a very precious type of wool which feels almost like silk...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
1950s Chairs Chromed Steel Gaetano Descalzi Style, Restored, Leather Uphfoltered
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Very elegant and sturdy set of six chairs chiavarine Gaetano Descalzi style, in chromed steel, restored and leather upholstered
Measures cm: H 84\...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Steel
Vintage Kurdish Polychrome Wool Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were used as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of Eastern Anatolia. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed and subsequently hand-stitched to the other panels. ...
Category
1930s Turkish Vintage Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
Squared Size Vintage Tulu with Minimalist Design Rug in Solid Orange and Taupe
Located in Atlanta, GA
Squared Size Minimalist Tulu rug in Shades of Orange colors and Taupe Border. Vintage Tulu rug With Minimalist Design Rug in Solid Orange and Taupe. Keivan Woven Arts/ rug #EN-3310, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Wool
Schellmann Art Furniture Minimal Conceptual Orange Round Table
Located in Munich, Bavaria
A simple Industrial round table in aluminum lacquered in orange colour.
The edges on the top were covered with rubber and the feet also.
The high table is available in green colour and also a low round table in white is in stock.
See the last picture.
These furniture’s are unique objects.
In 2008, having started producing and distributing artists´ furniture (including Joseph Beuys, Liam Gillick, Richard Artschwager, Sol Levitt, Donald Judd...) within Schellmann Art,
Jörg Schellmann...
Category
2010s German Minimalist Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Minimalist furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Minimalist furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Minimalist furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Zachary A. Bitner, Pieter Compernol & Stephanie Grusenmeyer , Kundalini, and Caterina Moretti. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $16 and tops out at $292,684 while the average work can sell for $2,220.
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