Modern Furniture
MODERN STYLE
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Style: Modern
Color: Black
SLAMP Aria Extra Large Pendant Light in Black Shade by Zaha Hadid
By Zaha Hadid, Slamp
Located in Pomezia, Rome
Zaha Hadid’s luminous architecture is visionary, fluid and dynamic, infusing the revolutionary and iconic semantics of the celebrated architect into domestic and public interiors; th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Other
Tekna Quay 90° Wall Light with Black Lacquer Finish and Clear Glass
By Tekna
Located in New York, NY
Wall light in copper with reflector, 90° right angle arm and clear glass. For outdoor use (IP44).
Lamp LED 230V E27 4W 2700K Retro A60. Main power 230V 50Hz.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Furniture
Materials
Copper
New Modern Vase in marble, creator Matteo Cibic
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
Vase in white Michelangelo, red Levanto and black Marquinia Marbles.
Size: 27.3 x 38.4 x 7.3 cm, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Pietro, Homage Collection by the Italian designer...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Orbis Black Tinted Round Frameless Contemporary Mirror, Small
Located in London, GB
Charming and minimalist round frameless black tinted mirror with a floating effect. Quality design that ensures the mirror sits perfectly parallel to the wall. Designed and made in L...
Category
2010s British Modern Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Orbis Bronze Tinted Round Frameless Minimalist Mirror, Small
Located in London, GB
Charming and minimalist round frameless bronze tinted mirror with a floating effect. Quality design that ensures the mirror sits perfectly parallel to the wall. Designed and made in ...
Category
2010s British Modern Furniture
Materials
Mirror
New Modern Vase in red and white Marble, creator Cibic
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
small vase in red Levanto and white Michelangelo Marble.
Size: 16.3 x 4 x 10.6 cm, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Arturo, Homage collection by the Italian Designer Matteo Cibic.
Made in Italy, hand finished.
This is not a vase but a card holder. Or perhaps a pen holder. Or maybe it is a vase, but with a mouth and ears. The important thing is understanding that one can be mistaken but still smile; like Cibic’s creations, which never renounce anthropomorphism and good cheer...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Modern Circular Steel Wheel Hanging Chair
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
The Wheel hanging swing chair is sculptural and dynamic. Its striking circular shape lends itself for use as a functional art piece.
The pattern detail is inspired by nature and rem...
Category
2010s South African Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Tube Wall Light and Sconce, Made of Patinated Brass, Handcrafted in Chicago
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by the art of Sumi-e, Japanese black ink drawing, the lamp flows as if stroked in one consecutive line. The dimmable LED wall light is all handcrafted and designed in Chicag...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Analog Nights Designer Screen Printed Wallpaper in Eclipse 'Gold and Soft Black'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This best-selling graphic wallpaper is available to order by the roll or sample—the perfect décor for kids, adult, your home or business.
Samples a...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper, Paint
Orbis Black Tinted Round Contemporary Frameless Mirror, XL
Located in London, GB
Charming and minimalist round frameless black tinted mirror with a floating effect. Quality design that ensures the mirror sits perfectly parallel to the wall. Designed and made in L...
Category
2010s British Modern Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Black x Nickel Signal Floor Lamp from Souda, Made to Order
By Souda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A clear distillation of line weight, the signal floor lamp stands effortlessly in virtually any setting. From a cast iron base a polished stem rises to intersect its spun aluminum shade which houses...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum, Metal
Maharam Pillow, Checker Split by Alexander Girard
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Pillow
Checker Split by Alexander Girard
001 Black/White
Checker Split exemplifies Alexander Girard’s lifelong exploration of geometric motifs. Designed for the Herman Mill...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Polyester
Sling Hanging Swing Chair Genuine Black Leather 21st Century Modern
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
Stripped away from all excess, this hanging chair has a circular frame with the sheets of soft leather hanging loose within it, to create a sleek, sexy, and oh so comfortable experie...
Category
2010s South African Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Cactus Spirit Designer Wallpaper in Contrast 'White and Black'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Give your home a taste of the Southwest with this graphic, oversized cactus repeat! This pattern combines saguaros, aloe, agave, peyote, prickly pear, San Pedros and more, the perfec...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper, Paint
Signal Table Lamp from Souda, Black & Nickel, Made to Order
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The signal table lamp is familiar, yet futuristic. From beneath it’s spun metal shade LEDs cast a warm and inviting glow onto a polished central stem...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Iron, Steel, Aluminum, Metal
Ballroom Molecule Black/Green Chandelier Black Base
By Design By Us
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish design from Design by Us
The Ballroom Molecule chandelier features five spheres, available in different translucent hues, they mer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Black Leather and Antique Brass Dining Chair with Blackened Steel Frame
By Stephen Kenn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A steel and leather chair with a comfortable seat, easily stackable to save space when needed. This version has a blackened steel frame, a brass backrest, and a black leather upholst...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
UNA Dining Chair in Black Stained Oak with Leather Back by Estudio Persona
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The UNA chair intersects a round wooden seat and legs with a leather upholstered cylindrical back. Using these fluid shapes allows greater focus on the detai...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
Margaretta Coffee Table in Vintage Walnut, by Petersen Antiques
By Kylee Shintaffer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This custom walnut coffee table is seen here in 44" x 56", however it can be built in any size.
Because each table is bench-made in our own Los Angeles workshop you can influence al...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Murano Glass Black Sputnik Chandelier
Located in Austin, TX
Wonderful sputnik Murano chandelier with multiple smoked "Triedi" stems shooting out from a brushed nickel sphere. This piece is iconic and will be a show stopper in your home. This ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Nickel
&New Color Sample, 15 Colors
Located in Leicester, GB
COLOR SAMPLES
We have fifteen standard colours for the steel furniture and parts. Order your powder-coated steel colour samples here, once you have purch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Nomon Oj Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A wall clock tends to resemble its owner. Its design, color and resolution, the style of the one who placed it in that precise place and that's why the frequent alternatives are so varied.
When the wall clock you need meets many of the characteristics of your personality as a taste for the minimalist innovative trends and a lot of originality the option is undoubtedly the Nomon OJ Clock.
The OJ is a true designer clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture
Materials
Polystyrene
Johan Carpner Satellit 55 Brass Black Celling Lamp by Konsthantverk
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceiling lamp model Grenverk designed by Johan Carpner and manufactured by Konsthantverk.
The production of lamps, wall lights and floor lamps are manufactured using craftsman’s tech...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
OLO Floor Lamp
Located in Renton, WA
The OLO Table and Floor Lamps are the newest additions to the OLO Family. The hollow rotatable lamp shade is embedded with cutting-edge design, offer a h...
Category
2010s Taiwanese Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Armchair Balu' Office, Metal Base Swivel and Upholstery in Velvet by Emilio Nan
By EMILIO NANNI
Located in MARANO VICENTINO, IT
The deep, rounded seat encourages relaxation and conversation. The perfectly balanced volume of the body matches impeccably with the characteristic support frame, thus redefining the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Large Signed Limited Edition Giclee Entiltled "Paradise" by Michael Godard
Located in San Diego, CA
Signed limited edition giclee on canvas entitled "Paradise" by Michael Godard, circa early 2000s. This large print is hand-signed and numbered (292/300)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Modern Black Oak Ladder, Medium
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Our Black Bloak Ladders are made of solid white oak finished with ink to blacken them while still letting the natural beauty of the wood grain come through. We use them to display blankets, towels or scarves. Great at the beach house for bathing suits and towels, as a drying rack for lavender or herb or in a guest room...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Oak
Deco Large Vase in Ox Blood Red Glass by Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Historic vase designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in opalino glass characterized by round horizontal ribs. The model is proposed in three shades of color and in three sizes.
Rhythm" ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Kartell Pilastro Stool in Black by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Pilastro stool is part of the Kartell goes Sottsass, a tribute to Memphis collection, launched in 2015 in homage to design guru Ettore Sottsass....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Floor Lamp Rough Steel
Located in Roeselare, BE
Floor lamp made of rough steel which is patinated. inside covered with white chalk paint.
Transparent led lamps inside.
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Loggia Small Side Table or Black Terrazzo Marble by Portego
Located in Stienta, IT
Loggia is a side table made in marble or resin terrazzo.
Designed by Matteo Leorato
A material, traditionally used in the Renaissance for the paving of the noble palaces, here is r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Terrazzo
Modern Alma Console Table, Brass, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Alma Console, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Alma modern console table represents the essence of the soul t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Formation Linear Pendant LED Aluminum Marble Fixture, Matte Black
Located in Broadmeadows, Victoria
Formation linear pendant is a sleek, luxurious aluminium and marble fixture ideally suited to hang above Kitchen islands, dining tables, works...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
Maharam Throw, in Passel 001 Coati
By Maharam
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Throw
Passel
001 Coati
Adapted from Maharam's eponymous upholstery textile, Passel Throw is woven in France on the same looms used to produce many Chanel suiting materi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool, Mohair, Acrylic
Armchair in Boucle Fabric Molteni&C by Gio Ponti D.154.2 - made in Italy
By Molteni & C, Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
D.154.2 Lovechair in Bouclé Fabric by Gio Ponti.
Expert-crafted in Italy exclusively by Molteni&C.
The mid-century D.154.2 lovechair features a shell-like structure inspired by ren...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Bouclé
Undulating 'Méandre' Wrought Iron and Glass Console by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The 'Méandre' undulating blackened wrought iron and glass console by DESIGN FRÈRES.
Chic and understated.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Furniture
Materials
Iron
New Modern Candleholder in Red Marble, creator Karen Chekerdjian
Located in Milan, IT
The value of change in a simple act. Karen Chekerdjian’s new creation puts design front and centre: from one foundation, multiple possibilities.
Light casts a magical, eternal glow o...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
USM Haller Media B218 Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L.
With two drop down doors, one cable cut out. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powder coated steel and chrome plated st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Steel
USM Haller Credenza F2 Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L.
With two drop down doors. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powdercoated steel and chrome plated steel tubes, the USM H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Steel
USM Haller Nightstand P Storage System
Located in New York, NY
Offered by M2L.
With one drop down door. Designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1963. Made from powdercoated steel and chrome-plated steel tubes, the USM H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #4 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Opinion Ciatti Portariviste Magazine Rack
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portariviste, an object that identifies exactly its function and there is no need for a different name to define it. Portariviste is so similar in the concept but so distant in the e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Opinion Ciatti Ptolomeo Wall Small Bookcase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ptolomeo Wall is the wall version of the Original Ptolomeo and could be defined as the "column of knowledge”. A stack of levitating books or a ground-air column (floor-ceiling) for e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Opinion Ciatti Original Ptolomeo Small Bookcase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original Ptolomeo is the freestanding bookcase that doesn’t require any further presentation: it is simple, revolutionary, innovative, as sudden as a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Gufram "the End Stool Is Black" by Toiletpaper
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The funeral look of this furniture-sculpture is tempered by the softness of the polyurethane that makes it: in perfect Gufram tradition nothing is as it seems. "THE END in BLACK" is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Paint
Agresti Oro Jewelry Chest
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Lockable jewelry chest with 5 drawers, two pullout / pull-out necklace bars, and lined in ultra-suede. Accessories in 24 karats gold plated brass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Deca Planter in Black By Force/Collide, Size Large, 2023
Located in Seattle, WA
Force/Collide's award-winning signature planter is an ongoing production available in multiple colors and sizes. This original design is a nod to playful perspectives and spatial relationships. Proportions are thoughtful in aesthetic while optimizing function and user flexibility. The potting basin is built with extra volume for plants to grow, while integral legs serve as a built-in stand. The Deca Planter...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Flash Rectangular Table by Tom Dixon
By Tom Dixon
Located in New York, NY
A series of sophisticated tables with an uncompromising metallic surface. Available in brass and now black, the mirrored glass top and iron base result in a table that is both sturdy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Spin Mini Candelabra in Cast Iron by Tom Dixon
By Tom Dixon
Located in New York, NY
An industrial-strength piece of table-top engineering designed to act as a kinetic centrepiece and produce infinite arrangements. Able to hold tea l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Furniture
Materials
Iron
Louis Poulsen VL38 Table Lamp by Vilhelm Lauritzen
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
The VL38 table lamp was originally designed in the late 1930s by Vilhelm Lauritzen in partnership with Louis Poulsen for the construction of the Radiohuset buildin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Established & Sons Medium Font Clock by Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
The iconic calendar clock, with its distinctive form and flip mechanism, has an established following in design circles. Sebastian Wrong deliberately increases our attraction to its retro look by introducing an ever-changing display. The Font Clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Established & Sons Small Store Storage Container by Estd Collection
Located in London, GB
The gently obtuse angles to be found on this collection of storage jars are inspired by the forms of space capsules. The unlikely homage to all things Space Age is continued in a pal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Hoodoo Stacks, Sculptural Concrete Planters by OPIARY (H50"-78")
By Robert Remer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Opiary is a Brooklyn-based biophilic design and production studio. We integrate nature in each of our designs, incorporating live greenery and organic shapes into bespoke furniture, planters, and sculpture. Through the ethos of biophilia, our work reflects the shifting, yet timeless relationship between humans and nature.
These modern, elongated towers are an organic, elegant, and chic way to introduce nature and sculpture into your space. They are named after the geological term for tall thin rock spires protruding from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland. Unlike spires, hoodoos have a variable thickness often described as having a "totem pole-shaped body". Hoodoos are common to the Great Plains...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture
Materials
Cement
Patricia Urquiola Bandas Small Pouf for GAN
Located in New York, NY
Modularity taken to the limit. All the pieces in the Bandas collection can be interchanged. An ingenious system, designed by Patricia Urquiola, allows the collection to be adapted to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Foam
New Wave Extra Large Optic Wall Lamp, Smoke 'Extra Large Size'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish design
Wall lamp in mouth-blown glass, hand painted silver edge with a painted black base, black fabric electrical cord.
LIGHT BULBS NOT INCLUDED
Specifications: Ø 15".
UL l...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Lumina Daphine LED Floor Lamp in Brushed Nickel by Tommaso Cimini
By Tommaso Cimini, Lumina
Located in New York, NY
Floor lamp in metal with an articulated arm and a diffuser pivoting on 360°. The base of cast iron always comes black varnished. Available with halogen or LED light source. Two step ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
UNA Leather Upholstered Dining Chair in Black Stained Oak by Estudio Persona
Located in Los Angeles, CA
UNA leather upholstered dining chair in black stained oak. Using these fluid shapes allows greater focus on the details of the wood grain and pristinely stitched leather top.
Made of solid oak, stained in black, with a black leather seat and black vegetable leather...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
Foscarini Magneto LED Reading Lamp by Giulio Iacchetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reading lamp with direct light. Batch dyed ABS diffuser with incorporated LED, epoxy powder coated steel base and rod. The “super magnet”, spherical in shape and made of “rare earth”...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern 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 seating, lighting, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Rug & Kilim, Schumacher, Vistosi, and Kartell. 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.
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