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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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: Yellow
Diplopia Armchair in Marsala Red Lacquer, Metal Frame, by Skrivo Design
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Here you are shown the Diplopia armchair with the Lacquered Red Marsala metal frame and upholstery. The armchair is available for custom orders with a metal frame lacquered in white,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Leda Cushion Armchair in Black Metal Base, by Francesco Beghetto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Leda chair with is shown with an upholstered cushion and armrests, as well as in the black Metal structure. The chair is available without arms as well...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Iola Armrest Chair in Black Ashwood Base and Foam Seat, by E-ggs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iola chair comes with a seat, back and armrests in a injected flameretardant polyurethane foam covered with the listed fabrics. The structure base is available for custom orders in w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Kartell Mini Planet Table Lamp in Yellow by Tokujin Yoshioka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mini Planet, a small lamp that creates a great lighting effect.
The precious, multi-faceted light cast by Tokujin Yoshioka’s Planet lamp is encapsulated in a brand-new Mini version,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Resin Coffee Table, Yellow Spine Table, Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Spine table is a series of tables consisting of two components - a thin aluminium sheet captured in a cast resin surface. The series is a result of many ma...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Louis Poulsen PH 3½-3 Color Pendant by Poul Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen by the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Archibald Genuine Leather Armchair in Pelle Nest Elioodoro Yellow
Located in New York, NY
The Archibald by Jean-Marie Massaud is the perfect combination of substance and form, the armchairs and poufs boasting a comfortable and enveloping design ideal for meditation and relaxation. The breadth and depth of the seat are balanced by its thin feet for an agile and slender overall effect. In the Archibald armchair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Modern folding plastic and metal seats by Lamm, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Folding plastic and metal seats by Lamm, 1980s
Folding seats with structure in yellow painted metal tubing and round seat and back in black plastic. Made by...
Category
1980s European Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Tatami Yellow Wool and Jute Rug by Nani Marquina and Ariadna Miquel, Medium
Located in New York, NY
The essence of traditional Japanese straw tatamis are the inspiration for these dhurries made with 50% New Zealand wool and 50% jute. Hand-loomed in Ind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Jute, Wool
Established & Sons Medium 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
Catalano and Marelli Cannot Table Lacquered Matte or Glossy Finish, Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Geometry and lightness: these are the principles behind the Cannot table, a design that revolves around the concepts of equilibrium and instability. Cannot is low-lying table that ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Jasper Morrison Lotus High Chair in Polished Chrome for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The Lotus (High), by Jasper Morrison, is part of a complete collection of chairs, envisioned to be easily adaptable for both domestic and variegated professional settings. Available ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Moooi Hana Wingback Swivel Chair in Harald 3, 443 Yellow Upholstery
By Moooi, Simone Bonanni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Create your own world in your safe space that is the Hana Armchair. Let the softness of the folds lure you in and when you step into that abundance of soft fabric, you’re stepping in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Gufram, Yellow Detecma Lounge Chair by Tullio Regge
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Its name, an acronym for Design, Technique and Mathematics, identifies by itself some of the characteristics that make this seat unique. These three values were united for the first ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery
Jacco Maris Ode 1647 2 Wall Light Champagne
By Jacco Maris
Located in Yonkers, NY
Being an homage to 17th century chandeliers, it serves as a lyrical reference to those graceful forms while placing itself squarely in the 21st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Copper
Happy Rain Wallpaper - Yellow&Silver by Marta Bakowski for La Chance
Located in FR
Happy Rain is a wallpaper full of joy and energy. Marta Bakowski has drawn each
stroke by hand to give life to this apparently simple pattern.
The collection features the signature...
Category
2010s French Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
Kartell Planet Suspension Lamp in Yellow by Tokujin Yoshioka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Planet stand lamp in crystal. Its special feature is the shape of its slightly elliptical diffuser. Its transparent surface, which is many-sided both inside and out, creates a rich t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Vistosi Futura PL G Ceiling Light with Black Frame by Hangar Design Group
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps in blown glass available in transparent and three exclusive colors combined with different finishes of the metal ring. The glass is blown in one piece but the par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Leather Pot High Glass Vase Covered with Leather Pelle SC 140 Mimosa Yellow
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot: transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot high vase, designed by Poltrona Frau, c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Sketch Coffee Table Made of Yellow Acrylic Design Roberto Giacomucci in 2020
Located in ancona, IT
Coffee table, handmade in transparent yellow acrylic colored with an innovative technology.
The material is made through the fusion of three plates, one of which
partially cured ce...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
De Sede Stepped Leather Longue Chair by Christophe Marchand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
DS-2660/101 longue chair by De Sede.
Technical details:
Standard configuration: Armrests covered in leather. For further versions, please inquire. If not specified otherwise, the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
Modern Yellow Vintage Plastic Balloon Lamp Flush Mount Yves Christin Italy 1980s
By Bilumen
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern yellow vintage balloon lamp or flush mount from plastic by Yves Christin for Bilumen, 1980s, Italy.
Yves Christin designed the iconic lighting for...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Super Yellow EU 220V Table or Floor Light, by Martine Bedin from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired, super yellow table or floor lamp in fiberglass, designed in 1981, by Martine Bedin. Color options also include, blue, white with colored sockets, and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Fiberglass
cc-tapis Segni Minimi Rug by Giuseppe Di Costanzo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand knotted in the cc-tapis atelier in Kathmandu, Nepal. The rug is made with a cotton weave and Himalayan wool, coming from the areas surrounding the atelier. Created with a special technique used exclusively by cc-tapis. The sale of every rug supports cc-foreducation. Size: 7.5' x 9.8' ft. oldie
Segni Minimi, which translated means “simple marks”, was originally a collection of drawings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton
cc-tapis Bliss Standard light Red Rug by Mae Engelgeer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand knotted in the cc-tapis atelier in Kathmandu, Nepal. The rug is made with a cotton weave, Himalayan wool and pure silk coming from the areas surrounding the atelier. 152.000 ind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Kartell Planet Stand Lamp in Yellow by Tokujin Yoshioka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Planet stand lamp in crystal. Its special feature is the shape of its slightly elliptical diffuser. Its transparent surface, which is many-sided both inside and out, creates a rich t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Zero LED Silo Trio Pendant by Note Design Studio
Located in Yonkers, NY
Who knew a grain silo could inspire such a kicky light fixture? That’s exactly what Note Design Studio used for inspiration for Silo Trio pendant, a Minimalist fixture that can only ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Jacco Maris Ode 1647 1 Wall Light Black
By Jacco Maris
Located in Yonkers, NY
Being an homage to 17th century chandeliers, it serves as a lyrical reference to those graceful forms while placing itself squarely in the 21st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Copper
Emeco Broom Barstool in Yellow by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Emeco
Located in Hanover, PA
Philippe Starck and Emeco came together to create a new chair that is reclaimed, repurposed, recyclable – and designed to last. The chair is made from 75% waste polypropylene and 15%...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Moooi Monster Naked Chair in Justo, Sennep Yellow Upholstery
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A soft, puffy and stylish chair as symbol of the eternal battle between opposite forces that take place in life and can be easily recognized inside ourselves, if we have the courage ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
5.3x9 Ft Vintage Floral Handmade Turkish Rug in Yellow, Room Size Modern Carpet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage Turkish area rug over-dyed in yellow color for contemporary interiors.
The rug is finely hand-knotted, has low wool pile on cotton foundation. It is in very good condition,...
Category
1960s Turkish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton
21st Century Side Tables Marcantonio Inlay Wood Scapin Matt Yellow
By MARCANTONIO
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Stump
Stump è uno tavolino o sgabello che imita le forme organiche dei ceppi di legno e delle
loro radici. Il piano, intarsiato con motivo Fiorentino, è rea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Jaime Hayon, Contemporary, Ash, Yellow Upholstery Low Lounger Armchair
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Jaime Hayon 2010.
Manufactured by BD in Spain.
When in 2006, we decided to bet on Jaime Hayon’s talent and successful Showtime Collection, he was still an em...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 140 Mimosa Leather Yellow
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot is a transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot vases collection, designed by Poltr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
Customizable e15 Bessy Lounge Chair by Stefan Diez
By Stefan Diez
Located in New York, NY
The stool bessy with its round upholstered seat is made from flexible oak-veneered plywood. Space-saving Bessy is suitable for private use as well as for contract use especially in h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Moooi Hana Wingback Chair in Harald 3, 443 Yellow Upholstery
By Moooi, Simone Bonanni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Create your own world in your safe space that is the Hana Armchair. Let the softness of the folds lure you in and when you step into that abundance of soft fabric, you’re stepping in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Sheep Moneybox Pop Art, Yellow, Made in Italy, 2022, New Collection
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
These splendid ceramic creations are born from the artistic laboratory of Mosche Bianche.
The piggy bank, a means that has always been used to remind us of the importance of savi...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Patricia Urquiola Bandas Runner Rug 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
Wool
GAN China Wool Rug by Mapi Millet
By GAN Rugs
Located in New York, NY
A Classic embroidery. Technique applied to the latest design trends. Our designers love its versatility because it let’s their imagination run free... we...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
Patricia Urquiola Bandas Long Chaise Lounge Chair 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
VeniceM Mondrian Wall Sconce by Massimo Tonetto in Glass and Metal
Located in Mogliano Veneto, TV
Wall lamp with diffused light. Burnished natural brass, polished or matte black nickel, polished gold structure and white Murano blown glass diffusers.
Specifications:
Function: Wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Moooi Oblique Small Cupboard/Wall Shelf in Golden Yellow Lacquered Beech
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oblique is a cupboard slash a wall shelf. Make this the mood board of your lifestyle. Display all your favorite publications, company magazines, booklets, g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Beech
Moooi Bart Canape Armchair in Foam Seat with Divina 3 Neon Green Upholstery
By Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bart armchair brings a friendly sort of grandeur to your home. This single-seater does the rounded shapes of the Bart family even more justice, especially with the optional swive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Wave Hand-Tufted Rug in Yellow by Verner Panton
By Verner Panton, Verpan
Located in Horsens, DK
Seven colored rectangular rug with organic pattern designed by Verner Panton.
Material:
100% New Zealand's wool
Hand-tufted
Color:
Yellow.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
From Above Side Table, by Morten & Jonas from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
A light, elegant coffee table with a glass top and colored steel frame. The transparent glass top of the From Above table sets off the structure beautifully, investing the coffee table with a handsome, graphic look. With its simple, yet powerful idiom, the From Above coffee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Be My Guest Large Dining Table, by Charlotte Høncke from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Elegant dining table with a remarkable wooden top with tile inlay and a light metal frame. This beautiful dining table is the natural and cosy gathering point for family and friends ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Ambience Table Lamp, by Svend Aage Holm Sorensen from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
A beautiful table lamp in a consummate 1950s design, created by the grand master of Danish lighting, Svend Aage Holm Sorensen, who enjoys great international acclaim. With its striki...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Moooi Oblique Big Cupboard/Wall Shelf in Traffic Yellow Lacquered Beech
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oblique is a cupboard slash a wall shelf. Make this the mood board of your lifestyle. Display all your favorite publications, company magazines, booklets, g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Beech
21st Century Glacoja Vase in hand-sculpted methacrylate by Analogia Project
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
"Glacoja is a unique vase with a vivid colored heart, sculpted through technology and craftsmanship from a block of plexiglass. Excavated from the heart of a glacier, formed through ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Williams Hairpin Coffee Table Rectangular Walnut Yellow
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 Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Saturn Coffee Table in Aluminium by Altreforme
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
Dynamic coffee table with asymmetric shapes and sparkling finishings that recalls Saturn, the planet with rings, for a “spatial living room” or a “galactic” dehor.
Pricing exclude...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Monofiore Sapphire Yellow Glass Vase by Laura de Santillana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monofiori glass bottle collection, designed by Laura de Santillana and manufactured by Venini, features six different shaped bottles.
Indoor use only.
Dimensions: Ø 9 cm, H 15 /...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Schumacher Ovington Sisal Wallpaper In Yellow
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
A next-level ikat pattern that feels at once ethnic and thoroughly modern.
• Sold in 8 yard increments.
• Match: Straight
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Furniture
Materials
Grasscloth
Organic Coffee Table, Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
Cool Organic coffee table made of plywood and wood with a yellow paint finish. Table has four casters.
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood, Plywood
Yellow Couture Geometric Line Pouf
Located in Milan, IT
Demonstrating the never ending possibilities of wood, this pouf features a painted beechwood base topped with velvet 100% trevira and viscose fringe. Nearly monochromatic, the pouf's...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Textile
Marcel Wanders Wanders' Tulip Armchair in Fiberglass and Resin Shell, Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural presence makes the Wanders' Tulip armchair, by Marcel Wanders, an exceptional protagonist in any setting: ideal in spacious areas, both contract and private, thanks to t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Foam
Moooi Statistocrat Suspension Lamp in Traffic Yellow Powder Coated Aluminium
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This futuristic lamp is a three-dimensional elaboration of the data structure that rule and define the city’s well-being, dressed in the sleek slenderness of an efficient aluminium b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Moroccan Hand Knotted Wool by Julie Richoz
By Julie Richoz
Located in Paris, FR
TRAME is a homeware brand that explores new domestic landscapes across the Mediterranean. Each collection of homeware and accessories is inspired by a historical episode, reflects a cross-cultural journey and celebrates the exceptional know-how of Mediterranean craftsmen.
By introducing contemporary designers to traditional craftsmen TRAME brings a fresh point of view to those who have spent generations refining artisan techniques and provides economic benefits for local communities, while helping to conserve our common cultural heritage.
The first collection, “A voyage to Meknes”, is freely inspired by the story of Madame de Blois, King Louis XIV’s favorite daughter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
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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