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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
21st Century Concrete Cement Tray Centrepiece Handmade Pink Flamingo Color
Located in Rome, Lazio
Renzo in a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in a different color composition. Each piece is a unique, no two are the same....
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Concrete
Dali as an Idol, Sculptural Construction W / Mirror, Painting and Found Objects
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece is constructed with a small framed mirror...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
21st Century Zazen Collection Concrete Vase Dark Grey Color, Mod. II
Located in Rome, Lazio
The Zazen line combines organic shapes with the texture of concrete, giving life to a family of four highly recognizable vases.
Each vase is produced f...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Cement
Art Deco Armilar Console Table Onyx Stainless Steel Handmade Portugal Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armilar Console Table, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern.
The Armilar console table has a modern design that pays homage to the Portuguese armillary s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Stainless Steel
Vintage Cavalia Set of Five Post Card Prints Black and White Canada
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Cavalia from Canada
Vintage Set of 5 postcards beautiful black and white photos
4 x 6
Original vintage, refer to images.
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
Modern Vintage Black Pottery Art Sculptural Mini Vases Dipping Bowls
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modern Vintage black pottery Art sculptural mini vases dipping bowls
Tall 1.5 tall x 2.25 diameter Small 1.25 tall x the x 2.25 diameter
Preow...
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Travertine Narrow Bowl
Located in EINDHOVEN, NB
Stunning, aesthetic, timeless are words that can be used to describe this elegant and modern travertine bowl from Kiwano. Expertly crafted and finished by hand, our travertine bowls ...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Furniture
Materials
Travertine
Modern Asbury Cocoa Hand Knotted Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau
Located in New York, NY
Modern Asbury Cocoa hand knotted wool rug by Doris Leslie Blau.
Size: 2'10" × 4'5" (86 × 134 cm).
An Asbury cocoa hand knotted wool rug.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
Signal Pendant Light from Souda, Black & Copper, In Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Utilizing warm LEDs and indirect light, signal pendants hover above any interior like a celestial body emitting a comforting glow. Consisting of a spun ...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Contemporary Black Leather Office Chair by Atelier Int
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary black leather swivel office armchair with plastic base, arms, and casters (Drabert 1970's by ATELIER INT.).
Category
20th Century American Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
In Stock in Los Angeles, Marc Jacobs Illustrated by Grace Coddington
By Phaidon
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Marc Jacobs Illustrated (Hardcover) by Grace Coddington
In stock in Los Angeles
A unique monograph of over 50 collections created by the fashion desi...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
In Stock in Los Angeles, Set of 2 Black Leather Bella Dining Chairs
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Set of 2 x black leather dining chairs
The Bella armchair has a high back upholstered entirely in leather. The padding is in flame-retardant polyurethane foam and the frame is made ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
New Modern Fruit Bowl in White Marble, Creator Karen Chekerdjian Stock
Located in Milan, IT
The value of change in a simple act, in stock. Karen Chekerdjian’s new creation puts design front and centre: from one foundation, multiple possibilities.
An essential shape and cla...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Fruit Bowl in marble, by Karen Chekerdjian, Made in Italy
Located in Milan, IT
The value of change in a simple act, in stock. Karen Chekerdjian’s new creation puts design front and center: from one foundation, multiple possibilities.
An essential shape and cla...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Maharam Pillow, Wide Corduroy
By Maharam
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Pillow
Wide Corduroy
005 Oleander
Founded in 1902, Maharam offers a comprehensive collection of textiles for commercial and residential interiors. Maharam pillows featur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Modern Handwoven Flat-Weave Wool Kilim Rug Abstract in White Mustard Green Pink
Located in Madrid, ES
Mosaico is an Abe the ape's desing for Kilombo Home.
This rug has been ethically handwoven in the finest wool yarns by artisans in north of India, using a traditional weaving techni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Plates Platters Serveware Set of 3 White Statuary Marble Collectible Design
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plates in Statuary marble. Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
The precious white Statuary marble has always been the one preferred by sculptors a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Coffee Center Cocktail Table All Glass Curved Shape Collectible Design Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
“Bent straights” table origins in a game of curves, arising from a two-dimensional surface turning into three-dimensional objects, prospectively contradictory, deceiving the percepti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Cut Glass
New Modern Cigarettes and Cigar Ashtray in Black Marble, creator Chiossi Stock
Located in Milan, IT
Tuscan sculptor Michele Chiossi, has found in marble a medium to describe modernity with its myths and symbols, creating the Contemporary collection. An emoji can be a tray; an emoji heart, not necessarily pierced by an arrow, can be a place of creativity in the kitchen, a chopping board or a working surface; a dash; a zigzag; granting the marble a moment of levity, becoming vertical in a vase; reflecting an ideal image of ourselves. Unique objects to be experienced as a couple, to gift to friends, jewels of our daily lives.
Time and smoke pass, ashtrays remain. As everlasting as marble, as elegant as a concentric circle of smoke spreading through the air. Chiossi revisits the most Classic of living room...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Gaulino Easy Chair by Oscar Tysquets black lacquered ashwood, contemporary
Located in Barcelona, ES
“The challenge was to design a light armchair, not too high, using wood and leather. At the beginning, it was going in a different direction, but after making various models, prototypes and considering BD’s design team’s different perspectives on the matter, the result has inevitably drawn toward what is now the Gaulino chair, which was designed nearly 30 years ago. We did not envision it so, but the ergonomics and the aesthetic coherence of this piece has taken us toward a solution much like the Gaulino chair, an heiress of Gaudí and Mollino, and have decided to conserve the name.” OSCAR TUSQUETS
The Gaulino Easy Chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture
Materials
Hide, Ash
Maharam Covered Stool by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Covered Stool by Scholten & Baijings
Small Dot Pattern by Charles and Ray Eames, 1947
105 Charcoal
Tinted beechwood base with Small Dot pattern textile....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Furniture
Materials
Textile, Wood
Maharam Pillow, Small Dot Pattern by Charles & Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Pillow
Small Dot Pattern by Charles & Ray Eames
006 Document Reverse
Small dot pattern offers an alternate scale of Dot Pattern, Ray Eames' 1947 design for the Museum of Mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Polyester
Angelo Mangiarotti Gondola Candleholder for Colle Crystal
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Gondola candleholder produced by Colle. Never used, MIB.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Fontana Total Black Table Lamp in Glass, 2014 Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Max Ingrand and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Fontana total black table lamp, 2014 Edition, is an unusual Total Black produced in 2014 to mark the 60th anniversary of...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Husk Privacy Chair in Ash with a Winter Wheat Finish by Laura Mays for Wooda
By Wooda, Laura Mays
Located in Omro, WI
The Husk chair by Laura Mays for Wooda is derived from the 'wing chair' or 'Porters chair', which protected a person from a draft in older houses. In its co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Ash, Upholstery
“Pretty” Table Lamp matt finishing, violet Silk, Silvered Glass circle
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
Pretty lamp is entirely hand-made in Tuscany, Italy, and it is inspired by a young girl, a very pretty woman. Pretty is a lamp that has characteristics of softness and strength, it i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Texture Print White Bowl
Located in Porcia, IT
The contemporary allure of this stunning sculpture will elevate the design of any interior with its handcrafted, unique, and minimal silhouette. A captivating piece inspired by every...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Schumacher Paul Poiret Hydrangea Document Two-Sided Linen Cotton Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This 18" x 18" pillow features Hydrangea, a linen and cotton blended fabric, in Document. In this large-scale design, which Paul Poiret created exclusively for Schumacher in 1930, cl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Fragile Structure#18 Norihiko Terayama Kaj Franck
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Green and blue are available. Red is sold.
This series is made up of some glass and some ceramic works. These works are highly unique form and looking. Norihiko Terayama created the...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Bar Stool model "Jamaica" stool by Pepe Cortes, aluminium swivel seat steel legs
By Pepe Cortés
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Jamaica Stool is Spanish classic, and one of the best designed stools in history. Designed in 1991 by interior designer Pepe Cortes, the stool remains as modern as ever. Its mate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Liscia Texture Yellow Decorative Bottle
Located in Porcia, IT
Italian ceramist Paola Paronetto's distinctive style is epitomized in transforming objects of daily use into exclusive decorative yet functional artwork. This remarkable yellow bottl...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Elise 60 Floor Lamp in White Marble by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
The timeless Elise lamp pays tribute to the advent of the machine age. Its refined machined marble base, combined with its towering frosted acrylic diffuser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Schumacher Freeform Black Linen Pillow
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
The face of this 20" x 20" pillow features Freeform in black, paired with Piet Performance Linen in Noir on the back. Freeform features a dynamic scrolling, curvilinear pattern print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Linen
Odo Fioravanti Fontana Arte Bonnet White Aluminum Wall Lamp, Designed in 2014
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Manufactured in 2017 by Fontana Arte and designed by Odo Fioravanti in 2014, the Bonnet wall lamp in white die-cast aluminum reworks the concept of indirect lighting. The top part co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Schumacher Audrey Stripe Navy Two-Sided Cotton Pillow
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This 12" x 24" pillow features Audrey stripe in Navy. Charming and casual, this stripe is full of sweet details that are sure to delight time and time again. Feather/down insert incl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Elise 60 Floor Lamp in Black Marble by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
The timeless Elise lamp pays tribute to the advent of the machine age. Its refined machined marble base, combined with its towering frosted acrylic diffuser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Martell Woodworks Claro Walnut Slab Coffee Table with Wenge Butterflies
Located in Mendocino, CA
This is an example of a Claro walnut slab coffee table I make, inlaid with wenge butterflies, and featuring a sculpted walnut base. The slab has bea...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Wenge
Vanity Seat in Grey Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vanity seat.
Grey lacquer.
Handmade.
Wood base.
Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang dynasty, circa 1600-1100 B.C. These pieces are made with at least 60 coats of org...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Schumacher Amour Stripe Charcoal White Linen Two-Sided 18" Pillow
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
Amour is an especially lovely stripe created by Schumacher's Design Studio. Printed on fine linen, its delicate lines and subtle colorations have a c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Furniture
Materials
Linen
Schumacher Plaisirs De La Chine Pastoral Emerald Green Linen Two-Sided Pillow
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This Schumacher Classic pattern is a fanciful large scale pastoral based on a 1930s document. The artisanal table-print technique produces a layered, painterly effect. Featured as a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Furniture
Materials
Linen
Murano Glass Modernist Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of petite Murano glass lamps made of all hand-blown glass elements from the island of Murano outside Venice, Italy. This pair features glass made with several different techniqu...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rug 31st October - Modern Dhurrie Carpet Geometric Blue/Brown Handloom Wool
By Carpets CC
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Design Title: "31st October Blue"
"31st October" was made on ALL Saint's Day from a Halloween inspiration.
The carpet is made on a table hand-loom. This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
Lessa, 21st Century European Side Table Designed by Studio Rig Travertino Wood
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
Lessa - 21st century European center table Designed by Studio Rig Travertino Wood
Collector brand was born and Portugal and aims to be part of daily life...
Category
2010s European Modern Furniture
Materials
Travertine
Pair of Murano Jet Black and Pulegoso Glass Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Magnificent pair of handblown Murano glass lamps in jet black and "Pulegoso" opaline glass with brass ring elements. Rewired for the US.
Pulegos...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Holly Hunt Christian Liaigre Orange Barbuda Lounge Chair
By HOLLY HUNT
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and rare chair you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. The chair is statement piece and packed with ...
Category
1990s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Contemporary Ceramic Vulcano Corteccia Texture Lilac Low Vase
Located in Porcia, IT
Dynamic and chic, this versatile vase will diffuse a sophisticated aura into a modern living room or entryway decor. The elegant form of the conical Sil...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Schumacher Regalia Blue Two-Sided Linen Cotton Pillow
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This 20" x 20" pillow features Regalia in Blue, an artisanal print of mirrored silhouettes of rampant lions and stylized flowers on a textural union cloth ground. Feather/down fill i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Modernist Custom-Made Fire Screen in Brushed Brass with Iron Mesh Grill
Located in New York, NY
This stunning modernist fire screen was custom made by artisans in New York State. It features an austere square body in brushed brass, with rectangular feet in the same material and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Semi-Matte Polished Stainless Steel Umbrella Storage Stand For Small Space
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Plec Umberella Stand is one of the secrets in our catalogue. It’s been in production for more than 20 years and remains just as current and functional as its first day. Elegant a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Luxurious Silk Rug with Grey Crocodile Skin Design by Doris Leslie Blau
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Silk Rug with Grey Crocodile Skin Design by Doris Leslie Blau
Size: 6'0" × 9'0" (182 × 274 cm)
A fine hand-knotted silk rug with modern crocodile skin design, in shades ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Silk
Schumacher Josef Frank Exotic Butterfly Spring Color Two-Sided 18" Linen Pillow
Located in New York, NY
A faithful reproduction of a never-before-seen design by Josef Frank, this pattern bears the designer's signature modernity, whimsy and warmth. A signature Schumacher pattern now fea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Furniture
Materials
Linen
Schumacher Josef Frank Citrus Garden Pool Blue Linen Two-Sided Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This archival Josef Frank print, created in 1947, bears the signature whimsy, color and personality for which the designer is known. The hand-drawn p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Linen
Set of 3 Outdoor Terracotta Vases from the series "Gardenias" by Jaime Hayon
By Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, ES
Jaime Hayon designed the Gardenia Vases in terracotta as a complement to his outdoor furniture collection.
The three vases are unique in form, illustrating Hyaon's unmistakable hal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Gianni, bar cabinet, modern wooden cabinet
By RINOCCA
Located in Skopje, MK
GIANNI Bar Cabinet
Elegant and highly decorative bar cabinet with the 60’s retro modern spirit. With a lot of luxurious details and enough space to rack your favorite wines and liqu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Macedonian Modern Furniture
Materials
Walnut
In Stock in Los Angeles, Green Rabbit Mini Portable Charger
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rabbit Mini power bank battery charger
In stock in Los Angeles
Power bank. You can carry Rabbit MINI in your bag as an external battery for yo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Murano Glass Rostri with Gold Leaf 24-Karat
Located in Murano, VE
Introducing a stunning vase that boasts a golden soul, meticulously handcrafted by Roberto Beltrami and his skilled team in Murano.
These majestic vases are shaped before being ador...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Artemide Itka Table Light in White by Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Hicksville, NY
Magnificently simple and powerful, Naota Fukasawa’s Itka subtly but uniformly spreads light.
Made of opaline frosted glass on a white lacquered metal base, the table lamp is LED and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Schumacher Papillion Velvet Pewter Two-Sided Pillow
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This 18" x 18" pillow features our lively Papillon Velvet print, with whimsical butterflies silhouetted within an ogee trellis. Finished with Turkish Corners...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton
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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