Modern Side Tables
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Iron, Gold Leaf
Early 2000s American Modern Side Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Plaster, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Iron
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Composition
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Wicker, Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Side Tables
Glass, Fruitwood
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
20th Century French Modern Side Tables
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
1990s American Modern Side Tables
Granite, Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Limestone
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Wood, Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Side Tables
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Glass, Oak
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
1940s Swedish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Side Tables
Metal, Bronze
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Art Glass, Rosewood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Walnut
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Wood
1960s European Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood
20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Stone, Metal, Chrome
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel, Iron
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ash
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine
Early 20th Century Austrian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Cork
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Murano Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
1970s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood