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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Plywood, Wood, Paint
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble
1990s American Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Other
1960s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Goatskin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Silver Leaf, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Onyx, Gold Leaf, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Bronze, Metal
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
1990s Indian Modern Side Tables
Aluminum, Bronze
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Bronze, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal, Bronze
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Marble, Metal
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Rosewood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Side Tables
Hardwood, Paint
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
20th Century French Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Fiberglass, Glass, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Steel
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Oak, Teak
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble