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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Modern Side Tables
Resin
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Birch
Early 2000s Swiss Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass, Iron
2010s North American Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Brass
1990s American Modern Side Tables
Plywood, Paint
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble
1930s British Vintage Modern Side Tables
Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Pyrite, Nickel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Aluminum
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Copper, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Lebanese Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Oak
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Wood, Plywood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Side Tables
Ash
2010s Indian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble, Onyx
Mid-20th Century European Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
1990s American Modern Side Tables
Abalone
1950s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary New Zealand Modern Side Tables
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Metal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
1970s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Iron
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Side Tables
Brass
1950s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Paper
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble
20th Century French Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Walnut, Plywood
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Steel
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s African Modern Side Tables
Resin, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble