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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 South African Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Iron, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s African Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Stone, Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Bronze
1980s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Resin
1960s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Lucite
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble
1990s Modern Side Tables
Cherry
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Maple, Lacquer, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Wood, Fabric
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Brass
1970s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Laminate
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Lacquer
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Cement, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Ukrainian Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Modern Side Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Metal, Chrome
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Maple
2010s South African Modern Side Tables
Copper
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Side Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Oak, Wenge, Walnut, Rosewood, Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Bronze
1970s Brazilian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Copper, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Metal