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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Plywood, Wood, Paint
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Bronze
1950s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Wood
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Walnut, Laminate
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s Unknown Modern Side Tables
Metal
1980s North American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Ash
1950s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Silver Leaf, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Bronze, Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plexiglass, Scagliola
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
1960s Finnish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Laminate, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Goatskin
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Bronze, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Onyx, Gold Leaf, Brass, Stainless Steel
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble, Onyx, Brass
1990s French Modern Side Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Walnut