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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Stained Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Terracotta
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic, Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Hardwood, Ash
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Pyrite, Nickel
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s Modern Side Tables
Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Cherry
1990s Italian Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables
Epoxy Resin
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Hardwood
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Steel
1960s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Gold, Gold Plate
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Travertine, Granite, Stainless Steel, Brass
2010s Hungarian Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Iron
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Polish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Hardwood, Ash
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Plaster
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Mahogany
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Polish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble
1960s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Bamboo