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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s Australian Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Stone, Quartz
Early 2000s Italian Modern Side Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Composition
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Glass
1990s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Stone, Lava
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Walnut
2010s Swedish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Plaster
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s English Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Birch
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Australian Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Indian Modern Side Tables
Stone, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine
1970s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Oak
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Pine
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Metal
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Hardwood
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Glass, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Wood
1960s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Agate, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood