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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 French Modern Side Tables
Beech
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Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut
1960s Finnish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Laminate, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Side Tables
Wood
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Acrylic
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Malachite, Bronze
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Wood
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Marble
2010s Austrian Modern Side Tables
Epoxy Resin, Wood
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Elm
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Side Tables
Oak
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Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Finnish Modern Side Tables
Laminate, Birch
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Resin
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Bronze
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Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
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Onyx
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Brass
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Walnut
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Onyx
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Pewter
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Concrete, Cement
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Wood, Glass
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Nickel
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Clay, Stoneware
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Travertine
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Metal
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Side Tables
Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Side Tables
Yew
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Bronze
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Other
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Terrazzo
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Glass, Mirror
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Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Elm
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Side Tables
Steel
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Oak
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Concrete
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Silver Leaf
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Ceramic
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Metal
2010s Georgian Modern Side Tables
Stone
20th Century English Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Ash
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s Swedish Modern Side Tables
Concrete