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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Glass, Wood
2010s South African Modern Side Tables
Copper
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Acrylic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Glass, Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Nickel
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Side Tables
Hardwood, Ash, Cherry, Fruitwood, Oak, Walnut, Yew
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Quartz, Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Steel
1990s French Modern Side Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Lebanese Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Leather, Wood
2010s Swedish Modern Side Tables
Pine
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Czech Modern Side Tables
Clay
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Side Tables
Walnut, Wood
2010s Swiss Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Stone
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Side Tables
Stone
2010s Philippine Modern Side Tables
Acrylic, Foam, Fiberglass
2010s Swedish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Singaporean Modern Side Tables
Marble
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Lebanese Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Balkan Modern Side Tables
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
1950s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Leather, Wood
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Cast Stone
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Unknown Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Singaporean Modern Side Tables
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Bronze