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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Modern Side Tables
Cement
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables
Ash, Elm
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stone
2010s Swiss Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Acrylic, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Walnut, Oak
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Glass, Mirror, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Suede, Wood
2010s Indian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Indian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Marble, Metal
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s Lebanese Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Agate, Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Granite
2010s Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Oak, Maple, Mahogany, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Polyester
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Malachite, Marble, Stone, Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Ash
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum, Bronze
2010s Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Fiberglass
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
1960s Finnish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Laminate, Bentwood
2010s Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Fabric, Lacquer, Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Side Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Side Tables
Wood
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Walnut, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Quartz, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Metal