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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
20th Century English Modern Side Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Ash
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Balkan Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Concrete, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Iron
2010s Unknown Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Stone, Marble
2010s Indian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s Balkan Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s Modern Side Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Nickel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
20th Century English Modern Side Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Marble, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Plywood, Oak
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Bronze
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ziricote
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Concrete, Cement
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Bronze
1960s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cast Stone
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Marble
1990s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Slovenian Modern Side Tables
Other
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ash
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Side Tables
Stone
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Steel
20th Century English Modern Side Tables
Mahogany
2010s Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel