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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern Side Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables
Ash, Elm
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Iron, Wrought Iron
20th Century German Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Scagliola, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Brass, Aluminum, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Onyx, Quartz, Travertine, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Other
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Stainless Steel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Wood, Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Steel, Copper, Brass
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
1970s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Metal, Enamel
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Brass
20th Century Modern Side Tables
Marble, Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Gold, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Steel, Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Oak, Fir, Walnut
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Early 2000s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary New Zealand Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
1990s Italian Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Side Tables
Hardwood, Paint
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Sheet Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Metal
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Chrome
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Glass, Cherry
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Iron, Brass