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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Marble, Brass
2010s Russian Modern Side Tables
Stone, Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Fiberglass
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Malachite, Bronze
2010s Hong Kong Modern Side Tables
Stone, Brass
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
2010s Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Plexiglass, Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Fabric
2010s South Korean Modern Side Tables
Stone, Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Limestone, Brass
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Ebony, Rosewood
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Swedish Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Glass, Bubinga
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Zinc
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Beech
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Fir
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Oak, Walnut
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Side Tables
Glass, Stained Glass
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Limestone, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Side Tables
Fiberglass
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum, Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Russian Modern Side Tables
Stone, Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Walnut, Plywood
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Other