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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Polish Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Griotte Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Peruvian Modern Side Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Modern Side Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Marble
1970s Austrian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Cane, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Murano Glass
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Wood, Katalox, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Ukrainian Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Goatskin, Wood
Early 2000s Modern Side Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Copper
2010s Argentine Modern Side Tables
Bronze
1940s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Slate, Carrara Marble, Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
1980s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Glass, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Pyrite, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay