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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Polyester
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Marble
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Crystal
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Marble, Sheet Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Oak
1980s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Oak, Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Beech
2010s Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Clay
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood, Plywood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Brass, Metal
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Modern Side Tables
Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Murano Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables
Epoxy Resin
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Plaster, Paint
1970s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Slate
1970s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Australian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Limestone, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Stoneware, Earthenware
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay