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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Travertine, Carrara Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Acrylic, Fir, Walnut, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Brass
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Wood
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Stoneware
20th Century Modern Side Tables
Chrome
2010s Lebanese Modern Side Tables
Silver, Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Central American Modern Side Tables
Wood
1990s Italian Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Murano Glass
1960s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
1970s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Cut Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
Early 1900s French Antique Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Grasscloth, Wood
1970s Brazilian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Copper, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Cement, Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Plaster
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Nutwood, Lacquer, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble
1970s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Australian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Stone, Marble
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Side Tables
Cedar, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Blown Glass
1980s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel