Modern Daybeds
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Japanese Modern Daybeds
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Copper, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Japanese Modern Daybeds
Maple
2010s Japanese Modern Daybeds
Maple
2010s Japanese Modern Daybeds
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Metal
2010s Swedish Modern Daybeds
Concrete
2010s Japanese Modern Daybeds
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Daybeds
Resin
2010s Japanese Modern Daybeds
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Stainless Steel
20th Century Indian Modern Daybeds
Teak, Cedar, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Leather, Fabric
2010s Swedish Modern Daybeds
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Leather, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Fabric, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Copper, Stainless Steel
19th Century French Antique Modern Daybeds
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Leather, Fabric, Synthetic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Daybeds
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Daybeds
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Stainless Steel, Copper
2010s English Modern Daybeds
Wool, Felt, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Daybeds
Fabric, Bouclé, Cotton, Upholstery, Foam, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Daybeds
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Daybeds
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Daybeds
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Daybeds
Resin
2010s American Modern Daybeds
Brass, Steel
2010s German Modern Daybeds
Metal
2010s French Modern Daybeds
Steel
2010s Philippine Modern Daybeds
Steel
2010s Philippine Modern Daybeds
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Fabric, Oak
2010s Israeli Modern Daybeds
Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Fabric
2010s German Modern Daybeds
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Leather
2010s Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Fabric, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Copper, Stainless Steel
2010s Romanian Modern Daybeds
Pine
2010s German Modern Daybeds
Metal
2010s German Modern Daybeds
Metal





