Modern Furniture
MODERN STYLE
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
Handcrafted Armchair with Architectural Silhouette and High Resistance Velvet
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This armchair is a time capsule of style. Taking cues from the most fashionable styles of scarves in history, it’s subtle and layered composition create a dynamic and effortlessly st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Suvretta Plastic Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Suvretta bookcase in plastic laminate was originally designed in 1981, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Pair of Modernist Starburst Brass and Hand Blown Murano Frosted Glass Sconces
By Murano 5
Located in New York, NY
This graphic and dramatic pair of modernist sconces were realized in Murano, Italy, the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Modern sculptural pink sand velvet Double Arch dining chair by InsidherLand
Located in Maia, Porto
Located in Arches National Park in Utah, USA, Double Arch is a grand natural formation which results from an underground sandstone pocket where water and wind erosion gradually sculp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Velvet
$1,592 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Bertu Modern Credenza, Iris Black Modern Credenza, Oak
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Modern Credenza, Iris Black Modern Credenza, Oak.
This Iris Modern Credenza in Black is made in the heart of Ohio with locally sourced wood. Each credenza is handmade with solid oak and finished with a beautiful commercial grade black matte finish. Other finishes available! There are adjustable shelves inside and chunky modern door pulls...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Oak
Lumina Dot Medium Pendant Light in Brass by Foster+Partners
Located in New York, NY
Suspended lamp for indirect lighting with a 40W LED source and diffused light optic system. Aluminum structure with steel matt-painted reflector. This item is also available in a sma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$3,714 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Set of 6 Arches Dining Chairs, Velvet, InsidherLand by Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Best Chair Design at the International Design
Architecture Awards 2021
Honorable Mention at the European Product Design Awards 2021
The Arches dining chair is designed in the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
$9,184 Sale Price / set
25% Off
American King Size Bed with Floating Nightstands
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Timeless design suitable for contemporary residential or hotel projects.
Fabric structure: easy clean woven fabric
Fabric headboard: stain resistant...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
$13,976 / item
Jade Green
Indigo Blue Inkblot Abstract Pattern Fringed Throw Blanket, 54 x 72
By ROUSSEAU
Located in New York, NY
Jade green and indigo blue jacquard woven throw with fringed edges. Woven with recycled cotton on a jacquard loom, made in the US. Each throw measures 54 x 72 inches.
This jacquard ...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Corolla 271 White Armchair by Cristina Celestino
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Cristina Celestino for Billiani, this splendid armchair boasts an elegant and ergonomic profile. Distinguished for a total-white look, it rests on beechwood legs with rou...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Textile, Beech
$3,375 / item
Customizable Teak Armchair with Oatmeal Upholstery and Rounded Back – Fane Line
Located in Miami, FL
A sculptural teak wood armchair upholstered in Wheat Thin Plain Weave fabric, the Fane armchair brings organic elegance and refined comfort to any space....
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Teak, Fabric
Madonna Wooden Table, by Arquitectonica for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Madonna table in lacquered wood, designed in 1984 by Arquitectonica.
Memphis is the great cultural phenomenon of the 1980s that revolutionized creative and commercial logics in design. Born from the idea of Ettore Sottsass and a group of young designers and architects, in Milan, coupled in the years by famous designers from the international scene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Faux Bamboo Chinese Chippendale Lounge Chairs Martha Stewart Bernhardt
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Martha Stewart for Bernhardt faux bamboo Chinese Chippendale lounge chairs, wood frames with fabric cushions. Fabric has some spots, we recommend recovering the cushions. We ...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Mauro Pasquinelli
Mauro’ Wood Dining Chair in Oak for Established
Sons
Located in Glendale, CA
Mauro Pasquinelli 'Mauro’ Wood Dining Chair in Oak for Established & Sons
The stackable 'Mauro' chair was first created as a prototype in 1976 by Italian designer Mauro Pasquinelli,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture
Materials
Oak
Fun Guy Stained Glass Table Lamp with Customizable Metal Base by Frangere Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Fun Guy table lamp is equal parts whimsy and grace. Drawing on the forms and luminescent coloring of wild mushrooms and fungi, a chunky metal base is cappe...
Category
2010s New Zealand Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Low stoneware wood firing ceramic low coffee table by Brigitte Chassang
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Brigitte Chassang
Low stoneware wood firing ceramic coffee table by Brigitte Chassang
Original brutalist ceramic table
Original perfect condition
Realised in 2024
Unique handma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Tahiti Table Lamp
EU VERSION 220v
, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis, Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired 220v 'Tahiti' table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Hand-Shaped Walnut Willow Floor Lamp with Copper Neck and Porcelain Shade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Willow floor lamp is a perfect combination of slender elegance and sheer mass. The hand-shaped black walnut base comes from a tree that fell from a neighbor on to the designer's ...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Copper
Bertu Coffee Table, Large Modern Coffee Table, Maple Veneer, Mondo
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Coffee Table, Large Modern Coffee Table, Maple Veneer, Mondo
This Large Modern Coffee Table - The Mondo is made in the heart of Ohio w...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Maple, Oak, Plywood
GEMMA II Camel
Light Blue Velvet Deluxe Handmade Decorative Stripes Cushion
Located in Viseu, PT
A talisman for the home of beauty, good energies and comfort.
This decorative pillow is ethically produced by small family run business, hand-made by skilled portuguese artisans wit...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Velvet
1983 Patrick Nagel Mirage Edition Serigraph Piedmont Graphics, Oakland
Located in San Carlos, CA
Fantastic and very rare Patrick Nagel serigraph printed in 1983 by Mirage Editions for Piedmont Graphics in Oakland California. This print is signed...
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
$239 Sale Price
44% Off
Rosenthal Studio-Line Frosted
Clear Crystal Cube Ashtray or Vide-Poche, 1970s
By Rosenthal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rosenthal Studio-Line clear and Frosted crystal Cube Ashtray or Vide-Poche, Germany, 1970s
This is a striking Rosenthal Studio-Line Lucite and glass ashtray or vide-poche, designed...
Category
20th Century German Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Waterfall Glass Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Molded waterfall glass coffee table nice size at almost 48 inches long. In very nice shape showing little wear. Table has corner feet pieces that helps to protect the glass from chip...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Laurameroni "Satellite CG 50" Modern Arc Floor Lamp in Burnished Brass
By Laurameroni
Located in Monza, IT
Rotating floor lamp in dark oxidized burnished brass with a double-plug LED bulb.
FINISH:
Burnished brass
The simple, refined and at the same time modern and creative design, is co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sabaudia Viennese Cane Armchair by Fratelli Boffi
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning version of the Sabaudia armchair, this elegant piece boasts the same sophisticated Silhouette and exquisite details and materials of its sibling, but features a striking t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,284 / item
Marble Top Coffee Table - White Marble Coffee Table - Travertine Side Table
Located in İnegöl, TR
SQUARE TRAVERTINE MARBLE COFFEE TABLE
Type of Marble: Travertine
Dimensions: 48" x 24" x 17"
Leg Model: Travertine
Customizable: Available!
Production Time: 3-4 Weeks
Shipping Cost:...
Category
2010s Modern Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble
Bonnie Contemporary LED Small Pendant, Solid Brass or Chromed, Handmade/finished
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence.
Each organic flower-like form is st...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Hand-Carved Cedar Wood Bench with Glass Legs, Modern Design, Italy
By Riva 1920
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This bench engages the senses with its solid, fragrant cedar wood construction. Carved from a single block, its mattress-shaped seat provides unexpected comfort. Details include ceda...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Cedar, Glass
Double C Nightstand by Daytona
By Daytona
Located in Milan, IT
Simple yet elegant, this cylindrical nightstand in plywood with dark walnut veneer and brushed gloss finish is supported by an inset plinth base. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
$7,305 / item
Italian Wrought Iron Garden Bench, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Graceful scrolling wrought iron with patinated finish, reflecting traditional Italian outdoor furniture design. Sturdy yet romantic, with artisanal handwork.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Burbuja Bowl in Smoke and Black Marbled Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Our round bowl is great for holding fruit, plants, decorative objects, faux succulents and specially everyone's attention. You can have it on display on a kitchen counter or use it a...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Furniture
Materials
Resin
Ceramic Coffee Table
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Ceramic Coffee Table
Designed by Project 213A in 2023
Hand-sculpted ceramic coffee table with an organic shape made in Project 213A's in-house ceramic workshop and finished with a c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
$4,199 / item
Modern Wall Mirror Lake 2 in Ettore Sottsass ALPI Grey Wood Veneer by Noom
By NOOM
Located in Paris, FR
"Lakes" is a nature-inspired collection of sculptural mirrors designed by French designers Maryna Dague and Nathan Baraness. The collection takes its name from the shorelines of lake...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Modern Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble, Marble, Travertine, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel...
Vintage Bible Illustrated by Endre Balint 1966
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Vintage (circa 1966) La Sainte Bible illustrated by Hungarian artist, Endre Balint with text in French. This special collaboration combined the research and translation from École Bi...
Category
20th Century French Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Paper
Modern Counter Stools in Walnut, Cicely Collection
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
These walnut counter height cicely stools are beautifully constructed from solid walnut in Ohio, USA. This stool was style-spotted ...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$1,550 / item
Ivory Side Table, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Ivory side table has a beautiful contrasting laminate pattern, designed in 1984 by Ettore Sottsass.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 191...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Post Modern Live Edge Resin Dining Table - Wood Kitchen Table
Located in İnegöl, TR
HACKBERRY CREAM RESIN DINING TABLE
This epoxy table emerges as a unique work of art, inspired by nature's beauty.
The epoxy table stands out not only for its design but also its d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Furniture
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Wood, Walnut
"Avenir" Extension Dining Table (Walnut Burl) by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
Classic Parsons proportions, as developed by designer Jean-Michel Frank, lend a beautiful balance and timeless quality to this extension dining table made of natural Mappa burl wood....
Category
2010s Modern Furniture
Materials
Burl
Owl Lucite and Wood Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A Lucite encased hand carved wood owl, circa late-20th century, Canada. Owl is wood card and encased in Lucite with a prism-like design. Piece is marked 'hand-carved', 'Made in Canad...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Furniture
Materials
Lucite, Wood
Customizable Lacquered Sideboard In A Marble Top
Dark Bronze Base
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Sideboard with 4 doors, inside shelf and metal base.
Cabinet is lacquered with top veneer walnut, metal base in epoxy powder.
Custom sizes and finishes upon request.
Top is also of...
Category
2010s European Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
$9,768 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Tommi Parzinger Lacquered and Studded Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Tommi Parzinger Studded Two-Drawer Chest with Inset black Glass Top. Finish is original and untouched. This example was manufactured in the mid fifties to early 60's, and was part of...
Category
20th Century American Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
4 Bay Luxe Record Stand in Natural Walnut
By Blake Tovin
Located in Nyack, NY
Luxe record stands elegantly display record cover art while providing easy access to as many as 700 records. All of our cabinets are hand-built in the Uni...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$4,895 / item
Bertu Pillows, Large Modern Sheepskin Pillow, Fur pillow
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This plush shearling fur pillow is made in the heart of Ohio with a lot of love. The pillows are completely reversible and double sided with a down fill. The down pillow form itself ...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Sheepskin
Monumental Forged Iron
Glass Serpent Coffee Table Manner of Diego Giacometti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental Forged Iron and Glass Serpent Coffee Table in the Manner of Diego Giacometti, France, Late 20th Century
Consisting of two pieces: the bronzed forged iron base and monumen...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Iron
Solid Wood Side Table
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Wooden side table in solid wood with an oiled finish.
Designed by Project 213A in 2020
This sculptural side table is hand carved by local artisans in Por...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture
Materials
Chestnut
$1,679 / item
Signal Swing Arm Sconce in Copper, Short, from Souda, Made to Order
By Souda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Signal arm sconce is a rotatable sconce that seamlessly blend the Mid-Century Modern aesthetic with that of science fiction. A bent aluminum tube cantilevers from a wall-mounted ...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
$2,600 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Evil Eye Ecru Hand Embroidered Cushion Cover Large
Located in Noida, DL
Evil Eye Ecru Hand Embroidered Cushion Cover Large
The collection reimagines a protective totem for your home in the form of hand-embro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Workstead Oak and Brass Double Bulb Lodge Linear Sconce, USA, 2020
By Workstead
Located in Miami, FL
Modern double bulb wall sconce rendered in natural oak cylinder body and hewn brass canopy wall plate, USA, 2020
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Tartar Table, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Tartar Table in laminated wood was originally designed in 1985, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano.
Ettore Sottsass was born in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Sergio Bustamante Brass Snail Sculpture Mexico Mid Century Modern 1970s
Located in Troy, MI
Sergio Bustamante rare snail sculpture Mexico 1970s
Hollow form brass welded construction with great detail and character
Unmarked
19 inch width
9 inch depth
10 inch height
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sparkle Pink Pouf with Gold Fringe
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted with a solid beechwood frame, this original pouf by Milanese designer Lorenza Bozzoli pouf showcases a powder pink velvet padded seat and a magnificent fringe of gold lurex. Part of the Sparkle Collection that pays homage to the roaring years of Charleston, this pouf will bring a glamorous touch to a bedroom vanity...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Textile
$2,150 / item
Dining Chair NAI by WOO Sculptural Upholstered Armchair for Artful Living Spaces
Located in Kyiv, UA
NAI Chair – Human-Centered Design for Modern Interiors
The NAI Chair (“NO AI”) is a bold statement piece that celebrates human creativity in an age dominated by artificial intelligen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
curved Glass coffee table 1980s Italy
By FIAM
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful cut glass coffee table .Time less design .fits every
style and decor . such a good simple design .
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
White Ceramic Kawa Vase #13, Organic Porcelain Flower Vase, Leather-cast
By Luft Tanaka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A tall porcelain flower vase with an organic and fabric-like surface. Clear glazed applied on interior surface. As a result of the production pro...
Category
2010s American Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Set of One Large and One Medium Cooking Skillets
By Brandimarte
Located in Milan, IT
Prepare meals in elegance and style with these high-quality skillets. Made from silver, a material famed for its antimicrobial and antibacterial qualities, they are perfect for cooki...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Silver
$19,525 / item
Beverly Wood Sideboard, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Beverly sideboard in wood and covered with plastic laminate and natural briar, plus a two-door container with shelf, was originally designed in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass for Memphi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood, Plastic
Handcrafted Modernist Oak Vanity
Located in London, GB
Modernist oak vanity table with two drawers - designed and completely handmade in England using traditional furniture making techniques. Skilfully handcr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Furniture
Materials
Oak
$3,964 / item
Sculptural Spiral Leather Lounge Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Modern sculptural black leather accent lounge chair.
Made in Canada.
Category
1990s Canadian Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
$672 Sale Price
43% Off
Distressed Bronze and Silver Concave Mirror
Located in London, GB
A concave mirror in distressed bronze colour with a silver distressed convex mirror to centre. Frameless, held in place by 4 clips and secured at he back with a circular fitting and ...
Category
2010s European Modern Furniture
Materials
Mirror
$2,959 / item
Pair of armchairs, sofa and pine table
Located in Lugo, IT
Sofa two armchairs and coffee table in pine.
Sofa W 140.5 H 65 D 84 centimeters
Armchair W 81.5 H 65 D 84 " "
Coffee table 80/80 H 50.5 "...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood, Pine
$10,079,644 / set
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