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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 French Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
20th Century German Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Natural Fiber
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables
Maple, Sycamore, Walnut
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Resin
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple, Cedar
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Modern Side Tables
Wood, Bentwood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ash
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s Greek Modern Side Tables
Cast Stone
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Marble, Sheet Metal
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Quartz, Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Side Tables
Acrylic
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Ash
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Stoneware, Earthenware
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Brass, Iron
2010s African Modern Side Tables
Resin, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Clay
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Stone, Cement
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Travertine
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Lucite
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Side Tables
Cut Glass
1970s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Other
2010s Unknown Modern Side Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
2010s European Modern Side Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Glass





