Modern Dining Room Sets
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble, Onyx, Statuary Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Brass
2010s American Modern Dining Room Sets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble, Granite, Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Onyx, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Granite, Marble, Brass, Bronze
2010s American Modern Dining Room Sets
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Formica, Plywood
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Sets
Bronze, Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Sets
Fabric, Synthetic, Wicker, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Onyx, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dining Room Sets
Plastic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Dining Room Sets
Wood
1960s Finnish Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Metal, Aluminum
1970s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Chrome
Early 2000s British Modern Dining Room Sets
Macassar, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Sets
Aluminum
1970s North American Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Wood
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Aluminum
2010s Croatian Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble
1960s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble, Stainless Steel
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Fiberglass
1920s Dutch Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Dining Room Sets
Leather, Glass, Oak
1920s Dutch Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Macassar
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Sycamore, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Sets
Leather, Walnut, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Sycamore, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Macassar
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Other
2010s American Modern Dining Room Sets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dining Room Sets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Sets
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Lucite
2010s American Modern Dining Room Sets
Fabric, Wood, Oak
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dining Room Sets
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Sets
Stone, Metal, Silver Plate
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Sets
Acrylic