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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Plastic
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Resin
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Aluminum, Bronze
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Cement, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Scagliola, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Side Tables
Scagliola
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ash
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Leather, Wood, Lacquer
1980s Philippine Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Glass, Ebony, Olive, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Leather, Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Chinese Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Modern Side Tables
Lacquer
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Side Tables
Cherry
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Mahogany
2010s Dutch Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Side Tables
Steel
20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Glass, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Stone, Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Side Tables
Slate
1970s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Rattan
2010s Turkish Modern Side Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century Modern Side Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Scagliola, Harewood