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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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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
Color:  Red
Geometric Sculpture in Polished Tangerine Resin by Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Geometric sculpture made in polished resin in variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space. This sculpture is very versatile and fun! You can ...
Category

2010s Mexican Modern Furniture

Materials

Resin

Happy Pillow Velvet Fuchsia with Red Fringes
Located in Carimate, CO
This new edition is focused on color being the key element, to express our mood and style. Crafted with care, this refined and selected edition is a perfect balance to traditional ac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Velvet

TRN Meramic Light, Model C1
Located in Grojec, PL
The lighting fixture is part of TRN collection. Three dimensional objects inspired by Tarasin painting have a simple calligraphic form so they can play and talk together as if they w...
Category

2010s Polish Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

Kartell Pilastro Stool in Red by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Pilastro stool is part of the Kartell goes Sottsass, a tribute to Memphis collection, launched in 2015 in homage to design guru Ettore Sottsass....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Drawer in Red by Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modular elements were designed to meet various needs and to fit into any room in your home: bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, or living room. The design solution that animates the Modular ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

New Modern Design Handwoven Flat Rug Kilim size 6ft 6in x 9ft 10in
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful new Kilim with geometrical modern design and light colors, entirely handwoven with wool on cotton foundation.
Category

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool

Fran CS Contemporary Floor Light in Raffia, Copper and Steel
Located in London, GB
With their bulky silhouette and rustling fringes, the Fran lights are reminiscent of a piñata. While their cable becomes the suspension string, their fluttering body is made of high-...
Category

2010s Latvian Modern Furniture

Materials

Copper, Steel

Modern Minho Chaise Lounge, DEDAR Velvet, Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Minho Chaise Lounge, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Minho chaise lounge with ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture

Materials

Walnut, Velvet

John O'Hara, Four Corners 2, Encaustic Painting
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
In Four Corners series. O'Hara's Four Corners series is inspired by the art, geometry, color, and craftsmanship of Navajo rugs and weavings. Looks beautiful hanging next to Four Corners 1. See image. Art dimensions: 48 x 60 inches Framed dimensions: 49.5 × 3 × 61.5 Maple float frame. Forsyth is proud to be the exclusive gallery of John O'Hara (American, b. 1963). O'Hara is a self-taught artist from St. Louis and is known for his large-scale abstract works. His medium of choice is encaustic, a mixture of pigments and beeswax and he allows the material to dictate color, line and texture. His works often feature natural and organic forms and incorporate both figural and abstract elements. O'Hara began his art career in 2018 and collectors and designers quickly took notice. His work is included in both public and private collections around the world. Michael Kors selected O'Hara's Tar series paintings for his Milan, Paris, and New York showrooms and his flagship store in London designed by Pamela Meech. O'Hara's Brands on Yellow is hanging in the lounge of Maison de Luz, the new luxury hotel by Atelier Ace and designed by AD100 design firm Studio Shamshiri...
Category

2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Paint

Curved and Taped Red
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Curved and taped is a collection of sculptural forms that push the boundaries of architecture, art and design. The project is the result of an expressive gesture that moves away from...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

XXX Small Low Table, by Johanna Grawunder for Glas Italia
Located in Macherio, IT
XXX low table is shown here in the transparent pink, orange and yellow coloured glass, and in the large size of the two tables. Low table realized in transparent pink, orange and yel...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

XXX Large Low Table, by Johanna Grawunder for Glas Italia
Located in Macherio, IT
XXX low table is shown here in the transparent pink, orange and yellow coloured glass, and in the small size of the two tables. Low table realized in transparent pink, orange and yel...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Contemporary Simbolo Leaves Divider in Aluminium by Altreforme
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
A room divider expression of one’s own personality, an iconic product that enriches the spaces and gives a refined touch to every environment. It makes rooms unique, thanks to the p...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

GAN Spaces Nuances Pouf by Patricia Urquiola
Located in New York, NY
The Nuances collection consists of three rugs and a pouf made by hand. Investigating with different colors and densities, Patricia Urquiola was able to reinvent the wool felt, giving...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool

Thomas Eriksson Cross Cabinet with Glossy Varnished Finish for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Designed to store medicine, the cross cabinet by Thomas Eriksson is wall-hanging, available with a glossy varnished finish, in red, orange, green, blue a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Metal

Shiro Kuramata Revolving Cabinet in Red Polish Acrylic Plastic for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The revolving cabinet looks like a mobile sculpture: light and innovative, it is the perfect emblem of the projects designed by Shiro Kuramata. Revol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Acrylic

Opinion Ciatti Papavero Raggiante Small Pendant Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Papavero Raggiante the suspension lamp by Opinion Ciatti, is not just a lamp with stainless steel petals, Papavero Raggiante is a tribute: to the poetry of flowers and their innate e...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Stainless Steel

RS Barcelona Plec Small Table in Red Marble by A.P.O.
Located in Edison, NJ
Plec is a collection of coffee and side tables that are as happy together as they are alone. With their accordion-shaped legs, all three Plec tables (large, medium and small) love cr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Marble

cc-tapis Bliss Big Ultimate Rug by Mae Engelgeer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand knotted in the cc-tapis atelier in Kathmandu, Nepal. The rug is made with a cotton weave, Himalayan wool and pure silk coming from the areas surrounding the atelier. 152.000 ind...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton

Modern Black Green Gray White Orange Pink Red Purple or Blue Rabbit Accent Chair
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
Rabbit is a family of products with a strong media impact, one of Stefano Giovannoni's hat tricks, and immediately became a pop icon, a symbol of love and fertility, which brings goo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Modern Black Red Pink Yellow Green or Gray Daisy Flower Table Lamp
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
Inspired by the gesture that we all made sooner or later in life, the "Loves me, loves me not", Daisy lamp depicts a daisy that does not lose its emblematic Romanticism. Delicate but...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

21st Century Naia Table Mirror in Polished Marble by CTRLZAK
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
"A reflective surface becomes a gateway to another planet: vanity finding a new dimension. Naia is an artwork with a double function: its mirror is attached to a unique veined marble circle...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Marble, Brass

Louis Poulsen PH 3½-2½ Color Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen
Located in Weston, FL
About This Product The PH 3½-2½ Glass Table lamp was designed in 1928 and is one of many advanced projects undertaken by Poul Henningsen in the development of his world-famous three-...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Melt Mini LED Surface Light by Tom Dixon
Located in New York, NY
Melt is evocative of molten glass, the interior of a melting glacier or images of deep space. An imperfect, organic and naturalistic light that produces a mesmerizing hotblown glass ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Furniture

Materials

Other

Extra Small Cuore Coccole Vase in Murano Glass by Maria Christina Hamel
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Gandia Blasco Textile Coffee Table in Steel by Ana Llobet
Located in New York, NY
“The table stitching ensures perfect ergonomics, brings comfort and gives the design a unique character.”– Ana Llobet (Designer) –. Textileis a collection of outdoor furniture inspir...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Steel

Established & Sons S4 Ellipse Filigrana Pendant Light by Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
Harnessing a technique that dates back to the 16th century, the technique is an art form passed from generation to generation. The range of suspension lights are handmade from Veneti...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture

Materials

Steel

Established & Sons S2 Cylinder Filigrana Pendant Light by Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
Harnessing a technique that dates back to the 16th century, the technique is an art form passed from generation to generation. The range of suspension lights are handmade from Veneti...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture

Materials

Steel

Established & Sons S1 Beehive Filigrana Pendant Light by Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
Harnessing a technique that dates back to the 16th century, the technique is an art form passed from generation to generation. The range of suspension lights are handmade from Venetian glass and each part of production is performed by hand, nothing is automated. A commercially viable piece for all markets with accessible price points across the entire range. All forms are acid etched to give a rich warm ambient light—the lamp is visually attractive when lit and unlit. Multiple forms and colors can be combined to create a stunning unique installation, the large ellipse Ø450 pendant is a particularly stand-out statement light...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture

Materials

Steel

“Tiffany” wall Bracket 23 Red Berry Silk, antiqued Brass , Silvered Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY the iconic lamp! Tiffany, a timeless lamp, inspired by the international movie “Breakfast at Tiffany” and the talented character Audrey Hepburn, is a contemporary lamp, enti...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

Kartell Componibili 3-Tier Drawer in Red by Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modular elements were designed to meet various needs and to fit into any room in your home: bathroom, bedroom, kitchen or living room. The design solution that animates the modular s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Drawer in Red by Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modular elements were designed to meet various needs and to fit into any room in your home: bathroom, bedroom, kitchen or living room. The design solution that animates the Modular s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Kartell Colonna Stool in Red by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Colonna stool is included in the Kartell goes Sottsass, a tribute to Memphis collection, launched in 2015 in homage to the movement founded by design...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Customizable Artifort Little Tulip Swivel Barstool by Pierre Paulin
Located in New York, NY
Elegance through and through. Delicate, flowing, cheerful, light. Like a blossoming flower or a friendly smile. Available with a disk-shaped or cross-foot base. Both styles are equal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Furniture

Materials

Textile

Venini Idria Large Glass Vase in Red
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Idria glass vase series, designed and manufactured by Venini, features three different shaped vases. Indoor use only. Dimensions: Ø 26, H 36 cm.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Emeco Alfi Chair in Red and Ash with High Back by Jasper Morrison
Located in Hanover, PA
Emeco and Morrison together, designed and engineered The Alfi Collection with the conviction that what you don't see is as important as what you do see. Alfi reflects Emeco and Morri...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Wood

Foscarini Lake Wall Lamp in Red by Lucidi and Pevere
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A wall lamp with a diffused, reflected light. The diffuser is made of liquid varnished injection molded ABS. The white epoxy powder varnished wall mount in die-cast steel acts as a h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Fiberglass

Piccola Table Lamp in Red by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Piccola is limited only by your imagination. Its soft pliable base is covered in supple Italian glove leather and can be tilted to any angle while its hand-spun aluminum shade floats...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Bellhop Burnt Orange Portable Rechargeable Wireless Desk & Table Lamp for FLOS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS Bellhop T Table Lamp in Burnt Orange by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby This sleek tabletop lamp was originally created by renowned designers Edward ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Resin

Venini Puzzle Vase in Coral & Aquamarine Glass by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Puzzle glass in coral/aquamarine by Ettore Sottsass. Numbered edition for year. Hand-blown glass. Color: Coral/Aquamarine Technique: Opal Dimensions: Ø 27 cm, H 40 cm Ye...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

Venini Oman Vase in Gray, Red & Aquamarine by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Oman glass vase in Gray/red/aquamarine by Ettore Sottsass. Handblown glass. Numbered edition for year Color: Gray/Red/Aquamarine Dimensions: Ø 33.5 cm, H 40 cm Year of ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

Venini Zoe Small Table Lamp in Red by Doriana & Massimiliano Fuksas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“A lantern, a shelter of desires. The magic of glass that at the same time reflects, embodies and reveals, partially. A signal and a sign of events. A paradigm of meetings that emit aromas and remote flavors. Remembrance of a Venice suspended between East and West, a door to knowledge and oblivion… A memory of desert crossing...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Large Troncocono Vase in Red and White by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
This vase sums up the essential qualities of stability, beauty, color, price and distinction of the Carlo Moretti brand. Red horizontal streaks on orange and ivory vertical streaks. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Crystal

Fazzoletto Glass Vase in Red by Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with pinched rim in red designed by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini in 1948. Perfect for indoor home decor as container, vide-poche or statement piece for any room...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Art Glass

Venini Veronese Glass Vase in Red and Crystal by Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with cylindrical body and crystal decorative base. Featured in red colored class with crystal designed in 1921. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Art Glass

Venini 'Where Are My Glasses?' Single Lens Glass Vase in Red by Ron Arad
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with slim shaped neck and black glass glasses sculpture. Featured in red colored glass. Perfect for indoor home decor as containe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Art Glass

"Flying" Chinese Ideogram Rug Designed by Paola Billi, Yellow Silk and Pink Wool
By Boralevi Firenze, Paola Billi
Located in Firenze, IT
Hand-knotted rug in India with Himalayan wool and cotton viscose using the Tibetan knot technique. The decoration, a Chinese ideogram that means "Flying", was specially designed in i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Tibetan Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber

Tiffany Wall Bracket 30 Purple Silk, Antiqued Brass, Silvered Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY the iconic lamp! For 20 years, we have been committed to offering you unique collections in terms of design and quality. Using an ancestral manufacturing silvering method, a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

Seletti Polyester Cushion by "Toiletpaper", Revolver
Located in Doral, FL
Exceptional collection of tableware and objects born out of the collaboration between Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s magazine and the Italian design company Seletti. Black humor dipped in pastel colors. Seletti wears Toiletpaper...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Polyester

Seletti Polyester Cushion by 'Toiletpaper', Kitten
Located in Doral, FL
Exceptional collection of tableware and objects born out of the collaboration between Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s magazine and the Italian design company Seletti. Black...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Polyester

Maharam Pillow Tinge
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Pillow Tinge 001 Cheer Guided by the Maharam Design Studio’s material expertise, Tinge celebrates the inherent beauty of leather returned ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Leather

Maharam Pillow, Point by Paul Smith
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Pillow Point by Paul Smith 012 Crimson A study in variegation, Point by Paul Smith explores scale, density, rhythm, color, and proportion in an imaginative display of Briti...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Nylon

One of One Detroit Artist Billy Couch Dodge Challenger Fine Art Print
Located in Ferndale, MI
Giclee fine art print one of one ever printed as artist proof. Series was never produced. Image of 1970s Dodge Challenger.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Paper

Fornasetti Round Metal Tray Farfalle Butterflies Hand Painted on Red
Located in MILANO, IT
Like all Fornasetti accessories, it is handcrafted using original artisan techniques. This tray is silk-screened by hand, painted by hand and c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Metal

Rare Emaux de Longwy Ceramic Boule Vase by Garouste and Bonetti Limited 1 of 5
Located in Miami, FL
This Boule vase “Ornament “ is a rare limited edition numbered 1/5 by Elizabeth Garouste was born in 1949 in Paris and Mattia Bonetti in 1952 in Lugano (Switzerland). They pooled their work from 1980 to dedicate themselves to the creation of pieces of furniture and interior decoration. They start with the decoration of the Palace that Fabrice Eamer asks them to design. Then shortly after, the Néotu Gallery publishes them. Their furniture, baroque and barbarian, surprises, made up of heterogeneous and unusual materials, such as rock, hammered bronze, raffia, leather, skin, logs and glass ... They are at the instigation of fashion "barbaric". For their work, they use references such as the Middle Ages, Africa, through the poetry of Cocteau, the Venetian baroque and neoclassicism. They have also been edited by the “Waiting for the Barbarians” galleries, David Gill, Kréo, Lou Fagotin...
Category

20th Century French Modern Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Jaime Hayon, Monocolour Red Fabric Leather Upholstery Dino Armchair
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Main body made of rigid polyurethane covered with polyether foam cushioning. A fixed head rest, seat cushion and backrest in polyether foam cushioning. Cushion covers are removable. ...
Category

2010s Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Custom Toscana Long Hair Shearling Pillow in Red Color
Located in New York, NY
Custom ravishing Toscana long hair shearling pillow in red color with matching red colored leather backing. Soft and smooth in touch. It is made of genuine shearing with a zipper enc...
Category

2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Fur, Down, Feathers

Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, lighting, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Rug & Kilim, Schumacher, Vistosi, and Kartell. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee.

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