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 The Modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 principles 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, and the Eames’s 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 designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cast Stone
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass, Metal
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Maple
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
Early 2000s American Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Side Tables
Epoxy Resin
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s Swiss Modern Side Tables
Ash
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Fir, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Aluminum, Bronze, Bronze, Bronze, Brass
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Side Tables
Stoneware, Ceramic
2010s Swiss Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary New Zealand Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
2010s German Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Side Tables
Plaster
2010s Brazilian Modern Side Tables
Quartz, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Sheet Metal
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Concrete, Cement
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Concrete, Cement
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Steel, Metal
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Steel, Metal
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cement, Concrete
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cement, Concrete