Modern Dining Room Chairs
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Pakistani Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Walnut, Paint
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Oak, Wood, Walnut
1980s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Maple
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Velvet, Beech, Leather, Bouclé, Oak
1920s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Aluminum
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Stainless Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Ash
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Paint, Lacquer, Wood, Foam, Upholstery, Leather
2010s French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Ash, Oak
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood
1970s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Lacquer
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
20th Century European Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Faux Leather
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Hardwood, Fiberglass
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak, Walnut, Leather, Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Faux Leather
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Faux Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
Late 20th Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Wood, Hardwood, Leather
1920s French Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century European Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Natural Fiber, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Faux Leather, Wood
1960s Romanian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Lacquer, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dining Room Chairs
Hardwood, Walnut
2010s South African Modern Dining Room Chairs
Ceramic, Upholstery, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
1970s Polish Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Naugahyde, Beech