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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
2010s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech
2010s South African Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood
2010s European Modern Dining Room Chairs
Rattan, Wood, Faux Leather
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Faux Leather, Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s English Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass, Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Velvet, Wood
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
1980s American Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Velvet, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cotton, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Nickel
1990s Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cotton, Ash
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Sheepskin, Cane, Wood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Walnut
2010s British Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1950s Indian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Teak
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Indian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
1950s European Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer
Early 2000s Swiss Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood