Modern Beds and Bed Frames
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Maple
1970s French Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Cotton, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Plastic
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Walnut
2010s Swedish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Cane, Oak
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Steel
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wool, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric, Wood, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Iron
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Walnut
1980s American Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
2010s Turkish Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
20th Century English Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Cotton
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Leather
Late 20th Century American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Oak, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Hardwood
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Bouclé
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood, Velvet
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood, Velvet
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood, Velvet
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood, Velvet
2010s British Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wool, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Chrome
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Wood, Fabric
20th Century American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Plaster, Wood, Paint
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Velvet, Hardwood, Maple
2010s European Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Wood
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Walnut
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Walnut