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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Sheepskin, Velvet, Faux Fur, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wool, Walnut, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Velvet
2010s Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Velvet
2010s Spanish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Cotton, Jacquard, Linen, Velvet, Faux Fur
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Upholstery, Teak
Early 2000s Czech Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bentwood
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Jacquard, Velvet, Faux Fur
20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wool, Alpaca, Bouclé, Faux Leather, Acrylic, Wood, Ash
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Fur, Faux Fur, Sheepskin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Velvet
2010s Canadian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood, Walnut
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Ash, Wood, Acrylic, Faux Leather, Leather, Fabric, Bouclé, Wool
Late 20th Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Hardwood
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fur, Ash, Faux Fur, Wool, Fabric
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Faux Fur
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Plywood
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Teak, Upholstery
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bouclé, Oak
1990s Danish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s Argentine Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Dining Room Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Cane
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Cane, Hardwood, Faux Leather
2010s Chinese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Dining Room Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Upholstery
20th Century French Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Ash, Wood
2010s Ukrainian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wool, Alpaca, Bouclé, Faux Leather, Acrylic, Wood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
2010s Balinese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs
Sheepskin, Wood, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Teak, Fabric, Upholstery
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Velvet, Walnut
2010s Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Velvet
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Dining Room Chairs
Rush, Ash