Below are three early, famous iconic examples of modern furniture.
Eileen Gray’s Side Table
Eileen Gray designed a home for herself and Jean Badovici in France called the E-1027. For the guest room, she designed a special side table in 1927 at the request of her sister. The asymmetry of the table is typical of her ‘non-conformist’ style but has specific utility because it not only functions as a side table, but is also made so it can be adapted to use for eating breakfast in bed.
Noguchi Coffee Table
This Noguchi Coffee Table is one of the most sought after pieces of modern furniture in history. Noguchi was a half-American, half-Japanese modern furniture designer, famous for organic modern designs.
The Barcelona Chair
The Barcelona Chair is the piece of modern furniture most associated with the famous Bauhaus design. It was designed in 1929 by Lilly Reich and Mies Van Der Rohe in Barcelona for a design fair and they dedicated its design to the Spanish royal family. Apparently, it was inspired by the folding chairs of the Egyptian Pharaohs and the footstools of the Romans.
These three modern furniture icons are just a few of the famous modern furniture pieces admired by those who follow the modernism design movement.