Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Milk Glass, Lucite, Oak
2010s Danish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
1970s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Birch
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fur
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Terracotta
2010s Guatemalan Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
Mid-20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Travertine, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fur, Down, Feathers
Late 20th Century Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Plastic
Late 20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
Early 2000s Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
1990s French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Plastic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
20th Century French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
Mid-20th Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool, Cotton, Foam
20th Century French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
1990s Canadian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Paper
20th Century French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Crystal
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass, Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Steel
Early 20th Century English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Steel
1930s Czech Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal, Chrome
1980s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
Early 2000s Chinese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
1970s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
1980s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Plastic
Early 2000s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
2010s Ecuadorean Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Upholstery, Velvet
2010s French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Ash
2010s French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Ash
2010s French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Ash
1980s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton