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2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tapestries
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tapestries
Cotton
2010s American Modern Vases
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2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain
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Porcelain
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain
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Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Cotton
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Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
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Ceramic, Porcelain
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Clay, Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
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Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Cotton
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Cotton
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Vases
Clay, Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Cotton
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Ceramic, Mirror, Hardwood, Oak
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
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Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Brutalist Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Clay, Porcelain, Ceramic
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Clay, Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
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Ceramic, Porcelain
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Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Organic Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
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A Close Look at modern Furniture
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.