Paola C
Early 2000s Italian Modern Tableware
Blown Glass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Tableware
Copper, Zinc
Early 2000s Italian Modern Tableware
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Glass
2010s Italian Modern More Dining and Entertaining
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Bowls
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Bowls
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Carrara Marble, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Carrara Marble, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Marble
2010s Italian Modern More Dining and Entertaining
Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern More Dining and Entertaining
Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern More Candle Holders
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern More Dining and Entertaining
Carrara Marble, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Marble, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Carrara Marble, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Serving Pieces
Carrara Marble, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Centerpieces
Metal, Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Centerpieces
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Centerpieces
Metal, Brass
2010s European Modern Glass
Metal, Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Glass
Metal, Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Centerpieces
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Glass
Metal, Silver Plate
Early 2000s Italian Modern Glass
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Glass
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pillows and Throws
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pillows and Throws
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pillows and Throws
Upholstery
2010s Italian Centerpieces
Brass
2010s Italian More Candle Holders
Blown Glass
2010s Italian More Candle Holders
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Upholstery
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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.