Modern Mounted Objects
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 North American Modern Mounted Objects
Bronze
1960s Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Shell, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mounted Objects
Agate, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Acrylic
Early 2000s American Modern Mounted Objects
Reclaimed Wood, Paint, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Fiberglass
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Aluminum
1980s American Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Modern Mounted Objects
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mounted Objects
Crystal, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Mounted Objects
Crystal, Multi-gemstone, Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Mounted Objects
Hardwood
2010s Lebanese Modern Mounted Objects
Mirror, Acrylic
19th Century French Antique Modern Mounted Objects
Metal
20th Century Modern Mounted Objects
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s North American Modern Mounted Objects
Cement, Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Mounted Objects
Stone
2010s Turkish Modern Mounted Objects
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Mounted Objects
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Mounted Objects
Stone
2010s Turkish Modern Mounted Objects
Stone, Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Mounted Objects
Stone, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1990s European Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Mounted Objects
Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Mounted Objects
Hardwood
2010s Lebanese Modern Mounted Objects
Cement, Brass, Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Mounted Objects
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Gold, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Gold, Brass
1960s French Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Horn
2010s Dutch Modern Mounted Objects
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Mounted Objects
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Mounted Objects
Foam, Hardwood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Brass, Gold
2010s Spanish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Mounted Objects
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Gold Leaf
2010s Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Modern Mounted Objects
Resin
2010s Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Modern Mounted Objects
Resin
2010s Spanish Modern Mounted Objects
Brass