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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Danish Modern Mounted Objects
Paper
2010s Dutch Modern Mounted Objects
Stainless Steel
2010s Danish Modern Mounted Objects
Paper
2010s Dutch Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Mounted Objects
Plexiglass, Wood, Paint
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Danish Modern Mounted Objects
Paper
2010s Danish Modern Mounted Objects
Paper
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Oak, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Mounted Objects
Fiberglass
2010s Belgian Modern Mounted Objects
Fiberglass
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Late 20th Century French Modern Mounted Objects
Amethyst, Gold
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Ash, Maple
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Ash, Maple
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
2010s Finnish Modern Mounted Objects
Ash, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
1990s American Modern Mounted Objects
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
1990s American Modern Mounted Objects
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Mounted Objects
Alabaster, Brass
2010s American Modern Mounted Objects
Wood
1960s American Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mounted Objects
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
2010s French Modern Mounted Objects
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Mounted Objects
Gold Plate
20th Century Austrian Modern Mounted Objects
Acrylic
1980s North American Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Enamel
2010s American Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
1980s Swedish Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Stoneware
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Early 2000s Indonesian Modern Mounted Objects
Stone
1950s European Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Bronze
Early 2000s Indonesian Modern Mounted Objects
Stone
1990s American Modern Mounted Objects
Sandstone
1970s American Vintage Modern Mounted Objects
Chrome
2010s American Modern Mounted Objects
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mounted Objects
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Mounted Objects
20th Century Unknown Modern Mounted Objects
Horn
2010s American Modern Mounted Objects
Stone
2010s English Modern Mounted Objects
Carrara Marble, Marble, Steel