Modern Vases and Vessels
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Plastic
1990s Spanish Modern Vases and Vessels
Bronze, Chrome
1990s European Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Terracotta
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Terracotta
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
20th Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Metal, Silver Plate
1990s European Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Terracotta
2010s Chilean Modern Vases and Vessels
Stone
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
2010s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Stoneware
20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Terracotta
1990s Swedish Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Terracotta
2010s Czech Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Modern Vases and Vessels
2010s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases and Vessels
Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Vases and Vessels
Metal
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Vases and Vessels
Metal
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Vases and Vessels
Silver
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Vases and Vessels
Silver
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Vases and Vessels
Aluminum
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Vases and Vessels
Metal
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Vases and Vessels
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Vases and Vessels
Stoneware
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Peruvian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Stoneware
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic