Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
2010s Danish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
2010s Turkish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fur
1970s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Plywood
Early 1900s Israeli Antique Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silver, Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Terracotta
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fur, Down, Feathers
2010s Guatemalan Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
Late 20th Century Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Plastic
1960s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Jute, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Yarn
2010s North American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
1980s European Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Iron
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Acrylic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
1980s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
20th Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Felt, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
1970s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool