Modern Cabinets
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Brass, Nickel
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Nickel
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Nickel
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Cabinets
Scrap Wood
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Sycamore
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Tunisian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Cabinets
Leather, Fabric, Wood, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Brass, Other, Nickel
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s South African Modern Cabinets
Ceramic, Leather, Glass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Glass, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Acrylic, Hardwood, Paint
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Slovak Modern Cabinets
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Oak
1980s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer, Parchment Paper
2010s Modern Cabinets
Gold
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
2010s Philippine Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Australian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Lebanese Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
Late 20th Century Belgian Modern Cabinets
Gold Plate, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Slovak Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Plastic
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut, Burl
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Stone, Bronze
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Stone, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
Early 20th Century English Modern Cabinets
Glass, Mahogany
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel