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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal, Wire
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Oak, Plywood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Eggshell, Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Macedonian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
2010s Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Ceramic, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Onyx, Marble, Granite, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood
Early 2000s American Modern Cabinets
Shell, Bubinga, Cherry, Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Oak, Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Steel
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cabinets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Onyx, Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Cabinets
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Plastic
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Maple, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Modern Cabinets
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Travertine
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Plastic
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood