Modern Cabinets
MODERN STYLE
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
21st Century Cabinet Sculpture Contemporary Italian Design Wood & Plexiglass
Located in Budoia, IT
The Italian project Q.bo sculture does not intend to recreate the object in a different form but to elevate it to a real sculpture while mantaining the functional part it was create ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Black Display Cabinet by Erika Gambella
Located in Milan, IT
Merging contemporary aesthetic and Italian cabinet-making tradition, this striking display cabinet delivers a masterclass in modern Italian furniture...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
R & Y Augousti Style Lacquered Bamboo, Pen Shell and Egg Shell Cabinet
Located in Stamford, CT
Absolutely stunning two door cabinet made with a array of natural materials, wove bamboo doors and sides, sliced lacquered bamboo top and drawers, with eggshell lacquer interior door...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Cabinets
Materials
Shell, Eggshell, Bamboo
KGBL Saxton Side Cabinet
By KGBL
Located in New York, NY
The Saxton End Cabinet features a glossy wood frame along with a canted body lending it a visual lightness. Like all KGBL pieces this item is finished on all sides.
This is a natur...
Category
2010s Modern Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
KGBL Ingemar Cabinet
By KGBL
Located in New York, NY
The Ingemar Cabinet features a two-inch-wide metal strap which frames the piece and transforms into legs at the base. The unit is finished on all sides.
This is a natural product t...
Category
2010s Modern Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
American Designer, Cabinet, Oak, Brass, USA, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An oak and brass cabinet and console designed and produced in the US, 1940s.
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Modernist Storage Cabinet in Lacquered Wood and Tubular Steel Hardware, Bespoke
By GMD Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Bespoke wooden storage cabinet manufactured by GMD Berlin. Wood finish in various colors and finishes. Also available in veneered wood.
Available on request in different amounts. De...
Category
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Four Doors Cabinet In Oak Wood And Oxidized Brass
Located in New York, NY
A four-door cabinet with an asymmetrical and dynamic design featuring varying-sized doors arranged with purposeful intent. The embossed archways on the door faces add a touch of text...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Modern Olival Bar Cabinet, Calacatta Viola Marble, Handmade Portugal Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Olival Bar Cabinet, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Olival modern bar cabinet ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Bongo Bar Cabinet, Manual Doors, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bongó Closet, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bongó closet in Sahara Noir marb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Onyx, Stainless Steel, Brass
Modern Almond TV Wall Unit Patagonia Granite Oak Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By GF Modern, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Almond TV Wall Unit, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Almond TV Wall Unit Material Codes
FI007 Black lacquer; satin fin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Materials
Granite, Marble, Brass
D'Antibes Wooden Storage Cabinet, by George Sowden for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Designed in 1981 by George Sowden, The "D'Antibes" is a piece of storage furniture with long legs. Cabinet in lacquered wood silkscreened on the two sid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Gianni, bar cabinet, modern wooden cabinet
By RINOCCA
Located in Skopje, MK
GIANNI Bar Cabinet
Elegant and highly decorative bar cabinet with the 60’s retro modern spirit. With a lot of luxurious details and enough space to rack your favorite wines and liqu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Macedonian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Aquinas Black India Ink Solid Oak Compact Sliding Door Cabinet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Aquinas cabinet is a compact, sliding door cabinet perfect for records, books, and smaller items. Intended for light storage this cabinet is minimalist in design featuring handma...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Modern Floating Brass Side Table Set of 2
Located in Riga, LV
Exquisite Set of 2 nightstands, a masterpiece crafted from engineered wood and adorned with a polished, slightly brushed, burnished, varnished brass finish. These exceptional pieces ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Brass Cabinet Modern Floating Brass Side Table Nightstand
Located in Riga, LV
Exquisite custom nightstand, a masterpiece crafted from engineered wood and adorned with a polished, slightly brushed, burnished, varnished brass finish. This exceptional piece is de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Modern Oak Root Beans Sideboard Cabinet Handmade Portugal Greenapple
By GF Modern, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Beans Sideboard, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern.
When we started designing this four-drawer wooden sideboard, we were looking for a simple and sl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Beech, Oak
KGBL Saxton Cabinet
By KGBL
Located in New York, NY
The Saxton Cabinet is designed to frame the doors and drawers with a fine, graphic line of wood. This storage unit can be freestanding or wall mounted.
W 72” x D 18” x H 30” (183cm ...
Category
2010s Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Modern Selenite Bar Cabinet
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Modern Selenite Bar Cabinet Ercole Home is crafted from Walnut with a Natural Finish, with a Natural steel base and Selenite handles. Custom sizes and finishes are available.
M...
Category
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Ennah Solid White Oak Credenza by Izm Design
By Izm Design
Located in Edmonton, Alberta
Ennah by Izm design is a versatile design that would be at home in modern, transitional, or traditional settings.
This elegant sideboard features an sculpted base that gives the pie...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood
Marble 1 Meter Multileg Cabinet by Jaime Hayon
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble 1 meter multileg cabinet by Jaime Hayon
Dimensions: D 50 x W 100 x H 80 cm
Materials: Containers, doors, and shelves in MDF with different widths. Legs in turned solid alde...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Kate Noakes 'Poppy'' Cocktail Cabinet in blue
By Kate Noakes
Located in Newmarket, GB
A mid century Cocktail cabinet with a cantilevered top that opens to reveal a mirrored interior. This has been reconditioned and reimagined by designer and maker Kate Noakes using a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Plateau Sideboard
By Ofena, Daniel Mancini
Located in Guelph, CA
Plateau cabinet is a solid wood sideboard made with brass pulls, under-mount soft close drawer slides, and soft close door hinges. The piece features figured traditional frame and pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Cherry
Vintage Two-Drawer Oak Locking Filing Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
Attractive and useful are two words to describe this nice oak 2-drawer file cabinet. It has a beautiful oak finish with solid wood trims. The entire cabinet measures 16" x 17" x 28" ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Standard Aquinas Sliding Door Cabinet In India Ink
By Brett Paulin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Aquinas cabinet in this taller configuration features sliding doors with plenty of space for keeping books, china, and many other items you may need to store away. Crafted from ...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Kate Noakes 'Poppy'' Cocktail Cabinet in red
By Kate Noakes
Located in Newmarket, GB
A mid century Cocktail cabinet with a cantilevered top that opens to reveal a mirrored interior. This has been reconditioned and reimagined by designer and maker Kate Noakes using a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets
Materials
Metal
21st Century Cabinet Sculpture Contemporary Italian Design Wood & Plexiglass
Located in Budoia, IT
The Italian project Q.bo sculture does not intend to recreate the object in a different form but to elevate it to a real sculpture while mantaining the functional part it was create ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Metal
alvar & aino aalto 30's glass cabinet 408(506/42) finmar tag
Located in 東御市, JP
alvar & aino aalto design glass cabinet.
this is most earliest products of aalto furniture.
alvar & aino try to sell their furniture in UK as finmar.
So this is original condition.
...
Category
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Birch
Modern Customizable Outdoor Kitchen in Stainless Steel
By Myface
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
Moon Kitchen
Moon Kitchen is where the moonlight, nature, and culinary excellence unite to create an outdoor kitchen experience that is truly out of this world. The kitchen is desi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Materials
Stainless Steel
Functional Contemporary Cabinet Sculpture by the Italian Artist Paolo Lumini
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Stunning contemporary sculpture but also a functional cabinet by Paolo Lumini an Italian contemporary artist from Tuscany.
Made in carved wood and bamboo.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
CraftAssociates Cabinet, Peabody Three Door Cane Front Cabinet, Cane
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
CraftAssociates Cabinet, Peabody Three Door Cane Front Cabinet, Cane
This Lawrence Peabody modern three door cane front cabinet for Craft Associates Furniture is expertly hand craft...
Category
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Materials
Cane, Wood, Oak
Egg shell lacquer column, lacquered wood, circa 2000, France.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Egg shell lacquer column,
black lacquer lacquer interior,
Decoration of grooves and garlands of leaves according to a surface door,
drawer in the bottom of the bottom,
Circa 2000, Fr...
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Aldo Tura Brown Parchment Brass Details Two Doors Lit from Within Dry Bar 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in IT
Aldo Tura dry bar. Brown parchment, brass hardware, two drawers, two doors lit from within from 1950s period. Internally this dry bar is arranged with glass shelves and there are lig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Modern Oak Parquet, Brass, Wrought Steel & Lacquer Cabinet by Egg Designs
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
This modern cabinet can be used as a drinks cabinet, armoire or TV cabinet. It is constructed in solid Oak hand laid in an intricate herringbone pattern. The center of the herringbon...
Category
2010s South African Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Steel
1950 George Nelson Herman Miller Basic Cabinet Series Two Door Cabinet in Walnut
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a two-door cabinet designed by George Nelson and produced by Herman Miller circa 1950. This is a gorgeous original example, which appears remarkably intact. As not...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Painted Pedestal Cabinets, Pair
Located in New York, NY
An incredible find from the South of France, this pair of 18th-century pedestal cabinets is the epitome of Italian style. With discrete doors and pullout trays, octagonal bases and a...
Category
18th Century French Antique Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Rimadesio Cover LED Wall System with Bottle Rack by Giuseppe Bavuso
Located in Boston, MA
Design Giuseppe Bavuso
This system is equipped with single facing hinged doors in glass. The core of the Cover projects are the uprights, fixed to the ceiling and the floor, which...
Category
2010s Modern Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Bronze
American Designer, Cabinet, Oak, USA, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An oak and metal cabinet designed and produced in the US, c. 1940s.
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Oak
"Curiosity" cabinet by Erwan Boulloud
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
"Curiosity" cabinet with 2 doors, in brass with authentic butterflies under glass covers.
Stainless steel feet and wooden interior
Numbered and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Case Study Prototype "Weaving" by Atelier Tejo Remy & Rene Veenhuizen
By Tejo Remy
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Dutch designers Atelier Tejo Remy & Rene Veenhuizen is always experimenting with new techniques and (recycling) materials to create living spaces and furnitu...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Danish Modern Rosewood Cabinet
Located in Tulsa, OK
Beautiful, well constructed rosewood cabinet. Brass hinges and great flaming rosewood grain make this a special piece. Top has been painted with a brown oil based paint to cover so...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Rosewood
KGBL Garmar Cabinet
By KGBL
Located in New York, NY
The Garmar is constructed of solid, quartered and rift cut wood. Rings of English Sycamore and Ebony pulls are incised into both the front and back of the piece. Custom milled Silico...
Category
2010s Modern Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Wall Cabinet with Original Malachite Stone, Pierre De Valck
Located in Geneve, CH
Wall cabinet with original Malachite stone, Pierre De Valck
Polished Bronze -unique and signed
Measures: ø 56 x D 15 cm
Materials: Stone, Bronze
Medium sized wall-mounted cabinet wi...
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Dutch Liquid Cabinet
Located in DE MEERN, UT
A uniquely, floating sideboard with a hidden glass cabinet.
Nature is the starting point when making this piece of furniture. The natural shape of
untouched oak planks, where the si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Eduard Locota Contemporary Frieze Cabinet with 3 drawers
Located in Timisoara, RO
Lissomnia Cabinet is a stunning embodiment of craftsmanship and artistry. With its exceptional blend between art and craft, this timeless creation can effortlessly grace any room.
E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Vintage Modern Rosewood & Brass Plate Wardrobe Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin
Located in Topeka, KS
Phenomenal vintage modern rosewood & brass plate wardrobe or chifforobe by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. Comprised of gorgeous rosewood veneer and brass plated steel bands. Beauti...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Steel, Brass
George Nelson Herman Miller Thin Edge Rosewood Credenza Cabinet Sideboard Bar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Up for sale is a rare vintage George Nelson for Herman Miller rosewood thin edge cabinet. The cabinet appears to have been originally designed to house bottlesand act as a sideboard....
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Fully Plated in Acid-Etched Brass 4D Cabinet by Brutalist Be
Located in Geneve, CH
Fully Plated in Acid-Etched Brass 4D Cabinet by Brutalist Be
One Of A Kind.
Dimensions: D 55 x W 200 x H 70 cm.
Materials: Brass.
This exclusive sideboard is hand-made of brass, car...
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Douro Cabinet
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Douro Cabinet
Designed by Project 213A in 2023
Handmade by skilled artisans in solid oak. The cabinet features double doors with handles and legs decorated with a hand carved textur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Materials
Oak
KGBL Johansson Small Niche Cabinet
By KGBL
Located in New York, NY
The Johansson has a skin of 3/8" lacquered aluminum encasing a cabinet constructed of highly polished wood veneer exteriors and solid wood interiors. Doors have solid metal pulls. Li...
Category
2010s Modern Cabinets
Materials
Copper
KGBL Ingemar Cabinet
By KGBL
Located in New York, NY
The quarter inch thick, metal strap which frames the Ingemar Cabinet, transforms into legs at the base while seamlessly marrying to the wood cabinet behind it. The back face of the u...
Category
2010s Modern Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
An American 1960s Tri-front Walnut 2-Door Cabinet by John Van Koert for Drexel
Located in San Francisco, CA
the 3-sided top above a paneled conforming body centering double-doors fitted with a solid brass latch; John Van Koert was a prominent New York designer who helped promote the fascin...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Italian modern Sideboard Parioli by Wick and Acerbis for Acerbis, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Sideboard Parioli by Giotto Stoppino and Marco Acerbis for Acerbis, 1980s
Sideboard mod. Parioli composed of 4 modules with solid wood structure with matt black finis...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Aluminum
Mandala Sideboard White Gold Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic
Located in Kolkata, IN
Beautiful brass arches and inlay patterns adorn the Mandala Sideboard Basra. Italian design is crafted with Indian motifs for a unique cabinet
Each piece from this collection is tho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
1970s Herman Miller for Biltrite of Canada Rosewood Credenza w Black Leather Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a rosewood credenza produced for Herman Miller by Biltrite of Canada. Biltrite was seemingly an authorized manufacturer in canada for Herman Miller designs. The piece dates t...
Category
1970s Canadian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Materials
Aluminum
Ledge Floating Console in Bone White by Simon Johns
By Simon Johns
Located in East-Bolton, Quebec
Ledge is a floating console, mounted to the wall, in solid ash with a clear glass top. It stems from material exploration inspired by the cliffs around Johns’ studio, making solid as...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Ash
Bespoke Asymmetrical Bookcase of solid walnut.
Located in London, GB
Low curved bookcase in English walnut with panelled back, can be used centrally in a room or placed against a wall.
Each end of the bookcase is made fr...
Category
2010s English Modern Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Ash Vespers Side Cabinet, Two Door Cabinet with Adjustable Shelf by Arid
By Arid
Located in Albuquerque, NM
The stately Vespers Side Cabinet is built of solid ash hardwood with a black walnut stand. Its two doors are made with curved frame and raised panel construction adding playfulness t...
Category
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood, Ash, Walnut
Modern cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
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