Modern Case Pieces and Storage 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Mirror, Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
1980s French Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Elm
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Hardwood, Ash, Walnut
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Plastic, Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1990s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Hardwood, Softwood
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Aluminum
1940s American Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ebony
1970s American Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Reed
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Art Glass, Oak, Lacquer
2010s Asian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s German Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Sapele Wood
20th Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Leather, Wood
1990s German Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel, Chrome
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood