Blue Azul Macauba
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tableware
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tableware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Centerpieces
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Barware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Onyx, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Onyx, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Marble
2010s Italian Minimalist Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Flooring
Marble
2010s Italian Organic Modern Side Tables
Stone, Steel
Recent Sales
2010s European Architectural Elements
Marble
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tables
Marble, Iron
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Picture Frames
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Statuary Marble, Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Minimalist Candelabras
Marble, Travertine, Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Serving Bowls
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Dutch Modern Tableware
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Bouclé
Vintage 1940s French Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Metal
2010s Spanish French Provincial Patio and Garden Furniture
Iron
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Stainless Steel
2010s South African Minimalist Pedestals
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Stone Sinks
Marble
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A Close Look at Modern Furniture
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.













