Enric Miralles 'Gerro' Vase by Benedetta Tagliabue, Spain, 1970
By Benedetta Miralles Tagliabue
Located in Barcelona, ES
project by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue. Made in glazed porcelain with silk-screened image of
Ceramic
$2,042 / item
H 51 in Dm 4.21 in
Firmamento Milano Black Kate Wall Lamp by Benedetta Miralles Tagliabue
By Firmamento Milano, Benedetta Miralles Tagliabue
Located in Milano, Lombardia
EMBT, founded in Barcelona in 1994 in collaboration with Enric Miralles, with offices in Barcelona and
Steel
$3,004 / item
H 80.7 in W 22 in D 24.4 in
Firmamento Milano Black Kate Floor Lamp by Benedetta Miralles Tagliabue
By Firmamento Milano, Benedetta Miralles Tagliabue
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Enric Miralles, with offices in Barcelona and Shanghai. Her most notable projects are the Edinburgh
Steel
$12,750 / item
H 35.5 in W 59 in D 19 in
Bespoke Italian Brass Emerald Blue Green Art Glass 9-Drawer Dresser Sideboard
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Let's bring some ocean breeze inside! What we love about this piece is not only its functionality with its 9 drawers (options for sizes) but also its artistic impact and exceptional ...
Brass
French Rattan Elephant Tray Table or Drinks Table, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching woven rattan end table or drinks table with removable tray top. France, 1940s-1950s. This elephant shaped end table stand was beautifully constructed in hand braided rat...
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Wood
21st Century Leather Tilting Lid Waste Bin Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
A cylindrical and contemporary silhouette with subtle detail. Our round metal bin with tilting lid is perfectly sized for use in the bathroom. More than 30 harmonious shades can ...
Leather
$1,802 / item
H 32.29 in W 18.12 in D 9.06 in
Murano Art Glass and Brass Pink Color Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
This charming wall lamp is entirely handmade in Murano. Each single leaf is handcrafted in high quality Murano blown glass; that's why each leaf is slightly different from the other....
Brass
$14,090
H 47.25 in W 36.62 in D 18.9 in
Shagreen Bar Cabinet with Bronze-Patina Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
By R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Brass
Postmodern Table desk Clock in Uranium White Milk Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool and unique uranium glass postmodern table desk clock, circa 1980's.
Glass
$192Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.42 in W 9.45 in D 9.45 in
Vase Vessel White Murano Glass Round Decorative Object Italian Design 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Simpatic vase made in Italy in the 80s. The spherical vase with a narrow neck was made of white Murano glass with small bubbles that cross the entire surface. Please watch the video ...
Murano Glass
Bertu Cicely Dining Table with Chunky Leg
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This Cicely dining table with chunky leg is made in the heart of Ohio with locally sourced wood. We use the table both as a dining table and desk. Each table is hand-made in solid re...
Oak
$6,700 / item
H 46 in W 19 in D 36 in
Modern Bleached Ash Fluted Dry Bar Cabinet by Last Workshop, Custom Options
By Last Workshop
Located in Chicago, IL
Fluted dry bar cabinet by Last Workshop. Shown here in solid Ash, bleached finish. Interior of the cabinet is in natural oak. Push-to-open doors. The interior of the cabinet feat...
Ash
$405Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 11 in W 5.5 in D 27.5 in
Abstract Ballet Dancers Sculptures by Gerard Koch for Austin Productions, Pair
By Gérard Koch
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This exquisite vintage abstract bronze sculpture, crafted by renowned French artist Gerard Koch (1926-2014) for Austin Productions, captures the grace and beauty of male and female b...
Metal
$5,407
H 59.85 in W 48.04 in D 1.97 in
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Pierre Autonne - Chacun Chez Soi
By Marie-Pierre Autonne
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & oil on wooden panel Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She worked for se...
Wood, Mixed Media
Surrealist Vase
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern surreal oil painting on linen depicting a vase with one yellow flower and a mysterious almost figural black design. This midcentury work is unsigned and comes housed in a pe...
Linen, Oil
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 72 in W 52 in D 1.5 in
Salt Ponds 1, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape with Pink
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Salt Ponds 1, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape with Pink A bright and colorful monumental scale abstract interpretation of the Bay Area salt ponds by Erle Loran (Amer...
Linen, Acrylic
$40,000
H 23.94 in W 16.07 in
La Passagère du 54 - Promenade en Yacht (The Passenger of 54 – Yacht Ride)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec La Passagère du 54 - Promenade en Yacht (The Passenger of 54 – Yacht Ride), 1896 is captivating work featuring a woman lounging unaffectedly in a striped ch...
Lithograph
$2,884
H 9.06 in Dm 21.26 in
Noti Massari Renato Toso for Leucos, Rare 3 Incalmos Suspension Layered Glass
By Leucos Design Lab, Toso, Massari & Associates
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Extraordinary suspension made for Leucos by Toni Massari. Heavy Venetian glass has 3 incalmo. The inner is black outside and white inside, which is a typical design of Renato Toso (...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$721Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.97 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Tuileries garden. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tuileries garden. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 38x50 cm Rest at the café with a view on panoramic wheel Ingrida Irbe (1969) Born 15th of June 1969 in Riga Education: 1980. – 19...
Paper, Watercolor
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.