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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Wood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Daybeds
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Wood, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Daybeds
Wood, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Night Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Wood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Rugs
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Music Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Night Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Night Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Daybeds
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Daybeds
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Night Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
20th Century European Modern Serving Pieces
Leather
20th Century European Modern Pitchers
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Wood, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Wood, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Wood, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Fabric, Wood
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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.