Joao Faria
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Minimalist Tableware
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Cut Steel, Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Copper, Gold Leaf, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Gold, Copper, Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal, Stainless Steel, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Cut Steel, Metal, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Stainless Steel, Cut Steel, Metal, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Cherry, Ebony, Macassar, Oak, Rosewood, Teak, Walnut, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Steel, Metal, Cut Steel, Gold, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Metal, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Cut Steel, Metal, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer, Cherry, Oak, Rosewood, Teak, Wood, Ebony, Walnut, Macassar
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Cut Steel, Metal, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Metal, Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bookcases
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass, Stainless Steel, Copper, Steel, Metal, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Metal, Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Brass, Copper, Gold Leaf, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Metal, Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Copper, Gold, Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Cut Steel, Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Steel, Metal, Cut Steel, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Copper, Metal, Cut Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel, Cut Steel, Metal, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Cut Steel, Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Metal, Stainless Steel, Cut Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Metal, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Steel, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Copper, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Metal, Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Copper, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Metal, Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vitrines
Metal, Stainless Steel, Cut Steel, Steel, Copper, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vitrines
Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal, Copper
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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.