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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Lanterns
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Musical Instruments
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Planters, Cachepots and ...
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Planters, Cachepots and ...
Resin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Jars
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Jars
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Wood, Ash, Beech, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Art
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Art
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Wood, Ash, Beech, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Daybeds
Bouclé, Leather, Fabric, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Wood, Ash, Beech, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Art
Mirror, Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Jars
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Crystal, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Onyx, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Lanterns
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Vases
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Wood, Ash, Beech, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Vases
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Vases
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Vases
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Vases
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Jars
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Vases
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Marble, Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Candle Holders
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bottles
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Gold Leaf, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Candle Holders
Wood, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Art
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Art
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Art
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Art
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Art
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Jars
Ceramic
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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.