Scott Mcglasson
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2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Hardwood
Early 2000s American Modern Side Tables
Wood, Ash
Early 2000s American Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Stools
Wood
2010s American Modern Credenzas
Bronze
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ash
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Bronze
2010s North American Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Stools
Wood
2010s American Modern End Tables
Wood
Early 2000s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Walnut
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Walnut
Early 2000s American Modern Stools
Wood
2010s American Modern Chaise Longues
Walnut
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Wood
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Wood
2010s American Modern Chaise Longues
Leather, Wenge
2010s American Modern Rocking Chairs
Cherry
2010s North American Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
2010s American Modern Rocking Chairs
Wood
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Walnut
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Wood
2010s American Modern Credenzas
Steel
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ash, Walnut
2010s American Modern Stools
Bronze
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Wood, Rope
2010s American Modern Benches
Maple
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Rope, Wood
2010s American Organic Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s American Organic Modern Side Tables
Bronze
2010s American Modern Benches
Maple
2010s North American Modern Dining Room Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
2010s American Modern Credenzas
Bronze
Early 2000s American Modern Credenzas
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Credenzas
Steel
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Wood
Early 2000s American Modern Credenzas
Steel
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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.