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2010s American Modern Natural Specimens
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary American Abstract Sculptures
Malachite
2010s American Modern Natural Specimens
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Wall Mirrors
Quartz
2010s American Modern Natural Specimens
Copper
2010s American Modern Natural Specimens
Precious Stone
2010s American Modern End Tables
Quartz
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Pyrite
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Prehistoric Natural Specimens
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Prehistoric Natural Specimens
Stone
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Silver Plate
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
2010s Oceanic Minimalist Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Brass
20th Century Unknown Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking...
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail...
Reclaimed Wood
2010s American Decorative Art
Limestone
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Prehistoric Natural Specimens
Crystal, Quartz
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass, Art Glass
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Malachite, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculpt...
Amethyst, Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Natural Specimens
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Natural Specimens
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Natural Specimens
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Natural Specimens
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Agate, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Quartz, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Collectible Jewelry
Agate, Malachite
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Boxes
Amethyst
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Quartz, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Natural Specimens
Quartz, Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Quartz, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Onyx, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Natural Specimens
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Natural Specimens
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Bowls
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Boxes
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Aluminum
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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.