At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal studio herron for your home. Each studio herron for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
fabric,
metal and
steel. Find 6 options for an antique or vintage studio herron now, or shop our selection of 100 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect studio herron — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A studio herron, designed in the
modern,
folk art or
mid-century modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made studio herron over the years, but those crafted by
Studio Herron,
Jim Rose and
Paul Zimmerman are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
Prices for a studio herron can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $165 and can go as high as $25,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,200.
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.