Modern Tobacco Accessories
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Sterling Silver, Brass
Early 20th Century American Modern Tobacco Accessories
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1970s German Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal
20th Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Crystal
2010s Argentine Modern Tobacco Accessories
Bronze
20th Century Italian Modern Tobacco Accessories
Wood, Maple, Burl
1980s Japanese Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal, Chrome
2010s American Modern Tobacco Accessories
Ash
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Acrylic
1980s French Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Lucite
2010s German Modern Tobacco Accessories
Aluminum, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Austrian Modern Tobacco Accessories
Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Tobacco Accessories
Crystal
20th Century French Modern Tobacco Accessories
Sterling Silver
2010s Argentine Modern Tobacco Accessories
Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Crystal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Crystal
1960s French Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tobacco Accessories
Gold, Sterling Silver, Brass
20th Century Irish Modern Tobacco Accessories
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Tobacco Accessories
Sterling Silver
1970s French Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Brass
1950s German Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Plastic, Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Plastic, Paper, Felt, Wood, Paint
1960s German Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tobacco Accessories
Paper
Mid-20th Century German Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal
20th Century Japanese Modern Tobacco Accessories
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Crystal
1940s French Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Wood
1920s American Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Copper
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Tobacco Accessories
Chrome
1960s French Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal
1930s Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Silver
1980s Swiss Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Chrome, Metal, Brass
20th Century Irish Modern Tobacco Accessories
Cedar
1970s Japanese Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal
1970s Japanese Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Onyx
20th Century Irish Modern Tobacco Accessories
Softwood
1940s American Vintage Modern Tobacco Accessories
Onyx, Brass
20th Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Lacquer
20th Century Italian Modern Tobacco Accessories
Crystal
Mid-20th Century English Modern Tobacco Accessories
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Modern Tobacco Accessories
Brass