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MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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.

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Style: Modern
115.13 Basswood Cabinet by Cara Davide
Located in Geneve, CH
115.13 basswood cabinet by Cara Davide Dimensions: D 51 x W 153 x H 115 cm Materials: Cabinet in semi gloss lacquered basswood. 2 doors and 1 shelf in 10mm extra-clear tempered gl...
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2010s Italian Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Brass

210 Wood Column with Lacquered Interiors by Cara Davide
Located in Geneve, CH
210 Wood Column with Lacquered Interiors by Cara Davide Dimensions: D 51 x W 51 x H 210 cm Materials: Solid wood on multilayer structure, 10mm extra-clear tempered glass shelves, ...
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2010s Italian Modern Corner Cupboards

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Glass, Wood

210.M3 Wood Column with Green Interiors by Cara Davide
Located in Geneve, CH
210.M3 Wood column with green Interiors by Cara Davide Dimensions: D 51 x W 51 x H 210 cm Materials: solid wood on multilayer structure, 10mm extra-clear tempered glass shelves, g...
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2010s Italian Modern Corner Cupboards

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Brass, Stainless Steel

115.05 Ash Cabinet by Cara Davide
Located in Geneve, CH
115.05 Ash cabinet by Cara Davide Dimensions: D 51 x W 153 x H 115 cm Materials: Cabinet in aniline colored and transparent varnished ash. 2 doors and 1 shelf in 10mm extra-clear ...
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2010s Italian Modern Corner Cupboards

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Brass

"PARIS" Contemporary Bar Lacquer
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
"P.ARIS" contemporary bar lacquer. External in lacquer. Wooden interior with coasters and bottles. Design Lattoog.
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2010s Brazilian Modern Corner Cupboards

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Lacquer

Amazone Console by Plumbum
Located in Geneve, CH
Amazone console by Plumbum Dimensions: L 100/110 x D 25 x H 87 cm Materials: Steel and ebena wood reconstituted veneer. Influenced by French Decorative Arts, Amazone is a sma...
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2010s French Modern Corner Cupboards

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Steel

Contemporay sideboard model Multileg by Jamie Hayon blue glossy lacquered glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Modules and doors in MDF and lacquered high-gloss, The interior finish is matte for the lacquered version. Tops: 1cm glass paintedLegs in solid turned alder-wood, lacquered in high-g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Corner Cupboards

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Carrara Marble

Contemporary Credenza by Jaime Hayon, model "Multileg" walnut, Spanish design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Modules and doors in MDF and walnut effect , The interior finish is walnut Tops: 1cm glass Legs in solid turned alder-wood in Walnut Effect. Drawers with metalic laterals with len...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Corner Cupboards

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Carrara Marble

Contemporary Beauty Desk, Makeup Table, Writing Table, Mirror, Oak, Brass
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Vivian is a contemporary Beauty Desk, it can be a Makeup Table, a Writing Table, and even a mirror. Vivian mirror is a mirror with a jewelry shelf. An eleg...
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2010s Italian Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Brass

Angle Shelf in Waxed Aluminium by Johan Viladrich
Located in Rotterdam, NL
The Angle Shelf is designed and produced by Johan Viladrich in his atelier in the South of France. Both functional and sculptural, the piece uses the walls to create a unique display...
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2010s Dutch Modern Corner Cupboards

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Aluminum

Contemporary cabinet "Multileg" Black Glossy Lacquer Glass Top by Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, ES
Modules and doors in MDF and lacquered high-gloss, The interior finish is matte for the lacquered version. Tops: 1cm glass paintedLegs in solid turned alder-wood, lacquered in high-g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Corner Cupboards

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Carrara Marble

4 Modules Office & Residential Mail Box Stainless Steel Polished
Located in Barcelona, ES
The letterbox 3-4-5 has been in BD’s catalogue for over 30 years and has become a classic in Spanish design. Tusquets and Clotet designed the first letterboxes which were placed “in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Corner Cupboards

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Stainless Steel

5 Modules Office & Residential Mail Box Stainless Steel Polished
Located in Barcelona, ES
The letterbox 3-4-5 has been in BD’s catalogue for over 30 years and has become a classic in Spanish design. Tusquets and Clotet designed the first letterboxes which were placed “in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Corner Cupboards

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Stainless Steel

3 Modules Office & Residential Mail Box Stainless Steel Polished
Located in Barcelona, ES
The letterbox 3-4-5 has been in BD’s catalogue for over 30 years and has become a classic in Spanish design. Tusquets and Clotet designed the first letterboxes which were placed “in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Stainless Steel

Modern Dilmos Edizioni Hand Painted Cabinet Storage Free-Standing Wood Colorful
Located in Milan, IT
Free-standing wooden cabinet with a single door for Dilmos Milano. The exterior is carefully hand painted, depicting a detail of Sybil, the seer, located in the Sistine Chapel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Wood

Modern Black Marble Corner TV Console Cabinet Bookshelf Boomerang Display
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage marble top corner console. Features black marble top and concave curved front with five shelves. Measures: 44".  
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Late 20th Century Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Marble

Industrial Crafted Art Cristallo Wood Cupboard Limited Edition [Last Piece]
Located in Barcelona, ES
A furniture piece made of MDF and laquered in different colours. The interior is veneered in sycamore wood with frontal finishes stained in a darker colour, the same as the base. The exterior faces of the doors are also veneered in sycamore, featuring a printed graphic on the wood. All of the wooden exterior sides have a satined finish and the coloured featuring a glossed finish. Alessandro Mendini is a unique person characterised for his great generosity amongst many of his other qualities. He was the one that defined the concept of “neoartesanado postindustrial” (new post...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Corner Cupboards

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Sycamore

Contemporary Console in Etched Brass with Pivoting Doors and Stone Elm Shelves
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Pivot collection corner console, simple and sculptural. The supporting structure is a rigid system of metal tubes to which are added shelves in beautiful stone elmwood combined w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Corner Cupboards

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Metal, Brass

3M Multileg Green Cabinet Modern Style Corridor/Living room With Marble Top
Located in Barcelona, ES
Containers and frontals are of a 19mm DM and shelves are of 25mm DM. Matte lacquered on the inside and back. Doors and sides are lacquered in a high-gloss finish. Solid turned alder-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Carrara Marble

Meridian Modular Credenza, Trio, Modern Steel Corner Cabinet, by Force/Collide
Located in Seattle, WA
The most versatile piece of furniture in Force/Collide's portfolio, the Meridian Modular Credenza is an all-steel, sturdy and modern construction consisting of double-sided paneling with no exposed fasteners. It provides total flexibility; the credenza breaks apart into three individual cabinetry components that can be reconfigured in numerous ways, or rather isolated and used independently. Hyper-dimensional in any arrangement, there is virtually no top or bottom to any one of the three components, lending them to function seamlessly in every 90 degree rotation. The use of geometry and mirrored symmetry in every position is not only aesthetic but maximizes storage capacity. This position features: Corner position The corner position is the crux of flexibility for the Meridian Modular Credenza. Designed to give maximal storage in a minimal amount of space, one side of the right-hand unit has been left open to create an access point to the cabinet. The removable door being a key feature for this configuration, all shelves are fully accessible and surface counter area is equivalent to the horizontal configuration. Features The cabinet comes with a removable, reversible door that accommodates every configuration with more than one option. Key design features making this possible: no hardware is visible, magnets are positioned to hold the door in place when closed, and chains can be added or removed from the frame to act as a stop when the door is open in the horizontal position. This gives three ways to use the cabinet: like a door (see horizontal position), like a writing desk (see below), or completely open (see corner position). Adjustable feet provide a guarantee that surfaces can be made level with one another in circumstances where floors may not be level or weight distribution becomes uneven, and finally, the units bolt together from the inside of the cabinet at hidden anchor points to lock it into its proper position and eliminate gaps once level. Details The surface quality of the hot rolled steel used to make the Meridian is scratch-free and luxe, the mill scale patterning carefully paired and emboldened by the process of oiling, buffing and waxing. The framing is blackened to match, while the silver edges of the sheet metal form highlights that act as a geometric mapping of the mirroring cavities. Other positions include: Horizontal position Spanning almost 8 feet across, and hitting 3 feet high, this is the perfect position for use as a traditional credenza...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Corner Cupboards

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Steel

Leather Corner Coffee Table or Trunk
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Unusual leather trunk to be used as a side coffee table in the corner, or blanket chest - Very beautiful in a modern sitting room - M/1764 -
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Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Corner Cupboards

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Leather

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