Modern Decorative Bowls
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s European Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble, Bronze
1950s American Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Travertine, Marble
Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
1990s American Modern Decorative Bowls
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
Early 2000s North American Modern Decorative Bowls
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
20th Century English Modern Decorative Bowls
Stoneware
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
2010s Modern Decorative Bowls
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Decorative Bowls
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Willow
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Art Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Fruitwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Quartz, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
2010s Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
1980s English Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
20th Century British Modern Decorative Bowls
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
1990s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Stone, Metal, Brass, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Brass, Metal, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Decorative Bowls
Reclaimed Wood, Willow, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
20th Century French Modern Decorative Bowls
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century French Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
Early 2000s English Modern Decorative Bowls
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass