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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
20th Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Crystal
2010s Belgian Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Art Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Pottery
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Decorative Bowls
Oak
20th Century English Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Resin
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Resin
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Resin
1980s North American Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Decorative Bowls
Wood
2010s English Modern Decorative Bowls
Cement
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Resin
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Stainless Steel
2010s English Modern Decorative Bowls
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
2010s Belgian Modern Decorative Bowls
Other
2010s English Modern Decorative Bowls
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Decorative Bowls
Wood, Plywood
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Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Bowls
Gold
2010s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Sandstone
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Iron
2010s Indian Modern Decorative Bowls
Leather, Carbon Fiber
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass, Murano Glass
2010s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Sandstone
2010s Australian Modern Decorative Bowls
Aluminum
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Resin, Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Decorative Bowls
Oak
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Stoneware
2010s Spanish Modern Decorative Bowls
Cast Stone
1970s French Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
1980s American Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Sandstone
2010s Indian Modern Decorative Bowls
Leather, Carbon Fiber
2010s Belgian Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
20th Century German Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Carrara Marble
2010s European Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Stone, Agate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Crystal
2010s Belgian Modern Decorative Bowls
Wood
2010s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Sandstone
2010s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Sandstone
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
1960s French Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
2010s Chinese Modern Decorative Bowls
Porcelain
2010s Brazilian Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze