Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Australian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
Early 2000s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Blown Glass
1960s French Vintage Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Walnut
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Murano Glass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Sycamore
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Marble
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Steel
2010s Australian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Marble
Early 2000s French Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
2010s Chinese Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
2010s Swedish Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Sandstone
Late 20th Century Turkish Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Clay, Pottery
2010s Australian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Lapis Lazuli
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Silver Plate
1950s French Vintage Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Mozambican Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Other
Late 20th Century German Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Glass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Marble
Late 20th Century German Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Murano Glass
1990s Swedish Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Blown Glass
2010s American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic, Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Glass
2010s German Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Metal
Early 2000s American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Gold Leaf
1990s Danish Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Alabaster, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Glass
2010s American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic, Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Crystal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Silver Plate
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Silver
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Travertine, Marble