Modern Bowls and Baskets
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Bowls and Baskets
Malachite, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Steel
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
2010s Modern Bowls and Baskets
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Dutch Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Carrara Marble, Marble
Early 2000s Northern Irish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murrine
2010s Palestinian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass, Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Copper, Enamel
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal
2010s Dutch Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Enamel
1980s English Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pewter
1960s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
1980s French Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Silver Plate
1980s Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Natural Fiber, Rattan
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stone, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
1930s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
20th Century French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Enamel
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
20th Century French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine, Marble
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
1980s French Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood, Oak, Beech, Ash