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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Sandstone
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Epoxy Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Thai Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Rose Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Amethyst, Malachite, Gold Plate
2010s North American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Cotton
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather, Cotton
2010s Brazilian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Onyx
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
20th Century Unknown Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
2010s French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Onyx, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Sandstone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Iron
2010s Dutch Modern Bowls and Baskets
Steel, Zinc
1970s French Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
2010s Indian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
2010s Saudi Arabian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass