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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
1980s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Steel
20th Century Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass, Art Glass
Early 20th Century Brazilian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Willow
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
Late 20th Century French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
1980s Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery
2010s British Modern Bowls and Baskets
Walnut
1960s French Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
1990s Danish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Aluminum
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine, Brass
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather, Plastic
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s Danish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
1980s English Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Earthenware
1950s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic