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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass, Chrome
2010s German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery, Clay
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze, Metal
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold
1950s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Onyx
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bamboo, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal
2010s European Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
2010s European Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble, Bronze
2010s European Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
20th Century Japanese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
1930s English Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Earthenware
2010s German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
2010s English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Cotton, Fabric, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal
1970s German Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
2010s German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal
20th Century Swedish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Onyx, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf