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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1960s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather, Cotton
Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
1980s French Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather, Canvas
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather, Fabric
1980s Swedish Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather, Fabric
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Onyx
1980s Swedish Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
2010s Canadian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Quartz, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass, Art Glass
1980s Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Natural Fiber, Rattan
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Silver Plate
20th Century French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal, Enamel
2010s French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
1970s German Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Cane, Leather
2010s Spanish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Cane, Leather
1960s French Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Dutch Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stone, Bronze