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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Mid-20th Century European Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Early 2000s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze, Enamel
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
Early 2000s Austrian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
1990s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Silver, Bronze, Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Onyx, Marble
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Hide, Leather
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Fiberglass
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
1990s British Modern Bowls and Baskets
Cut Glass
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
20th Century Australian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
1980s Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Clay
2010s Malaysian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Copper
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wicker, Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold
2010s Central American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine, Marble
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass, Silver
20th Century English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Quartz, Rock Crystal
1980s Austrian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stoneware
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Travertine
20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
2010s Australian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Aluminum
2010s French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
Early 2000s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold