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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
20th Century English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
20th Century Japanese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Malachite
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Rose Quartz
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather, Cotton
1980s French Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Acrylic, Shell, Resin
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
20th Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Pottery, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stoneware
2010s Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass, Copper, Metal
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Marble
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Willow
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
1990s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold Leaf
20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stone, Agate
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Cement
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ash
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ash
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
Mid-20th Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Oak
1980s Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
1950s Japanese Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
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Art Glass
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Leather
Early 20th Century Brazilian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
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Scagliola, Stucco
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood, Bubinga
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble