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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
20th Century German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Bowls and Baskets
Stone
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
2010s Chinese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal, Lead
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Gold Leaf
2010s South African Modern Bowls and Baskets
Quartz
Late 20th Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Bowls and Baskets
Marble
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 South African Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Brass
2010s Colombian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Natural Fiber
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Oak
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Sterling Silver
20th Century American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
20th Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Art Glass
Early 2000s Northern Irish Modern Bowls and Baskets
Crystal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Bowls and Baskets
Bamboo, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bowls and Baskets
Murano Glass
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Bowls and Baskets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Bowls and Baskets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Shell, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
2010s American Modern Bowls and Baskets
Leather