Modern Decorative Boxes
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Vietnamese Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass, Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Decorative Boxes
Crystal
20th Century German Modern Decorative Boxes
Porcelain
Early 2000s French Modern Decorative Boxes
Epoxy Resin
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Agate, Metal, Silver Plate
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
2010s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic, Clay
20th Century Chinese Modern Decorative Boxes
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Decorative Boxes
Copper, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes
Bone, Wood, Bentwood
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass
1980s French Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Silver Plate
1990s Indian Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal, Brass, Enamel
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
1980s American Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Shell, Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
1980s British Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Shagreen
20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Stainless Steel
1990s German Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome, Steel
Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Stone
20th Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Bone, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Boxes
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Decorative Boxes
Porcelain
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Boxes
Travertine
1970s French Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal, Chrome
2010s South American Modern Decorative Boxes
Onyx, Stone, Metal
2010s South American Modern Decorative Boxes
Onyx, Stone, Metal
2010s South American Modern Decorative Boxes
Onyx, Stone, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Bone, Horn, Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Stone, Onyx
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Stone, Onyx
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Stone, Onyx
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Plastic, Wood
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Stone, Onyx
1970s American Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Suede, Wood, Lacquer
1990s Japanese Modern Decorative Boxes
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Alabaster, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal
20th Century American Modern Decorative Boxes
Wood
1990s Japanese Modern Decorative Boxes
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Decorative Boxes
Laminate, Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Stone, Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
1990s British Modern Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Decorative Boxes
Bone