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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes
Bone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Murano Glass
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Wood, Shagreen Stingray
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass, Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Wood, Shagreen Stingray
2010s Thai Modern Decorative Boxes
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Boxes
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
Early 2000s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Late 20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
Early 2000s Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Animal Skin
Early 2000s French Modern Decorative Boxes
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes
Velvet
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Wood
2010s Unknown Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
1970s American Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Suede, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Leather
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Marble, Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Shagreen
1940s British Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Bone, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Boxes
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Leather
1960s British Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Australian Modern Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Nickel
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal
2010s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Wood, Lacquer
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Bone
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1970s American Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Boxes
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Boxes
Silver Plate





