Modern Jewelry 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Jewelry Boxes
Quartz
1970s Vintage Modern Jewelry Boxes
Onyx
Late 20th Century American Modern Jewelry Boxes
Burl
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Jewelry Boxes
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Jewelry Boxes
Acrylic
2010s Mexican Modern Jewelry Boxes
Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Bone, Ebony
2010s Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Leather
2010s Mexican Modern Jewelry Boxes
Acrylic
2010s Argentine Modern Jewelry Boxes
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s Argentine Modern Jewelry Boxes
Stone, Onyx
2010s Mexican Modern Jewelry Boxes
Acrylic
2010s Mexican Modern Jewelry Boxes
Acrylic
2010s Argentine Modern Jewelry Boxes
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Jewelry Boxes
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Gold, Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Jewelry Boxes
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Jewelry Boxes
Bone
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Jewelry Boxes
Coral
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
1980s Hungarian Vintage Modern Jewelry Boxes
Silver
1950s American Vintage Modern Jewelry Boxes
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Jewelry Boxes
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Cherry, Padouk, Zebra Wood
1960s British Vintage Modern Jewelry Boxes
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Jewelry Boxes
Coral
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Modern Jewelry Boxes
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Jewelry Boxes
Acrylic
2010s Mexican Modern Jewelry Boxes
Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic