Modern Candelabras
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Brazilian Modern Candelabras
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Candelabras
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Candelabras
Chrome, Zinc
2010s Australian Modern Candelabras
Aluminum
2010s Australian Modern Candelabras
Metal, Sterling Silver
20th Century Unknown Modern Candelabras
Metal
Early 20th Century American Modern Candelabras
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Candelabras
Brass
Early 20th Century Israeli Modern Candelabras
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Candelabras
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Candelabras
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candelabras
Glass
2010s North Korean Modern Candelabras
Eggshell
2010s North Korean Modern Candelabras
Eggshell
2010s North Korean Modern Candelabras
Eggshell
2010s American Modern Candelabras
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Candelabras
Resin
2010s American Modern Candelabras
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Candelabras
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Candelabras
Iron
20th Century Danish Modern Candelabras
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Candelabras
Resin
2010s Lebanese Modern Candelabras
Metal, Stainless Steel, Brass
2010s Lebanese Modern Candelabras
Brass, Stainless Steel
20th Century Modern Candelabras
Sterling Silver
20th Century Modern Candelabras
Sterling Silver
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Copper
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Candelabras
Stoneware
1980s American Vintage Modern Candelabras
Art Glass
20th Century Modern Candelabras
Acrylic, Lucite
2010s Turkish Modern Candelabras
Brass
Late 20th Century French Modern Candelabras
Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Candelabras
Crystal, Lead
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candelabras
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Candelabras
Resin
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Metal
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Candelabras
Stoneware
2010s Mexican Modern Candelabras
Stoneware
2010s French Modern Candelabras
Brass, Steel