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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Candelabras
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Candelabras
Silver Plate
2010s Spanish Modern Candelabras
Leather, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Candelabras
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Candelabras
Brass
2010s North Korean Modern Candelabras
Eggshell
2010s American Modern Candelabras
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Candelabras
Leather, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Candelabras
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Candelabras
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candelabras
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Candelabras
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Candelabras
Stainless Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Candelabras
Art Glass
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Candelabras
Silver
2010s North Korean Modern Candelabras
Eggshell
20th Century Modern Candelabras
Sterling Silver
1970s French Vintage Modern Candelabras
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Candelabras
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Candelabras
Resin
2010s Lebanese Modern Candelabras
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candelabras
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Candelabras
Crystal
1970s French Vintage Modern Candelabras
Stainless Steel
2010s North Korean Modern Candelabras
Eggshell
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candelabras
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candelabras
Leather, Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candelabras
Leather, Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candelabras
Leather, Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candelabras
Leather, Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candelabras
Leather, Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candelabras
Leather, Glass
1970s French Vintage Modern Candelabras
Stainless Steel
20th Century Unknown Modern Candelabras
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Candelabras
Resin
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Candelabras
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Candelabras
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Candelabras
Sterling Silver
2010s Turkish Modern Candelabras
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Candelabras
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Candelabras
Steel
2010s Australian Modern Candelabras
Stainless Steel
2010s Danish Modern Candelabras
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Candelabras
Bronze
2010s Portuguese Modern Candelabras
Marble, Metal
2010s French Modern Candelabras
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Candelabras
Silver Plate
1990s American Modern Candelabras
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Candelabras
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Candelabras
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Candelabras
Stoneware
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Stone, Aluminum
1980s French Vintage Modern Candelabras
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candelabras
Sterling Silver
2010s American Modern Candelabras
Bronze
2010s Australian Modern Candelabras
Metal, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Candelabras
Ceramic
2010s Belgian Modern Candelabras
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Candelabras
Metal