Modern Candlesticks
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Candlesticks
Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1960s French Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Candlesticks
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candlesticks
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Quartz, Rock Crystal
1980s Swedish Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candlesticks
Marble, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Candlesticks
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Quartz, Rock Crystal
2010s American Modern Candlesticks
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Marble
20th Century English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
1980s German Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Carrara Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
20th Century French Modern Candlesticks
Marble, Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Amethyst, Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Rock Crystal
1990s French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Quartz, Rock Crystal
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Sterling Silver
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Carrara Marble
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Carrara Marble
20th Century French Modern Candlesticks
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold, Brass
1990s North American Modern Candlesticks
Glass, Art Glass
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1990s Modern Candlesticks
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
2010s American Modern Candlesticks
Silicone
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Pyrite
2010s Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
2010s Belgian Modern Candlesticks
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Metal
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Onyx, Stone, Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Sheet Metal
Early 2000s European Modern Candlesticks
Silver
Mid-20th Century Modern Candlesticks
Glass
20th Century French Modern Candlesticks
Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Candlesticks
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Murano Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
2010s Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
Late 20th Century British Modern Candlesticks
Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s American Modern Candlesticks
Silicone
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Sheet Metal
1990s American Modern Candlesticks
Brass, Gold Leaf