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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 19th Century European Antique Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1990s Modern Candlesticks
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
2010s Danish Modern Candlesticks
Sterling Silver
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Carrara Marble
2010s European Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Lucite
2010s Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal, Aluminum
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century German Modern Candlesticks
Iron
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Carrara Marble
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Carrara Marble
2010s Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Candlesticks
Glass
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Marble
2010s Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Blown Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Candlesticks
Blown Glass
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Iron
20th Century Japanese Modern Candlesticks
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candlesticks
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Japanese Modern Candlesticks
Stone
2010s European Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Candlesticks
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Steel
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Aluminum
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Irish Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Gold Plate
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Candlesticks
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Chrome