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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Candlesticks
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Candlesticks
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
1930s Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
1970s English Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
Late 20th Century Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Onyx, Stone, Metal
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Onyx, Stone, Metal
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
20th Century English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Metal, Brass
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Onyx, Stone, Metal
20th Century Israeli Modern Candlesticks
Aluminum, Sterling Silver
1990s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Glass
20th Century French Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Modern Candlesticks
Bronze, Copper
1960s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Candlesticks
Iron
Early 2000s French Modern Candlesticks
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century British Modern Candlesticks
Glass
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Candlesticks
Ceramic
1980s Swedish Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Brass
20th Century Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Metal, Nickel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candlesticks
Marble, Brass
1990s Swedish Modern Candlesticks
Art Glass
2010s French Modern Candlesticks
Brass, Steel
2010s Japanese Modern Candlesticks
Stone
Late 20th Century Asian Modern Candlesticks
Fruitwood
1980s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Candlesticks
Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Marble
1940s Danish Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Pewter