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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Dutch Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Aluminum
20th Century Japanese Modern Candlesticks
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Steel, Nickel
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Stone, Onyx, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1970s Norwegian Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Pewter
2010s American Modern Candlesticks
Glass
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
2010s Australian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Brass, Nickel
1990s Swedish Modern Candlesticks
Art Glass
1980s German Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Candlesticks
Art Glass
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Stone, Onyx, Metal
2010s Modern Candlesticks
Brass
2010s Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
1970s French Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Stainless Steel
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
2010s Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Art Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Gold
1990s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Copper
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Stone, Onyx, Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Ceramic
20th Century French Modern Candlesticks
Metal
2010s Modern Candlesticks
Copper
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Murano Glass
1960s German Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Metal
1970s Finnish Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
1970s American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Candlesticks
Glass
1980s Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Candlesticks
Brass
Early 20th Century Dutch Modern Candlesticks
Pottery
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Stone, Onyx, Metal
20th Century Finnish Modern Candlesticks
Murano Glass
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Stone, Onyx, Metal
1980s German Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Porcelain
1990s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Glass
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1960s Unknown Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Silver Plate
1980s North American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Stainless Steel
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Crystal
Late 20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Brass
1930s Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Candlesticks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Blown Glass