Modern Candle Holders
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s European Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s European Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s European Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s European Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Leather, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
1980s American Vintage Modern Candle Holders
Murano Glass
2010s Australian Modern Candle Holders
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Candle Holders
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Candle Holders
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Candle Holders
Crystal
20th Century Unknown Modern Candle Holders
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
20th Century French Modern Candle Holders
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Candle Holders
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Candle Holders
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candle Holders
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candle Holders
Marble, Brass
2010s Argentine Modern Candle Holders
Stone, Onyx, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Martinican Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Candle Holders
Glass
2010s American Modern Candle Holders
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Candle Holders
Glass
1960s Unknown Vintage Modern Candle Holders
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Candle Holders
Wood, Ceramic
2010s French Modern Candle Holders
Metal
1990s American Modern Candle Holders
Metal
2010s French Modern Candle Holders
Marble
2010s Indonesian Modern Candle Holders
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Candle Holders
Stone
1980s American Vintage Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Chrome
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Candle Holders
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Travertine
1980s American Vintage Modern Candle Holders
Coral, Bronze
2010s American Modern Candle Holders
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candle Holders
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candle Holders
Marble, Brass
20th Century North American Modern Candle Holders
Glass
1940s Danish Vintage Modern Candle Holders
Pewter
1960s Vintage Modern Candle Holders
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Modern Candle Holders
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Candle Holders
Onyx
2010s French Modern Candle Holders
Metal