Modern Clocks
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century German Modern Clocks
Porcelain
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Resin
2010s Dutch Modern Clocks
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Clocks
Metal, Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Aluminum
2010s Dutch Modern Clocks
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Resin
20th Century North American Modern Clocks
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Steel
1950s North American Vintage Modern Clocks
Other, Metal
2010s American Modern Clocks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Clocks
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Clocks
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Clocks
Plastic
2010s Austrian Modern Clocks
Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Clocks
Plastic
2010s European Modern Clocks
Marble
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Clocks
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Clocks
Nickel
Late 20th Century American Modern Clocks
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern Clocks
Gold
20th Century North American Modern Clocks
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Clocks
Metal
20th Century German Modern Clocks
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Modern Clocks
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Aluminum
1980s Japanese Vintage Modern Clocks
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Clocks
Gold
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Clocks
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clocks
Aluminum, Steel
1960s Austrian Vintage Modern Clocks
Steel
1980s Vintage Modern Clocks
Brass
1960s Swiss Vintage Modern Clocks
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Clocks
Carrara Marble, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Plastic