Modern Table Clocks and Desk 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s German Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
1980s Swiss Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass
1950s French Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Crystal
1980s French Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass, Enamel
1970s Swiss Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass
1990s Swiss Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Marble, Brass
1970s Swiss Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass
1980s Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass
1980s Swiss Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Wood
Late 20th Century French Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Crystal, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass
1990s Swiss Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Stone, Brass
1970s Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Gold
1960s Swiss Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Chrome
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Wood
1960s Swiss Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Gold, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Marble
20th Century Swiss Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Marble
1960s Balkan Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Nickel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
1980s Japanese Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Marble
1990s Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Brass
2010s French Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Carrara Marble, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Marble
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal, Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Leather
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Plastic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal, Chrome
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Wood