Modern Decorative Objects
MODERN STYLE
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
Creator: Venini
Creator: Ghidini 1961
Ghidini 1961 Nowhere Bullet Vase in Brass by Studio Job
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Based on a tale of two wild girls traveling across the US, the Nowhere bullet vase feature iconic Studio Job engravings and a typical oversized form giving...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Ghidini 1961 "There" Push Pin White Candle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
There (push pin) spare candle.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Ghidini 1961 Omini the Diver Short Candlestick in Polished Brass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This delightful polished brass short candlestick is a creative accent for any modern interior. Ideal for displaying tall dinner candles, the Minimalist design is marked by a bulbed bobeche with a wide rim supported by a short column and a flat base. A small figurine stands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Venini Monofiore Balloton Small Vase in Grey Red Thread Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monofiore Balloton vase in Amber Murano glass by Venini. It looks soft, but it’s not; it’s glass. The optical illusion of Monofiori by Venini from 1970 lies in its name: Balloton, a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Deco Medium Vase in Milk White by Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Historic vase designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in opalino glass characterized by round horizontal ribs. The model is proposed in three shades of colour and in three sizes.
Rhythm"...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Monofiore Decorative Jar with Cap in Green Blown Glass by Laura de Santillana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Different shapes, different colours. But all bursting with energy. Their caps recall the shapes and patterns of nature. Every Monofiore by Laura de Santillana is unique: a small prec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Gemme Short Glass Vase in Violet by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with shaped body and neck in violet designed in 2017. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also available in other colors on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Opalino Glass Vase in Red and Milk-White by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Opalino vase is all about sophisticated and unique colors, thanks to the use of the traditional Opalino technique. This method was first introduced in...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Ninfea Model by Toni Zuccheri for Venini.
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
Ninfea vase designed by Toni Zuccheri and produced by Venini in 1960. Exhibited at Tingo Design Gallery in 2008 for the exhibition "Murano a Go-Go". Signed...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Fazzoletto Opalino Medium Vase in Horizon Murano Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fazzoletto Opalino medium vase in Horizon Murano glass by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini. An exclusive new take on the Opalini technique from the 15th century makes its color uniqu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase by Alessandro Mendini for Venini, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Alessandro Mendini for Venini, Berito glass vase, with vertical pink stripes, incised mark and dated with applied circular label.
Exhibited at Tingo design gallery in 2008 for the ex...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Fazzoletto Opalino Small Vase in Apple Green Murano Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fazzoletto Opalino small vase in Amber Murano glass by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini. An exclusive new take on the Opalini technique from the 15th century makes its color unique. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Ghidini 1961 Tip Top Pencil Holder in Polished Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pencil holder in stainless steel. When you look at the top view of the Tip-Top series, all the triangles have the same size. In 3D these triangles have been stretched, which creates ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
Venini Battuti Canoa in Green by Tobia Scarpa and Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Battuti glass series by Tobia Scarpa and Ludovico Diaz de Santillana. Indoor use only.
Dimensions: W 60 cm x D 12 cm x H 6 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Occhi Vase in Red by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Occhi vase collection, designed by Tobia Scarpa and manufactured by Venini, consists of three different vases made of crystal murrine and coral glass.
Indo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Ghidini 1961 Cestino 2 Large Bowl in Polished Brass by Andrea Branzi
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
"The dance, intended as an eternal circle and sacred ritual and celebration of the ancient tribal traditions." This is the reference of Andrea Branzi when he thought of this series of three pieces that define these new vase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Tobia Scarpa Battuti Vase in Amber Murano Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Battuti vase in Amber Murano glass by Tobia Scarpa and Ludovico Diaz De Santillana for Venini. It evokes a lily standing tall, in tones of Amber and Grape. Its translucent appearance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Murano Italian Dark Red Glass Bottle Incisi Serie, 1980
By Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian glass bottle with stopper, “Incisi” series, in two-color submerged glass with surface entirely worked by grinding produced by Venini Murano.
Venini 80 engraved signature unde...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Occhi Vase in Coral Red by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Occhi glass vase in coral red by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Tobia Scarpa. Blown handmade glass vases with the “Murrine” technique.
Color: Cor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Ghidini 1961 Omini the Walkman Tall Candlestick in Brass by Stefano Giovannoni
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Candleholder in brass
Omini is a family of products that plays on the inclusion and the relationship between the human figure with a series of monolithic objects from geometric and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Venini Opalino Large Horizon Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Venini Veronese Glass Vase in Straw and Crystal by Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with cylindrical body and crystal decorative base. Featured in straw and yellow colored class with crystal designed in 1921. Perfect for indoor home decor as contai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Ghidini 1961 Sticks Flowers Pot in Polished Brass by Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
The new flower holder is a small abstract bush. With its delicate poetry it completes the domestic environment. Sticks frees our composite creativity, consents the play of colors, es...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Sticks Candle Holder by Campana Brothers
By Ghidini 1961
Located in Milan, IT
An abstract interpretation of crossed twigs, this candle holder poetically evokes the powerful dynamism of fire, with its three brass elements. Two diagonal pieces cross to support t...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Venini Feniletilamina Happy Pills Vase in Black and Orange by Fabio Novembre
By Fabio Novembre, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Happy Pills in feniletilamina by Fabio Novembre. Numbered Edition Handmade blown glass with the “Incalmo” technique.
Color: Feniletilamina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Ando Cosmos Vase in Tea, Red and Gray by Tadao Ando
By Tadao Ando, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ando Cosmos vase, designed by Tadao Ando and manufactured by Venini, is made of three vases that create a sphere when united. Crystal version is available ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Bolle Vase in Grass Green, Amber-Yellow and Violet by Tapio Wirkkala
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vase turns into a bottle for Tapio Wirkkala. Apple green, yellow and purple. Three distinct spaces of colour that blend together thanks to the "Incalmo" technique, a process by whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Tomaso Buzzi Venini Venetian Large Tall Peach & Aventurine Art Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and large Venetian Murano art glass vase in peach colored translucent overlaid glass with gold aventurine inclusions made by...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Labuan Vase in Black with Blown Opal Glass by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A classical form inspired by faraway places, magically projected in the contemporary world by the new colours.
Drawing inspiration from exotic destinations in the Far East, Paolo ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Ghidini 1961 Tip Top Large Paper Basket in Gold by Richard Hutten
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Large paper basket in openwork steel
When you look at the top view of the Tip-Top series, all the triangles have the same size. In 3D these triangles have been stretched, which creat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
Fuochi Boreali Glass Vase in Red and Crystal by Giorgio Vigna
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Explosions of colour casting thousands of different hues, in glass like in nature. Flowers, with their countless shapes and long stems, inspired Giorgio Vigna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Anni Trenta Short Glass Bowl in Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass bowl in red. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also available in other colors on 1stdibs.
Dimens...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Opalino Large White Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Opalino Glass Vase in Black black inside by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with slim, oval shaped body and funnel shaped neck. Featured in aquamarine colored glass. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Opalino Large Indigo Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano Glass Bottle / Decanter, Signed, Label
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an original bottle without stopper, by the well known designer Fulvio Bianconi, has 3 acid marks and on top original foil label as shown in pictures.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Deco Medium Vase in Horizon by Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Historic vase designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in opalino glass characterized by round horizontal ribs. The model is proposed in three shades of colour and in three sizes.
Rhythm"...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Venini Piatto Di Tapio Plate in Red & Aquamarine by Tapio Wirkkala
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Piatto Di Tapio in red/aquamarine by Tapio Wirkkala. Numbered Edition for year. “Piatto di Tapio” blown plate with thick handmade center, realized with the “incalmo” technique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Venini Opalino Small Vase in Indigo Milk White Inside Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Opalino small vase in Amber Murano glass by Venini. The Opalino vase is all about sophisticated and unique colors, thanks to the use of the traditional Op...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Incisi Thin Glass Vase in Marine Blue by Paolo Venini
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Incisi glass vase collection, designed by Paolo Venini and manufactured by Venini, feature an engraved surface. Originally designed in 1956. Numb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Gemme Triangular Glass Vase in Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with shaped body and neck in red designed in 2017. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also available in other colors on 1st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Murrine Opache Plate in Coral & Black by Carlo Scarpa
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Murrine Opache plate in coral/black by Carlo Scarpa. Numbered Edition. Handmade glass with “murrine” technique.
Color: Coral/Black
Technique:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Fuochi Boreali Glass Vase in Blue and Crystal by Giorgio Vigna
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Explosions of colour casting thousands of different hues, in glass like in nature. Flowers, with their countless shapes and long stems, inspired Giorgio Vigna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Fazzoletto Opalino Large Glass Vase in Orange by Fulvio Bianconi and Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Created from the collaboration between Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini, characterized by a soft shape with a graceful wavy lip, always unique, obtained using the free-hand technique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Venini Monofiore Balloton Large Vase in Orange Red Thread Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monofiore Balloton large vase in Amber Murano glass by Venini. It looks soft, but it’s not; it’s glass. The optical illusion of Monofiori by Venini ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Deco Sabbiato Glass Vase in Horizonte by Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Historical vase designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in opal glass with round horizontal ribs. The model is proposed with a sandblasted coat.
Dimensions available:
Ø23 x H24,5cm Kg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Labuan Small Glass Vase in Orange by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A classical form inspired by faraway places, magically projected in the contemporary world by the new colours.
It draws inspiration from faraway places, halfway between fantasy an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Battuto A Nido D’ape Glass Vase in Straw Yellow by Carlo Scarpa
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Battuto A Nido D’ape glass vase, designed by Carlo Scarpa and manufactured by Venini, was originally designed in 1940. Numbered edition per year. Indoor use only.
Dimensions: Ø 23...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Venini Kukinto Glass Vase in Multi-Color by Timo Sarpaneva
By Timo Sarpaneva, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with straight body and funnel shaped neck in black, red, apple green, sapphire and crystal designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1991. Perfect for indoor home decor as cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Opalino Glass Vase in Orange Milk White Inside by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with slim, oval shaped body and funnel shaped neck. Featured in aquamarine colored glass. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Ghidini 1961 Sticks Candleholder in Polished Brass by Campana Brothers
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Three crossed twigs are the memory of fire. An evocative and emotional object, a small table poetry. As always Campana Brothers take their inspiration by the lush and wild Brazilian ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Opalino Glass Vase in Horizon Milk White Inside by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with slim, oval shaped body and funnel shaped neck. Featured in aquamarine colored glass. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Clessidra Hourglass in Grape and Pink Murano Glass
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clessidra hourglass in grape and pink Murano glass by Paolo Venini and Riedizione. Limited edition in 99 art pieces each. Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticeable as a whol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Ghidini 1961 Medium Rabbit in Polished Brass by Stefano Giovannoni
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Decorative object medium in brass
"The rabbit is the latest iconic object I have designed.
For Ghidini it has turned into a family of precious metal objects: salt and pepper, paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Incise Glass Bottle in Violet by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A multitude of shapes and colours. Every bottle has its own, chosen with care by Paolo Venini in 1956. Skilfully etched to conceal their imaginary content, they pique the curiosity o...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Opalino Sabbiato Glass Vase in Amber by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with slim, oval shaped body and funnel shaped neck.
Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for any room.
It appears in refined colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Glass Vase by Emmanuel Babled for Venini, 1996
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and wonderful Murano glass vase by Emmanuel Babled for Venini of 1996.
Emmanuel Babled's rare vase is a prototype and it's a real work of art.
It has been realized with a set ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Deco Glass Vase in Apple Green by Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase in apple green designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in 1930. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also available in other colors ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Modern decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Venini, RAAQUU, VG-VGnewtrend, and Mosche Bianche. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $15 and tops out at $6,718,000 while the average work can sell for $1,174.
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