Modern Vases and Vessels
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble, Travertine
1990s European Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Resin
20th Century French Modern Vases and Vessels
Bronze, Copper
20th Century English Modern Vases and Vessels
Stoneware
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Porcelain
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
1980s French Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
1990s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Acrylic, Plexiglass, Lucite
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Stoneware
20th Century French Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Chrome, Gold, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Brass, Pewter
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
20th Century European Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Vases and Vessels
Steel
1990s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Vases and Vessels
Cement
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Enamel
1930s Japanese Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Pottery
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass
2010s Danish Modern Vases and Vessels
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Metal, Metallic Thread
21st Century and Contemporary Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery, Clay
1960s Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s Indian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s Argentine Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Concrete, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass