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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases and Vessels
Stoneware
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
2010s Indian Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
2010s Indian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Clay
2010s Brazilian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Enamel
2010s Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
2010s Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Travertine
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Travertine
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Bronze
2010s British Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
2010s Argentine Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases and Vessels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Cement, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
2010s Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
2010s Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
2010s Dutch Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Stoneware
2010s Palestinian Modern Vases and Vessels
Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
2010s Argentine Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
2010s Argentine Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases and Vessels
Gold Leaf, Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Vases and Vessels
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
2010s European Modern Vases and Vessels
Clay
2010s Austrian Modern Vases and Vessels
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Resin
2010s Mexican Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Vases and Vessels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Glass