Modern Vases
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
2010s Argentine Modern Vases
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Onyx
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Vases
Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
2010s European Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
20th Century German Modern Vases
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic, Terracotta
2010s Chinese Modern Vases
Porcelain
2010s Chinese Modern Vases
Porcelain
2010s Dutch Modern Vases
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Dutch Modern Vases
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Onyx, Stone, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Art Glass
2010s American Modern Vases
Clay, Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
1960s American Vintage Modern Vases
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Marble
2010s American Modern Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Vases
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Porcelain
1990s Israeli Modern Vases
Porcelain
1980s German Vintage Modern Vases
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Vases
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
1970s German Vintage Modern Vases
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Crystal
Mid-20th Century German Modern Vases
Porcelain, Ceramic, Pottery
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Resin, Polyester
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Bronze