Modern Vases
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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: Driade
Olga Medium Glass Vase w/ Multicolored Detail by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Gorgeous centrepiece with multicolored lace decorations. Olga is a joy for the eyes.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016). after studying interior design at the school for arts and crafts in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Greeky Medium White Vase by Analogia Project for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With ironic sophistication, the Greeky collection offers a modern interpretation of ancient Greek pottery that, by tradition, narrates the epic g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Peary II Medium Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The vases by borek sipek have onion, leaves, shoots, thorns and twigs clinging on their top. A whole world of fantasy stolen from the plants’ one. Peary is available in transparent o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Pierre Small Red and Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The vase by Borek Sipek has leaves, shoots, thorns and twigs clinging on their surface. A whole world of fantasy stolen from the world of plants.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Francesca Large Clear and Red Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four well managed “weddings” between different colors and materials: glass and porcelain, glass white and red. The union is sealed and divorce is not expected.
Borek Sipek (1949-201...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Greeky Large White Centrepiece by Analogia Project for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With ironic sophistication, the Greeky collection offers a modern interpretation of ancient Greek pottery that, by tradition, narrates the epic g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Florian II Medium Red Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vase with a jeweled crown and an unusual orange-red color, by Borek Sipek.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016). After studying interior design at the school for A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Ordini Narrow Vase with White and Black Decoration by Analogia Project for Driad
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ordini is a playful and surprising interpretation of classical architectural orders. The workmanship of the vases recalls the mouldings of vitruvian orders in which decorative architectural features become an ornamental element that plays with the cylindrical volume of the vase. The collection includes three elements; a broad vase, a narrow vase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Hera Large Green and Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The gorgeous Hera vase by Borek Sipek has leaves, shoots, thorns and twigs clinging on their surface or a onion top. A whole world of fantasy stolen from the world of plants.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied interior design at the school for Arts & Crafts in Prague from 1964-1968. He went to Germany to study architecture at the Kunsthochschule in Hamburg. He also studied aesthetics and philosophy. In 1983, he moved to the Netherlands and set up the design office that provided a base for his subsequent explorations of oriental and occidental arts and crafts. His fateful encounter with Driade resulted in furniture and objects. The ideas eventually found their way into the Eidos, Malastrana and Follies Collections. Sipek's systematic revisitations of traditional craft techniques and materials have won several prestigious awards including, the Croix Chevalier Dans L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres from the French Government in 1991. In 1993, he won the Prins Bernard Fons Prize for architecture and arts. Sipek has an international reputation as an imaginative and versatile artist. He was appointed Prague castle architect by Czech president, Vaclav Havel. He worked from 1992 to 1996 on architectural detailing and other features of Joze Plecnik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Medium Gear Vase in Matte Black by Phillippe Bestenheider for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Phillippe Bestenheider puts his name to a collection of fine, elegant vases for Driade. A tall vase, a medium vase, and a centrepiece with sophi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
6 Amici III White Vase by Linde Burkhardt for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Evanescent and enigmatic, this collection features six different pearly ceramic lids atop pearly ceramic vases. The "6 Amici" collection is designed by Linde Burkhardt.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Peary I Medium Clear, Green and Red Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The vases by borek sipek have onion, leaves, shoots, thorns and twigs clinging on their top. a whole world of fantasy stolen from the plants’ one. Peary is available in transparent o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Adelaide II Large White Vase by Xie Dong for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
As she experimented with different materials, and due to a special technique, Xie Dong has mandaged to ruffle, and almost pleat, ceramics. She's a true artist, able to translate a de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Perigot Small Red and Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Perigot is a red coral blown glass vase that is characterized by elegant lines with a perfectly symmetrical shape.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied interior design at the school for Arts & Crafts in Prague from 1964-1968. He went to Germany to study architecture at the Kunsthochschule in Hamburg. He also studied aesthetics and philosophy. In 1983, he moved to the Netherlands and set up the design office that provided a base for his subsequent explorations of oriental and occidental arts and crafts. His fateful encounter with Driade resulted in furniture and objects. The ideas eventually found their way into the Eidos, Malastrana and Follies Collections. Sipek's systematic revisitations of traditional craft techniques and materials have won several prestigious awards including, the Croix Chevalier Dans L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres from the French Government in 1991. In 1993, he won the Prins Bernard Fons Prize for architecture and arts. Sipek has an international reputation as an imaginative and versatile artist. He was appointed Prague castle architect by Czech president, Vaclav Havel. He worked from 1992 to 1996 on architectural detailing and other features of Joze Plecnik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Angela Large Glass Vase with Multicolored Detail by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sophisticated centerpiece with multicolored leaf detail. A sensational joy for the any viewer.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016). After studying interior design at the school for arts and c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Ordini Narrow Vase with Cabadt Blue and Bronze Color by Analogia Project
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ordini is a playful and surprising interpretation of classical architectural orders. The workmanship of the vases recalls the mouldings of vitruvian orders in which decorative architectural features become an ornamental element that plays with the cylindrical volume of the vase. The collection includes three elements; a broad vase, a narrow vase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Bronze
Greeky Large Sand Color Centrepiece by Analogia Project for Driade
By Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With ironic sophistication, the Greeky collection offers a modern interpretation of ancient Greek pottery that, by tradition, narrates the epic gestures of gods and heroes. Decorations are harmoniously converted into patterns that wrap around each item, enhancing their curved and harmonious shapes. The collection includes three classical elements, two vases and a large centrepiece bowl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Adam Large Glass Vase with Black Detail by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Adam, designed by Borek Sipek for Driade, is a vase characterized by iconic shape, balanced by unusual elliptical inserts.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied interior design at the school for Arts & Crafts in Prague from 1964-1968. He went to Germany to study architecture at the Kunsthochschule in Hamburg. He also studied aesthetics and philosophy. In 1983, he moved to the Netherlands and set up the design office that provided a base for his subsequent explorations of oriental and occidental Arts & Crafts. His fateful encounter with Driade resulted in furniture and objects. The ideas eventually found their way into the Eidos, Malastrana and Follies Collections. Sipek's systematic revisitations of traditional craft techniques and materials have won several prestigious awards including, the Croix Chevalier Dans L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres from the French Government in 1991. In 1993, he won the Prins Bernard Fons Prize for architecture and arts. Sipek has an international reputation as an imaginative and versatile artist. He was appointed Prague castle architect by Czech president, Vaclav Havel. He worked from 1992-1996 on architectural detailing and other features of Joze Plecnik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
6 Amici I White Vase by Linde Burkhardt for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Evanescent and enigmatic, this collection features six different pearly ceramic lids atop pearly ceramic vases. The "6 Amici" collection is designed by Linde Burkhardt.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Adelaide III Large White Vase by Xie Dong for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
As she experimented with different materials, and due to a special technique, Xie Dong has mandaged to ruffle, and almost pleat, ceramics. She's a true artist, able to translate a de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Greeky Medium Sand Color Vase by Analogia Project for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With ironic sophistication, the Greeky collection offers a modern interpretation of ancient Greek pottery that, by tradition, narrates the epic g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Tristano Medium Glass Fruit Stand with Green Base by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant centrepiece in clear and green glass with gem decorations.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016). After studying interior design at the school for Arts & Crafts in Prague (1964-1968), he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Celine I Vase in White Porcelain with Glass Detail by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four well managed “weddings” between different colors and materials: glass and porcelain, glass white and red. The union is sealed and divorce is not expected.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016). Studied interior design at the school for Arts & Crafts in Prague from 1964-1968. He went to Germany to study architecture at the Kunsthochschule in Hamburg. He also studied aesthetics and philosophy. In 1983, he moved to the Netherlands and set up the design office that provided a base for his subsequent explorations of oriental and occidental arts and crafts. His fateful encounter with Driade resulted in furniture and objects. The ideas eventually found their way into the Eidos, Malastrana and Follies Collections. Sipek's systematic revisitations of traditional Craft techniques and materials have won several prestigious awards including, the Croix Chevalier Dans L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres from the French Government in 1991. In 1993, he won the Prins Bernard Fons Prize for architecture and arts. Sipek has an international reputation as an imaginative and versatile artist. He was appointed Prague castle architect by Czech president, Vaclav Havel. He worked from 1992-1996 on architectural detailing and other features of Joze...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Ordini Bowl Mott with White Color Outside and Glossy Inside by Analogia Project
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ordini is a playful and surprising interpretation of classical architectural orders. The workmanship of the vases recalls the mouldings of Vitruvian orders in which decorative archit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Greeky Large White Vase by Analogia Project for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With ironic sophistication, the Greeky collection offers a modern interpretation of ancient Greek pottery that, by tradition, narrates the epic gestures of gods and heroes. Decorations are harmoniously converted into patterns that wrap around each item, enhancing their curved and harmonious shapes. The collection includes three classical elements, two vases and a large centrepiece bowl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Ordini Large Vase with Mott White and Bronze Color by Analogia Project for Dria
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ordini is a playful and surprising interpretation of classical architectural orders. The workmanship of the vases recalls the mouldings of vitruvian orders in which decorative archit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Bronze
Root Medium Blue Vase in Glass by Driade
By Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
I designed these vases thinking about the flowers in their original habitat in mind. What can be a better “container” than their own roots, the means by which nourishment and water gets to the petals and leaves?” The root vases...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Ordini Large Vase with White and Black Decoration by Analogia Project for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ordini is a playful and surprising interpretation of classical architectural orders. The workmanship of the vases recalls the mouldings of vitruvian orders in which decorative archit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Medium Gear Vase in Glossy Gold by Phillippe Bestenheider for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Phillippe Bestenheider puts his name to a collection of fine, elegant vases for Driade. A tall vase, a medium vase, and a centerpiece with sophi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Root Small Blue Vase in Glass by Driade
By Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
I designed these vases thinking about the flowers in their original Habitat in mind. What can be a better “container” than their own roots, the means by which nourishment and water gets to the petals and leaves?” The root vases...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Tall Gear Vase in Matte Black by Phillippe Bestenheider for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Phillippe Bestenheider puts his name to a collection of fine, elegant vases for Driade. A tall vase, a medium vase, and a centrepiece with sophi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Greeky Large Sand Color Vase by Analogia Project for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With ironic sophistication, the Greeky collection offers a modern interpretation of ancient Greek pottery that, by tradition, narrates the epic g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Medium Gear Vase in Matte White by Phillippe Bestenheider for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Phillippe Bestenheider puts his name to a collection of fine, elegant vases for Driade. A tall vase, a medium vase, and a centerpiece with sophi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Argencourt Large Yellow and Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The vases by Borek Sipek are often is pried by leaves, shoots, thorns and twigs, clinging to a surface. Such is the case with the splended Argencourt vase, which displays a world of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
6 Amici II White Vase by Linde Burkhardt for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Evanescent and enigmatic, this collection features six different pearly ceramic lids atop pearly ceramic vases. The "6 Amici" collection is designed by Linde Burkhardt.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
6 Amici IV White Vase by Linde Burkhardt for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Evanescent and enigmatic, this collection features six different pearly ceramic lids atop pearly ceramic vases. The "6 Amici" collection is designed by Linde Burkhardt.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
6 Amici V White Vase by Linde Burkhardt for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Evanescent and enigmatic, this collection features six different pearly ceramic lids atop pearly ceramic vases. The "6 Amici" collection is designed by Linde Burkhardt.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
6 Amici VI White Vase by Linde Burkhardt for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Evanescent and enigmatic, this collection features six different pearly ceramic lids atop pearly ceramic vases. The "6 Amici" collection is designed by Linde Burkhardt.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Adelaide IV Small White Vase by Xie Dong for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
As she experimented with different materials, and due to a special technique, Xie Dong has mandaged to ruffle, and almost pleat, ceramics. She's a true artist, able to translate a de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Gear Vase in Matte White by Phillippe Bestenheider for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Phillippe Bestenheider puts his name to a collection of fine, elegant vases for Driade. A tall vase, a medium vase, and a centerpiece with sophi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Medium Gear Vase in Matte Blue by Phillippe Bestenheider for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Phillippe Bestenheider puts his name to a collection of fine, elegant vases for Driade. A tall vase, a medium vase, and a centrepiece with sophi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Gear Vase in Matte Blue by Phillippe Bestenheider for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Phillippe Bestenheider puts his name to a collection of fine, elegant vases for Driade. A tall vase, a medium vase, and a centerpiece with sophisticated matte white, black, blue, and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Adelaide I Medium White Vase by Xie Dong for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
As she experimented with different materials, and due to a special technique, Xie Dong has mandaged to ruffle, and almost pleat, ceramics. She's a true artist, able to translate a de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern vases 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 vases 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 ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern vases 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 vases, popular names associated with this style include Venini, RAAQUU, VG-VGnewtrend, and Carlo Moretti. 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 vases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $28 and tops out at $45,920 while the average work can sell for $993.
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