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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Glass
2010s Modern Vases
Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Porcelain, Pottery
1980s German Vintage Modern Vases
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Vases
Silver
1990s Czech Modern Vases
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vases
Ceramic, Stoneware
Late 20th Century American Modern Vases
Ceramic
2010s Palestinian Modern Vases
Blown Glass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Vases
Marble
1990s American Modern Vases
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
1990s French Modern Vases
Blown Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Vases
Marble
2010s Modern Vases
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Early 20th Century French Modern Vases
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Vases
Glass
2010s American Modern Vases
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Gold Leaf
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Vases
Pottery
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Pottery, Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Rose Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Resin
2010s Portuguese Modern Vases
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Marble
1970s French Vintage Modern Vases
Glass, Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Early 20th Century American Modern Vases
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Glass
20th Century Modern Vases
Crystal
1960s French Vintage Modern Vases
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Resin
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Ceramic