Modern Platters and Serveware
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 European Modern Platters and Serveware
Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Platters and Serveware
Resin
2010s Mexican Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble
20th Century Indian Modern Platters and Serveware
Agate
2010s English Modern Platters and Serveware
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s European Modern Platters and Serveware
Walnut
2010s European Modern Platters and Serveware
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Brass, Stainless Steel
1990s French Modern Platters and Serveware
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Plastic
2010s Turkish Modern Platters and Serveware
Brass, Nickel
2010s Turkish Modern Platters and Serveware
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble, Stainless Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern Platters and Serveware
Bakelite, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble
2010s American Modern Platters and Serveware
Wood, Animal Skin, Silk
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Platters and Serveware
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Lava
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
20th Century Argentine Modern Platters and Serveware
Onyx, Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Platters and Serveware
Stoneware
2010s Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Lapis Lazuli, Serpentine, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Leather, Walnut
2010s American Modern Platters and Serveware
Silk, Wood, Python
2010s Malaysian Modern Platters and Serveware
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
2010s Turkish Modern Platters and Serveware
Brass, Nickel
2010s American Modern Platters and Serveware
Animal Skin, Silk, Wood
2010s American Modern Platters and Serveware
Brass
1980s German Vintage Modern Platters and Serveware
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Onyx, Marble
2010s American Modern Platters and Serveware
Silk, Wood, Python
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Quartz, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Leather, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Lava
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Platters and Serveware
Cast Stone
2010s Italian Modern Platters and Serveware
Lava