Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
2010s American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic, Porcelain
1960s Taiwanese Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Carrara Marble
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Metal, Stainless Steel
1960s Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
2010s American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
1980s German Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Clay, Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s Mexican Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Resin
20th Century Swiss Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Stainless Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Travertine
2010s North Korean Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Shell
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
2010s German Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Enamel
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Quartz
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Onyx, Quartz
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Linen
1960s Austrian Vintage Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Brass
1990s Mexican Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Stone, Metal, Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Ceramic, Clay