Modern Home Accents
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Pair of 2 Small Bronze Bookends by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Fin bookends come in two sizes. Each are made, finished and polished in Sydney, Australia using sand-casted gunmetal bronze. Their weight and size can support the heftiest of edition...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 Large Bronze Bookends by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 large bronze bookends by Henry Wilson
Fin bookends come in two sizes. Each are made, finished and polished in Sydney, Australia using sand-casted gunmetal bronze. Their w...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #6 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Steel
Terrarium Greenhouse on Stand with Open Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A glass house sits atop an open metal tray pedestal with ball feet. This piece opens from the top.
This piece is functional indoors or outdoors for creating humid environments fo...
Category
20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Medium American Modern Bloak Ladder in Black Oak
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Our Black Bloak Ladders are made of solid white oak finished with ink to blacken them while still letting the natural beauty of the wood grain come through. We use them to display bl...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Oak
Contemporary Handcrafted Bookend "Keres" in Oxidized Brass by Anaktae
By ANAKTAE
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted bookend model "Keres" in oxidized brass with a curved contour.
This bookend is part of the "Proetus Series", a collection of six bookends in brass.
Variatio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Kartell Upper Step Ladder in Crystal by Alberto Meda, Paolo Rizzatto
By Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stepladder has a strong personality and great functionality. It is also a successful marriage of form and function. Its pragmatism is made possible by the technology employed by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Large Solid Lucite Obelisks, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Pair of beautifully made impressive large solid lucite obelisks, American 1970's. These are a stand out in any room.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Lucite
Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beatiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, moustly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One ...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beatiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, moustly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One ...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Kartell Upper Step Ladder in Orange Red by Alberto Meda, Paolo Rizzatto
By Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stepladder has a strong personality and great functionality. It is also a successful marriage of form and function. Its pragmatism is made possible by the technology employed by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Aluminum
Black and White Marble Pyramid Obelisk Style Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A black, charcoal and white marble pyramid 'Obelisk style', circa 1970s, 20th century. Dimensions: 2.63" square base x 7.88" height.
Other items shown in images also available, sea...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Salta Large Square Black Onyx Stone & Brass Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Materials Matter Set by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Located in Geneve, CH
Materials matter set by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Unique set
Materials: Granite
Dimensions: 11 x 6 x 18 cm
Theodora Alfredsdottir is a product design studio based in London.
The...
Category
2010s English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Granite, Marble
21st Century Abstract Modern Organic White Marble Interwoven Ring Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Organic decorative table top sculpture hand carved from white marble with a honed finish, this piece is composed of three interconnected looping rings that can arranged in variable p...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Home Accents
Materials
Resin
Modern Marble and Crystal Obelisk Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Modern obelisk sculptures, ca. 1970s Modern.
All of the vintage Modern obelisk sculptures featured here are offered as 'per item'. Buy just one, or two, three, or buy as m...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone, Crystal, Rock Crystal, Travertine, Marble
Fornasetti Bookends Gift Tema E Variazioni N. 171 Black/White/Red Metal
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
There can be wit and unpredictability in the order: this was Fornasetti idea when he designed his first bookends. The mix of images with their functional design make these accessorie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Kartell Upper Step Ladder in Citron in Yellow by Alberto Meda & Paolo Rizzatto
By Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stepladder has a strong personality and great functionality. It is also a successful marriage of form and function. Its pragmatism is made possible by the technology employed by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Concrete Lions with Ball
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful and very heavy pair of Lions (37 Pounds ea>)in Black with a ball under foot. The pair are wonderful flanking a fireplace, outdoor garden area or perhaps in the den. They ...
Category
20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Concrete
Marble 'SLO' Book Ends by Christophe Delcourt for Collection Particulière
Located in Utrecht, NL
Pair of 'SLO' book ends in 'White Antico' marble by French designer Christophe Delcourt.
Renown designer and interior decorator Delcourt celebrates his passion for noble materials,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Shades of Venice Low Divider in Sant'Erasmo Cords & Black Steel by Marco Zito
By Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Shade of Venice dividers are created with a magical colourful weave in nautical cords inspired by the Venetian islands and their local colours. Thus four collections emerge: Mura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Steel
Sculptural Lucite Snake Bookends by Spisani
Located in San Diego, CA
Mesmerizing pair of beautiful lucite bookends by Spisani. Sculpted and graphic, this beautiful piece catapults to sculptural status. The snake rendering is detailed in a tortoise fin...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Lucite
Large American Modern Bloak Ladder in Black Oak
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Our Black Bloak Ladders are made of solid white oak finished with ink to blacken them while still letting the natural beauty of the wood grain come through. We use them to display bl...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Oak
Arflex Vela Screen C in Glass by Bernhardt & Vella
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Two colored glasses with different shapes, but complementary, create a play of transparency. Vela is a screen that divides in a light and simple way, without weighing down the space,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Glass
Wooden Screen 4 Panels Interlock André Fu Living Partion Dividers Oak Bronze New
By André Fu
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Description: Wooden screen with 4 panels
Color: Grey
Size: 180(4 x 45) x 4 x 158/200/240/138 H cm
Material: Oak and bronze
Collection: Interlock
Wooden screen with 4 foldable panels...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Joseph Konetsky 'Attributed' Folding Screen / Room Divider, Brass, USA, 1940s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A folding screen / room divider. In welded brass. Features floral motifs, organic lines are enhanced by leaves. Design and production is attributed to Joseph Konetsky, Studio Philade...
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Blenko Glass Pyramid Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of solid glass textured 'pyramid' stud bookends from Blenko Glass, circa late 20th to early 21st century, USA. Glass is clear with a hint of an ice blue hue.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Spectra Dichroic Blinds, Rona Koblenz
Located in Geneve, CH
Spectra dichroic blinds, Rona Koblenz
Dimensions: W 108, D 5, H 203 cm
Material: Dichroic Borosilicate glass 6mm, SS cable, SS fixings
Weight: 35/50KG
Fixing methode: Hanging
De...
Category
2010s English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Glass
Hand-Crafted Sculptural Room Divider, Colourful, by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
Margit Wittig's triptych blackened metal screen/ room divider features hand-crafted sculptural elements. These pieces can rotate allowing the collector to create varying levels of op...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
DeCastelli Painting Room Divider in Black & Green Color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A large screen designed as a theatre curtain represents imaginary natural landscapes on both sides: a night sky and the outline of a series of hills. The chromatic variations obtaine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Knead Screen by Karstudio
Located in Geneve, CH
Knead screen by Karstudio
Dimensions: W 158 x D 56 x H 150
Materials: MDF frame
Available also in black.
Kar, is the root of Sanskrit Karma, meaning karmic repetition. We seek ...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Home Accents
Materials
Other
Steel Screen by Michael Gittings
Located in Geneve, CH
Steel Screen by Michael Gittings
One of a Kind
Dimensions: D 30 x W 180 x H 200 cm
Materials: mirror polished stainless steel, stainless steel, mirror finish.
About the screen: It ha...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stainless Steel
Salta Round Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Unique Reverso Room Divider by Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Reverso room divider by Draga & Aurel
Price for each piece. Please contact us
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 29 H 271
Materials: Resin, polish brass
Partition screen made from c...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Velvet Dark Gold Rabbit Door Stopper / Bookends
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Velvet dark gold rabbit as a door stopper / bookends.
Made in Italy:
Made in Italy furniture means design, quality, style and sophistication.
The typical elegance of Italian design ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Velvet
Colony Screen in Vienna Straw with Natural Ash Structure by Skrivo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Screen in Vienna Straw, with frame in solid natural ash or stained black. The rattan is only available in the same finish of the structure.
We wanted to enhance the hidden role of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Straw
Bisagra Shelve in Steel by Plan Comun Architects-MOB Projects
Located in London, GB
Bisagra is an polymorphic device for domestic and work environments, a galvanized steel structure composed by 5 frames of 50x190x10cm.
Thought as an alternative to partitions wal...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Home Accents
Materials
Steel
Marshmallow Folding Screen by Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Marshmallow folding screen by Royal Stranger
Dimensions: 165 x 3 x 168 cm
Materials: Lacquered wood with matte finish. Polished brass.
The Marshmallow folding screen is inspired...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Aurora Pink Portal Glass Bookends, ANDREW HUGHES
Located in New York, NY
The Portal design is a simple exercise in optics and color. The Aurora color and reflective light are diffused by a surface etching on the top third of the interior of each bookend. ...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Blown Glass
Unique Vertigo Room Divider Module by Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Vertigo Room Divider by Draga & Aurel
The published price corresponds to ONE (01) bar. Please contact us for full module quotations.
Unique piece.
Dimensions: W 30 D 10 H 200,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Obelisk in Black and Brown
Located in New York, NY
A black and brown wood obelisk, circa late-20th century. Piece is a nice height measuring 18". Dimensions: 4.25" square x 18" Height.
Marble sphere shown also available, search 1st...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood
"Secrets" Screen Satin Silk, Brass, Silvered Glass, Pyrite Bezel
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
Inspiration: "Save deep secrets and open up to life"
This screen is a work of art and offers an incredible view of life.
The combination of art
-melted brass (such as butterfly kno...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Lucite Obelisks Signed "Obisphere", J. Bigelow
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of lucite obelisks, signed "Obisphere", Jeffrey Bigelow. These limited edition obelisks are numbered at 24/110. This pair of obelisks are tall and grand. The striking pair is pe...
Category
1990s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Lucite
Small Venier Screen by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Venier screen by Sebastian Herkner
Dimensions: 248 x D 25 x H 141 cm
Materials: Sp.25mm, Black poxder coated metal structure, hide belts
Sebastian Herkner (born 1981) s...
Category
2010s French Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Modern Sculptural Wood Room Divider by Sebastiano Bottos, Italia
Located in Pordenone, IT
The "Cortina" screen designed by Sebastiano Bottos is a sculptural piece of furniture handcrafted by assembling extroflexed wood elements, the result of an innovating processing tech...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Tall American Modern Bloak Ladder in Black Oak
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Our black bloak ladders are made of solid white oak finished with ink to blacken them while still letting the natural beauty of the wood grain come through. We use them to display bl...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Oak
Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver & Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beatiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, moustly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One ...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Separè Room Divider by Daniel Nikolovski
Located in Geneve, CH
Separè Room Divider by Daniel Nikolovski
Dimensions: W 154 x D 22 x H 180 cm (fully open)
Material: Maple Burl Veneer
Imperfections and irregularity are the most highly regarded...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Maple
In Stock in Los Angeles, Light Blue Rabbit Bookends / Door Stopper
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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In Stock in Los Angeles
Light Blue Rabbit as a door stopper / bookends.
Made in Ital...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Plastic
Reverso Separè by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga&Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and selfstanding structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effects a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Kazimir Screen, Type C, Abstract Coating in Silk by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Kazimir Screen, Type C, Geometric Coating in Silk by Colé Italia
Dimensions: H.159 D.116 W.40 cm
Materials: Partition screen with jersey fabric coating with fantasy prints and a stee...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Steel
Kazimir Screen, Type B, Floral Coating in Jersey by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Kazimir Screen, Type B, Floral coating in Jersey by Colé Italia with Julia Douza
Dimensions: H.150 D.133 W.40 cm
Materials: Partition screen with jersey fabric coating with fantasy...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Steel
Opto Folding Screen 4 Colors Lacquered by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Opto Folding screen 4 colors Lacquered by Colé Italia with Lorenz + Kaz
Dimensions: H 200, W 300, D 4 cm
Materials: Laser-cut metal panels inside the frame, black anthracite or lac...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Japanese Post War Aluminum Riveted Trunk on Iron Stand with Glass Top, Restored
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Japanese post war aluminum riveted trunk on iron stand with glass top, restored
Stamped TS Tokyo on the lock, at the time of posting we have another trunk and stand LU2592316549342
...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Home Accents
Materials
Iron, Aluminum
Tea Set Trunk
By Au Départ
Located in Milan, IT
Retro-chic allure and exquisite attention to detail are the distinctive traits of this vinyl trunk that provides storage and display space for precious Lps, while also offering high-...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Gervasoni Black Three Door Folding Screen in Bamboo by Paola Navone
By Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Three-door folding screen, Black 90 enhances the naturalness of black bamboo: fine rods of different lengths are interlocked overlapping to give dynamism to the product. A contrast o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bamboo
Astaire Room Screen in Gold Leaf & Glass by Innova Luxuxy Group
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Simple yet elegant, the Astaire room screen delivers a luxurious twist on the Classic screen. The screen features a handcrafted wood frame and clear panels that are hand gilded and h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Home Accents
Materials
Gold Leaf
Biombo Room Divider, Unique Piece by Sofia Alvarado
Located in Geneve, CH
Biombo divider, unique piece by Sofia Alvarado
Unique piece
Materials: Metal base, Guayacan wood, mirror glass
Dimensions: 185cm (H) x 300cm (W)
FI is an ornamental artist who ...
Category
2010s Panamanian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
