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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Vintage Chrome Bookends, 20th. Century
Located in New York City, NY
Pair of Vintage Chrome Bookends, 20th. Century
Sleek and tubular in composition, these bookends are highly sculptural and present an elegant symmetry when in use.
Category
20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Chrome
Frosted Glass Horse Head Bookends with Black Glass Base in the Style of Lalique
By Lalique
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Solid glass Horse head bookends with solid black glass base. The pair are wonderful and are very reminiscent of Lalique. Very sophist...
Category
20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
Stoned Romans Folding Screen 'Separe' Room Divider
Located in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona
Enriched with refined details, this superb screen is a functional way to create privacy, divide areas in a large room or loft, while providing a stylish statement in a home. The stru...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Radiant Screen by Baker Furniture Thomas Pheasant
Located in North York, ON
Radiant Screen by Baker Furniture Thomas Pheasant. This beautiful mahogany wood room divider screen from Baker Furniture, made in the USA, is sure to add a touch of sophistication to...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Mahogany
Salta Medium Square Cream 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
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
Fornasetti Bookends Strumenti Musicali Gold on 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
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, po...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Cerca Screen by Alva Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Cerca Screen by Alva Design
Dimensions: D 3 x W 290 x H 185 cm.
Materials: Solid wood (Peroba Mica) and brass.
Available in different wood options. Th...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Tri-Fold Opaque Lacquer Folding Screen / Room Divider
Located in Newburgh, NY
Sculptural, handcrafted, self-supporting screen for use as a stand-alone or combined to create a larger privacy wall. The tri-fold design can be oriented with the form tapering eithe...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Hardwood
Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #3 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
Suite of Three Italian Paperweights in Veined Black Marble, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
SUITE OF THREE ITALIAN PAPERWEIGHTS In veined Black Marble 20th century
In veined black marble, one square, another conical and the last pyramidal.
Cone dimensions: h. 15cm
Good c...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Marble
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 inspir...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Brass Obelisk, Tall
Located in New York, NY
A single brass and wood Obelisk, in the Modern style, circa late-20th century. A great decorative object, statement piece on a mantel, sideboard, cocktail table, etc. Brass is shown ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Limes Bookends by Imperfettolab
Located in Geneve, CH
Limes bookends by Imperfettolab
Dimensions: 25 x 25 x H 41 cm
Materials: Fiberglass
Imperfetto Lab
Who we are ? We are a family.
Verter Turroni, Emanuela Ravelli and our child...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Fiberglass
Pair of “Dilàdiquà” Bookcases from “Trasformatio” Collection, Italy 1940/2022
Located in Napoli, IT
Pair of “DilàDiquà” bookcases from the “Trasformatio” collection,
design Michele Iodice exclusively for the Esprit Nouveau gallery.
Limited Edition 2/2
Movable structures in b...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Iron
Ben Seibel for Jenfred-Ware Bookends in Brass Finish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great modern design in this pair of bookends by Ben Seibel.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Brass Obelisks, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of brass and wood Obelisks, in the Modern style, circa mid to late-20th century. A great set of decorative objects, statement pieces on a mantel, sideboard, bookshelf, cocktai...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Biombo Triptych by Acoocooro
Located in Geneve, CH
BIOMBO Triptych by Acoocooro
Dimensions: W219 x D4 x H144 cm
Materials: solid oak wood floor mirror/divider; natural mirrors (front) and copper-smoked glass mirros (back); brass de...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Substantial Pair of Etched Crystal Globe Bookends by Nicole Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
Substantial pair of etched crystal globe bookends by Nicole Miller, circa 2000s. The bookends are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measure 9.5"W x 4.75"D x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Crystal
Travertine 'Slo' Book Ends by Christophe Delcourt, Collection Particulière
Located in Utrecht, NL
Pair of 'SLO' book ends in 'Travertine' by French designer Christophe Delcourt.
Renown designer and interior decorator Delcourt celebrates his passion for noble materials, by infusi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Home Accents
Materials
Travertine
Brass Obelisks, Set/Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair/set of brass Obelisks with ball feet, in the Modern style, circa late 20th century. Pair have a clear lacquer overlay; brass will maintain its shine. A great set of decorative...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
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
Pair of Vintage Horse Bust Bookends, English, Cast Brass, Decorative, Novel Rest
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage horse bust bookends. An English, cast brass decorative novel rest, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Wonderful equin...
Category
Late 20th Century British Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carved Fossilized Limestone Bookends with Many Fossils Visible
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., a high quality pair of demilune columnar form stone bookends, unmarked. Skillfully carved beige limestone with a large number of spiral shell gastropods, nautiloids, and other fossils polished to show off the beauty of the fossils. There are natural streaks of dark and light limestone, orange iron oxide, and crystalline calcite in the shells. The stone contains a large amount of calcite (or aragonite) with the remainder made of impurities such as dolomite, quartz or silicates, clay, iron oxides, and rock particles of many kinds.
These are of lovely quality and are fascinating to look at. As they are cut from the same piece, the fossils match up when both bookends are placed together and the corresponding portion of fossils can be seen on the opposite interior vertical plane.
Dimensions:
7"h x 5.75"w x 2.75"d (each half)
Condition:
Good, a few scratches and nicks on base, attractive appearance.
Provenance:
A Private Collection: The Sherry Netherland...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone
Italian Pink and White Marble Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial Italian pink and white marble Obelisk, in the modern style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Marble is predominantly pink and wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Vintage Judith Leiber Italian Patent Leather Bag Mirror Comb Coin Purse
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage circa 1980s Judith Leiber black patent leather purse accented with multi-color jeweled charms along the clamshell clasp, featuring ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Patent Leather
DeCastelli Monolìte Divider by Tipstudio
By DeCastelli, TIPSTUDIO
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monolìte is an architectonic partition that, like a solid body smoothed by nature’s erosive elements, evokes geological formations along its surface.
This partition is a vertical el...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
MILANO TRUNK - Luxury fashion closet - Eleganza in ogni dettaglio
Located in Ronco Briantino, MB
The 'Milano' trunk is an exclusive piece designed to hold a complete outfit, suitable for personal use or showcasing in private showrooms, luxury boutiques, or five-star hotel suites...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Small Ama Totem by Ana Tron
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Ama Totem by Ana Tron.
Limited Edition of 5
Dimensions: D 25 x H 125 cm
Materials: Recycled paper with paste, paint chalk, and matt water-based varni...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Home Accents
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Paper
Yellow Marble & Crystal Bookend Contemporary Design Joaquín Moll in Stock Meddel
By Meddel, Joaquín Moll
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
Yellow Marble & Crystal Bookend Contemporary Design Joaquín Moll in Stock Meddel is available for sale from stock on 1stDibs.
A unique and distinguished piece that combines the beau...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone, Crystal, Marble
Modern Silver Aluminum Metal Storage Box Briefcase Carry Bag
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Modern silver aluminum metal 17" storage box Briefcase Carry Bag. Items features a fitted foam interior, aluminum metal case, twin locks, black handle, very nice item. circa Late 20t...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Aluminum
Custom Leather 3 Panel Large Folding Screen with Chrome Nailheads
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous 3 Panel custom leather folding screen with Chrome nailheads. This screen is extremely well made with very high quality leather. The screen would work well as a room divider ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Home Accents
Materials
Chrome
Oxid Slate Bookend Natural Stone Contemporary Design by Joaquín Moll In Stock
By Meddel, Joaquín Moll
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
Oxid slate bookend natural stone Contemporary Design by Joaquín Moll In Stock.
This rust slate stone bookend is a unique way to present and store all your books. A piece created fro...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone, Slate
Unique Tropical Florida Style Folding Screen by Tom Francis Atlanta, Savannah
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This folding screen by the Atlanta and Savannah artist and professor Sam Francis is a splendid display of vibrant colors, tropical fish and parrots. It evokes Florida notions. As a p...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Travel Case and Top Hat by Tress & Co., London
Located in London, GB
Vintage travel case and top hat by Tress & Co., London.
English, 20th century.
Measures: hat: height 16 cm, width 26 cm, depth 31 cm.
case: height 27 cm, width 35 cm, depth 20 cm.
These intriguing objects, a vintage leather travel case...
Category
20th Century English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Silk
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
Pair of Polished Brass and Chrome Tennis Racket Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Nice set of brass and chrome tennis racket bookends. Features a brass tennis racket and ball on each. Has thin foam on bottom of each to prevent scratching furniture. 5.5" high. Grea...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Ben Seibel for Jenfred-Ware Bookends in Copper Finish
By Ben Seibel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great modern design in this pair of bookends by the well known Modern designer Ben Seibel.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Welcome Biombo Room Divider by Sofia Alvarado
Located in Geneve, CH
Welcome Biombo Room Divider by Sofia Alvarado
Unique piece
Materials: Metal base, Guayacan wood, mirror glass
Dimensions: 185cm (H) x 300cm (W)
FI is an ornamental artist who embodi...
Category
2010s Panamanian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Italian Travertine Marble Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian travertine marble Obelisk, in the Modern style, circa 1970s, Italy. A great decorative object for a shelf, credenza, office, library, cocktail table, etc. Very go...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Cabron Document Trunk by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Cabron document trunk by Madheke
Dimensions: W 53 x D 38 x H 47 cm.
Materials: leather, fabric, metal.
Carbon fiber imprint leather, vintage inspired nickel detailing.
Reflec...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Riley Trunk by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Riley trunk by Madheke
Dimensions: W 59.5 x D 34 x H 19.5 cm.
Materials: leather, metal.
Vintage inspired petite accessories trunk.
Reflectin...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Small Coco Trunk by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Coco trunk by Madheke
Dimensions: W 67 x D 46.5 x H 28.5 cm.
Materials: leather, fabric, metal.
Croco imprint leather, vintage metal trims...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Devon Bookend by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Devon bookend by Madheke
Dimensions: D 11.2 x W 16.2 x H 21.2 cm.
Materials: Leather, wood, metal.
Encased leather booked with internal compartments.
Reflecting the finest in craftsmanship, innovation and heritage, Madheke creates tailored and crafted goods that reflect understated classic elegance, blending tradition and contemporary - vintage and modern...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Medium Coco Trunk by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Coco trunk by Madheke
Dimensions: W 78 x D 51 x H 26 cm.
Materials: leather, fabric, metal.
Croco imprint leather, vintage metal trims, ...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Large Coco Trunk by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Coco trunk by Madheke
Dimensions: W 88.5 x D 54 x H 31.5 cm.
Materials: leather, fabric, metal.
Croco imprint leather, vintage metal trims...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Collection of Vintage Luggage, a Set of Four English Travel Cases
Located in London, GB
Collection of vintage luggage, a set of four English travel cases.
English, 20th Century
Green: height 18cm, width 67cm, depth 38cm.
Tan: height...
Category
20th Century English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Leather
Italian Modern Dark Green Marble Obelisk Sculpture, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
An Italian '70s modern or Post-Modern period dark green marble obelisk sculpture, circa 1970s, Italy. Obelisk is green with white veining. Very go...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Marilyn Fox, Modernist Ceramic Architectural Column Sculpture, 1980s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Marilyn Fox, American (20th century).
White stoneware ceramic column sculpture, circa 1980s. Signed near base.
A witty feminine take on the age-old male...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
Talon Bookend with Leather Body by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Talon bookend with leather body by Madheke
Dimensions: W 6.2 D 15.2 H 21 cm
Materials: Leather, Carbon Fibre, Wood
The TALON bookend offers both functionality and style and is a...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Mould for Bookend by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Located in Geneve, CH
Mould for bookend by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Unique piece
Materials: MDF
Dimensions: 19 x 22 x 10 cm
Theodora Alfredsdottir is a product design studio based in London.
Theodor...
Category
2010s English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Large Venier Screen by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Large venier screen by Sebastian Herkner
Dimensions: 248 x D 25 x H 177 cm
Materials: Sp.25mm, black poxder coated metal structure, hide belts
Sebastian Herkner (born 1981) s...
Category
2010s French Modern Home Accents
Materials
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
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
Gervasoni Black Three Door Folding Screen in Bamboo 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 of fullness and emptiness, of seeing and not seeing made possible thanks to the vanishing lines between one rod and the other, allowing our sight to go beyond the immediately apparent. Three doors folding partition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bamboo
Queen Heart Folding Screen by Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Queen heart folding screen by Royal Stranger
Dimensions: 190 x 200 x 4 cm
Materials: Pearl royal velvet upholstery framed with stainless steel coated in copper.
The Queen heart ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Large Venier Screen by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Large venier screen by Sebastian Herkner
Materials: black powder-coated metal, Hide
Dimensions: W 248 x D 2.5 x H 177.8 cm
Other dimensions available: small: W248 x D2.5 x H141....
Category
2010s French Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Modern home accents for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern home accents 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 home accents created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern home accents 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 home accents, popular names associated with this style include AIREDELSUR, Draga & Aurel, Maharam, and ANAKTAE. 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 home accents differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $80 and tops out at $180,000 while the average work can sell for $2,818.
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