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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Ego Screen Pearl White Large by Karim Rashid for Scarlet Splendour
By Karim Rashid
Located in Kolkata, IN
Ego screen pearl white is a breathtaking maze-like pattern of the human face. It can be used as a divider or even a console. The Ego Screen is an illusion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Khada Hand Carved Decorative Totem Sculpture Set
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
All our totem sculptures are hand carved in Southern Africa from sustainable alien timber by a group of Zimbabwean artists who set their own prices, th...
Category
2010s African Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Signed Dante Ferretti Surrealist Painted Wood Three-Panel Folding Floor Screen
Located in Hudson, NY
Dante Ferretti (Italian, born 1943). Hand-painted wood, three panel floor screen. Hand-painted in various shades of blue and white in a surrealist style. Signed and dated to verso in the middle panel of the screen, 1993.
Ferretti is an academy award winning film production designer (Ginger & Fred, Casino, Interview with a Vampire, Gangs of New York...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Ego Screen Pearl White by Karim Rashid for Scarlet Splendour
By Karim Rashid
Located in Kolkata, IN
Ego Screen Pearl White is a breathtaking maze-like pattern of the human face. It can be used as a divider or even a console. The Ego Screen is an illusion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Hand-Crafted Tan Leather & Oak Box
Located in London, GB
Hand cut, hand-stitched and riveted from the very finest heavy stirrup bridle leather. Solid English oak with burr copper rivet base. The box is hand saddle stitched in the tradition...
Category
2010s English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Leather, Oak
Unique Paravent- Lamp, Illuminated room divider from 1988 by Elsa Prochazka
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Movable Room- divider with many tiny lamps outside.[nbsp]This piece of art is a unique piece[nbsp]designed by Elsa Prohazka and manufactured by WOKA LAMPS VIENNA[nbsp]for the Exhibition "WIEN MOEBEL" IN 1989, at the Vienna Secession Building. Several artists designed furniture and several manufacturer executed unique pieces of arts. The designers were Luigi Blau...
Category
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Steel
Mulberry Tree Long Wallet in Clay Cross Grain Leather, Original Box, Unused
By Mulberry
Located in Markington, GB
A Mulberry Tree Long Wallet in clay cross grain leather, original box, Mulberry product card,
Condition: excellent, unused, as new,
Box - one cor...
Category
2010s English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Leather
Christian Caudron, Contemporary Obelisk Lamp, White Alabaster, Marble Base
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Contempory white alabaster Obelisk lamp designed and produced by Christian Caudron, Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2015*, in his Parisian workshop.
The Obelisk is made of alabaster, a t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Home Accents
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Mulberry Small Darley Handbag in Midnight, Red and White Silky Calf Geo-Floral
By Mulberry
Located in Markington, GB
Sought after Mulberry Small Darley handbag in midnight, red and white silky calf geo-floral,
original packaging, protective wrapping to chain and film to clasp, Mulberry product ...
Category
2010s English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Leather
Tessellated Stone Obelisk
Located in Miami, FL
Tessellated grey stone obelisk, circa 1990s.
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Home Accents
Materials
Stone
English Burl Wood Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
A brown burl wood obelisk, circa early-20th century, England. Obelisk is hand-crafted in a rich brown burl. A beautiful decorative object for a bookshelf, office, desk, etc. Dimensio...
Category
Early 20th Century English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Burl
Playful Crosscut Bamboo Screen by Oly Studio
By Oly Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playful crosscut bamboo screen by Oly Studio. Made with folding wood frame painted grey.
Dimensions:
70.75"H x 77"W x 1.5"D.
Category
1990s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bamboo
Folding Screen 'Kimono' 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
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
Chic Mirror-Polished or Powder-Coated Aluminum Room Divider or Screen
By Bestcase, Sight Unseen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Song screen by Charles Constantine of Bestcase is a more striking, modern take on the Eames’s iconic 1946 FSW screen. Made from mirror-polished aluminum, it also subverts the idea of traditional folding screens, once adorned with mythological depictions or historical narratives, by mirroring the present rather than reflecting on the past. The screen is fully customizable - panels can be added or taken away, with your choice of finish (a powder coated version of the screen is priced at $4,200).
The Song Screen is part of Sight Unseen's first-ever furniture collection, creative directed by Sight Unseen founders Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer and produced in collaboration with Bestcase, a Long Island...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Red Burgundy Marble Obelisks, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of red burgundy Italian modern marble Obelisks, circa 1970s, Italy. Solid red burgundy marble with grey veining. Marked on bottom, 'Made in Italy', as shown in last image. A great set for any cocktail table, mantle, bookshelf, office, library, etc. Dimensions: 8.88" Height.
For sterling silver female figurative sculpture shown, search 1stDibs ref. #: LU1314230532222
French crystal box, search ref.: LU1314230536482
Pink Rhodonite box...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Pair of 1920s Brass Figurative Bookends with White Onyx Base
Located in Austin, TX
This pair of vintage brass and white onyx bookends dates to the 1920s and are clearly inspired by Rodin's 'The Thinker.' From time to time, similar bookends will surface, but differi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Hand-Crafted Brown Leather & Oak Box
Located in London, GB
Hand cut, hand-stitched and riveted from the very finest heavy stirrup bridle leather. Solid English oak with burr copper rivet base. The box is hand saddle stitched in the tradition...
Category
2010s English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Leather, Oak
Milano Room Divider
By Belvedere
Located in Milan, IT
A painted wooden room divider whose apparently solid outer face opens up into louvre at a touch, almost disappearing. Each panel has two faces: the...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Secondo Fuoco Contemporary Bookends in Bronze
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
Secondo Fuoco is an investigation into bronze, a reflection on the multiple souls of matter: its mineral origin, re-obtained by smelting processes and it...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
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
Contemporary Handmade Geometric Fireplace Screen "Rimbaud" in Brass by Anaktae
By ANAKTAE
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted fireplace screen model "Rimbaud" in solid oxidized brass with cutout geometric pattern.
The screen is standing on a rectangular solid brass base.
The interl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Asprey Londoner Trolley, Black Cross Hatch Suitcase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Asprey Londoner tolley, 30" black cross hatch suitcase, handstitched black saddle hide leather corner and handle, palladium finished metal accessories, sig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Chrome
Lee Rosen Ceramic/Pottery, Pair Bookends for Design Technics, Fused Glass Glaze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice pair of bookends designed by Lee Rosen, with an amazing fused glass glaze like broken glass surface very popular and used for many designers of the period, in America and Europe...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Ceramic
Joseph Konetsky 'Attributed' Folding Screen / Room Divider, Brass, USA, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
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
Apollineo Bookend 2 in Leccese Stone and Hand-Painted Ceramic
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
The Apollineo collection mergs classical and contemporary elements to define a unique aesthetic inspired by Mediterranean architecture and vibes. Sun-blessed pure volumes, shapes mar...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Limestone, Stone
Black Transport Box 'Table' in Polished Wood
Located in Kastrup, DK
Black Transport box in polished wood.
With chrome-plated protective strips on edges.
Presumably used for instrument transport.
Suitable for coffee tab...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Colorful Modernist Folding Screen by Sandro Petti
Located in New York, NY
Colorful modernist folding screen by Sandro Petti.
Green and purple leather with a chrome frame and lucite feet.
Literature: Casa Vogue March 1974...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Chrome
contemporary Separè king size, signed by the artstist , unique piece
Located in Torino, IT
The characteristic of this large screen inspired by the geometric shapes of the alpine glaciers is the size that makes it suitable for dividing two areas of the house or to decorate ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Iron
"Ossicles" Screen by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Stunning screen (or wall panel) with rotating "Ossicles" in massive and sculpted travertine stone, brass spheres and black lacquered metal structure.
Creation by Studio Glustin.
...
Category
2010s French Modern Home Accents
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Brass
Chroma Contemporary Room Divider in Acrylic and Metal
Located in London, GB
The Chroma room divider seeks to break the confines of its own materiality.
By filtering the light through, it magnifies its presence creating an effect where different shades of co...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Baleri Italia Cartoons Screen in Paper Customized Pantone Colors by Luigi Baroli
Located in Milan, IT
Cartoons creates a spatial division that is baroque and minimalist at the same time. The idea of the screen is a sublime mystification: a wall that is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Scandinavian Modernist Polished Brass Rectilinear Bookends by Skultana
Located in New York, NY
This stunning pair of Scandinavian modernist bookends were realized by the esteemed Swedish maker Skultana during the latter half of the 20th century. They offer dynamic rectilinear ...
Category
20th Century Swedish Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Shades of Venice High Divider in Giudecca Cords & Black Steel Base 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
James Bearden "Meteor Storm Screen"
Located in New York, NY
Sonic sculpture of torch-cut and polychromed steel, fused bronze, solvent dyes, and glass enamel. An elongated version of "Meteor Storm" that can serve as a screen or divider. A 2019...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
Esther Fuhrman Abstract Bronze Stairway Scupture '20th C.'
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible piece by Esther Fuhrman (American, b. 1939). This beautiful abstract modern bronze sculpture of a stairway leading to a gold-tone element pie...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Apollineo Candle Stand in Leccese Stone and Hand-Painted Ceramic
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
The Apollineo collection mergs classical and contemporary elements to define a unique aesthetic inspired by Mediterranean architecture and v...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Limestone, Stone
Italian Obelisks Pyramids Decorative Objects, Set
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of two (2) pyramid Obelisks, in the Modern style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Pyramids are wood, wrapped in hand designed Italian paper; One is a combination of wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Plaster, Paper, Wood
Contemporary Fireplace Screen "Kalahari" in Brass with Free Forms Cutout Pattern
By ANAKTAE
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted fireplace screen model "Kalahari" in solid oxidized brass, with free forms cutout patterns.
The screen is standing on a rectangular solid brass base.
Vari...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Colorful Storage Box Designed and Made in the 1970s
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Colorful storage box designed and made in the 1970s. Besides being a practical item, this box can also be a colorful detail ideal for a (kids) room, l...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Home Accents
Materials
Malachite
Gervasoni Black Screen in Bamboo by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Black bamboo screen, Black 199 is a clear reference to the earth and the naturalness of the materials. Like a tapestry hung within a frame in Canaletto walnut available in wood lacqu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bamboo
Vintage Brown Caramel Leather Hard Case Suitcase Luggage Trunk with Patina
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Brown caramel leather hard case 18" Suitcase Luggage with Patina. Item features wonderful authentic patina, quality leather, brass hardware, satin lines interior, no key, but...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Leather
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Velvet
Screen "Le Curieux" by Caroline Schilling Limited Edition
Located in MONTROZIER, FR
There is a country, close to Wonderland, where objects come to life and grow like no other. Caroline Schilling, a designer who graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, ( ENSAD ), imagines a country where excess reigns supreme. ?
The motto "Think big - Live bigger" resonates until nightfall. The objects that emanate from it at dawn all have their own character and the power to combine both the useful and the unusual.
Raised on the emerged lands of dreamlike Design; a form of game, a game of form, are the fertile ground of puns, which are here to tickle our cheekbones. Giants with golden hands shape these everyday companions, straight from the wild imagination of a designer who sees big, very big.
"Le curieux" According to him, curiosity is not a bad thing and this screen will use this to his advantage! This screen is mischievous, sometimes opening up and sometimes shutting himself away, but always there to protect you from prying eyes.
Its screw or bolt-shaped pegs can be used as a coat or bag holder. The folding screen is on wheels and can be moved easily
This room devider...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Home Accents
Materials
Aluminum
Fuchsia Rabbit Door Stopper / Bookends, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Fuchsia rabbit as a door stopper / bookends.
Made in Italy:
Made in Italy furniture means design, quality, style and sophistication.
The typical eleg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Plastic
"Louvre" Screen by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Stunning "Louvre" screen in sculpted and patinated bronze and rock crystal squares, composed by 4 parts.
Creation by Studio Glustin.
Category
2010s French Modern Home Accents
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Shade Low Divider in Green Vip Upholstery with Matt Black Base by Marco Zito
By Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shade, as in the Japanese meaning of “divider”, has been restyled in a contemporary way and found a place in the living area. Shade is a filter, a divider, a compact system created for constructing spaces: decorating, separating, reserving private and intimate corners. The two sizes and the different textiles for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Upholstery
Papworth Suit Traveler by Swaine Adeney Brigg
Located in Hamburg, DE
This classic Papworth Suit Traveler is almost impossible to find anymore and is an absolute collector's item! Manufactured in the 1990's by Swaine Adeney Brigg...
Category
20th Century British Modern Home Accents
Materials
Leather, Canvas
Hand-Crafted Sculptural Room Divider, Monochrome, 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 o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Home Accents
Materials
Metal
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
Onyx, Stone, Metal
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
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
Carlton Wood Room Divider, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase and room divider, originally designed in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Plastic
Marie Suri "Constellation" Fire Screen
By Marie Suri
Located in New York, NY
Marie Suri
The "Constellation" fire screen
Fire screen with scattered 2.5” and 4” steel medallions with bronze decoration. Mesh backing makes these ...
Category
2010s American Modern Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Screen Guise by Odd Matter
By Odd Matter
Located in Milan, IT
Guise screen by Odd Matter, the Netherlands, 2019. Nilufar edition. EPS foam, spray. 205 x 15.8 x H 216 cm, 84.6 x 6.2 x H 85 in. Guise explores the first encounter?through the poten...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Home Accents
Materials
Polystyrene, Paint
DeCastelli Dog House N°1 in Natural Corten by Filippo Pisan
By DeCastelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dog House n°1 reinvents homes for our furry friends. Created as a version of Cottage n°1, it offers a conceptual revisitation of traditional kennels, focusing on the intrinsic charac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Home Accents
Materials
Wood
SALTA Medium Square 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
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Contemporary Fireplace Screen "Argos" in Brass with Organic Forms, by Anaktae
By ANAKTAE
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted fireplace screen model "Argos" in solid oxidized brass with cutout pattern with organic forms.
The screen is standing on a rectangular solid brass base.
V...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Home Accents
Materials
Brass
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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