Modern Racks and Stands
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Racks and Stands
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Racks and Stands
Wood
1990s Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
20th Century French Modern Racks and Stands
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Limestone, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
1930s Czech Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal, Chrome
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Marble
20th Century American Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Steel
Early 2000s European Modern Racks and Stands
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Steel
1950s German Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 20th Century European Modern Racks and Stands
Plexiglass
1950s French Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Walnut, Cane
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Rope
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
20th Century Unknown Modern Racks and Stands
Giltwood
1990s French Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Plastic
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass, Enamel, Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Racks and Stands
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Racks and Stands
Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s British Modern Racks and Stands
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Steel, Chrome
Late 20th Century French Modern Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Steel
1970s French Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Wood
1990s Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
20th Century Spanish Modern Racks and Stands
Aluminum, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Wood, Plastic
20th Century French Modern Racks and Stands
Bronze
20th Century Unknown Modern Racks and Stands
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Racks and Stands
Beech
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Racks and Stands
Aluminum
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Racks and Stands
Iron
1960s Czech Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
1970s European Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Steel
20th Century Unknown Modern Racks and Stands
Giltwood
2010s Belgian Modern Racks and Stands
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Racks and Stands
Wood
Late 20th Century French Modern Racks and Stands
Wrought Iron
2010s Spanish Modern Racks and Stands
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Racks and Stands
Marble, Iron