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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Plastic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Wood
2010s Danish Modern Racks and Stands
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Mirror
2010s Lebanese Modern Racks and Stands
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
1990s Swedish Modern Racks and Stands
Iron
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Racks and Stands
Birch, Maple, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Plastic
1980s Austrian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
1950s French Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Walnut
2010s Belgian Modern Racks and Stands
Ash, Beech, Oak, Teak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Racks and Stands
Stone, Metal, Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s American Modern Racks and Stands
Aluminum
Late 20th Century French Modern Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Plastic
20th Century European Modern Racks and Stands
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Racks and Stands
Metal, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Racks and Stands
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Racks and Stands
Granite, Marble, Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Plastic
1980s Vintage Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s French Modern Racks and Stands
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
20th Century Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Iron
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Racks and Stands
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Travertine, Marble
2010s Belgian Modern Racks and Stands
Ash, Beech, Oak, Teak, Walnut
2010s French Modern Racks and Stands
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Racks and Stands
Fabric, Plywood
2010s Polish Modern Racks and Stands
Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Racks and Stands
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Racks and Stands
Hardwood
20th Century French Modern Racks and Stands
Steel, Chrome
2010s Turkish Modern Racks and Stands
Marble