Modern Umbrella 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Brazilian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal, Gold Leaf
1950s French Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal, Brass, Enamel, Iron
20th Century French Modern Umbrella Stands
Walnut
1990s Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Brass, Chrome
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Late 20th Century French Modern Umbrella Stands
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Plywood
Late 20th Century Modern Umbrella Stands
Wire
1970s North American Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Plastic
20th Century American Modern Umbrella Stands
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Ceramic
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Sterling Silver
1980s Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal
1990s American Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Stainless Steel
1950s French Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Plastic
1930s Belgian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Leather
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Fruitwood
1950s French Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal
1930s Belgian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Chrome
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Aluminum
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Chrome
1950s French Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Metal, Enamel
Early 20th Century Spanish Modern Umbrella Stands
Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Plastic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Brass
1990s Modern Umbrella Stands
Aluminum
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Aluminum
Late 20th Century English Modern Umbrella Stands
Other
20th Century Modern Umbrella Stands
Ceramic, Paint
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Brass, Chrome
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Umbrella Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Umbrella Stands
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Aluminum