Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Dutch Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Linen, Polyester
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
1980s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet, Polyester
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Down, Feathers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Upholstery
2010s German Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Polyester, Acrylic, Nylon, Velvet, Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Polyester
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Chrome
Early 2000s Mexican Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Jute
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Jute
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Feathers
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Polyester
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
20th Century French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Other
1980s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
Late 20th Century Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk