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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Linen
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Upholstery, Linen, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
2010s Slovenian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Linen
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Birch, Art Glass
2010s Mexican Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cast Stone, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk, Velvet
2010s German Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Steel
Late 20th Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Linen
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric, Wood, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Wood, Plywood
2010s Colombian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Plywood, Leather
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Hardwood
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Plywood, Velvet
Early 2000s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Plywood, Leather
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Jacquard, Silk
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
1930s Czech Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century European Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Birch, Bentwood
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Wood
Early 2000s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
Late 20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Maple
1990s European Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fir
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Wood
Early 2000s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Linen