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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Scottish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Scottish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Walnut
Early 20th Century Spanish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Scottish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Silk
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Scottish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
1980s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Suede
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Art Glass, Mirror
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
Late 20th Century French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Linen, Silk
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
1980s British Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Sterling Silver
1970s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Bronze
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak
1970s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Velvet
1990s Swedish Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric
1980s European Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
2010s Portuguese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Ash
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Other
20th Century Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Other
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Feathers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather
1970s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Walnut
2010s Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Velvet