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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool, Wood, Natural Fiber, Upholstery, Silk, Linen, Cotton
Late 20th Century North American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Chrome
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Down, Feathers
Early 2000s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Late 20th Century American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
2010s British Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton, Feathers, Down, Velvet, Silk
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Other
1980s American Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Goatskin, Wood
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Beads
1970s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
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
Other
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
2010s French Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Alpaca
2010s Korean Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Other
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Down, Feathers
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
2010s American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet, Trimming
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
Early 2000s European Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Wood
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Fur
1970s Italian Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
2010s Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool, Cotton, Linen, Silk, Upholstery, Natural Fiber, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Other
1970s French Vintage Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Onyx
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Foil
2010s Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Upholstery