Modern Cabinets
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Granite, Marble, Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
2010s Lebanese Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Oak, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal, Wire
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Cabinets
Terracotta, Walnut
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Lebanese Modern Cabinets
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Pine
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Czech Modern Cabinets
Marble, Steel
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Cabinets
Lacquer, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Resin, Wood
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Ebony, Mahogany
2010s Lebanese Modern Cabinets
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s Australian Modern Cabinets
Bronze
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Palisander
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
2010s Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cabinets
Stone, Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Chrome, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Cabinets
Cane, Pine, Walnut, Lacquer
2010s Australian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Czech Modern Cabinets
Ceramic, Wood
2010s Czech Modern Cabinets
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Iron
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern Cabinets
Pine
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s English Modern Cabinets
Upholstery, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood