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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Oak, Plywood
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Wood, Beech, Oak
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Cane, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Onyx, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Onyx, Marble, Granite, Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Cabinets
Brass, Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Other
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Other
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Other
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Other
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Bronze
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Other
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Other
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Pine
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Other, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Indian Modern Cabinets
Cane, Ash, Rattan
2010s Dutch Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Hardwood, Ash, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Cabinets
Silver Leaf
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Wood, Hardwood, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Onyx, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Granite, Marble, Brass
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Birch