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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Cabinets
Silver Leaf
1940s French Vintage Modern Cabinets
Amboyna
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cabinets
Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
Early 2000s American Modern Cabinets
Marble
20th Century English Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
1940s Swedish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Walnut
Early 20th Century Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Wood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Cabinets
Resin, Paper
1990s American Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Wood, Hardwood, Maple, Walnut
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Birch
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Bronze
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s Ukrainian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Laminate, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Oak, Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
1990s American Modern Cabinets
Bronze
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Lebanese Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Cabinets
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Ebony, Lacquer
2010s Czech Modern Cabinets
Ceramic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Copper, Steel
2010s Australian Modern Cabinets
Bronze
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Cabinets
Brass, Enamel
2010s Indian Modern Cabinets
Steel