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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble
2010s British Modern Cabinets
Rosewood, Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Gold Leaf
1970s Finnish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
1950s European Vintage Modern Cabinets
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Cabinets
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s Australian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Metal, Copper
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Glass, Lacquer
2010s Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
1960s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Wood, Walnut
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Metal
1990s Japanese Modern Cabinets
Glass, Cherry
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Lacquer, Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Bronze
1960s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Wood, Hardwood, Maple, Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Stone, Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s Australian Modern Cabinets
Bronze
2010s Australian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Cabinets
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Resin, Wood, Mirror
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Faux Leather, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Walnut