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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass, Other
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Oak, Lacquer
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Pine
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood, Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Cabinets
Wood
1990s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Ziricote
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Leather, Walnut
2010s Philippine Modern Cabinets
Rattan, Maple
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Steel, Chrome
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Walnut
Early 2000s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Glass, Lacquer, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Resin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Epoxy Resin, Walnut, Paint
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Goatskin
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Beech
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Parchment Paper
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
1960s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Travertine, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cabinets
Marble, Zinc
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Copper
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Philippine Modern Cabinets
Rattan, Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel