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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Brass, Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Chinese Modern Cabinets
Oak, Pine
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cabinets
Plywood
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Lava, Stone, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Bronze
20th Century North American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
2010s South Korean Modern Cabinets
Ceramic
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Birch
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Stone, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Bronze
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut, Glass
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Laminate
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Cabinets
Resin, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Copper
2010s Ukrainian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Oak, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Egyptian Modern Cabinets
Pine, Lacquer, Cane, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Wood, Laminate
2010s Egyptian Modern Cabinets
Pine
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Cherry, Oak, Lacquer