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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Cabinets
Pine, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Stone, Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Lacquer
1990s American Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Copper
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Other
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
1960s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut, Glass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Cabinets
Zebra Wood
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass, Bronze, Zinc
Mid-20th Century European Modern Cabinets
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Concrete, Steel
2010s British Modern Cabinets
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Cherry
2010s Mexican Modern Cabinets
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Oak, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Swedish Modern Cabinets
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Cabinets
Concrete, Stainless Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Wood, Cherry, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass