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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Mexican Modern Cabinets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cabinets
Wood, Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
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
Laminate
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Beech, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Bronze
Late 20th Century North American Modern Cabinets
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Cabinets
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Cabinets
Iron
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Cabinets
Iron
1940s French Vintage Modern Cabinets
Oak
20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Mirror, Wood
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Cabinets
1940s French Vintage Modern Cabinets
Brass, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Metal
Late 20th Century North American Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood, Burl
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Cork
2010s Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Cork
2010s South Korean Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Cabinets
Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Cabinets
Rosewood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass