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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 French Modern Cabinets
Wood, Cherry, Oak
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
Early 2000s Swiss Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Oak
1950s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Gold Leaf
Early 2000s Swiss Modern Cabinets
Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut, Glass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Australian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Wood, Teak
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Hardwood, Plywood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s North American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Onyx, Stainless Steel, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Cabinets
Marble
1940s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Oak
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Chrome
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Granite, Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut, Glass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Mirror, Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Oak, Wood, Beech
20th Century Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Statuary Marble, Travertine, Onyx, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Cabinets
Resin, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Slovak Modern Cabinets
Bronze
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cabinets
Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Cabinets
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Modern Cabinets
Glass, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood