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Modern Cabinets

MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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.

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Style: Modern
Period: 1990s
Red Metal Cross Wall Cabinet 1st Aid Medicine Box, Thomas Eriksson Style 1990s
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
Cappellini style RED CROSS CABINET. The original was designed by artist Thomas Ericksson in 1992 Symbolic design… Swedish designer Thomas Eriksson won several prices and his work ...
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1990s Italian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Metal

Chrome plated steel cabinet
Located in GOOR, NL
This cabinet is the perfect way to showcase your most beautiful collection of home-accessories or maybe it will fit your store perfectly? I couldn't find any details about this cabin...
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1990s German Modern Cabinets

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ello Floating Nightstands with Travertine Fronts and Tops, a Pair, Rare
Located in Palm Springs, CA
It’s rare to find a pair of custom-made nightstands by Chicago-based ELLO. These vintage rare pieces have been in the original home they were custom ordered for. What makes these rar...
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1990s American Modern Cabinets

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Chrome

Conde House Low Cabinet
Located in Highland, IN
This handsome low cabinet by Conde House has three drawers, two doors that conceal a compartment with an adjustable shelf, and an inset top of smoked glass. It is perfect for use beh...
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1990s Japanese Modern Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Cherry

Sage Green & Copper Laminate Media Console Cabinet
Located in Hanover, MA
Media console cabinet is clad in a deluxe glossy laminate with metallic sage green and metallic copper under a clear glossy epoxy-like finish. It is a special Formica type material I...
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1990s American Modern Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Laminate

Cabinet in the Style of Paul Evans
Located in Miami, FL
Cabinet in the style of Paul Evans, it has two doors, three drawers and three interior shelves. Great design with metal and faux stone on the front.
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1990s American Modern Cabinets

Materials

Metal

Late 20th Century Italian Carved Wood, Bronze Mirror & Brass Cabinet w/ Drawers
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
This amazing cabinet made of one hundred and eigty handmade carved cypress tiles painted with shellac, standing on a Vitruvian style brass basement (an oval brass band inside three r...
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1990s Italian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Italian Modern Basket Container in Gray Yellow Wood Black Metal by Robots, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern basket container in gray and yellow wood and black metal by Robots, 1990s Floor basket with rectangular base in wood painted in light gray and bright yellow. The lid ...
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1990s Italian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Metal

Cabinet Ollo Model by A. Mendini and A. Guerriero for Alchimia, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Cabinet Ollo Collection, glossy polyester lacquered wood panels, glossy white and black lacquered top and bottom discs, matte black lacquered interior, crystal shelves. Publication: A. Mendini e A. Guerriero, "Collezione Ollo", Catalogo Museo Alchimia 1988; Raffaella Poletti, Atelier Mendini "Una utopia visiva", Fabbri Editori 1992. Biography In 1976 Alessandro and Adriana Guerriero established Alchimia, the first example of manufacturing designers in Milan. In 1978 and 1979 they presented the Bau haus and Bau haus II collections. Lamps, armchairs, chairs, tables, cabinets, and so on. Artists involved: Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass, Bruno and Giorgio Gregori, Michele De Lucchi, Andrea Branzi, UFO, Paola Navone, Daniela Puppa, Franco Raggi. The prevalent decorative material is laminated plastic. Alchimia’s culture, which is against the Italian design (Casabella magazine) changes the base of all previous design theories, resulting in a profound and radical change in the mindset of architects. Visual Alphabets, Redesign, Trivial Design, Cosmetics and Sentimental Robot are the slogans underlying the exuberant and vast production of Alchimia city. In the theoretical manifesto of the group, Alessandro Mendini writes “Alchimia is not interested in disciplines because they are considered to be within their rules. Indeed, it is important to look into the existing large free spaces between them. Alchimia weighs the assumption that conception and confused production methods should coexist where craftsmanship, manufacturing, information technology, techniques and current and obsolete materials can get mixed up. “They are handcrafted objects, recycled, mass, improbable, provocative, Kitsch, all very theory-laden. It operates and experiences in many sectors: the Pensione Ideale (Franco Raggi), the Copertine di Domus (Occhiomagico), the Abito Sonoro and the performance of Persone Dipinte (Anna Gili), the Stilismo della Moda (Cinzia Ruggeri...
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1990s Italian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Crystal

Modern Channeled Front Cabinet
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Modern painted, channeled front cabinet with interior shelves.
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1990s American Modern Cabinets

Materials

Wood

Ettore Sottsass Rare Limited Edition Piccoli Libri Cabinet, 1992
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Piccoli Libri cabinet designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1992 edited by Design Gallery Milano. P.A from a Limited edition of 9 + 3 P.A. Plastic laminate-covered, maple-veneered woo...
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1990s Italian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Plastic, Wood

1990's Danish Bent Silberg Desk in Beech by Bent Silberg Mobler
Located in Knebel, DK
1990's Danish Bent Silberg small desks by Bent Silberg Mobler. The desks have never been used why they are all in excellent condition and are still in their original boxes. Shippin...
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1990s Danish Modern Cabinets

Materials

Beech

Danish Bent Silberg Beech Cabinets with Jealousy Doors by Bent Silberg Mobler
Located in Knebel, DK
1990's Danish Bent Silberg cabinets with jealousy doors by Bent Silberg Mobler Well designed spacious cabinets with jealousy doors that slide into the cabinet when opend and beech v...
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1990s Danish Modern Cabinets

Materials

Beech

Mica Veneered Media Cabinet Designed by Peter Marino
Located in New York, US
Our media cabinet with bronze frame and mica veneer was designed by Peter Marino for a Palm Beach client.  Interior is fitted with television stand and five drawers.  73.5 by 45 by 2...
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1990s American Modern Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

Judith Leiber Custom Designed Snakeskin Cabinet.
Located in New York, NY
Judith Leiber Custom designed cabinet for the Madison Avenue store. The custom 10 drawer cabinet with a Faux snakeskin print is a backdrop for the exquisite designed Gold Handbag d...
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1990s American Modern Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Samba Cabinet by Wendell Castle, Late 20th Century, Signed with Impressed WC.
Located in Kansas City, MO
Samba cabinet from the Wendell Castle Collection for Icon Design, late 20th century. Finished on all sides. Hand carved and stained ash with leather pulls. Signed with WC. The drawe...
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1990s American Modern Cabinets

Materials

Leather, Ash

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Located in MIlano, IT
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Located in Athens, Attiki
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Usm Haller Storage Unit
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Hulsta - Mahogany Heavy Wallcabinet with Shelves
Located in Soesterberg, UT
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Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
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H 65.75 in W 33.08 in D 16.15 in
Karl Springer "Royal Palm 4 Door Cabinet" in Lacquered Goatskin ca. 1990
Located in New York, NY
"Royal Palm 4 Door Cabinet" in chestnut color lacquered goatskin by Karl Springer, American ca. 1990. This cabinet exemplifies Karl Springer’s craftsmanship and fine materials which ...
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Excelsior Designs Postmodern Lacquered Italian Rosewood Dry Bar Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Excelsior designs contemporary lacquered rosewood and steel dry bar, circa 1990. Features matchbook veneered door panels that open to illuminate two ...
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Pastoe Wall Mount Linear Cabinet by Shigeru Uchida
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Tall Minimalist Pastoe Wall Mount Cabinet by Shigeru Uchida
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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