Modern Dressers
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Composition, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Copper
2010s American Modern Dressers
Steel
1990s American Modern Dressers
Nickel
2010s American Modern Dressers
Ash
2010s American Modern Dressers
Maple
2010s American Modern Dressers
Steel
2010s American Modern Dressers
Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s North American Modern Dressers
Brass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Cut Steel
2010s American Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Walnut
2010s American Modern Dressers
Maple, Oak, Walnut
Early 2000s American Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s American Modern Dressers
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s American Modern Dressers
Ash
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Composition, Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s Argentine Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
1930s Swiss Vintage Modern Dressers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Dressers
Bronze, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Modern Dressers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Modern Dressers
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Dressers
Ash
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s American Modern Dressers
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dressers
Lucite, Wood, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dressers
Wood, Paint
2010s Mexican Modern Dressers
Brass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Dressers
Chrome
2010s American Modern Dressers
Ash
20th Century North American Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dressers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Modern Dressers
Wood
1950s American Vintage Modern Dressers
Mahogany, Glass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Maple
2010s American Modern Dressers
Cut Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dressers
Brass, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Dressers
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s American Modern Dressers
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Faux Bamboo, Rattan
2010s American Modern Dressers
Gold Leaf
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Metal
1950s American Vintage Modern Dressers
Mahogany, Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Wood
20th Century North American Modern Dressers
Mirror
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Hardwood, Paint
2010s British Modern Dressers
Leather, Walnut
2010s North American Modern Dressers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Bronze
1980s American Vintage Modern Dressers
Rattan
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Leather, Ebony, Walnut