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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dressers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Dressers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Dressers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Wool, Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dressers
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dressers
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dressers
Brass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Brass, Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
2010s British Modern Dressers
Walnut, Leather
2010s Australian Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s American Modern Dressers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dressers
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s North American Modern Dressers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Fabric, Wood, Poplar
2010s American Modern Dressers
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dressers
Onyx, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dressers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Leather, Fabric, Poplar
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
20th Century North American Modern Dressers
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Leather, Glass, Poplar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Poplar, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Dressers
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Walnut, Wenge
Mid-20th Century American Modern Dressers
Mirror, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Leather, Ebony, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s American Modern Dressers
Stone, Crystal, Multi-gemstone, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Cast Stone, Compos...
1970s North American Vintage Modern Dressers
Rattan
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Wood, Fabric, Poplar
2010s American Modern Dressers
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Glass, Poplar, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Steel