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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Leather, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Marble, Copper, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Glass
Late 20th Century North American Modern Dressers
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Textile, Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Silver Leaf
2010s American Modern Dressers
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dressers
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Dressers
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Lucite, Wood, Python
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Ash, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dressers
Wood
2010s American Modern Dressers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Bronze
2010s American Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
2010s American Modern Dressers
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century Modern Dressers
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Dressers
Lacquer, Shagreen
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dressers
Brass
2010s German Modern Dressers
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Wood, Python, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Mirror, Wood, Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dressers
Brass
2010s North American Modern Dressers
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century American Modern Dressers
Wood
1990s American Modern Dressers
Leather, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dressers
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Dressers
Brass