Modern Dry Bars
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dry Bars
Plastic
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Wood, Paint
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Wood, Paint
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Cut Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dry Bars
Rock Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Dry Bars
Lacquer, Leather
2010s Turkish Modern Dry Bars
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dry Bars
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dry Bars
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dry Bars
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Dry Bars
Ash, Ebony, Purpleheart
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dry Bars
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dry Bars
Brass
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dry Bars
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dry Bars
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dry Bars
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dry Bars
Walnut
Early 2000s American Modern Dry Bars
Concrete, Stainless Steel, Aluminum
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Steel, Cut Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dry Bars
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Brass
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dry Bars
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Dry Bars
Marble, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Dry Bars
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dry Bars
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dry Bars
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dry Bars
Copper
2010s American Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dry Bars
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dry Bars
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Dry Bars
Resin, Plywood