Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Beech
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Pine
2010s Mexican Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Onyx, Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Beech, Oak
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch, Mahogany, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Chrome
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak, Art Glass
20th Century French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Chrome
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Oak
1960s French Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
1930s Danish Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Pine
Early 2000s Slovak Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Paint
1930s French Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Beech, Poplar
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Acrylic
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Ziricote
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
20th Century French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Faux Leather, Glass, Mahogany
1990s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Onyx
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
Early 1900s Italian Antique Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century English Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Mahogany
2010s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stone, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Art Glass, Oak
20th Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Ash
2010s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Rattan, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s German Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Macedonian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak, Walnut
2010s Turkish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak