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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
1950s French Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
2010s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Fiberglass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Alabaster, Bronze, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Early 2000s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
1950s French Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s British Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry, Maple, Walnut
2010s Egyptian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
1990s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Crystal
Early 2000s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Hardwood, Cherry
1930s American Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Resin
20th Century Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
1990s Japanese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Stainless Steel, Cut Steel, Steel
2010s Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Chrome
2010s Mexican Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Swedish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble
2010s South Korean Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stone, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Turkish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Gold Leaf
2010s Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Silver Leaf
Early 2000s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ash, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood, Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Cherry
2010s Belgian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stone, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Leather
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
2010s British Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Hardwood, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass, Enamel
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze