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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s Danish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Resin, Wood, Mirror
1950s French Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Bronze
1920s Dutch Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Belgian Black Marble
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak, Paint, Wood
20th Century English Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak, Walnut
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Lava, Bronze
2010s Czech Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ceramic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Leather
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
1940s French Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
1970s European Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze, Copper
2010s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Rosewood
2010s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Beech
2010s Australian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s Saudi Arabian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
1990s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel, Aluminum
2010s Philippine Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Rattan, Maple
2010s Belgian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s South African Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel, Brass
2010s Danish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Saudi Arabian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s Swedish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Aluminum
20th Century Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Iron
2010s European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s British Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Egyptian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass