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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Plastic
2010s Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ash, Ebony, Purpleheart
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s North American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Paper
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Smoked Glass, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
1990s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Hardwood
2010s European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
2010s Danish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian 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
Wood, Glass
Mid-20th Century European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Crystal, Copper
2010s European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak, Lacquer
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Smoked Glass, Wood
2010s Lithuanian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Foil
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Lacquer, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
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
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Beech
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Sheet Metal
2010s North American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass, Zinc, Bronze
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel, Metal, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
1970s American Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Stainless Steel