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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Stone, Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
20th Century American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
20th Century English Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Leather, Hardwood
2010s French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak, Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Plastic
2010s Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
2010s French Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
Early 20th Century English Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Mahogany
2010s Danish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Steel
2010s 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
Ash, Walnut, Wenge
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Plastic
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Lacquer
1990s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 2000s British Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple, Purpleheart, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Maple, Walnut
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s Canadian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Resin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Plastic
2010s European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s Swedish Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
2010s Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Paint, Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Travertine, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Oak
20th Century English Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Suede, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Silver Leaf