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Modern Furniture

MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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.

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Style: Modern
Color:  Green
In Stock in Los Angeles, Green Rabbit Mini Portable Charger
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rabbit Mini power bank battery charger In stock in Los Angeles Power bank. You can carry Rabbit MINI in your bag as an external battery for yo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Emerald Green Glass Pendant Light Brass Pole Fitter Rewired
Located in New York, NY
Circa 20th Century German made bell shaped glass shade with a striking emerald color. This pendant light comes complete with a U.S.A. made brass pole fitter and canopy. The price inc...
Category

20th Century German Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

Vintage Lucite and Emerald Green Leather Set of 4 Dining/Game Chairs on Casters
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Palm Springs and Palm Beach were the lucite furniture centers on the 70s and 80s. Sometimes the entire estate was furnished entirely with lucite furniture and accessories! that was t...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Leather, Lucite

Schumacher Plaisirs De La Chine Pastoral Emerald Green Linen Two-Sided Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This Schumacher Classic pattern is a fanciful large scale pastoral based on a 1930s document. The artisanal table-print technique produces a layered, painterly effect. Featured as a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Furniture

Materials

Linen

Flos Tab 2700K LED Floor Lamp in Aluminum, by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A brand new edition of the tab family, now with new capabilities in new colors. This new edition of Tab floor lamp has an adjustable head with a 90-degr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Coasters Set of 4 Cocktail Green Quartzite Marble Handmade Italy Collectible
Located in Ancona, Marche
Set of 4 coasters in Green Quartzite. Thanks to their shape and size they can be used as exclusive presentation plates for finger food. Dimensions: D ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Quartz

FLOS Snoopy Table Lamp in Green by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The masterful table lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni gets a dazzling makeover. Collectors now have a new reason to cherish the Snoopy table lamp by Achille and Pier Gi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

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Marble, Steel

Green Circular Acrylic Coffee Tables, Sheer by Carnevale Studio
Located in Providence, RI
This is Carnevale Studio’s first acrylic collection of tables. Shown first on 1stdibs! This collection consist of a Coffee Table, Side Table & Bedside Table. Jessica had been work...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Acrylic

Cactus Spirit Designer Wallpaper in Sage 'Mint and Frost Green'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Give your home a taste of the Southwest with this graphic, oversized cactus repeat! This pattern combines saguaros, aloe, agave, peyote, prickly pear, San Pedros and more, the perfec...
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2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Paper, Paint

Flos Tab LED Table Lamp in Aluminum, by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A brand new edition of the Tab family, now with new capabilities in new colors. This new edition of Tab table lamp has an adjustable head with a ±90-deg...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Dainty Pouf, by Charlotte Høncke from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Sophisticated, two-colored pouf with soft shapes and a clean idiom. The Dainty pouf can be used in any room of your home as extra seating or as a leg rest....
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture

Materials

Foam

Maharam Pillow, Layers Vineyard Small by Hella Jongerius
Located in New York, NY
Maharam pillow Layers Vineyard Small by Hella Jongerius 004 Jade/Turquoise Layers Vineyard Small combines Hella Jongerius' fascination with the manipulation of traditional manufacturing methods with an exploration of dimensionality. Jongerius collaborated with Maharam to conceive a method of binding multiple layers of wool felt with embroidery. Layers is available in a combination of single and double -layer variations, in which handcut windows of pattern reveal an underlayer of either tonal or contrasting wool felt, adding a distinct artisanal character. The three embroidered patterns recall various landscapes: the plan view of Layers Garden, the architectural framework of Layers Park...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool, Nylon, Polyester

Chair in Black Ashwood and Black Leather Molteni&C by Tobia Scarpa - Miss
Located in New York, NY
Miss Chair in Black Ashwood and Black Leather by Afra and Tobia Scarpa. Expert-crafted in Italy exclusively by Molteni&C. Husband and wife powerhouse desi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Ash, Leather

Tora Ceramic Pendant Lamp, by Paolo Cappello
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tora, a ceramic pendant lamp in matte pastel colors, draws its inspiration from Arab lanterns and old oil lamps. Designed to be used individually as well...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Horizon Double Bed, by Michele de Lucchi for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Horizon Double bed designed in 1984 by Michele De Lucchi, in plastic laminate, with optional cotton bedspread (designed by Ettore Sottsass) optional. Michele De Lucchi was born in 1951 in Ferrara and graduated in architecture in Florence. During the period of radical and experimental architecture he was a prominent figure in movements like Cavart, Alchymia and Memphis. His architectural designs have been mainly for office buildings in Japan, in Germany, in Switzerland and in Italy. He has taken care of numerous art and design exhibitions and has planned buildings for museums as Triennale di Milano, Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma and Neues Museum...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Green Fringe Side Table / Nightstand, Made in France
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (2) This side table is endowed with long, silky fleece. The only thing it asks for is to sn...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Furniture

Materials

Wood, Fabric

DS-9090 Handstitched Leather Beanbag Chair by De Sede
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beanbag chair DS-9090 by De Sede. Beanbags have long been a part of the De Sede inventory, but the manufacture has now gone one step further with the launch of DS-9090, a beanbag that defines sitting itself. A pyramid-shaped insert made of high quality, stabile DS-SELECT leather gives the ‘shapeless’ model a seat direction and seating hollow – an innovation in the history of the beanbag. This step optimizes both the seating comfort and the appearance of the undefined shape of the beanbag. As with previous beanbag models, DS-9090 is filled with De Sede fill, a combination of foam and beads, and the insert in DS-SELECT is integrated with a handstitched seam. Whether as an eye-catcher in the living room, a stylish, additional seating option, or a cozy and relaxing object around the home, DS-9090 can be seen in the definition of its eternally beautiful, characteristic beanbag shape. Details: Standard configuration: Seating hollow in SELECT black leather. For casing upholstery options, please choose from SELECT leather swatches...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Furniture

Materials

Leather

Vistosi Tread LT Table Lamp Murano Blown Glass with Gold Base
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The “technicity” of the metal element combined with the blown glass diffuser gives tread an “industrial” style. An object reminiscent of vintage electrical equipment for its particul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Wood

GAN Grapy Soft Lounge Chair by Kensaku Oshiro
Located in New York, NY
This innovative easy chair is available in two different cotton fabrics, canvas and velvet, in five color choices with reinforced seams with contrasting colors and a filling of polys...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture

Materials

Velvet

Campbell-Rey Octagonal Striped Carafe in Amber and Turquoise Murano Glass
Located in London, GB
Campbell-Rey continue their exploration of color and geometric form, introducing new expressions to traditional materials. Presenting Rosanna, a Murano glassware...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Murano Glass

Bracketlamp Mini Oblong green - green
Located in Parabita, LE
"Put ... back ... the ... candle" Cit. Frankenstein Junior 1974 The Bracket lamp collection of sconces is a tribute to the classic lighting of the 1920s. Structure: solid lime wood ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Hardwood, Paper

5.7x9.3 Ft Vivid Green Turkish Area Rug, Solid Handmade Living Room Decor Carpet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...
Category

20th Century Turkish Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Murano Large Art Glass Floor Vase, Unstamped
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Murano large art glass floor vase, unstamped. In perfect condition. Measures: 56 cm.
Category

20th Century Modern Furniture

Queen B I/O Pillow in Green, 16"
Located in New York, NY
This indoor/outdoor pillow features Queen B II by Studio Bon with a Knife Edge finish. This mod, small-scale octagonal print is a versatile design and a groovy. Back of pillow is Rav...
Category

2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton

Roxbury I/O Pillow in Leaf, 20"
Located in New York, NY
This pillow features Roxbury Indoor/Outdoor with a knife edge finish. A graphic large-scale design, Roxbury Indoor/Outdoor in navy is a bold geometric that invites pattern play. Pill...
Category

2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton

Basilico Model Teapot by Ettore Sottsass for Alessio Sarri Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
Basilico is one of the teapots from the "The Indian Memory" collection designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1987 and now re-edited by Alessio Sarri. All the pieces in the collection are s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Modern Green Velvet Armchair Cactus Shape with Gold Swivel Base
Located in Porto, PT
Ajui Armchair II is a conceptual piece. It’s an accent chair that combines an artsy interpretation of a cactus with the comfort expected from a luxury armchair. This modern armchair ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

ClassiCon Set of Two Bell Tables in Emerald Green by Sebastian Herkner IN STOCK
Located in New York, NY
The bell table by Sebastian Herkner turns our perceptual habits on their head, using the lightweight, fragile material of glass as base for a metal top that seems to float above it. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

Christmas Happy Pillow Green Velvet and White Fringes
Located in Carimate, Lombardia
Elegant and refined Christmas pillow. Made of soft velvet with cotton trimmings, it looks like an original Christmas gift, which certainly does not go...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton, Velvet

Pair New Spanish Chair, Metal, Green Velvet Upholstery
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair New Spanish chair, metal, green velvet upholstery. -Metal frame finished in black epoxy paint and finished in matte gold detail -Seat and back upholstered in pink velvet -Oth...
Category

2010s Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Velvet

Fazzoletto Opaline Large Vase in Rio Green, Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Created from the collaboration between Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini, characterized by a soft shape with a graceful wavy lip, always unique, obtained using the free-hand technique...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Bob Matheny Acrylic Painting on Hardwood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acrylic painting on hardwood by San Diego artist, Bob Matheny. The painting featuring eyeballs throws a nod to the Great Gatsby and Dr. T.J. Eckleberg as displayed on the back of the painting. The piece showcases vibrant neon colors of green orange and blue. The San Diego conceptual artist and educator helped define the San Diego art scene in the 1960s and ’70s alongside other artist such as Richard Allen Morris...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Furniture

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Green Palm Trees Candlesticks Hand Painted Made in Italy Set of 2
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Light up your table with our palm trees candlestick Size small 15cm Size medium 25cm.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Chester 3 Seater Sofa, Green Velvet New
Located in Madrid, ES
Chester 3 seater sofa, green velvet new. Data sheet: -Design sofa, 3 seats. -Made with solid wooden structure. -High-density polyurethane foam. -Upholstered in green v...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Velvet

Pair of Modernist Globular Vases in Translucent Emerald Green by Nick Leonoff
By Nick Leonoff
Located in New York, NY
This pair of globular vases have been hand blown by the esteemed Brooklyn based artist Nick Leonoff in an emerald hue of translucent glass. With their radiant palate and organic form...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

Schumacher Sabi Tiger Velvet 22" Pillow in Jungle
Located in New York, NY
This pillow features Sabi Tiger Velvet with a knife edge finish. Sabi Tiger Stripe in jungle is a wildly chic abstract animal pattern and a go-to fabric that traverses decorative sty...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Italian Tommaso Barbi Catchall Vide-Poche or Ashtray, Italy 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian brass and green ceramic vide-poche catchall, by Italian designer Tommaso Barbi, '70s Modern period, Italy. Piece is by Italian designer Tommaso Barbi in a green g...
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

Fast Track, Buttoned Bench In Emerald Green Velvet
Located in New York, NY
The deep buttoned bed foot stool in a emerald green color exudes shabby chic elegance. Crafted from solid wood, it harmoniously blends durability and sophis...
Category

2010s Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Silk Satin Cushion Pleated Centre Stripe Detail Color Dark Emerald Green
Located in Hamburg, DE
Silk satin cushion with centre stripe detail embossed front panel in steam pleated small opal pattern, back panel plain silk, silk satin Brochier col. Smeralado 35 x 50cm, concealed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Furniture

Materials

Silk

Schumacher Sabi Tiger Velvet 24x12" Pillow in Jungle
Located in New York, NY
This pillow features Sabi Tiger Velvet with a knife edge finish. Sabi Tiger Stripe in jungle is a wildly chic abstract animal pattern and a go-to fabric that traverses decorative sty...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Silk Satin Cushion Pleated Small Opal Pattern Embossed Color Dark Emerald Green
Located in Hamburg, DE
Silk satin cushion with embossed front panel in steam pleated small opal pattern, back panel plain silk, silk satin Brochier col. Smeralado 35 x 50cm, concealed zipper in the bottom ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Furniture

Materials

Silk

Anza Upholstered Pouf with Floating Cushion
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For the past six years Portuguese designer Rui Pereira and Japanese designer Ryosuke Fukusada have been collaborating on projects that tap into their respective cultural heritage to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Furniture

Materials

Wood

Lagos Green Hide Pillow
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Add glamour and sophistication to any room when decorating with the green color hide Lagos pillow. Size: 22”x 22” Features Zipper closure Green color Insert included Shape: Square...
Category

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Materials

Other

Thomas Eriksson Cross Cabinet with Glossy Varnished Finish for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Designed to store medicine, the cross cabinet by Thomas Eriksson is wall-hanging, available with a glossy varnished finish, in red, orange, green, blue a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Metal

Lladro Belle de Nuit 12-Light Chandelier
Located in New York City, NY
Hanging ceiling lamp with handmade metallic chandelier design with twelve translucent white, engraved porcelain lampshades. Beauty of the night. Such is the name of the plant whose petals reflect the moonlight, thus acquiring the magical property of glowing in the dark. This striking species provides the inspiration for the Belle de Nuit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

cc-tapis Orizzonti Selva Rug by Eligo Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handwoven in the cc-tapis atelier in Kathmandu, Nepal. The rug is made with a cotton weave, Himalayan wool and bamboo silk pile coming from the areas surrounding the atelier. The sal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton, Wool, Silk

Modern Black Green Gray White Orange Pink Red Purple or Blue Rabbit Accent Chair
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
Rabbit is a family of products with a strong media impact, one of Stefano Giovannoni's hat tricks, and immediately became a pop icon, a symbol of love and fertility, which brings goo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Louis Poulsen PH5 Mini Pendant Lamp by Poul Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen by the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Furniture

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 3½-2½ Color Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
About This Product The PH 3½-2½ Glass Table lamp was designed in 1928 and is one of many advanced projects undertaken by Poul Henningsen in the development of his world-famous three-...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Large Mare Nassa Satinato in Murano Glass by Davide Bruno
Located in Venezia, IT
The “Mare” collection was born from the colors and shapes of the Venice lagoon. The “peocere”, tens and tens meters long mussel farming strings rising vertically, draw the shapes of ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Medium Drops Lucido Vase in Murano Glass by Renzo Stellon
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished blown glass vase made with the rigadin technique.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Plump Resin Floating Wall Console, Ian Cochran, Represented by Tuleste Factory
Located in New York, NY
This resin console by Ian Cochran is mounted into the wall to give the piece an overall floating effect. A continuation of the Plump series of sculptural furniture. The shapes play u...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Resin

Pierre Paulin for Artifort Green F560 Mushroom Chair
Located in London, GB
Originally designed by Pierre Paulin in 1960 in collaboration with Artifort, the Mushroom chair, also known as the F560, is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, making it a true design icon. Inspired by women’s swimming...
Category

1960s Dutch Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Fabric

Burst Sputnik by Fabio Ltd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modern Italian sputnik chandelier with green Murano glass spheres, black enameled centre and canopy, mounted on brass frame / Designed by Fabio Bergomi for Fabio Ltd / Made in Italy ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

Foscarini Bit 4 Wall Lamp in Green by Ferruccio Laviani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wall lamp with reflected and diffused light. Wall fitting and wall rose in epoxy powder coated metal. Satin finish white or color painted glass diffuser, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Sintesi Table Lamp Design by Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide 1970s
Located in Krefeld, DE
Nice black Sintesi desk lamp designed by Ernesto Gismondi and produced by Artemide in the 1970s. The lamp is in original paint and comes with a E26/E27 socket. The lamp is in in full...
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Metal

Venini Monofiore Apple Green Glass Vase by Laura de Santillana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Monofiori glass vase in apple green by Laura de Santillana. “Monofiori” blown handmade glass with stoppers in various forms and colors. Item labeled as “05”, as shown in the i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

Monofiore Balloton Glass Vase in Aquamarine with Red Thread Rim by Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with full body and textured surface with hexagonal shaped pattern in aquamarine designed in 1970. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement pie...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Art Glass

Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, lighting, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Rug & Kilim, Schumacher, Vistosi, and Kartell. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee.

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