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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 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.
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Style: Modern
Creator: Vistosi
Vistosi LED Plot SP Suspension Light by Chiaramonte & Marin
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Perfect dialog enter different materials and suspended light source: this is Plot.Inspired by the weaving of oriental bamboo scaffolding, Plot It gives a feeling of lightness and sus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Peggy SP Suspension Light by Hangar Design Group
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The white, blown handmade glass together with the glossy black metal, with a lead-effect treatment, interpret the polarity between black and white with the lightness of a rational and elegant design. With an impressive installation the lighting system lights up the Museum Café...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Vistosi Futura Medium Table Lamp with Black Frame by Hangar Design Group
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps in blown glass available in transparent and three exclusive colors combined with different finishes of the metal ring. The glass is blown in one piece but the par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Vistosi Semai SP M Pendant in Glossy White by Alberto Saggia e Valerio Sommella
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps made of a glass mouth blown into a steel cage. This free blowing technique makes each lamp always different.
Specifications:
Light source: E26
No of bulbs: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Vistosi LED Riflesso LT 3 Table Lamp with Gold Base by Chiaramonte
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The LED light passes through a glass bubble to refract on a mirror in a game of continuous rebounds. Glass is not only a diffuser, but also an almost invisible intermediary between t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Puppet Pendant Light in White Transparent Glass
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps with blown glass diffuser with an original irregularly lined ‘dégradé’ finish. The arms of the chandelier are hung individually to customer demand.
Light sourc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Vistosi Sata LT Table Lamp by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
This lighting system carries on with the stylistic reflection of Trepai, and gives even more emphasis to ash wood, which forms the rigorous and geometric structure where the blown gl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Vistosi Large Bot Suspension Light in White Glass
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A collection that represents the idea of a volume in motion, which generates a new one. The concept is also a reminiscence of the process of glass blowing in which the incandescent g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Lucciola Table Lamp in White by Vetreria Vistosi Historic Archive
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Table lamp with oval, mouth-blown satin glass shade. E26 lighting.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vistosi Diadema Sconce in Crystal and Chrome by Romani Saccani Architects
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The Diadema collection is a lighting system based on a single element: a rod of pure glass. This crystal sconce takes advantage of the way it reflects and transmits the light while o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Diadema Table Lamp in Crystal by Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Diadema is a lighting system based on a single element, the rod of pure glass. It takes advantage of the way it reflects and transmits the light, while offering a sense of movement b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Italian Murano Glass Vase by Angelo Mangiarotti for Vistosi
Located in Milan, Italy
Rarely seen freeform glass vase designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and manufactured by Vetrerie Vistosi, 1972. Very heavy transparent glass.
This model was exhibited at the XXXVI Biennal...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vistosi Puppet Pendant Light 18P in Multicolor 3 with Matt Black Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps with a blown and irregular striped glass diffuser. The three sizes of the spheres and the different cable heights are designed to create elegant compositions. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Puppet Pendant Light in Multicolor Glass And Matt Black Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps with a blown and irregular striped glass diffuser. The three sizes of the spheres and the different cable heights are designed to create elegant compositions. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Puppet Pendant Light in White Shaded Glass And Matt Black Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps with a blown and irregular striped glass diffuser. The three sizes of the spheres and the different cable heights are designed to create elegant compositions. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Sconce Light in White Shaded Glass And Matt Black Nickel Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The distinctive feature of this model from the Puppet Ring collection are the rings with increasing diameter. They can be combined in different sequences to form the framework on whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Giogali Flush Mount in Crystal Silver Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A pure element: the crystal hook. It is the intuition of a master of Italian design, Angelo Mangiarotti, who in 1967 created the best seller of the Vistosi catalogue, Giogali. An ico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Pendant Light in White Striped Glass And Satin Nickel Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Spherical blown glass elements available in three sizes and four rigadin colours, with and without lighting source. The special design allows the vertical installation of several gla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Pendant Light in White Shaded Glass And Matt Black Nickel Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The distinctive feature of this model from the Puppet Ring collection are the rings with increasing diameter. They can be combined in different sequences to form the framework on whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Riflesso Table Lamp in Amber Transaprent Glass And Matt Copper Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
In the Riflesso collection the simplicity and lightness of glass become the main features with three different sinuous shapes. The silhouettes of the diffuser are enhanced by the LED...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Rina Table Lamp in White Murrina Glass And Satin Nickel Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Rina is inspired by the dandelion, of which it recalls the pappus, thanks to the light texture of the surface, made with the traditional technique of murrine. It is available in diff...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Futura Pendant Light in Smoky Brown Glass And Matt Black Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A collection of lamps made from a single piece of blown glass, whose particular workmanship, though, allows a double chromatic effect: transparent at the top, satin effect at the bot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Plot Frame Pendant Light 4 in White Glossy Glass by Chiaramonte & Marin
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The inspiration behind Plot Frame is to render the motion and simplicity of a sphere. A metal weave where luminescent glass spheres are almost free to move, allowing the user to inte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Pendant Light in White Striped Glass And Glossy White Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Spherical blown glass elements available in three sizes and four rigadin colours, with and without lighting source. The special design allows the vertical installation of several gla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Pendant Light in Smoky Striped Glass And Glossy White Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Spherical blown glass elements available in three sizes and four rigadin colours, with and without lighting source. The special design allows the vertical installation of several gla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Pendant Light in Smoky Striped Glass And Glossy White Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Spherical blown glass elements available in three sizes and four rigadin colours, with and without lighting source. The special design allows the vertical installation of several gla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Pendant Light in White Striped Glass And Glossy White Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Spherical blown glass elements available in three sizes and four rigadin colours, with and without lighting source. The special design allows the vertical installation of several gla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Jube Table Lamp in Crystal Transparent Glass And Matt Steel Finish
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The elegant and delicate look of the blown glass finds a new dimension in Jube. Two glass units placed side by side, so perfectly assembled, that they look like a unique piece. A sin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Jube Table Lamp in Smoky Transparent Glass And Matt Steel Finish
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The elegant and delicate look of the blown glass finds a new dimension in Jube. Two glass units placed side by side, so perfectly assembled, that they look like a unique piece. A sin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Giogali Floor Lamp in Crystal Transparent with Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A pure element: the crystal hook. It is the intuition of a master of Italian design, Angelo Mangiarotti, who in 1967 created the best seller of the Vistosi catalogue, Giogali. An ico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Giogali Floor Lamp in Crystal Copper with Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A pure element: the crystal hook. It is the intuition of a master of Italian design, Angelo Mangiarotti, who in 1967 created the best seller of the Vistosi catalogue, Giogali. An ico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Modern Bolle Spotlight in Crystal Glass Satin Nickel Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The main characteristic of this collection of lamps produced with the “balloton” technique is the insertion of bubbles of air in the glass during its production. That creates multipl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Sconce Light in Amber Transparent Glass And Matt Gold Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The distinctive feature of this model from the Puppet Ring collection are the rings with increasing diameter. They can be combined in different sequences to form the framework on whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Puppet Pendant Light in Multicolor Glass And Matt Black Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps with a blown and irregular striped glass diffuser. The three sizes of the spheres and the different cable heights are designed to create elegant compositions. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Bolle Pendant Light in White With Satin Nickel Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The main characteristic of this collection of lamps produced with the “balloton” technique is the insertion of bubbles of air in the glass during its production. That creates multipl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Lucciola Table Lamp in White by Vetreria Vistosi Historic Archive
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Table lamp with oval, mouth-blown satin glass shade E26 lighting.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Medium Murano Glass Galea Lamps by Adalberto Dal Lago for Vistosi, Italy 1968
Located in Chicago, IL
A collection of Italian Galea lamps designed by Adalberto Dal Lago for Vistosi in 1968. These hand blown Murano glass lamps feature nesting fazzoletto shades with a green trim. When ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vistosi Minigiogali Pendant Light in Crystal Black Nickel Glass And Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The small size version of Giogali, which allows the use of glass hooks for smaller, standard or custom-made wall installations.
Specifications:
Materia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vetri Murano Mushroom Shape Art Glass Murano Table Lamp , italian 1980
Located in La xara, VC
Superb Vetri EGG Table Lamp Murano glass . The Design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of the Italian Design.
This unique Floor lamp by Vetri in ice frost bicolo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Diadema Chandelier C-2 in Crystal by Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Diadema is a lighting system based on a single element, the rod of pure glass. It takes advantage of the way it reflects and transmits the light, while offering a sense of movement b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Vistosi Armonia Medium Suspension Light with Black Frame by Francesco Lucchese
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Games of metal circumferences around glass cylinders as if to create endless rings. A collection with contemporary connotations and a LED source that contains precious historical fea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Vistosi Giogali Floor Lamp in White Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A pure element: the crystal hook. It is the intuition of a master of Italian design, Angelo Mangiarotti, who in 1967 created the best seller of the Vistosi catalogue, Giogali. An ico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Puppet Pendant Light in Smoky Transparent Glass And Matt Black Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps with a blown and irregular striped glass diffuser. The three sizes of the spheres and the different cable heights are designed to create elegant compositions. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Spirit Pendant Light in White Glossy Glass And Satin Nickel Frame
By Marco Acerbis, Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Sprit has the shape of a diamond blown into glass. Its folds are the result of a long process of development that creates a unique light reflection, while keeping the source of ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Giogali Pendant Light in Black Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A pure element: the crystal hook. It is the intuition of a master of Italian design, Angelo Mangiarotti, who in 1967 created the best seller of the Vistosi catalogue, Giogali. An ico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Ecos Flush Mount in Crystal Striped Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
One ring, infinite combinations. The concept of the Ecos collection is just in one element: the glass ring. The chromatic and texture variations that the designers Renato Toso, Noti ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Lepanto PT Floor Lamp in White Glass by Luciano Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A light sculpture of classical inspiration made of Murano glass, which requires a high degree of technical skill. The 'Pulegoso' finish adds a unique organic texture to the surface o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vistosi Moris Flush Mount/Wall Sconce in White Satin Glass & Glossy White Frame
By Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Moris is available in three different sizes. It can be placed both as a ceiling and a wall lamp. The lens shape of the matt finished glass diffuser optimises the light flow.
Speci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Futura SPG Pendant Light in Crystal and Copper by Hangar Design Group
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps in blown glass available in transparent and three exclusive colors combined with different finishes of the metal ring. The glass is blown in one piece but the par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Vistosi Puppet Pendant Light in Smoky Transparent Glass And Glossy Chrome Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Collection of lamps with a blown and irregular striped glass diffuser. The three sizes of the spheres and the different cable heights are designed to create elegant compositions. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Novecento Pendant Light in Crystal Striped Glass
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The shape of this collection stems from the desire to reinterpret the traditional Murano chandelier. The choice of the crystal or white rigadin glass finish was the master’s touch: i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Long Diadema Chandelier K3 in Crystal by Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Diadema is a lighting system based on a single element, the rod of pure glass. It takes advantage of the way it reflects and transmits the light, while offering a sense of movement b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Vistosi Giogali Pendant Light in Crystal Bronze Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A pure element: the crystal hook. It is the intuition of a master of Italian design, Angelo Mangiarotti, who in 1967 created the best seller of the Vistosi catalogue, Giogali. An ico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Naxos Table Lamp in White by Vetreria Historic Archive, Large
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Table lamp with a recognizable design that maximizes the quality of the satin-finish glass. Lighting in both the shade and base. E26 lighting.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Vistosi Small Naxos Table Lamp in Matte White by Vetreria Vistosi
By Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A collection of table lamps, pendants and floor lamps with a recognizable design that maximizes the quality of the matt-finish glass.
Specifications:
Light source: E12
No of b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Giogali Pendant Light in Crystal Silver Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A pure element: the crystal hook. It is the intuition of a master of Italian design, Angelo Mangiarotti, who in 1967 created the best seller of the Vistosi catalogue, Giogali. An ico...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Minigiogali Pendant Light in Crystal Silver Glass And Matt Bronze Frame
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The small size version of Giogali, which allows the use of glass hooks for smaller, standard or custom-made wall installations.
Specifications:
Material: Glass, Metal
Light sour...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vistosi Pendant Light in Old Green White Glass And Matt Steel Finish
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The elegant and delicate look of the blown glass finds a new dimension in Jube. Two glass units placed side by side, so perfectly assembled, that they look like a unique piece. A sin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture
Materials
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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