Modern Wallpaper
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Plume Screen Printed Wallpaper in Metallic Copper on Snow
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Our plume pattern of floating feathers is a minimal, serene and dreamy pattern suitable for Hollywood Regency, Mid-Century Modern, and even more traditional or Victorian homes.
We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Claude Viallat - Acrylic on wallpaper
By Claude Viallat
Located in PAU, FR
Claude Viallat, Acrylic on wallpaper from 2001.
There is the certificate of the workshop
103 x 53 cm
124 x 74 cm with frame
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Acrylic
Ornami Black/White Geometric Mushrooms Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_006 / Black And White
Surreal atmospheres devoid of color and full of decorative elements in the new wallpaper collection proposed by the brand.
S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Black/White Geometric Flower Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Digital Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_008 / Black And White
Surreal atmospheres devoid of color and full of decorative elements in the new wallpaper collection proposed by the brand.
S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Black/White Geometric Flower Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Digital Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_007 / Black And White
Surreal atmospheres devoid of color and full of decorative elements in the new wallpaper collection proposed by the brand.
S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Black/White Geometric Bush Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Digital Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_007 / Black And White
Surreal atmospheres devoid of color and full of decorative elements in the new wallpaper collection proposed by the brand.
S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Pink and Copper Hand Guilded Wallpaper, Non-Repeating Mural, Made by Hand in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Igneous is a design made from carbon powder and using Custhom’s innovative process of hand-foiling wallpapers, creates a unique distressed or highly polished finish in a wide range o...
Category
2010s English Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Granite and Gold Hand Guilded Wallpaper, Non-Repeating Mural, Made by Hand in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Igneous is a design made from carbon powder and using Custhom’s innovative process of hand-foiling wallpapers, creates a unique distressed or highly polished finish in a wide range o...
Category
2010s English Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Black and Gold Hand Guilded Wallpaper, Non-Repeating Mural, Made by Hand in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Igneous is a design made from carbon powder and using Custhom’s innovative process of hand-foiling wallpapers, creates a unique distressed or highly polished finish in a wide range o...
Category
2010s English Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
"Capriccio" Silk Panel by Roger Selden
Located in Milano, IT
“My work is a sort of “fight for the image” of which the gesture and the color are the protagonists.
Color is space, time and light at the same time.”
Roger Selden
This piece is cra...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
"Intersections" Silk Panels by Daniela Puppa
Located in Milano, IT
“The idea is to experiment on the fabric different techniques of representation, to define an essential element like a line. Using a brush, trying to blur the edges, intersecting sha...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
"Brush Colors" Silk Panels by Daniela Puppa
Located in Milano, IT
“The idea is to experiment on the fabric different techniques of representation, to define an essential element like a line. Using a brush, trying to blur the edges, intersecting sha...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Piña Pintada Designer Wallpaper in Mar 'Aqua and White'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The tropical feeling of Piña Pintada wallpaper is sure to remind you of the islands, all year long.
Printing: Digital pigment print (minimum order of 4...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Other
Astrobots Designer Wallpaper in Glimmer 'Metallic Silver on Soft White'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This wall-covering with a galactic scene has Robots in outer space, rocket ships & more... the perfect wallpaper for your child's room.
Samples are available for $18 including US sh...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper, Paint
Jungle Dream Designer Screen Printed Wallpaper in Stardust 'Silver on Oatmeal'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Get lost in this nocturnal fantasy jungle-scape! Flora and fauna combine to create the ultimate dreamy pattern.
Samples are available for $18 including US shipping, please message u...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paint, Paper
Maharam Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper by John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
Maharam serpentine galleries wallpaper
Ear/Pretzel by John Baldessari
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John Baldessari is a conceptual artist based in Santa Monica who uses tex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Other
Maharam Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper by John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Serpentine Galleries wallpaper
Clock/Pizza by John Baldessari
001
John Baldessari is a conceptual artist based in Santa Monica who uses te...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Other
Maharam Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper by SANAA
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper
Watercolor Flowers by SANAA
001
SANAA is a Tokyo-based architecture firm founded by Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Other
Cactus Spirit Designer Wallpaper in Splendid 'Salmon Pink and Blush'
By Aimee Wilder
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...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paint, Paper
Jungle Dream Designer Screen Printed Wallpaper in Zest 'Yellow and Grey'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Get lost in this nocturnal fantasy jungle-scape! Flora and fauna combine to create the ultimate dreamy pattern.
*Please note Jungle Dream is sold in even increments only.
**Sample ...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper, Paint
Jungle Dream Designer Screen Printed Wallpaper in Color Orinoco 'Blue on White'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Get lost in this nocturnal fantasy jungle-scape! Flora and fauna combine to create the ultimate dreamy pattern.
Material: Screen-printed by hand on clay-coated, FSC-certified pap...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Clay, Paper
Jungle Dream Designer Wallpaper in Charcoal 'Black and White'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Get lost in this nocturnal fantasy jungle-scape! Flora and fauna combine to create the ultimate dreamy pattern.
Samples are available for $18 including US shipping, please message u...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper, Paint
Piña Pintada Designer Wallpaper in Shell 'Warm Grey and White'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The tropical feeling of Piña Pintada wallpaper is sure to remind you of the islands, all year long.
Please note that Piña Pintada has a 4 roll minimum or...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Flowers and Birds Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
"This decorative fabric comes in the form of boiserie over a wooden honeycomb panel measuring 135 cm by 200 cm tall. The fabric is available in sheets measuring 140 cm wide and 200 c...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Leopard on Tree Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Hummingbirds Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Cherry Tree Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Waves Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Walking Leopards Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Japanese Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Flowers and Storks Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Jungle Dream Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Parrot Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Mixed Dahlia Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Contemporary Flowers and Chevron Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk
Contemporary Geometric Silk Panel
Located in Milano, IT
These wall coverings are built starting from a honeycomb frame on which the cotton-pad is fixed. The printed fabric covers the structure. The cotton pad below gives softness and soun...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Silk, Wood
Vallée Du Rift, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
The plains of the Rift Plateau are home to a great divers...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Port Cros, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 91$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
With this set, we inaugurate a series of models on the ...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Amazone, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
Wall decor in natural inspired by the Amazon jungle. Th...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Wallpaper "Happy Rain", Marta Bakowski
Located in Geneve, CH
Wallpaper "Happy Rain", Marta Bakowski
Dimensions: 53 W x 0.2 D x 1000 H cm
Materials: Wallpaper (paper quality 150g)
Different colors are available
Happy rain is a wallpaper f...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Hava, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
Hava is a look between the earth and the sky, a space w...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Toits de Paris, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
Yukiko Noritake, illustrator, Japanese artist based in ...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Jardin Des Oiseaux, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
Jardin des Oiseaux is a reinterpretation of a great cla...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Peninsule, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
On the Mediterranean coast, tall pine trees overlook th...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Still Life Geometries Natural Volumes Vinyl Wallpaper, Made in Italy
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_003 Still Life
Hefty aesthetics, sculptural forms and cold materials bring to life works which are rough – yet at the same time vividly sincere – that do not wish to sweeten r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Still Life Line Geometric Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Digital Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_cnt_it_00 3 Still Life Collection
Hefty aesthetics, sculptural forms and cold materials bring to life works which are rough – yet at the same time vividly sincere – that do not...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Still Life Minimal Flora Geometric Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
Orn23_003 Still Life
Hefty aesthetics, sculptural forms and cold materials bring to life works which are rough – yet at the same time vividly sincere – that do not wish to sweeten r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Still Life Geometric Square Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Digital Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_cnt_it_002 Still Life Collection
Hefty aesthetics, sculptural forms and cold materials bring to life works which are rough – yet at the same time vividly sincere – that do not...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Stilllife Brutalism Geometric Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Digital Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_001 Still Life Collection
Hefty aesthetics, sculptural forms and cold materials bring to life works which are rough – yet at the same time vividly sincere – that do not wish t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Still Life Geometric Rhombus Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Digital Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_cnt_it_001 Still Life Collection
Hefty aesthetics, sculptural forms and cold materials bring to life works which are rough – yet at the same time vividly sincere – that do not...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Ornami Still Life Architectural Geometric Vinyl Wallpaper Made in Italy Print
Located in reggio emilia, IT
orn23_002 Still Life
Hefty aesthetics, sculptural forms and cold materials bring to life works which are rough – yet at the same time vividly sincere – that do not wish to sweeten r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Gameland Designer Wallpaper in Charcoal 'Black and White'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gameland comprises hand-held video games from the 1980s imagined by Aimee, and is included in the permanent archive at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Printing: Digital pigment print ...
Category
2010s American Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paint, Paper
Nunavut, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
In Canadian far north, the wilderness enchants us. At t...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Surf - Customizable - Digital Printing - Mural Decor - Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 91$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
Marion Bartherotte sublimates the atmosphere of surfing i...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Les Cimes, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
To get to the top. These immaculate landscapes, these g...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Les Vagabondes, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 91$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
Véronique Masurel finds her inspiration in nature, garden...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Foret De Bretagne, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 77$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
This panoramic wallpaper created by MARTINE DUBREUCQ AN...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Front de Mer - Customizable - Digital Printing - Mural Decor - Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
All our products are custom made. The price per square meter is 91$. The price shown is for a 350cm wide by 250cm high wall
Bertrand Cure is an art lover, illustrator, decorator and interior designer since more than 15 years. He paints what surrounds him during his travels where he captures places in cameos to highlight them.
Front de mer is a realistic watercolour...
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
Modern wallpaper for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern wallpaper 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 wallpaper created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, folk art, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern wallpaper made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wallpaper, popular names associated with this style include Schumacher, Aimee Wilder, Midsummer Milano, and Maharam. 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. Prices for wallpaper differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $147 and tops out at $3,086 while the average work can sell for $408.
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