Punt Mobles
1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
Vintage 1980s Spanish Post-Modern Dining Room Tables
Metal
Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Wenge, Walnut, Rosewood, Oak, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Oak, Wenge, Walnut, Rosewood, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plywood, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Leather, Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Walnut, Rosewood, Oak, Plywood, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Walnut, Rosewood, Oak, Plywood, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Leather, Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Leather, Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Stainless Steel, Nickel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cupboards
Leather, Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Nickel, Iron, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Nickel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Leather, Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Leather, Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Nickel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Leather, Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cupboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Metal, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Metal, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Metal, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Nickel, Stainless Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Crystal, Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Conference Tables
Metal, Nickel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome, Steel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Leng...
Metal, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Metal, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Steel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Nickel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Metal, Nickel
1990s Spanish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood, Cherry
Vintage 1980s Spanish Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
1990s European Post-Modern Desks
Cherry
1990s European Post-Modern Desks
Cherry
Vintage 1980s Spanish Modern Tables
Metal
Vintage 1980s Spanish Modern Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Credenzas
Chrome
Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Dining Room Tables
Chrome
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A Close Look at Modern Furniture
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.