Modern Andirons
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Large Fireplace Grate for Andirons, Firedogs
Located in Soest, NL
Made of 1.4 cm (0.55") thick steel bars.
All sizes of the fire grate of fireplace rack are outside sizes. Distance between the beams is 26.5 cm (10.44...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Andirons
Materials
Steel
Large Fireplace Grate for Andirons, Firedogs
Located in Soest, NL
Made of 1.4 cm (0.55") thick steel bars.
All sizes of the fire grate of fireplace rack are outside sizes. Distance between the beams is 26.5 cm (10.44...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Andirons
Materials
Steel
Small Fireplace Grate for Andirons, Firedogs
Located in Soest, NL
Made of 1.4 cm (0.55") thick steel bars.
All sizes of the fire grate of fireplace rack are outside sizes. Distance between the beams is 26.5 cm (10.44...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Andirons
Materials
Steel
Fireplace Grate for Andirons, Firedogs
Located in Soest, NL
Made of 1.4 cm (0.55") thick steel bars.
All sizes of the fire grate of fireplace rack are outside sizes. Distance between the beams is 26.5 cm (10.44...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Andirons
Materials
Steel
Fireplace Grate for Andirons, Firedogs
Located in Soest, NL
Made of 1.4 cm (0.55") thick steel bars.
All sizes of the fire grate of fireplace rack are outside sizes. Distance between the beams is 26.5 cm (10.44...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Large Fireplace Grate for Andirons, Firedogs
Located in Soest, NL
Made of 1.4 cm (0.55") thick steel bars.
All sizes of the fire grate of fireplace rack are outside sizes. Distance between the beams is 26.5 cm (10.44...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Andirons
Materials
Steel
Pair of Custom Modernist Brushed Brass Cylindrical Andirons by High Style Deco
Located in New York, NY
These stunning pair of custom andirons were designed and realized exclusively for High Style Deco. They feature brushed brass cylindrical form bodies with black enamel supports. Hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Andirons
Materials
Enamel, Brass
After Alberto Giacometti Bronze andirons
Located in Chamblee, GA
Alberto Giacometti bronze and iron andirons. Based on the 1930's design from the Nelson Rockefeller Collection. These were probably from one...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Iron
English Modernist Firedogs or Andirons
Located in Soest, NL
20th century English andirons made of wrought iron. The style is Modernist. The condition is good.
Category
20th Century British Modern Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
1940s Modernist Jacques Adnet Style Wrought Iron and Brass Andirons - a Pair
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a pair of Modernist andirons, circa the 1940s. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, these andirons seamlessly merge wrought iron and brass eleme...
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Art Deco Style Skyscraper Brass and Polished Steel Andirons by Danny Alessandro
Located in Miami, FL
A striking pair of Art Deco style polished steel and brass andirons, designed by Danny Alessandro, circa 1984. The meticulously crafted and very luxurious andirons feature a modernis...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Steel
Paul Evans Style Chrome, Brass Andirons
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
Pair of heavy skyscraper andirons made from solid brass and chrome-plated pieces with iron backs in the style of Paul Evans.
Category
20th Century American Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Raymond Subes Forged Steel Andirons
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco hand forged steel andirons with a stylized flame design, blackened iron backs. Professionally cleaned.
Category
20th Century French Modern Andirons
Materials
Steel, Iron
A Pair of Polished Scroll Brass Andirons
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of polished, heavy brass, scroll shaped andirons.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Donald Deskey Style Nickel Plated Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of modernist fireplace andirons in the style of Donald Deskey. The set features a minimal curved front design with a center circular disc. Each andiron sits a a curved front f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron, Nickel
Pair of Cast Solid Bronze Andirons by Nancy Ruben for Craig Van Den Brulle
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of modern solid cast bronze & iron andirons designed by Nancy Ruben, founder of Bennington Bronze, for Craig Van Den Brulle, unsigned. The pair date to the second half of...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
French Modernist Firedogs or Andirons, 20th Century
Located in Soest, NL
20th century English andirons made of wrought iron. The style is Modernist. The condition is good.
Category
20th Century British Modern Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Adnet Style Brass Fire Tools
Located in New York, NY
French Modernist set of brass fire tools suspended on a glass frame, in the style of Jacques Adnet. Professionally polished.
Category
20th Century French Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Modern Silvered Iron Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French modern silvered iron andirons, each one a tall spiral resting on elongated pad feet. Each Andiron measures 16" W x 26.5" H x 23" D, the log leg measures 20.5 deep.
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Category
20th Century French Modern Andirons
Materials
Iron
Chrome Fireplace Tool, Andirons and Fire-Screen by Maison Charles
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare polish chrome French fireplace set designed by Maison Charles in the 1970s.
The set consists of fireplace tool set, andirons, gas key and fireplace screen. The fireplace scree...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Modernist Curved Deco Inspired Nickel Andirons, Manner of Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade by artisans in New York state, this pair of modernist andirons embody the old world craftsmanship and design aesthetic of a bygone era. With their skyscraper style construct...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Andirons
Materials
Nickel
Graceful Bronze Spire Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lovely pair of early 20th century bronze andirons having spired ball finials over balustrade stems and standing on arched feet with scrolled decoration.
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Danny Alessandro Pair of Andirons in Polished Steel and Brass 1984
Located in New York, NY
"S Andirons" in polished steel and brass with wrought-iron posts by Danny Alessandro and sold through Holly Hunt, American 1984. These are meticulously crafted and very luxurious. D...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wrought Iron
Pair of Moderniste Andirons, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An pair of andirons in stainless steel and wrought iron, circa 1970.
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Andirons
Materials
Stainless Steel
Jean Charles Fireplace Set, France 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Rare matched set of Jean Charles andirons and firetools. Great original patina.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Andirons
Materials
Stainless Steel
6pc Musical Note Fireplace Set
By Bennett Co.
Located in New York, NY
Modernist polished nickel fireplace set including a pair of andirons and fireplace tools.
Andirons measure 17"T x 14"D x 8"W
Tools measure 28.5"T x 14"W x 12"D.
Category
20th Century American Modern Andirons
Materials
Iron, Nickel
Modernist Polished Nickel Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of midcentury graphic andirons in polished nickel finish with cast iron backs.
Category
20th Century American Modern Andirons
Materials
Iron, Nickel
Samuel Marx Andirons
By Samuel Marx
Located in Chicago, IL
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Iron
Modernist Art Glass and Brass Andirons with Log Holder circa 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Modernist brass fireplace andirons with egg-shaped art glass sculptures, circa 1970. Includes optional iron log holder.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
Custom Made Brueton Stainless Steel and Onyx Andirons, 1978
By Brueton
Located in Hamburg, PA
A monumental one-of-a-kind custom-made stainless steel and onyx andirons by Brueton. These magnificent andirons were custom designed for an executive's office in Pittsburgh, PA. The ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Onyx, Steel, Stainless Steel
Andiron by Jules Wabbes, Belgium, circa 1970
By Jules Wabbes
Located in New York, NY
Wrought iron “belt” with polished bronze “buckle.” Literature: Marie Ferran-Wabes’s Jules Wabbes: 1919-1974, Dexia Editions, model pictured on page 81.
We have a second one of this ...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Modern andirons for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern andirons 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 andirons created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, iron and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern andirons 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 andirons, popular names associated with this style include Nancy Ruben, Bennett Co., Brueton, and Danny Alessandro. 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 andirons differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $203 and tops out at $12,000 while the average work can sell for $3,475.