Modern Boxes
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Metal
1940s Danish Vintage Modern Boxes
Sterling Silver
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Metal
20th Century European Modern Boxes
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Boxes
Bone
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Boxes
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Driftwood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Boxes
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Boxes
Brass
Late 20th Century French Modern Boxes
Wicker, Lucite
2010s European Modern Boxes
Ebony
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Boxes
Velvet, Resin
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Ceramic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Lucite, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Boxes
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Boxes
Polyester, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes
Marble, Onyx
2010s Italian Modern Boxes
Platinum
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Brass
1990s French Modern Boxes
Shagreen, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Leather, Birdseye Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Boxes
Brass
2010s Unknown Modern Boxes
Horn
Early 2000s Irish Modern Boxes
Mahogany, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes
Gold Leaf
1980s British Vintage Modern Boxes
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Modern Boxes
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Boxes
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Boxes
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Maple
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Fabric, Wood
2010s South African Modern Boxes
Copper, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Shagreen
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Boxes
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Russian Modern Boxes
Malachite
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Boxes
Horn, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Boxes
Mahogany
2010s Brazilian Modern Boxes
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Boxes
Brass





