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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Asian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Boxes
Brass
20th Century European Modern Boxes
Silver
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Boxes
Brass
1990s French Modern Boxes
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century American Modern Boxes
Wood, Macassar
Late 20th Century Modern Boxes
Stone, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Modern Boxes
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boxes
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Modern Boxes
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Boxes
Polyester, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boxes
Marble
20th Century American Modern Boxes
20th Century American Modern Boxes
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Brass
20th Century Modern Boxes
Onyx, Marble, Brass
20th Century Unknown Modern Boxes
Shagreen
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Metal, Chrome, Bronze, Enamel
2010s Mexican Modern Boxes
Acrylic
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Boxes
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Boxes
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Boxes
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Boxes
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes
Nickel
2010s American Modern Boxes
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Boxes
Polyester, Wood
2010s Unknown Modern Boxes
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Boxes
Polyester, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Boxes
Pearwood
2010s Argentine Modern Boxes
Stone, Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Boxes
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Boxes
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Boxes
Acrylic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Metal, Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Boxes
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Boxes
Sterling Silver
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Mother-of-Pearl
Mid-20th Century Asian Modern Boxes
Bamboo, Wicker
20th Century Italian Modern Boxes
Plastic
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
2010s Mexican Modern Boxes
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boxes
Brass
20th Century German Modern Boxes
Ceramic
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Boxes
Agate, Stone, Metal, Silver Plate
2010s Brazilian Modern Boxes
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Boxes
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Boxes
Ceramic





