Modern Cabinets
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Modern Cabinets
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Resin
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Oak
Late 20th Century North American Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Resin
1990s Danish Modern Cabinets
Beech
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Glass, Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Cabinets
Stone
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Copper
2010s English Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Resin, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble
1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Czech Modern Cabinets
Wood, Birch
1940s Swedish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Plastic
2010s Turkish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Rosewood
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Copper
2010s New Zealand Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
2010s Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Cabinets
Leather
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Acrylic, Hardwood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets
Copper
2010s Chinese Modern Cabinets
Silver, Nickel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cabinets
Art Glass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Cabinets
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Cabinets
Teak
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Cabinets
Leather
2010s Chinese Modern Cabinets
Silver, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
2010s European Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Cabinets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cabinets
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Cabinets
Crystal
1990s American Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Cabinets
Acrylic, Wood





