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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Ceramic, Wood, Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Cabinets
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Other
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Wood, Ash, Ceramic
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Mahogany, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s German Modern Cabinets
Chrome
1950s American Vintage Modern Cabinets
Zinc
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Laminate
2010s Modern Cabinets
Gold
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Fabric, Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
1970s Finnish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Sycamore, Oak, Glass, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Resin, Birch
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cabinets
Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Cabinets
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Slovak Modern Cabinets
Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Leather, Suede
1940s Swedish Vintage Modern Cabinets
Ebony, Rosewood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Cabinets
Plastic, Wood
2010s British Modern Cabinets
Oak, Resin
2010s French Modern Cabinets
Iron
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Walnut
2010s South African Modern Cabinets
Ceramic, Leather, Glass










