Modern Furniture
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Period: 1930s
Max Ackermann Modernist Original Painting Germany 1935 Stuttgart
Located in London, GB
An original pastel painting by the German Modernist painter Max Ackermann,(1887 - 1975)
He was both painter and graphic artist of abstract works.
Signed and dated
Born in 1887 in B...
Category
1930s German Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
Gaston Schweitzer : "Old Breton woman sitting on a rock", original plaster -1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Gaston SCHWEITZER (1879-1962, France) : "Breton old woman sitting on a rock"
Original plaster, unique piece, showing an old Breton (French Brittany )woman sitting down on a rock
S...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Gent’s of Leicester Railway Clock Circa 1930
Located in Culver City, CA
Gent’s of Leicester Railway Clock
England circa 1930
Chloride Gents of Leicester clock with painted numerals and brass surround.
12.5”dia
Category
1930s English Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Authentic Early Modernist Chair Robert Mallet Stevens, France, 1930s
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) came from an art-loving family and was one of the most influential French avant-garde architects and designers. He met very early on René Herbst and...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Original Fred Grayson Sayre Plien Air Oil Painting - Sedona Arizona Landscape
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Original Fred Grayson Sayre Plien Air Oil Painting - Sedona Arizona Landscape
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Sterling Silver Set of 6 Modern Pattern Spoons +Tongs Hallmarked:-Sheffield 1934
By Emile Viner
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver box of 6 Modern teaspoons + tongs
Made in England and with the maker`s mark - EV, for Emile Viner, for
Viners Ltd., bath street, Sheffield.
A full set of English h...
Category
1930s English Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Silver
Italian Designer, Organic Wall Mirror, Burl Wood, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A burl wood wall mirror designed and produced in Italy, 1930s.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Burl
Set from Three Glass Carafes from 1930s, in Cabana Style
Located in Vienna, Austria
Set of three glass carafes for destilates from 1930s, made in Czechoslovakia.
The carafes are decorated with silver stripes, the green stripes are coloured
glass that has been attach...
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Pretty English Modern Sterling Silver Vase, 1937
Located in New York, NY
Pretty English Modern sterling silver vase, 1937. Straight and tapering sides with curved bottom; overhanging mouth has wavy curvilinear rim with applied reeding. Stepped and domed f...
Category
1930s British Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chair by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig, 1938
Located in Berlin, DE
Chair, plywood construction, dark stained, ash veneer
Design / Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig 1938
Dimensions / H.84cm W.40cm D.50cm
Manufacturer / Maggioni Italy
Designed for the Bocco...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Ash, Plywood
Vitrine en bois laqué ROVINSKY 1930
By Serge Rovinsky
Located in PARIS, FR
Vitrine réalisée par Serge Rovinsky et le laqueur Charpentier dans les années 1930. Elle est en bois laqué brun à corps quadrangulaire galbé en léger gradin à partie centrale haute v...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Lacquer
Peter Church style sandblasted glass chandelier
Located in Lugo, IT
Suspension lamp in sandblasted glass and brass, in the style of Pietro Chiesa.
The cup has not been polished.
Good conditions.
Thank you
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
Vase possible Galvani production and decoration by Angelo Simonetto
Located in Lugo, IT
Ceramic vase possible Galvani production.
Good Condition
Thank you
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Set of five cookware by Giò Ponti for ArtKrupp Berndorf and Sambonet
Located in Lugo, IT
Five pots, two of production Art Krupp Berndorf 29,5 cm 21 cm 6 cm 140 cl
Three Sambonet production, the largest 31.5 cm 24.5 cm 11 50 series.
Designed by Gio Ponti
Good Condition...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Alpaca
alvar aalto 50's gray linoleum table
By Alvar Aalto
Located in 東御市, JP
alvar aalto 50's gray linoleum table . original condition and great patina.
Category
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
Early Italian Art Glass pair of Apples Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian Art Glass apples. Wonderful deep red transparent color with intentional bubbles on the surface of the apples. The green stem is a seperatly added piece completing eac...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Designer, Wall Light, Metal, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-lacquered metal wall light designed and produced in Italy, 1930s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 12” H x 9.62” W x 15.5” D
Back Plate Dimensions (inches): 6” H x 6.31” W x 3....
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Barware - Cocktail Shaker & 6 Cocktail Cups Designed by Oliver & Bower
Located in London, London
Made circa 1930 by Oliver & Bower Ltd. This striking, Art Deco Period, Silver Plated Cocktail Set, comprises a cocktail shaker and six cocktail cups, each of a matching design, stand...
Category
1930s English Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
alvar aalto 50's beige linoleum table
By Alvar Aalto
Located in 東御市, JP
alvar aalto 50's beige linoleum table . original condition and great patina.
Category
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
Gio Ponti, Lounge Chair, Wood, Velvet, Brass, Italy, 1937
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable ebonized wood, brass and velvet lounge chair designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Casa e Giardino, Italy, c. 1937
Seat height 16”.
Bibliography: Domus no. 113, 1937 ...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Brass + Glass Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Style Coffee Table, Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
An outstanding 1930s Italian blue glass and brass coffee table in the style of designs by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. This table has a rectangular glass tabletop with a beveled e...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
1930's Side Table by Thonet
Located in Brno, CZ
A rare side table designed by Thonet and produced in the company's factory in former Czechoslovakia.
This piece was produced in the 1930’s and it is evident in the design that there...
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Resin, Beech
A Danish Pendant By Voss Of Fredeicia In Brass With Glass Shades
By Voss
Located in Søborg, DK
A 5 arm modernist pendant by Voss of Fredericia from the 1930s.
Beautifully designed and made in brass with glass shades.
This pendant has no serious issues but of course it has age related wear and patina which simply just adds to its beauty.
All the wiring has been renewed and the pendant has been grounded.
Responsible worldwide shipping available.
Voss was founded on 6 November 1878 by Colonel Ernst von Voss...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Swedish Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Deco Chandelier of pewter and fabric - decorated with tassels and stars. Designed by an unknown creator.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Eduard Bargheer "Fishing nets" Pen and ink drawing on paper, 1930s
Located in Münster, DE
Eduard Bargheer (1901 - 1979, Hamburg)
"Fishing nets"
Pen and ink drawing on paper,
1930s
signed by hand lower right
Dimensions: 22 x 27 cm
Eduard Bargheer (1901 - 1979) was an...
Category
1930s German Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
Florence Fiore - Rudolph Gruen Plaster Bust, c.1930s
Located in Savannah, GA
Florence Fiore
(American, 1905-1999)
A from-life plaster bust of American composer Rudolph Gruen, circa 1930s.
10 inches wide by 11 inches deep by 20 inches tall
Florence Reeve Fiore was a portrait artist and sculptor who was active on the east coast in New York, Washington and Jekyll Island...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Plaster
1930 Gino Cosentino Litoceramica Piccinelli scultura italiana Gatto
Located in Brescia, IT
Scultura
Gino cosentino
Litoceramica Piccinelli
Italy, 1930
Gatto in litoceramica
Base in legno con targhetta metallica
Perfetto stato di conservazione
Nessun restauro
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Ephraim Doner Plaster Bust by Florence Fiore
Located in Savannah, GA
Florence Fiore
(American, 1905-1999)
A plaster bust of Ephraim Doner by Florence Fiore, circa 1930s.
Ephraim Doner was a prominent figure and artist of the Big Sur and Carmel milieu in the mid 20th century. He was a friend to Henry Miller who mentions him extensively in Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch.
10 inches wide by 9 ½ inches deep by 18 inches tall
Florence Reeve Fiore was a portrait artist and sculptor who was active on the east coast in New York, Washington and Jekyll Island...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Elegant Gueridon By Nordiska Kompaniet
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Elegant birch gueridon by Nordiska Kompaniet. Elegant tripod base, pie edge top in birch.
Category
1930s South American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
Florence Fiore Plaster Bust by Rosario Russell Fiore
Located in Savannah, GA
Rosario Russell Fiore
(American, 1908-1994)
A plaster bust of Florence Reeve Fiore, wife of the artist, circa 1930s.
Unsigned.
8 ½ inches wide by 9 ½ inches deep by 20 inches tall
...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Robert Frost Bust by Florence Fiore, c.1930s
Located in Savannah, GA
Florence Fiore
(American, 1908-1994)
A from-life plaster portrait bust of Robert Frost, circa 1930
“When he was professor of English at Amherst College, Florence traveled there to sculpt his portrait. Florence wanted to finish the bust as quickly as possible because Frost was recovering from an illness. She completed this sculpture in three days.”
11 ½ inches wide by 11 inches deep by 19 inches tall
Florence Reeve Fiore was a portrait artist and sculptor who was active on the east coast in New York, Washington and Jekyll Island...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Italian Designer, Wall Light, Brass, Fabric, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of two-armed brass and white fabric wall lights designed and produced in Italy, 1930s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 11.82” H x 9.45” W x 5.32”D
Back Plate Dimensions (inches...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Designer, Small Sculptural Mirror, Brass, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A sculptural brass mirror designed and produced in Italy, 1930s.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Portafoto xl attribuito a Giò Ponti per Fontana Arte
Located in Lugo, IT
Splendido portafoto xl attribuito a Gio Ponti per Fontana Arte.
Ottime condizioni.
E' composta da due vetri con due viti in acciaio rotonde a vista
Grazie
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Italian Designer, Table Mirror, Brass, Glass, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A murano glass and brass table mirror designed and produced in Italy, 1930s.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
alvar aalto stool60 painted red 1930's
By Alvar Aalto
Located in 東御市, JP
Designed by Alvar Aalto.
This stool 60 was manufactured in the 1930's.
This stool is painted red and white.
There is some peeling and damage in the paint here and there, but it is a ...
Category
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
Original Lampe Gras No. 201
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful original condition. Wonderful patina.
I believe this lamp once had black paint, but has faded over time and now presents mostly as chrome. The result is a unique example ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel, Aluminum
Pendant Light from Josef Frank, 1930's in Brass and Walnut
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, Austria
A beautiful five arm pendant lamp from Josef Frank in brass and walnut.
The wood and brass elements exhibit a lovely patina giving the lamp a visual w...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sun chair "Lido" by Battista and Gino Giudici / Authentic
By Battista and Gino Giudici
Located in Zürich, CH
Early version of the famous Lido "sun chair" created by Swiss designers and brothers Battista and Gino Giudici in ca. 1935 and manufactured in ca. 1946 by Fratelli Giudici, Locarno f...
Category
1930s Swiss Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
alvar aalto chair69 natural 1930's
By Alvar Aalto
Located in 東御市, JP
Designed by Alvar Aalto.
This chair 69 was manufactured in the 1930s.
It has a structure that seems to be an early product that is not found in current products.
The paint film from ...
Category
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
Painted Iron and Crystal Chandelier with Flowers Decorations, 20th C
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A 4 light painted iron and crystal chandelier with flowers decorations, 20th C.
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Iron
alvar aalto chair69 Painted Deep blue 1930's
By Alvar Aalto
Located in 東御市, JP
Designed by Alvar Aalto.
This is chair 69 .
Deep blue paint is applied all over.
This chair was manufactured in the 1930s.
Category
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
Louis Dage, French ceramist. Unique ceramic vase. Glaze in blue and sandy tones.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Louis Dage, French ceramist.
Unique ceramic vase. Glaze in blue and sandy tones.
From the 1930s/40s.
Signed.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 13.5 cm x D 14.0 cm.
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Designer, Wall Lights, Brass, Paper, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A set of 3 brass and beige parchment paper wall lights designed and produced in Italy, 1930s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 4.75” H x 3.5” W x 5” D
Back Plate Dimensions (inches): 1....
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Modernist Wood Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic and handsome early 20th century French Modernist wood lamp of organic shape, and with a custom-made burlap shade, newly wired for U.S. with a gol...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Burlap, Wood
Gaston Schweitzer : "Worker", original plaster -
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Gaston SCHWEITZER (1879-1962, France) : "Sitting man working a metal piece"
Original plaster, unique piece, showing a man sitting down probably hammering a metal piece
Signed "G.S...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Austrian Brass Chandelier with five Silk Shades from 1930´s by J.T. Kalmár
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, Austria
Classic Viennoise chandelier from 1930´s.
Very precisely made from brass and bronze elements.
The shades are made new in cream coloured silk using the original frames.
The electric ...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Bronze
1939 Eliel Saarinen & Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Johnson Four Drawer Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a gorgeous and beautifully restored Eliel Saarinen, J. Robert Swanson, and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson 4-drawer dresser, produced by Johnson Furniture Co. circa 1939. ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Reuben Haley, Freeform Bowl, Ceramic, USA, 1930s
By Reuben Haley
Located in High Point, NC
A freeform bowl designed by Reuben Haley and produced by Muncie Pottery, USA, 1930s.
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
alvar & aino aalto 30's glass cabinet 408(506/42) finmar tag
Located in 東御市, JP
alvar & aino aalto design glass cabinet.
this is most earliest products of aalto furniture.
alvar & aino try to sell their furniture in UK as finmar.
So this is original condition.
...
Category
1930s Finnish Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
Signed Carl Sorensen Pair of Bronze Bowls, Circa 1930s
Located in Norwalk, CT
A pair of patinated bronze bowls with polished interiors by noted Arts and Crafts metalworker Carl Sorensen. Sorensen produced most of his work in Philadelphia in the early 20th cent...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Jean-Charles Moreux, Dining Room Table in Oak and Iron, circa 1937 France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Jean-Charles Moreux (1889-1956), Dining-room Table,
Oak and sculpted iron,
With two extensions 55 cm x 105 cm crosses carved in iron,
circa 1937, France.
Measures : Height: 72 cm,...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century "Verso la vita" by Le Bertetti Woman in Glazed Porcelain Italy 30s
By Le Bertetti
Located in Palermo, IT
"Verso la vita", artwork by Clelia Bertetti, Lenci school, signed "Le Bertetti", Turin, 1930s. Glazed porcelain figurine depicting a woman blowing in the wind on the bow of a boat.
S...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Emanuele Rambaldi for Chiappe Dining Chair in Wood and Woven Straw
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Emanuele Rambaldi for Chiappe, chair, beech, straw, Chiavari, Italy, design 1933, production afterwards
Italian painter and furniture designer Emanuele Rambaldi (1903-1968) created ...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Straw, Beech
1930s Venini Chandelier
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
This late 1930s Venini chandelier has two rings of curved-glass elements suspended from a brass frame. It appears to glow magically from within because the glass elements are infuse...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Designer, Stool, Walnut, Fabric, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A walnut and beige fabric stool designed and produced in Italy, c. 1930s.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Set of 3 1930's Modern Signed&Stamped Maison Bagues Enamelled Candlesticks
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1930's French Modern style Futuristic Enamelled Candlesticks. Boldly marked Bagues. These are a very rare form from Bagues.
Category
1930s Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Suspension lamp attributed to Pietro Chiesa
Located in Lugo, IT
Hanging lamp.
Attributed to Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, 1940/45
Two glass and brass
Good conditions.
Thank you
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
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