Giuseppe Carpanelli
2010s Italian Neoclassical Credenzas
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Ebony
2010s Italian Modern Sofas
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sofas
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Vanities
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Vanities
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Console Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sofas
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Fabric, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather
2010s Italian Modern Sofas
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Sofas
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookcases
Wood
2010s Italian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Vanities
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sofas
Leather, Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Sofas
Leather
2010s Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dry Bars
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Console Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Bergere Chairs
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Leather, Faux Leather, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Bookcases
Oak, Walnut
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A Close Look at Modern Furniture
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.