Modern Wine Coolers
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century North American Modern Wine Coolers
Aluminum, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Silver Plate
2010s Belgian Modern Wine Coolers
Wood
Late 20th Century French Modern Wine Coolers
Silver Plate
2010s Dutch Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
2010s Dutch Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Crystal, Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Gold, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Silver
Mid-20th Century French Modern Wine Coolers
Plastic, Plexiglass
2010s French Modern Wine Coolers
Brass, Copper
2010s French Modern Wine Coolers
Copper
2010s Dutch Modern Wine Coolers
Travertine
2010s Dutch Modern Wine Coolers
Travertine
2010s Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Wine Coolers
Travertine
1970s European Vintage Modern Wine Coolers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Wine Coolers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Steel
2010s Australian Modern Wine Coolers
Steel
Late 20th Century French Modern Wine Coolers
Silver Plate
Early 2000s British Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
1990s Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Resin
2010s Dutch Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Wine Coolers
Sterling Silver
20th Century Modern Wine Coolers
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel
1980s French Vintage Modern Wine Coolers
Crystal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Onyx
2010s Australian Modern Wine Coolers
Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
2010s Australian Modern Wine Coolers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Crystal, Bronze, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Wine Coolers
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 20th Century North American Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Onyx
1980s French Vintage Modern Wine Coolers
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Late 20th Century English Modern Wine Coolers
Stainless Steel, Copper
1960s American Vintage Modern Wine Coolers
Enamel
2010s Argentine Modern Wine Coolers
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Steel
20th Century Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Wine Coolers
Steel