Modern Decorative Bowls
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Sandstone
2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Bowls
Resin
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Shell, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Early 2000s French Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
1970s American Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Australian Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Decorative Bowls
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Bowls
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Murano Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Sterling Silver
2010s Belgian Modern Decorative Bowls
Other
20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Stoneware
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Decorative Bowls
Oak
1960s French Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
1960s French Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Belgian Modern Decorative Bowls
Walnut
2010s English Modern Decorative Bowls
Oak
2010s English Modern Decorative Bowls
Ash
20th Century Australian Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
2010s Brazilian Modern Decorative Bowls
Bronze
1960s French Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Modern Decorative Bowls
Cast Stone
2010s English Modern Decorative Bowls
Ash
1960s French Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Marble
2010s Australian Modern Decorative Bowls
Aluminum
1980s American Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Carrara Marble
2010s English Modern Decorative Bowls
Oak
1960s French Vintage Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic