#CleanLines
WRVM collection, FIC.2018.189
Baking Cabinet, c. 1920
Inspired by advances in industry and technology, the modernist movement began to impact trends in architecture and interior design in the early 1900s. Modernism rejected unnecessary ornamentation in favor of clean lines and pure functionality. Modernist architect Adolf Loos famously wrote in his personal manifesto, “Ornament is a crime.”