Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.

Style: Modern

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Runner Rug in Gray Blue Geometric Pattern

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Runner Rug in Gray Blue Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug with Blue and Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Scandinavian Style Kilim rug Design with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style rug in Blue & Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian style custom Kilim with Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian style Kilim rug in Gold & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with White, Beige & Gray Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian style custom Kilim in Green, White & Black Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian style Kilim rug in Gray & White Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Beige-Brown & Gray Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Kilim in Gold & Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Kilim style custom rug design with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Gray and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Beige-Brown & Green Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Beige with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Silk Kilim in Taupe & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Blue and Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug with Beige & Gray Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Brown, gray-Blue & Gold Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Taupe Chevrons & Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige and Blue Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Kilim in Beige & Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Kilim in Brown & Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Beige with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Gold & Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom rug in Brown & White Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Green with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Kilim Rug in White, Gray & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Beige and Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Gold with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Beige & Gray Diamond Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Beige & Blue Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Blue & Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Beige-Brown and Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Design in Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Kilim Rug Design with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Kilim Rug Design with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Kilim Rug Design with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs