Modern Indian 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Khotan Samarkand Style Scatter Rug With Geometric Patterns

Modern Indian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Khotan Samarkand Style Scatter Rug With Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Style Rug with Primitivist Geometric Pattern and Medallions

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Square Rug with Primitivist Geometric Pattern and Medallion

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Turkish Style Rug in Blue with “Bukagi” Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Turkish Style Rug in Beige with Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Turkish-Inspired Rug with Geometric Pattern and Medallions

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Caucasian Tribal Rug in Red with Camel Pictorials

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Caucasian Tribal Rug in Red with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Modern French Art Deco Style Scatter Rug with Impressionist Floral

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Geometric Lozenge Diamond Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Scatter Rug With Blue-Brown Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Simple, Solid Cream White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Berber Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Kerman Style Rug in Black with Vibrant Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Kerman Style Rug in Black with Vibrant Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Style Rug with Primitivist Geometric Pattern and Medallions

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Style Rug with Primitivist Geometric Pattern and Medallions

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Style Rug with Primitivist Geometric Pattern and Medallions

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Turkish Style Rug in Beige with Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Caucasian Tribal Rug in Gray with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Style Rug with Primitivist Geometric Pattern and Medallions

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Apadana's Modern Desert Collection Custom Silk Rug

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Geometric Scatter Rug in Beige-Brown

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Geometric Scatter Rug in Beige-Brown

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Geometric Lozenge Diamond Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Simple, Solid Cream White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Simple, Solid Cream White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Simple, Solid Cream White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Geometric Lozenge Diamond Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Berber Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Berber Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Kilim Hatch IV, Modern Design Rug Carpet Wool Cotton Handwoven Paolo Giordano

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Berber Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Blue and Cream White Stripes

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Apadana's Modern Mahal Style Handmade Indian Wool Rug in Gray

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Indian Rugs

New Modern Black Oushak Rug, Maximalist Style Meets Contemporary Elegance

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Handmade Modern Artisan Collection Indian Wool Rug In Light Gray By Apadana

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Rug In Bright Solid White Tones and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Simple, Solid Cream White Tones

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Indian Rugs