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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Moroccan Style Scatter Rug with Colorful Geometric Patterns

Modern Indian Rugs

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Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Scatter Rug with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Abstract Rug In Silver-Gray and Beige-Brown Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Abstract Rug In Silver-Gray and Beige-Brown Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Abstract Rug In Silver-Gray and Beige-Brown Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Abstract Rug In Silver-Gray and Beige-Brown Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Dragon Scatter Rug in Beige with Orange and Blue Pictorial

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Abstract Rug In Silver-Gray and Beige-Brown Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Light Gray and Blue Tones & Striae

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Light Gray and Blue Tones & Striae

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Abstract Rug in Taupe and Rust

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Brown with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Brown Tribal Style Runner Rug with Primitivist Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Scatter Rug with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Organic Modern Jute Custom Rug Handmade In Light Brown

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Abaca Custom Rug Sample, Forest Green with Ivory Patterns

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Apadana's Desert Collection Modern Handmade Custom Cashmere Rug

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Light Gray and Blue Tones & Striae

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Light Gray and Blue Tones & Striae

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug with Gray, Blue and Gold Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract runner in Brown, White and Blue Patterns

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Wool and Silk Boho Custom Rug

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Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Light Gray and Blue Tones & Striae

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Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Runner in Red and Blue Geometric Patterns

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Rug & Kilim’s Pictorial Art Rug in Blue with Fish Illustrations

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Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Flatweave with Cream and Beige Geometric Patterns

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Mash-Up III - Yellow Paolo Giordano Modern Design Rug Carpet Wool Handknotted

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High-quality Extra Large High-Low Lattice Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

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Modern Aztec Geometric Design Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Beige-Brown and Green Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Flatweave Rug in Beige-Brown with Green & White Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Modern Handmade Gabbeh Plush Wool Rug In Yellow-Green By Apadana

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Light Gray and Blue Tones & Striae

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Rug in Light Gray and Blue Tones & Striae

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Indian Rugs

Beige Apadana's Artisan Collection Handmade Floral Indian Wool & Silk Rug

2010s Indian Modern Indian Rugs