Modern Persian 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Contemporary Kilim in Blue with Gray Accents

Modern Persian Rugs

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Blue with Gray Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige with Blue Accent

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gray and Cream Stripes

2010s Persian Modern Persian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige and Gold Stripes

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige and Blue Muted Stripes

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gold and Blue Stripes

2010s Persian Modern Persian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Blue with Gray Stripes and Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Custom Kilim Design in Gold and Blue Stripes

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Tones of Blue with Stripes and Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Navy Blue with Beige-Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gold and Blue with Stripes and Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Grey and Blue Stripes with Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Blue & Beige

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Grey & Gold

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gray with Blue and Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Orange and Gold with Beige-Brown

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gold and Sky Blue Stripes with Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Orange and Black Stripes

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Blue and Gray with Stripes & Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige, Blue & Gold Stripes

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Mid-20th Century Handmade Tribal Style Persian Malayer Throw Rug

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Contemporary Persian Tabriz Distressed and Overdyed Room Size Carpet

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Mid-20th Century Handmade Persian Hamadan Accent Rug

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Mid-20th Century Handmade Persian Gabbeh Throw Rug

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Mid-20th Century Handmade Persian Shiraz Small Runner

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Mid-20th Century Handmade Persian Malayer Accent Rug

1930s Persian Vintage Modern Persian Rugs

Distressed Vintage Rug with Abstract Design in Silver, Blue, Gray, L. Green

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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Handmade Persian Shiraz Small Accent Rug

1950s Persian Vintage Modern Persian Rugs

Vintage Persian Kilim in Polychromatic Striae by Rug & Kilim

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Pink and Beige Chevrons

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Rug & Kilim’s Custom Kilim Design with Beige-Brown, Black and Off-White Stripes

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Custom Kilim in Blue with Gray Stripes

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Gray with Mustard and Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Beige and Mustard Stripes

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Gray with Sky Blue Stripes & Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Custom Kilim Rug in Blue and Beige Stripes

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Rug & Kilim’s Custom Kilim Design in Gray with Green and Brown Accents

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Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Gray with Brown Accents

2010s Persian Modern Persian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Gray with Brown Accents

2010s Persian Modern Persian Rugs