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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Kilim Style Custom Runner, Green, Blue Pattern

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian Kilim Style Custom Runner, Green, Blue Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Polychromatic Chevron Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Grand Dusty White, Wool Cut Pile Rug

Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Vintage Swedish Rya Rug by Berit Koenig Woelfer for Svensk Hemslöjd

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner Rug with Light Blue Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Park Dusty White, Wool Cut Pile Rug

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Pink Scandinavian Style Kilim Scatter Rug with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in Light Blue with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in Pink with Geometric Patterns

20th Century Swedish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Swedish Märta Måås-Fjetterström "Bla Heden" Special Order Rölakan Carpet

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Outdoor Rug with Blue & Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue and Green with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue and Green with Chevron Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige, Green and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in White with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Scandinavian Style Rug in Peach with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug In Beige-Brown, Black and White Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue and Green with Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Necessity Wool Carpet blue oval wavy modern hand tufted turquoise water calm

Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

1950s Handwoven Vintage Swedish Rölakan Tapestry Monogrammed Éva Németh

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Rug In Blue And Cream, With Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Modern Striped Grey Flat-Weave Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner Rug with Seafoam Blue Geometric Patterns

Mid-20th Century Turkish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Turkish Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

1990s Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Danish Ege Axminster Vincent van Gogh "Olive Trees" Wool Rug/Wall Hanging

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Green-Blue with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Black, Gray & Purple Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Taupe and Cream with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs