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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Rug in Beige, Gold and Blue Geometric Patterns

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige-Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

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 Rug in Green with High-Low Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Wool Modern Geometric Hand Knotted Neutral with Blue light green Lines

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Blue, Gray and Cream Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Scandinavian Style Rug in Gray & White Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner Rug in White and Gray with Stripes

Late 20th Century Turkish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Geometric Large Scale Room Size Turkish Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Gray and Gold with Chevron Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Taupe and Beige with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Scandinavian Inspired Geometric Gray Wool Pile Rug

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 Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue and Cream with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Rug in White Open Field, Gray Geometric Borders

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in a Golden, Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Rust, White and Mauve Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Beige and Green Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue, Gold and White Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

Mid-20th Century Turkish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Gray Turkish Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs