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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Silk Kilim in Taupe & Brown Geometric Patterns

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Silk Kilim in Taupe & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Off-White and Grey Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Contemporary Geometric Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige and Blue Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Taupe Chevrons & Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Silk Kilim in Taupe & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim runner in White-Beige Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Cream & Blue High-Low Geometric Pattern

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Snow Rug - Wool Off White Cream Plain Carpet with structure hand woven

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Scandinavian Style Rug Design in Blue with Abstract Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Brown and Gold Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Green & White Geometric Pattern

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 Custom Scandinavian Rug With Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Swedish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige & Gray High-Low Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with White & Gold Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Organic Modern Indian Kilim Rug, Natural Elegance Meets Timeless Style

Mid-20th Century Turkish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Zabihi Collection Oversize White Gray Vintage 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 in Blue & Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Green High-and-Low Diamond Patterns

Late 20th Century Turkish Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Large Turkish Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug with Beige-Brown Geometric Patterns

Mid-20th Century French Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Beautiful Vintage French Cogolin Art Deco Design Rug

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs