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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 with White and Gray Geometric Patterns

Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige, Red and Orange Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

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 Kilim with Geometric Patterns in Tones of Green

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Grand Deep Blue, Wool Cut Pile Rug

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Brown Tones with Diamond Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Modern Scandinavian Indoor-Outdoor Checkerboard Rug Custom by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Light Gray & Blue with Geometric Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

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, Black & Gold Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Cream with Gray Stripes Patterns

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 Kilim Rug with Gray and Beige Geometric Pattern

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Red Wool Modern Geometric Neutral White Black Grey Striped Carpet knotted

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

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 Silk Kilim in Taupe & Brown Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Yellow - Modern Geometric Light & Dark Grey Wool w/ Dots Wool Carpet

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Runner with Blue Diamond Lattice Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Trapezoid Kilim in Gray with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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

21st Century and Contemporary Afghan Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Tribal Blue white hand/knotted Afghan wool geometric rug with face carpet

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 Kilim Rug in Beige with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Runner Rug in Cream with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Gold, Gray and Brown Geometric Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Rug Neutral Color Wool Silk Carpet Faces Lips Red Blue Black Eye handknotted

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs