Modern Rugs and Carpets

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

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Modern Tiger Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

Located in New York, NY

Modern Tiger Rug by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 2'0" × 3'0" (60 × 91 cm) Color: Black, Beige, Brown, Ivory

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Materials

Wool

Modern Tiger Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

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

Modern Rugs and Carpets

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Modern Tiger Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s “Nu” Scandinavian Style Rug with Green and Beige Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Gold, with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Contemporary Fretwork Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Rugs and Carpets

Contemporary Beige and White Flat-Weave Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Modern Striped Sundance Green Handmade Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue Tones, with Stripes and Patterns

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Contemporary Oriental Inspired Beige and White Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Square Rug in Blue, with Hourglass Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Patterns in Green, Gold and Brown

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Beige and Taupe Diamonds and Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Blue, Turquoise and Off-white

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Light blue and White Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Square Rug in Green, with Geometric Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner in Beige and Blue, with Geometric Stripe

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Contemporary Blue and White Flat-Weave Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau

2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige, with Green Geometric Stripes

21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Rugs and Carpets