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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

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Style: Modern
Period: 1970s
Vintage Turkish Siraz Rug in Taupe and Brown Floral Patterns, from Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand-knotted in wool circa 1970-1970, this 8x11 vintage Siraz rug is a rare new curation believed to originate from the titular region of Turkey. On the Design: This is also from a...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Danish modern orange and red round carpet Rya by Højer Eksport Wilton, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Danish modern orange and red round carpet Rya by Højer Eksport Wilton, 1970s Round long-haired carpet mod. Rya. The background is a light gray color tending towards yellow tones, whi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Green and orange designer rug from the 1970s signed Zeki Muren
Located in Firenze, IT
Iconic carpet from the production designed by Zeki Muren, a singer and designer who was highly regarded in the 1950s in addition to his talents as an artist for his eccentric style t...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Mustard yellow rug with abstract designs of various colors designer ZEKI MUREN
Located in Firenze, IT
Zeki Müren was a singer known for his unique voice and flamboyant costumes. Müren also did design studies and signed the decor of the stages where he performed. In fact, he was one o...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Frank Kupka designer "Dans les carrés bleu" Elio Palmisano edition
Located in Firenze, IT
Hand-knotted rug with senneh knots on antique vertical loom. Node density: 180,000 per square meter. Based on the 1925 design, it was made in 1971 in two pieces in Elio Palmisano's T...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Ethnic or Caucasian short pile rug, ca. 1970.
Located in MIlano, IT
Ethnic or Caucasian style rug with multicolored short pile fabric and fringing present throughout. Varied geometric pattern spread over the entire surface of the carpet. 1970 ca. Goo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Fabric

Zeki Muren Mid-Century Modern Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
Zeki Muren handmade Mid-Century Modern Rug. Yellow color with multi color streaks and designs. 7.3" x 10.5".
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Mid-Century Modern Handmade Zeki Muren Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mid-Century Modern handmade Zeki Muren Rug. Red and black design with a center design that screams to be noticed. Measures approx - 76 wide x 113 long.
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

5.6x9 Ft Pink Living Room Decor Rug. Contemporary Handmade Turkish Wool Carpet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

Zeki Muren Midcentury 1970s Modern Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
Zeki Muren Hand made Mid-Century Modern Rug. Unusual and Odd Colors make this rug what it is. The dark colors placed in position to offer enough of a mix ...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Zeki Muren Handmade Midcentury Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
Midcentury Hand made Zeki Muren Rug in a black background with colorful streaks that pop through the black background.9.6" x 6.7"
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Handmade Midcentury Mohair Turkish Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
handmade midcentury Mohair Turkish Rug. Brown Back Ground with dark brown Center Eye with fringe and side stripes. measures approx 60 x 72.
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Mohair

Midcentury Retro European Handmade Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
Midcentury Retro European hand Made Rug with a beautiful orange and green floral design. 4 contained flowers in the corners containing the inner larg...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Handmade Mohair Midcentury Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
handmade Mohair midcentury Rug - Brown background with center eye and gray white and brown stripes. measures approx 78 x 67.
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Mohair

Retro Midcentury European Handmade Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
Retro midcentury European handmade Rug. Wonderful Color pallet with a geometric retro mx thrown in provided an entire scene of color and beauty. T...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Mid-Century Modern Handmade Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Rug with shaved back .5ft 11inch x 7ft 8 in Great colorful patch pattern with leaflet bordered blocks and cross inner design.
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

Materials

Wool

Jhin -Jhin Hand Knotted Turkish Rug
Located in Pasadena, CA
Jhin -Jhin Hand Knotted Turkish Rug. Hand made all wool hand dyed rug with plenty of color in a beautiful geometric design. Please see up clos images of knots and stitching. - Me...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Handmade Vintage Turkish Rug in Grey & Brown, Great 4 Modern Interiors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Our over-dyed rugs are all hand knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from Industrial...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

5x9.8 Ft Vintage Turkish Area Rug Overdyed in Blue for Modern Interiors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This hand knotted Turkish rug was originally made in the 1960s. It is over-dyed in vivid cerulean blue. It features a large floral medallion at the centre against a plain field, arab...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

3.3x5.3 Ft Funky One of a Kind Vintage Tulu Rug. 100% Wool. Soft, Cozy, Comfy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage hand-knotted Tulu (high piled) rug from Konya in Central Turkey. The rug is made of lamb’s wool therefore it is very soft and comfortable. Measures: 3.3 x 5.3 Ft. These sm...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Postmodern Shag Rug with Abstract Design, circa 1970
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Postmodern shag area rug with abstract design in various shades of beige, browns, and burnt orange. An excellent piece for accenting your room with color-infused textiles. 5 feet, in...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Textile

Red Yellow Orange and Brown Vintage Rya Rug Wall Hanging
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This versatile vintage Scandinavian Rya rug can be used as a decorative wall hanging or area rug. The brilliant design features varying tones of red, orange, yellow and brown. The geometric design is reminiscent of motifs found in Western Native American folk art. However, the shapes may simply be an example of Scandinavian minimalism and rhythmic composition. Textile wall hangings...
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1970s Scandinavian Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Yarn

12.2x17.6 Ft Vintage Turkish Cotton Kilim. Flatweave Rag Rug. Custom Options Av.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Measures: 12.2 x 17.6 ft - We can alter the dimensions if requested. These authentic flat-weaves (Kilims) from Eastern Turkey were handwoven by Nomads to be used as floor coverings ...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton

6x9 Ft Turkish Handmade Wool Rug in Gray for Contemporary Interiors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage handmade Turkish rug over-dyed in taupe and gray featuring a medallion design against a field decorated with scrolling leafy vines. The rug is finely hand-knotted and has d...
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1970s Turkish Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton, Wool

Supernova Shag Rug with Abstract Design, circa 1970
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Postmodern shag wool area rug with an abstract design resembling a sun featuring various shades of browns and burnt orange. An excellent colorful rug to accent your room with color ...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Textile

'River of Ponds' Wool Tapestry Rug by Frank Stella, 1970
Located in Milan, IT
Frank Stella is one of the leading figures of the Minimalist movement. Initially influenced by the Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline, towards the late fifties he moves to New York where he abandons the Expressionist quest for color in favour of flat and Minimalist surfaces, following the work of Barnett Newman and Jasper Johns. He soon inaugurated a series of works emphasizing the painting as an object in itself rather than as a representation of something else. Faithful to Minimalist philosophy, the canvas for him is nothing but a flat surface with color yet suggestive of a third dimension. Towards the early 1960s there was a lot of interest in America in adopting textiles as a medium for artistic expression. In 1962 the World House Galleries in New York organized an exhibition composed of 26 carpets designed by leading Modern Art Masters such as Léger, Mirò and Picasso together with others from the contemporary designer Miriam Leefe. In 1968 the Charles E. Slatkin Galleries in New York opened an exhibition entitled 'American Tapestries', showing the textile artworks of twenty-two Pop Art and Abstract Expressionist artists. These artists were actively involved in the translation of their pictorial language in the textile medium, designing the preparatory cartoons which would then be sent to India for them to be made into weavings. Their interest towards the expressive qualities of three-dimensional flat surfaces found its quintessential expression in the art of the carpet. This motivated a second exhibition in 1970 entitled 'Modern Master Tapestries', where the term 'tapestry' was applied both to wall hangings as well as floor coverings. The aim of this exhibition was to give a modern configuration to the ancient art of weaving. 'River of Ponds...
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1970s Indian Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Moroccan Hand Knotted Wool Rug
Located in Stamford, CT
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1970s Moroccan Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Italian Modern Design Rug/Carpet
Located in London, GB
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

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