Modern Furniture

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

Creator: Rug & Kilim

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim in Polychromatic Stripes

Modern Furniture

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Beige, Gray and White

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Design with Open Field

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s European Tudor Flatweave Rug with Floral Patterns and Pictorials

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Aubusson Style Flatweave Rug in Brown with Beige Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Khotan style rug in Blue & Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Kilim Rug, in Teal Tones, with Muted Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Light Blue with Ochre Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Unshaped Abstract Rug in Gold, Gray and Blue

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Style Abstract Runner in Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Grey with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Style Abstract Rug in Green, Beige and Blue

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Ombre Kilim in Blue Gradient Pattern

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s European Style Flatweave Rug in Brown with Botanicals “Acanthus”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classic Style Rug in Beige Brown Floral pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Textural Rug in Solid Off-White Striae

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Circle Rug in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Green and Blue Stripes

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Silver-Gray with Floral Patterns “Ethereal”

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed style Abstract Rug in Gold

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug with Floral Patterns in Green, Blue and Pink

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Gold, Beige-Brown and Grey Abstract Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed style Abstract Rug in Polychromatic Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Style Rug in Blue and Gray Medallion Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Runner in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Solid Black and Dark Gray Undertones

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Cowhide Rug in White and Beige-Brown

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in a Red & Orange-Brown Striae, Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Hand-Knotted Abstract Rug in a Brown, Black Painterly Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Moroccan Style Rug in Beige and Brown

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Moroccan Style Rug in Brown & off White Tribal Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Swedish Style Rug in Red and Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic style runner in Red with Orange Tiger Pictorial Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture