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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

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

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Rug in Red with Primitivist Geometric Patterns

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Runner Rug In Brown with Black & White Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Burano Burgundy Red and Blue Wool Runner Rug with Antique Hook

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Green with Painterly Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Caucasian-Style Rug in Black with Horseback Rider Pictorials

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Rug in Silver-Gray and Blue All over Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug with Beige, Red, Blue Stripes Red Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s French Art Deco Style Rug in Beige-Brown with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Chinese Art Deco Style Scatter Rug in Gold and Midnight Blue

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic-Style Rug in Silver Floral Patterns on Black & Green

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim Scandinavian Style Rug in Gold with Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Cowhide Rug in Off-White

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tree of Life Rug in Blue, Gold and Red with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in Teal, Grey & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug In Chartreuse Green with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Beige-Brown, Gray and Red

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Rug in Deep Teal and Black Origami Style Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Off White, Black Solid Stripe Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Runner Rug in Red with Beige and Black Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Style Gift-Size Rug in Beige-Brown Patterns

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug with Beige and Light Blue Stripes in Lush Pile

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Blue with White Geometric Medallions

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Cream White with Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Chinese Style Dragon Rug in Brown with Red and Blue Pictorials

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Runner in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Blue Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed style Modern runner in Multihued Abstract Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Gold Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Oversized Dhurrie Rug in White and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim with Textural Beige and Chartreuse Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture