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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Gold, Orange and Blue Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Style Rug in Beige with Polychromatic Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug with Polychromatic Floral Patterns “Moharramet”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in Pink with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Runner Rug in Beige with Orange Stripes

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Brown with Black Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug with Blue and Cream Florals, Navy Blue Border

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Textural Custom Rug Design, Solid Beige and Cream Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Style Abstract Rug in Polychromatic Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Oushak Style Rug in Blue-Gray with Medallion and Florals

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Tribal Storage Chest with Colorful Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Contemporary Pictorial Rug in Blue and Amber Tones

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Rug in Beige and Black Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Solid Kilim in Beige-Brown Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Geometric Pomegranate and Gold Silk Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Bidjar Style Rug in Black with Polychromatic Florals

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim with Green Geometric Patterns on Blue

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in White Tones

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Multicolor Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Kilim rug in Brown & Grey Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Tones of Gray and Beige

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Contemporary Abstract Runner in Polychromatic Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Style Rug in Red, Gold, and Black with Floral Patterns

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Abstract Runner Rug with Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug & kilim’s European Flatweave Rug in Beige with Green and Pink Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Brown, Pink and Orange Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Contemporary Rug in Solid Beige Brown Open Field by Rug & Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug & kilim’s European Flatweave Rug in Brown with Pictorials and Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Solid Gray Rug in Tone-on-tone Hand-Knotted Silk Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Extra Long Scandinavian Style Runner Rug with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture