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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Modern Runner Rug with Abstract Patterns “Zaronin Darb”

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Runner Rug with Abstract Patterns “Zaronin Darb”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Square Rug in Silver, Black, Blue with Medallion “Shekar”

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige with Blue Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Square Rug, Intricate Floral Medallion “Shadzi”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug with Abstract Patterns “Arghavan”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Tiger Rug with Beige, Gold and Brown Pictorials

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Brown with Green Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Pictorial Art Runner Rug in Blue with Colorful Fish Illustrations

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Extra-Long Runner in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Swedish Style Rug In Brown With Figural Geometric Patterns

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 Modern Classics Rug, Turquoise with Pictorial Medallion “Simorgh”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Block Print Square Rug with Blue and Green Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim runner & Hemp Rug in Beige-Brown Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Khotan Rug in Beige With Geometric Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Purple with Polychrome Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Beige-Brown and Umber Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Rich Browns and Umber Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Greige and Blue Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Handwoven Modern Patchwork Kilim Rug in Multicolor Striation

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Flatweave with Beige, Cream, and Black Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Style Rug in Lavender with Brown and Gold Floral Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture