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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Style Rug in Light Green with Geometric Patterns

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Hand-Knotted Contemporary Solid Green Rug by Rug & Kilim by Rug & Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Gray and Beige-Brown Tones “City Lights”

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Moroccan Rug Design in Green with White Lozenge Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Solid Beige

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Abstract Shaped Rug in Orange Tones “Fleur”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Custom Rug Sample, Brown with Gold Geometric Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Custom Rug Sample in Sage Green and Cream Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige with-Brown Accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue Tones, with Stripes and Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Navy Blue and Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Chinese Art Deco Style Rug, in Beige, with Floral Patterns

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue Tones, with Geometric Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Blue and White Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Gradient Rug in Creamy Beige-Brown Ombre Grid and High-Low Texture

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Rug in Brown with Vibrant Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Blue with Polychromatic Geometric Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Flatweave in Beige-Brown and White Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Seafoam Blue Geometric Patterns

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 Rug in Beige-Brown and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Oversized Vintage Leleu French Art Deco Rug with Gold Open Field Rug & Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Geometric Rug in Pink, Brown and Gold Tones “Naruna”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Brown and Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in White with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug in Light Blue with Geometric Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic Style Custom Tiger Rug in Orange Pictorial Style

2010s Icelandic Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Sheepskin Multi-Pelt Fur Rug in Brown and Black Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Rug In An All Over Geometric Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Tiger Pictorial Rug in Beige, Blue and Red Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture