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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Contemporary Dhurrie Rug with Blue Stripes and Red Accents

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Blue, with Brown and Gold Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug with Beige and Blue Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Style Rug with Black, Blue and Purple Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Purple Tones and Polychrome Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Brown, Umber And Purple Stripes and 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 Beige and Purple with Polychrome Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Brown and Purple Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Textural Rug in Creamy Beige and Light Blue Stripes

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 Scandinavian Style Square Rug in Blue and Beige, with Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Rug in Beige and Light Blue Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Isfahan Style Square Rug in Burgundy with Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige and Gray, with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Brown and Gray Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Beige, with Brown and Gold Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Runner Rug With Beige, Pink and Green Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Green and Beige with Geometric Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Beige and Taupe Geometric Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s “Nu” Scandinavian Style Rug with Green and Beige Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Beige and Taupe Diamonds and Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Geometric Rug in Beige, White and Terracotta

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture