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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Art Deco Style Rug in Brown and Black with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Square Rug in Beige-brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic Style Tiger Rug in Orange and Blue Pictorial Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Rug in Gray, Gold & Beige-Brown All over Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Yellow & Orange Stripes & Geometric Patterns

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Large Cowhide Rug in Black and Brown Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Runner in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Runner in Blue and Cream with Stripes and Geometric Pattern

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Extra-Long Runner Rug in Cream with Black Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Runner Rug with Polychromatic Ikat Geometric Patterns

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Hand-Knotted Ersari Style Rug in Red and Brown Tribal Pattern by Rug & Kilim

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Rug in Solid Beige Brown Open Field

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Gradient Custom Rug Sample In Beige-Brown Ombre Grid

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Sandy, Solid Beige-Brown with Pink Accents

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Style Rug, Brown with Blue Tribal Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Pink Scandinavian Style Kilim Scatter Rug with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Flatweave Rug in Beige with Brown, Gray & Green Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Square Rug in White with Colorful Abstract Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Rug In Green and Brown Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige and Blue Textural Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture