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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Distressed Abstract Rug In Blue and Green

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Distressed Abstract Rug In Blue and Green

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Extra Large Cowhide Rug in Beige-Brown and Cream Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Jute & Sisal Runner in Beige-Brown

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s European Style Rug in Beige with Floral Patterns “Blue Carnation”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Beige with Blue Abstract Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Trapezoid Kilim in Gray with Geometric Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

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

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Black with Orange Art Deco Style

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Extra-Long Kilim Runner Rug with White Textural Stripes and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Block Print Rug in Gold with Cream Floral Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Flatweave Runner with Beige and Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue and Green with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Abstract Custom Rug Sample in Cream and Silver Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic Persian style rug with Blue, Beige and Silver-Gray Pattern

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Custom Rug Sample, Beige and Cream High-and-Low Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Dhurrie Flatweave, Yellow, Maroon Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Blue & White Cubist Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Scandinavian Style Rug in Peach with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Classic Kangxia Style Rug in Brown and Blue Medallion Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Kilim in Red with All over Polychrome Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Kilim Rug in Red and Blue Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Persian Kerman Style Rug in Black with Vibrant Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Textural Solid Rug in Green, Blue & Cream with Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Textural Solid Rug in Blue and Cream with Striae

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Runner Rug in White with Black Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug In Beige-Brown, Black and White Stripes

2010s Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Hand-Knotted Abstract Rug in Gray, Beige-Brown Painterly Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture