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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim Runner in Polychromatic Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Abstract Rug With Multicolor Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Solid Gray Rug in Tone-on-tone Hand-Knotted Silk Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Cowhide Rug in Black and White

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Tiger Pictorial Rug in Brown, Rust and Black Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Style Rug in Brown and Green Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Kilim in Green stripes with Forest & Chartreuse accents

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Rug In Pink and Beige Striae

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 Kilim with Patterns in Tones of Red & Gold

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Chenille Flatweave Rug in Blue and White Diamond Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Silver, Gold, and White with Medallion “Nika”

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Chinese Modern Furniture

Rug & kilim’s European Style Rug in Black with Beige and Green Floral Patterns

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Extra Large Cowhide Rug in Beige, White and Cream Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Abstract Square Rug “Snow” with Floral Impressionist Design

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Tiger Pictorial Rug in Beige-Cream and Black Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Beige and Gold Tones, with Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oriental Style Tiger Rug in Beige-Brown and Blue Pictorial Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Pink and Purple Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Rug in Polychromatic Ombre Design

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Orange and Pink with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Contemporary Abstract Rug in Gray and Beige-Brown Tones

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Solid Brown High-Pile Shag

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture