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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Textural Rug in Brown, Simple Solid Striae

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Textural Rug in Brown, Simple Solid Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Ombre Kilim in Blue Gradient Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Green with White & Pink Ikats Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Runner, Beige Brown with Multicolor Floral Pattern

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Moroccan Berber Style Geometric White and Blue Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Homage Geometric Beige Brown and Gray-Blue Wool Custom Rug

2010s Icelandic Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Rug with Primitivist Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Homage Geometric Red Blue and Beige-Yellow Wool Custom Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Geometric Floral Beige Gold and Blue Wool and Silk Custom Rug

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Geometric Rug in Brown Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Style Rug in Blue, Pink, Gold Trellises

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Pink & Red with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug with Green Abstract 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 Scandinavian Style Outdoor Rug in Blu Gray with Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Rug In Black With Geometric Patterns “Khatam”

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Ghiordes Style Rug in Cream, Green, and Red with Medall

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Extra Large Cowhide Rug in Brown and White Tones

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Polychromatic Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Tiger Skin Rug in Gold, Black and Gray Tones

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Khotan Rug With Colorful Geometric Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Distressed Style Runner in Green, Gray & Gold Floral Pattern

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Kilim in Beige and Cream Stripes and Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Flatweave Rug in Cream-White with Ikats Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture