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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Moroccan Style Runner in Beige, White & Black Geometric Pattern

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 Distressed Ghiordes Style Rug in Cream, Green, and Red with Medall

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Tiger Skin Pictorial Rug in Green, Beige and Brown

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Rug Design in Teal Blue With Geometric-Floral Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s European Style Custom Rug Sample, Gold with Blue Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Polychromatic Painterly Patterns

2010s Pakistani Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Style Rug with Multicolor Stripes and Floral Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Contemporary Abstract Art Rug in Polychromatic Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Pictorial Art Runner Rug in Blue with Colorful Fish Illustrations

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal Rug with Primitivist Geometric Patterns

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 Gray with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Abstract Rug In Silver-Gray and Beige-Brown 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 Contemporary Rug with Polychromatic Geometric Patterns and Striae

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilims Scandinavian Style Scatter Rug in Light Blue with Geometric Pattern

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Cream White with Art Deco Style Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug with Black, Gray & Purple Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Taupe and Cream with Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Gradient Rug in Blue and Black Ombre Grid and High-Low Texture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Chinese Art Deco Style Rug, with Bamboo Floral Patterns

2010s Moroccan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan Rug in Beige-Brown and Blue Art Deco Geometric Patterns

2010s Brazilian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Cowhide Rug in Silver-Gray and White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Oversized Gabbeh Style Custom Tribal Runner with Multicolor Stripe

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in White with Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Moroccan Style Runner in White, Beige-Brown Tribal Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Flatweave Rug in Beige-Brown with Ikats Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Dragon Rug in Blue, Ochre and Red Pictorial Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Custom Rug Sample with Beige-Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Rug in Beige with Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Tiger Rug with Navy Blue and Orange Pictorials

2010s Indian Modern Furniture