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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Tribal style Kilim in Gold with Black & Green Patterns

Modern Furniture

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal style Kilim in Gold with Black & Green Patterns

2010s Nepalese Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern High-and-Low Textural Rug Design in Off White

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Moroccan Style Rug in Multicolor Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Abstract Rug in Brown Off-White Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Moroccan Style Rug in Gray and Beige Geometric Patterns

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Beige and Brown Accents

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Kilim Rug with Textural Stripes in Gold and Orange Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Afghan Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Textural Modern Kilim in Orange with Blue Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Moroccan Style Rug in Beige and Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Hemp Flatweave Runner Rug in Beige-Brown Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Runner Rug in Beige & Green Diamond Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Abstract Textural Circle Rug in Beige

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Rug in Blue, Brown & Gray Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Style Rug in Blue and Gray Abstract Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Distressed Style Abstract Runner in Beige-Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

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

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim in Off-White and Beige Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug with Beige/Brown, White and Gray Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Solid Rug in Silver-Gray

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim's Modern Abstract Rug in Blue, Gray All over Pattern

2010s Turkish Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Runner Kilim, In Black And Beige Tones and Stripes

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Handmade Chain Stitch Rug, Beige, Brown Geometric Pattern

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Abstract Rug With Beige-Brown Striped Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Beige with Textural Stripes

2010s Persian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Textural Runner in Beige and Off-White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Contemporary Textural Solid Rug in Beige Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal style Kilim rug in Multicolor Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Silk Kilim in Taupe & Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Kilim in gray, Beige, White Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Contemporary Textural Solid Rug in Beige Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Oversized Contemporary Textural Solid Rug in Cream and White Tones

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Moroccan Style Rug in Beige and Brown Geometric Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

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

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Distressed Abstract Expressionist Rug

2010s Indian Modern Furniture

Rug & Kilim’s Tribal style Kilim in Grey with Gold & Green Patterns

2010s Indian Modern Furniture